ecobo0sted

Sold them to my rally partner

ecobo0sted

Here is a pic from the other day

OCMike

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@ecobo0sted's truck has been featured a couple times on YouTube. I hope he doesn't mine me sharing the videos of his work of art.



Mike

BigDozer66

Awesome! I was looking for an update!

CobraRGuy

There are some drawbacks to the Cleveland engine design. The blocks themselves are heavier due to the timing chain cover being cast into the block. There is one company (Fontana?) that was making aluminum Cleveland blocks, but I don't think they're still in production. It is not too difficult to build a "Clevor" engine with a Windsor block and either Cleveland heads or, like I did, an aluminum 4-bolt Windsor block with Trick Flow canted valve heads. Although building a high output Windsor is fairly common, to build an aluminum block based Windsor is much more complex, as getting the cylinder wall finish perfect takes considerably more experience and expertise. For pretty much all engine builders, cylinder wall finish is the secret sauce, so nobody wants to write about how they do it. What type of stone, what type of heel, how much pressure, how many strokes and what angle of cross-cut works best are closely guarded secrets for preparing aluminum blocks. Iron blocks? Piece of cake... The challenge with aluminum blocks is getting good ring seal. Without that, excessive blow-by and oil consumption are the results.
A bone stock Pantera has significant design flaws and they really do take a lot of work, even when new, to eliminate things like cooling problems. A friend of mine is a retired A&P mechanic who has really dialed his in, but it took him years to do so.