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<P><B>From: </B>"Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay@asajay.com><BR><B>To: </B>tpr@teampanteraracing.com, "Ken & Lela MacArthur" <klckmac@msn.com>, "Keith Bellows" <keithbellows@gmail.com>, "jamie wilson" <jamie.wilson@itron.com>, "Jerry Butler" <klokwerk@comcast.net><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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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><IMG alt="" src="cid:part1.05020500.03020306@asajay.com"><BR><BR>PS. Only 74 more days to the SSCC.<BR>Asa Jay<BR></P><PRE class=moz-signature>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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