Reply to "Stroked Cleveland engine"

> Hi, i'm planning to replace my standard Cleveland engine with a stroked Cleveland engine,
> i'm looking for app.500 hp and app. 500nm.

I've posted the results from the 408C we did for Mike Drew's here before. It's a pretty
lengthy post. If you send me your email address, I can forward you the results.

> Location: Denmark

As luck would have it, I'm currently helping another Pantera owner in Denmark put together
a plan for a stroked Cleveland engine. He'll be building the engine himself. I'll also
be in Denmark on business in a few weeks. I'll be working at working at Skrydstrup air
base near Vojens.

> Can you recommend some good engine builders?

I use Dave McLain here in Missouri. He's a former Engine Masters Competitior (with a
stroked 351C, as well as big block Ford V8 based entries). In our spare time, we run
the 351C dyno project where we test all manner of Cleveland parts on Dave's dyno.

> I would also like to hear from some of you who already drive stroked Cleveland powered
> Pantera's, what would you recommend and what are your personal experiences?

Dave and I have done several solid and hydraulic roller Cleveland strokers (393 to 438
cubic inches) with 2V, 3V and 4V heads. I've also got the parts for a 403C for myself
at Dave's shop now. It'll be using my favorite Ford Motorsport heads on that one.
We're waiting on pistons at the moment but hope to have that one on the dyno in late
October or early November.

Mike's 408C used a hydraulic roller cam I designed based upon his desire to peak at
6000 RPM and be something he could daily drive on the street. It made nearly double
the power (526 HP and 500 ft-lbs) of his previous engine and gets better fuel economy.
Mike absolutely loves the new engine but did have some trouble with the cam gear.
He retained a gear drive and was running the car at a track day where he rode the
rev-limiter down the straights. The harmonics created by the rev-limiter were
transmitted through the gear drive which quickly hammered the steel distributor gear.

Dan Jones