[Rebel1]

Twig, It really is easy to explain my decision and I was a "dyed in the wool" ford fella.

In my shed I have a 302W flat tappet engine, a 5LtrW roller, and a 351W flat tappet block. So it wasn't a shortage of engines. I had ambitions of building a stroked 351W and using that.

However, to build a 408W or such was going to cost about $20K and I had absolutely no chance of registering with that engine.

Along came Holden with a heap of brand new surplus Gen IV engines at about $10K all up with loom and ECM.

As said previously, all alloy, injected, easily tunable, and with an output close to the 408W with a little extra investment of cash and loved by the authorities..

I justify it by the cost/performance together with a view that the 5Ltr Windsor has no more place in a cobra than does a Chev.

As Boxhead has said, given the freedom I'd use a windsor but the chev has so much going for it for our conditions (read authorities) that it is hard to pass up.