ALL RIGHT WHAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!
Finally got a job and within 1 week 3 dealerships want me. UNBELIEVABLE?
I am running late tonight. Cobrarob If you are worried about hot feet and legs, I cobra may not be for you.
Yes your legs get warm on a long drive.
There are options for this. They sell these 4" bildge fans that you can either hook into your front duct to blow more cooler air on your feet or use them to pull the air out of the engine compartment through the side vents. You can also add KR500 louvers to your hood to help remove some of the hot air also. If you want no heat inside the car, you will need to double the insulation barriers and add dampener to the floor and tunnel to also help. Since you are going with a BDR, what is there feelings about power plant, transmission, and rearend ratio. Has for the Iron motor verses the Aluminium block, this is about wieght and handling of your car. You can build an Aluminium BBFE motor weighting the same as a iron small block. You can build a more powerful torque motor in a BB than windsor. It is easier to build a windsor to last longer at higher RPM's and cheaper to rebuild than an FE motor. If you want a certain exhaust sound, this is not about motor size as much it is about, camshaft, compression, header pipe size and MUFFLERS. from 10-60 HP will be lost on what mufflers you run. The less power loss and the faster your hearing will go on the left side of your head.
There is nothing like that ringing in your ear and looking for the phone to answer.
Rob until you decide what you are going to do with the car, what power you are looking for, we can guess all night about what to do with what motor you want to run. Keeping you cooler has nothing to do with BB or SB choice.
I race a 482 FE. I don't have the time to think about how hot it is. If it was a street car, it would get alot more heat barriers, deadener, insulation added to be more street friendly. If you are worried about HOT,
add an A/C system, hard or soft top and a under the car exhaust.
Rick L. Ps Rod knock how did I do??
You can build a 427 stroker windsor for about 2-5 grand cheaper that an FE. IMO I will stay with my stroker torque FE motors with the same weight and it doesn't have to work as hard. I have a double overdrive T-56, might be the next thing.