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Old 07-30-2014, 03:27 PM
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:04 PM
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Old 07-30-2014, 05:07 PM
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Al: The Best Cobra engine ever, Period !!!
However, BFG T/A's ?????? I guess they're ok if you don't drive it !!!!
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Old 07-30-2014, 05:22 PM
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I bought the car almost exactly as it was. The original owner had the wheels painted. It cost him a pretty penny too. The colors are British racing green (the jaguar paint code) and sunburst yellow (called that in the Shelby list but it is some other Mercedes color) I had the list of Shelby color codes but can no longer find it
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I took a picture of a car at Barrett-Jackson in 2009 that appears to be your car. If not, it has an identical twin running around somewhere out there. Just curious if that was in fact your car. It certainly is a beautiful specimen.

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Old 07-30-2014, 06:54 PM
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Tony,

I took a picture of a car at Barrett-Jackson in 2009 that appears to be your car. If not, it has an identical twin running around somewhere out there. Just curious if that was in fact your car. It certainly is a beautiful specimen.

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That was my car. I bought it there. At first I didn't think too much of the color but the carbon fiber body really appealed being we lived in hail country
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Old 07-31-2014, 12:13 AM
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Al: The Best Cobra engine ever, Period !!!
However, BFG T/A's ?????? I guess they're ok if you don't drive it !!!!
I find it beyond comprehension that some people obviously spend a fortune on going faster and then penny-pinch on the single most important component on their cars.

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Old 07-31-2014, 01:43 AM
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It's a bit like that warm beer thing even though you blokes have refrigeration.
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Old 07-31-2014, 03:27 AM
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It's a bit like that warm beer thing even though you blokes have refrigeration.
What is it with the "warm beer" thing? No one drinks warm beer by choice. A good ale should be served at 7-11 degrees C. Anything colder than that totally ruins the flavour.

Cold temperatures = less carbonation released = less aroma = less taste = why bother? Save the really cold temps for lawnmower beer — the kind you chug down after mowing the lawn (taste? who cares?).
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Old 07-31-2014, 05:54 AM
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Kinda like using an extra vowel when less will spell the word just fine.
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Old 07-31-2014, 06:00 AM
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Kinda like using an extra vowel when less will spell the word just fine.
It's our language, we'll spell it how we damn well like and it helps us to recognise foreigners.

We're straying off topic, sorry.
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Old 07-31-2014, 06:08 AM
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I had to take my engine out to surface the deck. When I made the block, I intended for the deck to get surfaced by the engine builder. Well, it wasn't. Some of the sleeves were too high, and one of them was lower than the deck surface. So I could not get it to seal properly, that is the combustion chamber I'm talking about.

The clutch, if I remember correctly, it was a clutch for a Saleen S7. Then I made the flywheel as light as I thought I could. The clutch and flywheel combination only weighed in at 26 pounds or so. I think a typical clutch and aluminum flywheel from Mcleod weighed in at 46 pounds.





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Old 07-31-2014, 06:08 AM
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It's a bit like that warm beer thing even though you blokes have refrigeration.
Refrigerators designed and produced by Lucas
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Old 07-31-2014, 06:16 AM
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That's be why the light never comes on when I open the door.
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Hi Sandwich-

You probably didn't mean to post that to this thread, but you should repost, because it's a far more interesting topic than 99% of the other topics floating around recently, IMO.

Anyway, I remember who built that motor, and, well, I'm not going to say anything, so forget it.

I still think your idea was great and the final product was fabulous. IIRC, your sleeve design would've infringed on a Darton patent, and would've been cost prohibitive to use Darton sleeves? Maybe I'm all wet here but I think that was it.

I'd still buy one of those blocks in a microsecond. Try to get it decked and back together. That project has fascinated me from the moment you started it. I've always wondered about decking an aluminum block with cast sleeves...must be a bit tricky. I do know however that the alloy blocks all have their sleeves proud by a fingernail or so. (my scientific estimate). Good luck
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Old 07-31-2014, 10:14 AM
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FullThrottle: your engine bay is breathtaking. Just Wow is all I can say.
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Old 07-31-2014, 10:33 AM
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Old 07-31-2014, 11:21 AM
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No, ALL Continuation Cobras and Kirkhams are invited. Originals too CSX, COB, COX, AC.

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So the new AC continuation cars , genuine AC's (no FakeyDoos) that come from the factory with GM LS engines would be welcome on this thread? I would like to see some more pictures of them. On the web sight it says they have done some cars and would like to do about ten cars a year.
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Old 07-31-2014, 12:05 PM
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Ya, sorry to pollute this thread with engine stuff, but in response to philminotti, the engine went back together a few months ago, I had to get some copper head gaskets from SCE for it because a stock felpro would not work with those dang sleeves. Anyway, the car runs great now, no more water leaking, at least not for now.
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