What are my engine choices

[Thor maine]

Originally Posted by Gav;1****80

Can I say who Shelby went to first for an engine fellas?

Can I say which engine AC Cars LTD Heritage is putting in their Cobra......wait for it......GM all the way baby!!!! Genuine AC Cobra from the factory with a Chevy engine.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by Gav;1****80

Can I say who Shelby went to first for an engine fellas?

Originally Posted by Thor maine;1****83

Can I say which engine AC Cars LTD Heritage is putting in their Cobra......wait for it......GM all the way baby!!!! Genuine AC Cobra from the factory with a Chevy engine.

Remind me...

Did it win anything?

Furthermore were rules "purposely manipulated" to exclude it from competition because it's rivals were cried poor and couldn't match it's dominance?

[PeterAllen]

Originally Posted by Dimis;1****85

Remind me...

Did it win anything?

Furthermore were rules "purposely manipulated" to exclude it from competition because it's rivals were cried poor and couldn't match it's dominance?

All Roadsters won SFA and were completely dominated by the magnificent, glorious, ultra-reliable, sensuous Ferrari 250 GTO. It took the Daytona to finally beat the, by then 3 year old, GTOs. Any sensible person looking at this objectively would recognise this.

An LSx with faux rocker covers... give me a break.

[damage]

The ADR you need to comply with for Australian full rego is ADR37/01. The motor doesnt need to have an AU designation. Motors fitted to American vehicles from 1994 onwards (CARB requirements were/are much more stringent then AU requirements) will meet the requirements of ADR 37/01.

The Coyote (american designation) is the same engine as the Miami (australian designation) the difference is that the Miami has lower compression for the Super charger that ford fit, the American equivalent is the Aluminator (from memory). So long as the motor has all the normal pollution gear (cat converters charcoal canister etc etc etc) and ECM that it comes from factory with your engineer should sign off on it.

The alternative is get what ever you want and pass IMO 240.

[Russell9318]

Any of the modern engines particularly the crate engines are very good value for money whether Ford Or Chev.
I have chosen to go with a Coyote Aluminator for the simple reasons below:

1. It's a Ford
2. All aluminium and light, around 200+kg
3. Bloody big, will fill the engine bay.
4. Economical...nah, couldn't care less
5 Easily complies with Aussie emissions
6 Plenty of grunt..420 HP, 390ft.lbs torque standard

Their are a variety of Coyote engines:

1 M-6007-M50 Standard
2 M-6007 M50S Standard sealed for racing specs so they cant be tampered with.
3 M-6007 M50NA Aluminator. Has heavily upgraded components.
4 M-6007-M50SC Low Compression for supercharginging
5 M-6007-SCJ14 Supercharged

There are other varieties as well such as the Boss and other race versions.
Thing to keep in mind with the Coyote is that it is designed to rev high so they must be geared accordingly and popping down the road at 110 on 1750RPM does not work as the power band starts around 2400RPM and their low speed torque is not good.
As Damage said, lots of good parts are being developed for these engines now including 8 stack injection
Have a look on the internet for pricing but they start at around USD6150 for standard.

Cheers
Russell

[Bernica]

Starting to really like those Coyotes for something in the future!

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Starting to really like those Coyotes for something in the future!

I read the Coyote is a bit of a dog

[tomcat racing]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

I read the Coyote is a bit of a dog

They probably call it a bit of a dog, because it likes to pi$$ on a lot of things.

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by tomcat racing

They probably call it a bit of a dog, because it likes to pi$$ on a lot of things.

Leaks oil too does it? I'll have to remember that next time someone parks one in my driveway.