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Old 10-06-2010, 05:57 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF2984 MK111, Roush 511 IR FE 8 Stack, Dynoed: [flywheel] 572HP at 6000 , 556# Torque at 4700, Bowler 4R70W Auto Transmision. Tires: Mickey T's S/R 26.0x10.0x15.0 F ,26.0x12.0x15.0 R Color, Bleck, because they told me it was Bleck, at the factory.
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Originally Posted by Skully View Post
What made you choose a Roush engine over all of the other builders? Was it price, name , hp, look, what?
Skully, Brand name, looks and HP. I first looked at an all polished 402 Windsor on the Roush website. I was leaning that way and was ready to do a deal with Roush, however after discussing, yep you know it, the pros and cons of a BB vs SB with Randy Thomas of performance unlimited, I went and reviewed Roush's BB offerings and saw the 511 IR FE 8 stack, all polished and that blew my socks off. It had the wow factor and a lot of HP, 600 est HP and 650 of est. torque. I finally went with a contrasting black Tru Track option and a partially polished engine, with a few goodies thrown in like the domed billet stack covers. Roush sugested the Bowler auto tranny since they had done a match up with this company and offered it as a packaged deal.

The set up has a lot of appeal to me and I just hope all the bugs have been worked out of the engine.

Can you send me a pm and give me your email address so I can send you a video of the engine during its "birth", frigin' awesome sound and looks good too.

Cheers, tin-man
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