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Old 12-12-2009, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by dlampe View Post
If it was two years ago and the cobra market was still good, I wouldn't mind the pond block option. Do you think an aluminum pond block is worth $3500 more to a cobra buyer over an original 427 engine?
There is a lot of subjective opinion to be considered.

I guess I would offer that if you are building a Cobra with resale down the road in mind, go with the Pond.

Building in as much quality as one can reasonably afford is usually the right move. Seems that being able to say your car has a newly cast Side Oiler, not a sleeved center oiler, would have an influence over a buyer with decent knowledge about what he or she is purchasing.

If you do pursue the Pond block I know someone just down the road from you who had five of them on a rack in his shop. At least he did in July of this year.
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