Backdraft Cobra AUS - The search for reliability

[spookypt]

Update without pics.
- Ive booked the door, hatch and roof in for painting late January once the car comes back from Peter B at Ontrack Eng. Im using a local painter involved in the local car scene here who comes highly regarded. (Not that an ace paint job is needed.)

- Gearbox number 3 has arrived and I'll fit it over the Christmas break. A new shorter shifter and custom shift clevis is also coming to make the throw even shorter. Cant fault HGT Precision. Buy one if you need to experience again A1customer service.

- Engine. Well this is where it gets interesting. Multiple opinions and thanks to all who helped. Big thanks to Brent Lynkins (Lynkins Motorsport) for his IP sharing as well. If the AUD was stronger I'd be keen to have him build me a motor.
Anyway long and short of it my heads and manifold way out flow my current cubes. In engine talk in my case that's "the capacity vs head performance will always leave it volumetricly inefficient and therefore thermally inefficient".
As my block has the 302 small journals Im progressing down the path of new Iron eagle Dart Block 9.2 with large journals and all the fruit thereafter.
All but the pistons will be in essence off the shelf. Will run std fuel too and drop comp to around 11-1.

So I'll end up selling a complete bottom end and about 250litres of Sunoco 116leaded race fuel. That'll go a fair way to cover some of the componentry costs.

Pics to follow after Christmas.

matt