This is a great episode of DBG, with solving of the Jack Roush Mystery Motor, by Lee Cooper. I made the episode of the Jack Roush Time Capsule, documenting, what I thought was an original circle track type motor. This is Tony Oddo IMSA type $14,000 dollar race engine. Lee Cooper recognized the letters T.O.E. 548, and mentioned it to me, that was a Tony Oddo racing engine, I was dumbfounded.
I found Tony Oddo's shop phone number, so I called on an early Saturday morning, Tony Jr. answered, and told me his Dad, Tony Oddo Sr. had passed a couple of years ago. He asked about any numbers or letters. I told him T.O.E. 548, and said that sounded like their numbering system. He said let me check some things, and call you back. He called me back a short while later, telling me, he has the file folder. The folder contained a ton of documentation, from specs, to part numbers, and even included the Dyno numbers. Unbelievable.
an external wet sump, 355 ci of Ford 351 Cleveland, based on the Australian XE block. The other video, has all the details listed, and you can see them here. Make sure you, stop the vid to review.
The engine block is an Pillow block, XE block, that was the best of the best for Cleveland blocks at that time, originally cast in Australia, at the Geelong Foundry. These were made in 1982, I will put a link for a previous video I made, that reviews the various Cleveland engine blocks. I also compare to the Original XE Cleveland block from back in 1975, made by Don Tope. These are the most sought after 351 Cleveland blocks. They did not make many of these style blocks. They had all the features of the Of the XE block seen here, solid pan rails, and super strong bulkheads, but reported to have the ability to go well over 4.080 overbore. The crankshaft is from 1978, and is a ultra rare Ford Forged crank for a 351 Cleveland. This is known, as the part number is XH10089, which I have found in XE part number record. There is also a $S on another counterweight. The cylinder heads are Ford Motorsport A3s. You may know these were the first Motorsport Aluminum head Ford made. They are really a Cleveland 4V high port head, cast in aluminum. The have both raised intake and exhaust ports. The engine had Carrillo rods, and Ross pistons. The engine has a solid roller cam too.
Stay Tuned to see what happens next with this piece of Automotive history.
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