Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance MK111 Ford 5.0 Cammer N/A
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Bloody hell
What happened?
Phil
Split number 1 bore and bang oil and water everywhere. Drove the car home last night after transplant and original motor went well with new cams and stack injection fitted. Looking forward to catching up with everyone next week.
That was the one that went at last year's Muscle Car shootout..in the Red race Cobra...
now has a new DART block...all good.
ALSO...
Split a stroker windsor down the middle ( same as the last one) in 2004...one week after we had built the brand new stroker on the street Cobra.
After these ...I HIGHLY recommend DART blocks....the old standard windsor blocks don't like the stresses caused by the lateral "swing" of the stroker crank.
Anyone going around the track for maybe the first time...or have forgotten what the track looks like...
Here are a few of the in car vids...might either help...or give you Cockroaches and Mexicans so much to think about that you'll get too mixed up to do any decent times.
Hey Andy, I liked your lap, plently of tyre sqealing and a few hairy moments. I was looking at some old lap times on last years event on the NSW club site and I notice you pipped the Bunnings car in a couple of events. Looking forward to seeing how the Cement truck goes against the Bunnings car this year. Cheers Gregg
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Revival #3199. 366ci L76, T56 6 speed, Blue circle custom paint, Australias most original cobra 2009-2010
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Hey Andy, I liked your lap, plently of tyre sqealing and a few hairy moments. I was looking at some old lap times on last years event on the NSW club site and I notice you pipped the Bunnings car in a couple of events. Looking forward to seeing how the Cement truck goes against the Bunnings car this year. Cheers Gregg
Hey Gregg, Unfortunately I'm not running this year. Trying to get the car ready for rego and just too much on at the moment. Ill be flying over the QLD's as they head down. Will be there on the Sunday though so will see you then. Re that lap - yeah Im rough as guts! Cheers
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Coupe, 416ci of LS goodness
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Hey Andy, I liked your lap, plently of tyre sqealing and a few hairy moments. I was looking at some old lap times on last years event on the NSW club site and I notice you pipped the Bunnings car in a couple of events. Looking forward to seeing how the Cement truck goes against the Bunnings car this year. Cheers Gregg
Yep, hard to believe isn't it?
Andy was having a hard time last year Greg, with the total loss of his breeding stock of gerbils with the flea plague of 2011, I felt it proper to let him win at a couple of things.
Yep, hard to believe isn't it?
Andy was having a hard time last year Greg, with the total loss of his breeding stock of gerbils with the flea plague of 2011, I felt it proper to let him win at a couple of things.
You're a nice bloke Gav.
Andy, sad to hear you wont be there, I havent seen your CR in the flesh yet. (I've never seen a "most original" prize winning cobra before)
After these ...I HIGHLY recommend DART blocks....the old standard windsor blocks don't like the stresses caused by the lateral "swing" of the stroker crank.
Cheers,
Warren.
Ford built a factory stroker windsor motor based on the 5.0 block. I've owned 2 of them now. They used a 3.4" stroke crank on the standard 4" bore for 342 cubes.
The factory fitted a main bearing girdle to strengthen the block and they are a fairly low reving beast, Rev limiter on these motors is set to 5750RPM. Probably to help the motor live and so they can give it a factory warranty.
Ford made a promotional video on the engine build at the time.
Cheers
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got new the boots fitted to day and gave the beast i good look over .
Started it up and warming it up it starts to overheat bloody thermostat has stuck closed bugger looks like i am working on sunday again.
looking forward to seeing you all very soon.
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