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05-11-2013, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
It's not like your block is valuable; why not use it as the basis for more torque? Lowering your costs in the process?
Other than some sentimentality you have for it...  |
Well, I don't really pay attention to the costs all that much.  Mostly, I would be doing it out of boredom. But I will not put anything but an FE in that car.  |
05-11-2013, 03:03 PM
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But I will not put anything but an FE in that car. |
My point is to stop the boredom by getting a COBRA to drive. You don't hafta 'Boy-Race' it.
So great, send Brent the lump and a deposit and tell him to call you when it's done. He knows you're not a 7000RPM, snap-shift guy. 
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05-11-2013, 03:21 PM
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Well, alright... I'll take it under serious consideration.
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05-11-2013, 04:04 PM
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My ears were burning...
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05-11-2013, 04:28 PM
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My ears were burning...
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If he does this your azz might be too......... 
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05-11-2013, 04:37 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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If he does this your azz might be too......... |
Now what is it you want me to put in? And try and keep it under, say, $20k -- give or take. |
05-11-2013, 05:29 PM
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$20k would build an all-aluminum FE, Pond block, 482-501 cubes, Edelbrock heads, hydraulic roller, Quick Fuel carb, with all the bellhousing/flywheel/clutch/fixins that you were talking about.
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05-11-2013, 06:23 PM
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Now what is it you want me to put in? And try and keep it under, say, $20k -- give or take.
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Judging by your - shall we say sedate driving style:
Skip aluminum and just improve what you've got- you don't run the ricers and bikes at 3AM on Connecting Highway. Just use your existing core; 447 with a clean-up bore to 454, 10:1 pistons and CNC your heads is a fine start for a 540 HP and 590 lb/ft street motor, done at say 6100. A nice 1.3 torque-to-impress-the-adoring throngs.
Brent will pick out a nice juice roller to give plenty of lope and rump to intimidate the dry-cleaner and give you goose bumps. The Avons (which you're getting because you're coming in substantially under $20K) will handle all that torque better than those banana skins you're riding on.
A Performer RPM and 850 with 18 at idle and 38 total.
Your teen will want to ride shot-gun past his school without being embarrassed anymore.
Even your genteel Missus will get the gleam back in her eye... 
Dream of the possibilities................. 
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