Heavy Metal: Shelby Continuation Cobra & KMP owners post up pics of your Cobra

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Originally Posted by Sandwich

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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Jamo — Sandwich's post (and it's follow ons) really does deserve a thread of its own. It would be great if you moved it and gave it a life of its own.

I have frequently wondered where that block and flywheel went, Sandwich. Now I know! Very nice work on both of them.

When we used to run KB wet blocks in blown Chryslers we would run the sleeves a few thousandths (~0.003 to 0.005) above the deck surface with the copper head gaskets. We used stainless o-rings for a better combustion seal around each cylinder. Coolant and oil to the top end always presented a small weeping problem.

I don't know which SCE gasket you used but their ICS versions would provide you with reusability, a very nice combustion seal and also coolant / oil passage sealing.

How did you like that pressure plate? It looks like it was a 7 inch model. Which discs did you decide to use? Were they fairly long lived or were they fragile and short lived?

I am just impressed as hell with the work and workmanship you Kirkham guys deliver.

Thanks for being there for us with provocative vehicles and ideas.


Ed