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You'd think a dirty old man in Durango could get some buxom blonde
to do that for him.<br>
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What's the world coming to?<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 6/30/2012 10:27 PM, John Bentley wrote:
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font-size: 12pt;">
<div>"I'm still polishing and cleaning."
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Yeah, we are gonna quote you on that one. :)<br>
<br>
JB<br>
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<hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
David in Durango <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:adin@frontier.net"><adin@frontier.net></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Asa
Jay Laughton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"><asajay@asajay.com></a>;
<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>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:56 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera<br>
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<div>Asa Jay,</div>
<div>If you remember I pulled my Cleveland for a ring,
hone and check. Ended up w/ brgs, oil pump, cam,
lifters, springs, flywheel resurface, release brg (got
it today, I think), plumbing and wiring. This was
started to be completed for the fun rally. I'm still
polishing and cleaning.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Of course, now I know everything is good - all
clearences were checked etc.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Do it right or you could be sitting on the side of
the road watching the end of the event. (my opinion)</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Obviously you need bearings and to spend some time
checking everything.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Work carefully.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>David</div>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial; background: none repeat
scroll 0% 0% rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
title="asajay@asajay.com"
ymailto="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">Asa Jay Laughton</a>
</div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
title="tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
ymailto="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
target="_blank"
href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>
; <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
title="klckmac@msn.com"
ymailto="mailto:klckmac@msn.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:klckmac@msn.com">Ken & Lela
MacArthur</a> ; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" title="keithbellows@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:keithbellows@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
href="mailto:keithbellows@gmail.com">Keith Bellows</a>
; <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
title="jamie.wilson@itron.com"
ymailto="mailto:jamie.wilson@itron.com"
target="_blank"
href="mailto:jamie.wilson@itron.com">jamie.wilson@itron.com</a>
; <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
title="klokwerk@comcast.net"
ymailto="mailto:klokwerk@comcast.net"
target="_blank" href="mailto:klokwerk@comcast.net">Jerry
Butler</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday,
June 30, 2012 9:22 PM</div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [TPR]
Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5216">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="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=5268</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="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=5272</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5275">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5210">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5278">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5290">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5281">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5284">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" rel="nofollow"
class="yiv285433206moz-txt-link-freetext"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5287">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>
<img alt=""
src="cid:part2.09040106.08000809@asajay.com"><br>
<br>
PS. Only 74 more days to the SSCC.<br>
Asa Jay<br>
<pre class="yiv285433206moz-signature">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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