quote:Originally posted by Kevin Perry:quote:Originally posted by forestg:
A few years ago Steve Wilkinson had a supercharged dual cam engined car in the ball room in Vegas. That car was on E bay some time back.
I remember that car Forest. Wilkinson has definitely broken the code on the 4.6 conversion. I hear he's tackling a 5.4 conversion as we speak. I'd love to pay him a visit one of these days to see what he's cooking up..
Wouldn't that be a trip? A 5.4 that is. I spoke with a few test engineers on the Ford GT program at the last Ford Motor Co. car show when my Pantera was sitting next to an m-plate GT. They told me that the width of the 5.4 is the limiting factor pertaining to the Pantera. A lot of engine bay sheetmetal mods are required to fit the motor and then designing the reinforcements to prevent stress cracks only add to the mess, and that's not even starting on the wiring as George mentioned earlier. All in all, it would be one helluva car, esp with the Ford GT motor which one can obtain for a mere $15k knowing the right people...but I don't think I'd chop my car up that much to do it. I'll stick with the Cleveland...