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Originally Posted by Dwight
We have two guys that are great at tuning carb's. Coach and Eddie
Sure we need to hook up. Maybe a cruise to somewhere in Miss.
April 25 th we are driving to Bowling Green KY to meet up with the KY Cobra Club.
We try to go to Chattanooga once a year to a cruise at Honest Charlie's / Coker Tire.
Then in June we convoy to Ohio for the London Cobra Show.
Keep in touch.
Dwight
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Dwight,
Yeah maybe we could get a group together and try to mmeet in Tupelo or something. Sounds like you guys do some pretty good road traveling. I plan on talking to the dyno shop in the next few days and see about putting it on there to get the A/F checked. It sure would give me a whole lot more direction than just guessing. Should be able to put some gas in it this Sunday and calculate the MPG that its turned out so far as well.
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Originally Posted by LMH
Is it a production block or after market block? A 427W built on a production block will probably not last as long with the long stroke. After market block would probably last longer as it can have the larger bore and not as long of a stroke.
Larry
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Its a Keith Craft 427 Dart block setup
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Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD
Just for the sake of argument,let's say a well built 427W is good for 50,000 miles with routine maintinence assuming it is street driven and not drag raced and flogged to death........and in my opinion I think 50,000 miles would be very accurate,actually believe it would should go more than that,but lets use 50,000 miles as a base...........
How many miles do you really think you will drive a Cobra per year????
Your first year,it's new to you and you love it, you'll likely put anywhere from 3,000 to a high of maybe 7,500 miles on it depending on where you live and your normal climate......after the first year, your mileage will slowly decrease to probably an average of no more than 3,000 miles a year,do the math,how many years will it take you to hit 50,000 miles????
Using my numbers your looking at somewhere around 15 years!!!!!! will you still have that Cobra in 15 years??????
I wouldn't worry about the life span, just drive it/enjoy it and maintain it and it will be fine......
of course,all this is my opinion only and that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee in downtown Marksville on any Saturday morning........ 
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David,
Thanks for the opinion.....I'm not so much worried about it but was just curious of how long they could last. My car will see alot of cruising probably living the majority of its life between 2K-4K and then the occasional hard pull. Can't do much more than keep the
oil changed and regularly drive it