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Doug has it nailed.

The Pantera is in Australia, as can be deduced by its New South Wales license plate. Its a real deal GT5, chassis number 9365.

The motor is a 406 cubic inch Ford SVO (windsor) crate motor, SVO heads, custom made intake for individual runner fuel injection using Motec engine management. Owner claims 485 bhp at the rear wheels.

The owner doesn't specify if the block is 9.2" deck or 9.5" deck, nor does he specify what motor the intake manifold was originally designed for. But with that integral thermostat housing, you can fairly well bet it was a Windsor. Notice the separate lifter valley cover below the intake manifold.

The coolant can be set up to exit just about anywhere on the SVO heads. Aesthetically I think the motor/engine compartment looks better with the coolant plumbing routed up front, oem fashion.

The best coolant flow path would require coolant to exit the front and back of both heads, i.e. 4 corners. That's very common race practice. The next best configuration would have the coolant exit the rear end of the motor, with air bleeds on both heads at the other end. That's probably what has been done here.

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