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ScratchBuilder
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Last Activity: 02-08-2021 12:08 PM

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Scratch Built with 482 FE

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ScratchBuilder liked post by Dumpling On thread : Originality - why stroke your 427?

The FE is a medium block in the Ford world. The question is, what exactly Is the point of 550HP in a sub-3,000# car on the street?
Liked On: 05-23-2018, 09:09 PM
Posted On: 05-23-2018, 08:24 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by Mongoose930 On thread : Originality - why stroke your 427?

The main reason I chose to stroke my engine was to achieve sufficient horsepower / torque numbers without running a radical cam, high compression, high RPM, etc. I have learned over the years that I...
Liked On: 05-23-2018, 07:28 AM
Posted On: 05-23-2018, 05:50 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by aeon On thread : kmp0927 build

just got home from the promised land and all i can say is wow! i will not even go into the experience of picking up a car from Kirkham. Just being inside the place where they make something i have...
Liked On: 05-13-2018, 02:55 PM
Posted On: 05-11-2018, 09:59 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by cobrakiwi On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

We have been waiting on this little gem, huge thanks to a club cobra member here that has graciously given us a fiberglass hood scoop out of his original parts stash. I have had a few scoops in my...
Liked On: 05-13-2018, 02:34 PM
Posted On: 05-11-2018, 06:08 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by Mongoose930 On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

To the best of my knowledge, all original big block cars had fiberglass scoops (assuming they had a scoop at all). What makes this one so special is that it is exactly like the originals in every...
Liked On: 05-13-2018, 02:34 PM
Posted On: 05-13-2018, 11:19 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by HTM101 On thread : Another Craig Coombe Remedy

Some years ago a fella called me, said he had built a 42 gallon competition fuel tank that fit my Hi-Tech Cobra, and offered it for sale. I said great, and its been in my car since. Overall the...
Liked On: 04-15-2018, 12:30 PM
Posted On: 04-15-2018, 11:59 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by Morris On thread : I Can Remove My Spinners With One Finger

Patrick We use a 2.75” socket on our SS nuts ....torqued to 450# lbs. of torque to put them on...... And if we remove them with the torque wrench .....it takes over 600# of torque to take them...
Liked On: 04-08-2018, 10:16 AM
Posted On: 04-08-2018, 09:52 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by CompClassics On thread : Thickness main tubes of org. 427 Frame

The frames were not measured using the metric system, being that they were made in England and used imperial units as their form of measuring.
Liked On: 04-01-2018, 11:59 AM
Posted On: 04-01-2018, 11:42 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by Mongoose930 On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Hi Pat, To be clear, I have no issue with you and for a long time I thought Nick was treating me right. He was not and frankly I did not know any better. Shame on me for not recognizing that he...
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 06:32 PM
Posted On: 04-09-2017, 05:43 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by cobrakiwi On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Thanks Kevin, the opening looks much nicer now:) Here is a picture of the front oil scoop panel and lower rear panel.
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:35 PM
Posted On: 04-09-2017, 02:17 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by Mongoose930 On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

OK Pat, to be fair, only 99% of the people in NH who have been screwed by him are done. Sooner or later he will screw you to and you will also be done with him. Just go to the beginning of this...
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:35 PM
Posted On: 04-09-2017, 12:09 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by redmt On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Are you guys bringing up that crapton guy who screwed people like $2.00 bar flies? I'd leave that clown out of it.
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:35 PM
Posted On: 04-08-2017, 03:57 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by 1985 CCX On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Pat respectfully your info is wrong. He did get brakes sealed. Kudos on that. Suspension was not the issue, he had nothing to do with getting anything together. We can start a thread if you...
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:34 PM
Posted On: 04-08-2017, 03:25 PM
ScratchBuilder liked post by 1985 CCX On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Great work. Improving in the work from previous guy. All in the details.
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:34 PM
Posted On: 04-08-2017, 09:34 AM
ScratchBuilder liked post by cobrakiwi On thread : Alloy Hi-Tech Build

Thanks, hopefully over the next couple of weeks we will have something that looks more like a complete body. One more thing on Kevin's hit list was to do something with the clutch fork window on...
Liked On: 04-09-2017, 03:34 PM
Posted On: 04-08-2017, 07:43 AM

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