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... and children will still cry when they peer in to the open engine bay and find there is no FE in there.:CRY:
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Since when is "old school" a 427W ????????????????????????
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I guess I riled the FE owners with my old school comment. Forgive me for I have sinned.
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Ok, confession time... I don't know squat about Ford motors. None of em. I'm used to going balls to the wall in a C6 Z06 Corvette - LS7, 500 hp, damn fine motor. BUT, I've wanted a cobra for 37 years, and I finally picked up my first, last week, from Jay @ VMS. It has a carbureted 496 c.i. FE motor, and for my money - just wouldn't be right without it. Hell, I could sit in it in the driveway, and just listen to it thump until it ran out of gas. (but of course I won't) That's my take on it...
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Go 427W EFI and aluminum heads and save the 200lbs on the nose and laugh all the way through the turns. And save the $$$ from an FE.
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I am looking for a great sounding cobra that has great street manners. I EFI for the reliability and easy starting but also want an eight stack system for looks. Yes I admit it. Probably 425-475hp with similar torque. Some lopey idle is nice but not so much it sounds like it is going to stall every second. My wife wants to drive it as well so I will be having power brakes and possibly power steering. Yes I know...just buy a new corvette...... I like the fact that the 427W is much lighter on the nose and handles better. I respect others that have the true cobra period correct look and feel. I just want something that is fun. |
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I'd like to ask all of you----just what makes you think a 427w is so much lighter than an FE????
And for ITSTOCK----if you take the 30 lbs of junk out of the trunk you would be 50/50 on weight f/r-----------so maybe you should call it bias????????????? |
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With me in it the car is 1242f/1367r for a 47.5/52.5 rear bias. With the junk out of the rear it would be 48.2f/51.8r bias. It doesn't make much of a difference I guess at that point. iron block to iron block both with alumin. heads and intake, it looks like at least 140 and as much as 180 difference. |
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