"Many Superformance owners have very superficial knowledge about Cobra replicas as they rely upon their relationships with the dealers to repair and service their cars. Have you ever wondered why there are so few FE engines in their cars?"
I'm sure you don't mean that as an insult.
Wayne,
At least my SPF doesn't look like the roll bar is set up for parasailing, or recieving radio signals from Mexico.
I bought my SPF (both of them) because they can build a car for less money, and better than if I built it myself. It's the smart thing to do for me, and many others. Contemporary still making kits?
I have a 418 SB in my car, which beat out every other car on the last dyno at DVSF II. I picked a "modern" SB for the same reason I picked a SPF, .........."it made sense". It's a modern car, chassis, and body. It just looks old. Thats the way I like it.
I built and raced a half dozen FE's when I was in high school. There are limited speed parts for them, a SO block is a lot of money, if you are planning on running it hard. You know, it breaks and you spend more money than a 351 truck block. And rev it to 7500 rpm and hold it there, I'll rev mine to 7500 rpm, and lets see who has to buy a rebuild first.
I had someone else build my engine too. He did a great job.
Sorry to come off like this, but I work on my own car. So do "Most" of the guys I know (and I know a lot of them) that own SPFs. I just did not have the skill, or the time to build it.
Eric Brown
ericbrown1@hotmail.com