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01-07-2011, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rustyBob
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...
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Here is a shot of my driveway. It's the dirt road in the lower left corner.  |
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01-07-2011, 02:11 PM
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Picture this time?
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01-07-2011, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A&C 67 427 cobra SB
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Originally Posted by redmt
"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?
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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. |
01-07-2011, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by olddog
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.
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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. |
01-08-2011, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Originally Posted by redmt
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
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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.
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01-08-2011, 11:08 AM
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and thats why i went with iron heads....
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01-08-2011, 12:09 PM
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You must be too young to remember Oldsmobile commercials.
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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. |
01-08-2011, 03:51 PM
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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.
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Well that's possible too - I'm about to hit 60 any day now and I forget more of what I knew every day.  |
01-08-2011, 05:41 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
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01-08-2011, 08:59 PM
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Wow thats a nice motor..
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01-08-2011, 09:36 PM
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Wow thats a nice motor..
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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. |
01-09-2011, 10:12 AM
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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.... |
01-09-2011, 10:17 AM
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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.... |
You stole my motor. Give it back,,,,,,,,, |
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