ICE's NEW COBRA

[Gav]

Come on Icey, bet you have at least had a bit of a laugh.

You have been a good sport I must say, take on board (pardon the pun) a few of the points made, and hopefully we can put this whole episode to bed.

Have you considered an LS7 for your car? 427cubes, light weight, wrong firing order...

[ICETOO]

Originally Posted by Gav

Come on Icey, bet you have at least had a bit of a laugh.

You have been a good sport I must say, take on board (pardon the pun) a few of the points made, and hopefully we can put this whole episode to bed.

Have you considered an LS7 for your car? 427cubes, light weight, wrong firing order...

I have actually had both a good laugh and looked at alternative plants, but whilst I am not against the Chevrolet plant ( I have had a few in the past and they where good plants), my preference would not be for this application.

It would sound like a Commodore with a hole in the mufflers, rather than the sound I rather like now.

[Tenrocca]

Originally Posted by ICETOO

It would sound like a Commodore with a hole in the mufflers, rather than the sound I rather like now.

You know they used to have a "best sounding" at the nats. Won by a LS1 car a few years back.....

[ICETOO]

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

You know they used to have a "best sounding" at the nats. Won by a LS1 car a few years back.....

All things being fair and equal. I do agree that the LS1 plant can sound pretty sweet, I had one in a modified LX8 adventra a year or so ago, before I sold it.

It was feed by an Eaton 2300cc SC, had upgraded injectors, CAIS SS Inductions growler uptake and oversized 92mm throttle body, was extracted and running a duel and balanced 2 and 3/4 inch sports system.....it had a very heavy boat and trailer to tow up some steep territory in and out of Patonga...so needed the extra bang.

Above 2500 rpm though, all you could here was the Eaton..go figure...but for a heavy tank..went like a dog shot in the bum when it did not have 2100 kg plus to pull...but soaked up fuel like an Alaskan penguin with the power map active.

Still sounded unreal, but very 21st century...my own preference is still for the push rod (rather than DOHC or OHC) sixties sounding V8 for a my cobra..but each has their own preference so fair enough.

CAVEAT: I am being fair and objective here...not stirring the pot