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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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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=asajay@asajay.com href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">Asa Jay
Laughton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tpr@teampanteraracing.com
href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</A> ; <A
title=klckmac@msn.com href="mailto:klckmac@msn.com">Ken & Lela
MacArthur</A> ; <A title=keithbellows@gmail.com
href="mailto:keithbellows@gmail.com">Keith Bellows</A> ; <A
title=jamie.wilson@itron.com
href="mailto:jamie.wilson@itron.com">jamie.wilson@itron.com</A> ; <A
title=klokwerk@comcast.net href="mailto:klokwerk@comcast.net">Jerry Butler</A>
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<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 class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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 class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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 class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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 class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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 class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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:A26886F38284444D865113D481024574@ZTxp"><BR><BR>PS. Only 74 more
days to the SSCC.<BR>Asa Jay<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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