Hurricane build HM-1023

[olddog]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to make you out to be a bad guy if some loud mouth gets under your skin. I was just pointing out that if it does get under your skin, why set yourself up to get annoyed by these types, especially if they are plentiful in your circles of travel. I have to assume you have met more than your share or you wouldn't have brought it up.

Me I have skin thicker than an elephant most of the time, and generally I feel sorry for idiots. Life is hard for them because they are always around an idiot, even when they sleep alone. Perhaps I have met my share too, but I just don't remember them, because I never pay them any attention.

I'll retire in a couple years. I might go ahead and build a new Cobra. I will most likely go with a 390 FE stroked to 440ish.

If I were to go with a Windsor, I would go with 4.125 bore aftermarket block and a 4.0 or 4.1 stroke. A Clevor with CHI heads really floats my boat. By the time you build this engine you'll have the price of a budget FE or more in it. So I'm back to the FE.

[FUNFER2]

With my latest engine build I almost went with a 460 based motor because the block and some of the FE parts are real expensive. But after much thought and research I again went with anothrr FE. If you stay with apx 500 HP or less, a 390 stroker like the 445ci can be built for around $7,000 (+/-).

I was able to buy a built 428 with 525-550 HP from a well known FE engine builder for $6,500. Deals can be found.

If the 385 series will fit under the Hurricane hood like the Surperformance, a fairly stock stock engine with 450 - 500 HP can run around $6,000. 600-700 HP for $11,000, 800 HP for $13,000.

Don't worry about people here and elswhere about the noise of Cobra's with loud exhaust, the 427's were built to be loud. If someone want's a very quiet Cobra , build a under car exhaust, if not, don't have a 427 Cobra. Buy a Cadillac with 4 mufflers and be happy.

Also, don't let a few rude members here piss you off or turn you away from this wonderful forum, there's always a few in every crowd.

[moore_rb]

Originally Posted by olddog

I have skin thicker than an elephant most of the time, and generally I feel sorry for idiots. Life is hard for them because they are always around an idiot, even when they sleep alone.

I love reading your posts... Your inherent wisdom does not go unnoticed.

[FUNFER2]

Originally Posted by moore_rb

I love reading your posts... Your inherent wisdom does not go unnoticed.

Hear, hear !

[Hoodabest]

So, I've been busy trying to get my non-cobra related domestic situation squared away so I can focus more resources to the build...with some success. I have made the firm decision to build a windsor motor, and will start a thread in small block talk for the engine build, rather than here . Is that what's normally done ?

Next thing is firming up the color and paint choices. When Shelby did that first continuation batch 20 or so years ago, I read an interview where he said the new cars would be painted with nitrocellulose lacquer, just like the originals. I didn't even know what it was until the next day, at which point I decided it was the coolest paint ever. Now, decades later, and after seeing old cars, bikes, and guitars with the checking and crazing that old, used, true nitrocellulose lacquer gets, it's stil special to me. Plus, while still new, a guy like me can easily repair a scratch or ding at home.

Problem with nitro is availability, especially in colors. So, odds are that the car will be painted with whatever paint the body guy I settle on uses.

Which leads us to color, a subject that I feel could remain undecided until the car is being rolled into the paint booth.

As of now, colors the car WON'T be: red, orange, yellow, purple, brown, silver, or pink.

Frontrunners: guardsman blue, malachite green, viking blue, black, tan, and white, in that general order.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Hoodabest

As of now, colors the car WON'T be: red, orange, yellow, purple, brown, silver, or pink.

Frontrunners: guardsman blue, malachite green, viking blue, black, tan, and white, in that general order.

Congratulations on making the right decision for you on engine choice. Now, on the color choices, I don't see beige on the "not" list and there's tan in the frontrunner list. Could it be that PatrickT might finally have some company?

EDIT - You're relatively new on CC - PatrickT is a member here most renowned for having a beige ERA