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Maybe I should take photo of the big crack in the frame. :)<br>
I seriously don't want to put that much horsepower back in there
until I fix that.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Asa Jay<br>
<didn't discover the frame problem until I pulled the engine.><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
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On 6/30/2012 11:33 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shawkins777@comcast.net">shawkins777@comcast.net</a> wrote:
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<p>Maybe you should of left it in the Mustang.</p>
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<p>Steve<br>
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<p><b>From: </b>"Asa Jay Laughton" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"><asajay@asajay.com></a><br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>, "Ken & Lela
MacArthur" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klckmac@msn.com"><klckmac@msn.com></a>, "Keith Bellows"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:keithbellows@gmail.com"><keithbellows@gmail.com></a>, "jamie wilson"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jamie.wilson@itron.com"><jamie.wilson@itron.com></a>, "Jerry Butler"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klokwerk@comcast.net"><klokwerk@comcast.net></a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:22:32 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to
Pantera<br>
<br>
Well.... it's no longer a simple intake manifold and oil pan
change.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
You may remember we started with this:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5216"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5216</a><br>
<br>
And I now have this:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5268"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5268</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5272"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5272</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5275"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5275</a><br>
<br>
Why?<br>
Well, it all started with this spark plug from #5:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5210"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5210</a><br>
<br>
What's going on? Well, only one way to really find out, so we
found this:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5278"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5278</a><br>
<br>
While we're in there, we might as well look at other things,
and.... we found this....:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5290"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5290</a><br>
<br>
<insert any four letter words you feel appropriate to
communicate my frustration level><br>
<br>
Sooooooooo..... <br>
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.<br>
<br>
I did run into another interesting problem.<br>
I test fit the Armando pan before total dis-assembly. Why?
Because I have this really cool MPG Windage Tray installed:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5281"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5281</a><br>
<br>
Unfortunately, it hangs up on the pan:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5284"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5284</a><br>
The burnished area is where it's hitting. Here is a shot of
the pan:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5287"
target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5287</a><br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
PS. Only 74 more days to the SSCC.<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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