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May 5, 2014 | 11:31 PM

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That's not much cam for all that power! It looks to be a couple of steps smaller than the "Pantera" grind.

May 6, 2014 | 08:09 AM

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Exactly right. Pantera Jr. Supposed to be a dead-smooth idle.

May 6, 2014 | 12:30 PM

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. Power from fat roller lobes, high lifts, high compression ratio, good engine quench spec.s, and good heads... not duration... plus, this graph is just a computer simulation of idealized expectations...

May 6, 2014 | 12:37 PM

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That's why I asked Tim what the computer predicted for the 400 he just dyno'd. Wanted to correlate it to reality.

Jun 25, 2014 | 11:12 PM

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Thought I'd bump this to the top and see how its going. Should have my running as soon as I have time, probably August, just bumped the build thread too.

Jun 26, 2014 | 07:04 AM

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Good question. Got the parts in from Tim on June 6th and took them to the machine shop the next week. They thought it would be a month or so before they got the machine work done, so I may get everything back in mid-July. But, everything is moving slowly so it wouldn't surprise me for it to take longer, like some time in August.

Sep 16, 2014 | 06:50 PM

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Got the engine back from the machine shop last week, and after the 2014 Okie GTG was held at my shop last weekend I finally got started on the engine this week. Basically, today I implemented Tim's mods to the oiling system and started with my mods, as described in the 80 - 86 forum here.

Aug 3, 2016 | 01:15 PM

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Well, it must be time for an update here. Basically, in the last two years I've not gotten a lot done. But, we've added 11 pages on Dad's Engine thread in the 1980 - 86 forum in that time. Here's a link to a post on that thread at about where I picked up the engine, where this thread left off.

But, if you don't want to read those 10 pages, here are links to the highlights:

Oil System Mod's: Shows my implementation of Tim's mod's as well as some minor ones of my own.
Oil Drainback Holes: Smoothed things to get the oil back in the sump.
Oil Passage Smoothing: Did a bit of smoothing on the oil filter adapter and the oil passages to let the oil flow more cleanly.
Oil Pan & Dipstick Adapter: The pan needed painted and the dipstick adapter was leaking, so in this post and another one a bit later I blasted the pan & adapter, reattached the adapter, and painted them both.
Intake Manifold: I powder coated the new intake to make sure it will be easily cleaned.
Valve Covers: I painted, sanded, and powder-coated the valve covers.
Shipped to Tim: And, then I packaged it all up and shipped it off to Tim Meyer for assembly and dyno runs. Figured that if I didn't have it together in two years I'd better farm it out.