Club Cobra - Cast or Aluminum ?

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redmt

01-07-2011 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rustyBob (Post 1101125)

when i get my sb-100 you may just hear my FE come roaring up your driveway now that im back in Sacto. again...and i'll bring a shot of Jack with me to...

Here is a shot of my driveway. It's the dirt road in the lower left corner.:eek:

redmt

01-07-2011 02:11 PM

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Picture this time?

olddog

01-07-2011 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by redmt (Post 1101036)

"It ant your Dad's FE engine anymore" I'm not sure exactly what the intent of this was but it seems more like an insult than anything else?

It's a take from an old Oldsmobile commercial. I believe he is just saying that the parts available today are so much better than the original that the original FE are not the same as what you can build today.

I guarantee no offense was intended. Not that it is my place to be saying any of this, but I did it anyway.

redmt

01-07-2011 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by olddog (Post 1101152)

I feel all warm and fuzzy now! I thought about it a bit and thought , my dad used to drive a '32 Buick! Oh wait! He's talking about me! Must be a generation thing. When your close to 60, 40 ain't that old.

DanEC

01-08-2011 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by redmt (Post 1101036)

Thanks for all the input. I think that the cast 428 heads I already have will be the way to go. $1800.00 bucks for a set of Hi-Po heads for a stock-ish motor ain't gonna happen.

"It ant your Dad's FE engine anymore" I'm not sure exactly what the intent of this was but it seems more like an insult than anything else? I would love to come to the KC open house If it was a couple thousand miles closer, I'd be there.

John

You must be too young to remember Oldsmobile commercials. No offense was intended I'm sure - just a cliche to illustrate the big advances in FE parts in recent years. Keith built my engine with a set of old steel hi po heads - my decision based on cost and that I was going for old-school, restroration appearance and not all out horsepower. It's a street roadster replica and I'm not going to track the car. I figure 470 hp and 530 ft lbs of torque will get me in all the trouble I need at cruise night. If your after high to max power then you obviously can't beat aluminum and need to go that way. That wasn't my ultimate approach - to each their own.

rustyBob

01-08-2011 11:08 AM

and thats why i went with iron heads....

redmt

01-08-2011 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DanEC (Post 1101359)

You must be too young to remember Oldsmobile commercials.

I must be too old to remember the commercials! I do remember the one where the guy flies into the convertible. I even got the jingle for the old Ellis Brooks commercial from the SF Bay Area.

DanEC

01-08-2011 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by redmt (Post 1101394)

I must be too old to remember the commercials! I do remember the one where the guy flies into the convertible. I even got the jingle for the old Ellis Brooks commercial from the SF Bay Area.

Well that's possible too - I'm about to hit 60 any day now and I forget more of what I knew every day.:p

1985 CCX

01-08-2011 05:41 PM

Here is your solution.........

http://www.clubcobra.com/classifieds...uct/3429/cat/4

Deal.........

rustyBob

01-08-2011 08:59 PM

Wow thats a nice motor..

redmt

01-08-2011 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rustyBob (Post 1101484)

Wow thats a nice motor..

I look at something like that and would be afraid of it making the big noise that everyone is so afraid of. I couldn't imagine paying that much for a motor and having it grenade and have to do it all over again. Actually for my purposes , I couldn't justify paying that much for a motor.

rustyBob

01-09-2011 10:12 AM

yeah....but still, it would be fun to drop the hammer on that motor and hold on for dear life....thats why mine is almost stock....it starts first time every time and carries 60 pounds of oil pressure will run on the cheapest gas i can find....its nothing fancy but i gets the job done....and i didnt spend a tone of money building it either....

redmt

01-09-2011 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rustyBob (Post 1101554)

You stole my motor. Give it back,,,,,,,,,

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