[TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Maybe I should take photo of the big crack in the frame.  :)
I seriously don't want to put that much horsepower back in there until I 
fix that.
But your point is noted.  I could have simply kept having fun in the 
Mach I until either the engine blew or the frame came apart.

Asa Jay
<didn't discover the frame problem until I pulled the engine.>

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 6/30/2012 11:33 PM, shawkins777 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Maybe you should of left it in the Mustang.
>
> Steve
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
> *To: *tpr at teampanteraracing.com, "Ken & Lela MacArthur" 
> <klckmac at msn.com>, "Keith Bellows" <keithbellows at gmail.com>, "jamie 
> wilson" <jamie.wilson at itron.com>, "Jerry Butler" <klokwerk at comcast.net>
> *Sent: *Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:22:32 PM
> *Subject: *[TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera
>
> Well.... it's no longer a simple intake manifold and oil pan change.
> The original objective was to replace the stock cast iron intake with 
> a Blue Thunder FPP 4145, and replace the stock baffled pan with an 
> Armando gated and baffled pan.
>
> You may remember we started with this:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5216
>
> And I now have this:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5268
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5272
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5275
>
> Why?
> Well, it all started with this spark plug from #5:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5210
>
> What's going on?  Well, only one way to really find out, so we found this:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5278
>
> While we're in there, we might as well look at other things, and.... 
> we found this....:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5290
>
> <insert any four letter words you feel appropriate to communicate my 
> frustration level>
>
> Sooooooooo.....
> I'm in it now to get the crank polished, new bearings, new gaskets and 
> seals, have the block tanked, brushed and blown... and I don't know 
> what else at this point.  Oh and don't forget a refresh of the heads.
>
> I did run into another interesting problem.
> I test fit the Armando pan before total dis-assembly.  Why?  Because I 
> have this really cool MPG Windage Tray installed:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5281
>
> Unfortunately, it hangs up on the pan:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5284
> The burnished area is where it's hitting.  Here is a shot of the pan:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5287
> You can just make out a little oil on the edge of the scraper.  Now 
> what?  I either don't use the MPG Windage tray, which I -really- 
> like.  Or I need to hack off some of the scraper in the pan.  
> Decisions, decisions.
>
> Of course, that's honestly the least of my worries currently.  After a 
> $1,400 order to Summit racing today (for other things, like a 
> radiator), I'm out of budget for a couple of months.  Going this deep 
> into the engine was -not- in the plan.
>
> However, kudos to Steven Donegan who pushed me into it, otherwise I 
> wouldn't have known about the bearings.  The pistons look fine, the 
> cylinders look great (still have some crosshatch) and the rings look 
> good.  I'll be doing parts cleaning for a while, taking the heads into 
> my favorite cylinder head shop and finding a place to clean the block 
> and polish the crank.
>
>
>
> PS.  Only 74 more days to the SSCC.
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &  Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************
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