427 engine build

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Originally Posted by MGP69stang

Well .. ERA or Unique manufactured 10-15 years ago is still at $70-80k with a 428 if they come up for sale at all , so why not build a new one since those 2 manufacturers don’t deprecate

OP, this is not about any particular replica manufacturer. Buy whatever makes your foot pat.

This is about YOU! YOUR skills, YOUR experience, and YOUR ability to complete a project of this magnitude and of course let's not forget — the fact you have never undertaken anything like this before. How do we know? Your questions give it away. We have already been where you are going! Pay attention; it is to your advantage.

Your question,

Originally Posted by MGP69stang

...so why not build a new one ...

This indicates you have not been reading what the members have been telling you. You have the unique benefit of using the collective experience of many current owners who have already been where you are going.

You are not hopping up an engine in an already built car or even swapping in a new, bigger, more potent one. You are building a high-fidelity replica of a 1960s World Champion purebred race car, and you are doing it from the ground up.

The big difference is twofold:

• You will do it with an engine that has perhaps 50% more power and torque than the original championship cars,
• You will do it without the original builders' experience, knowledge, expertise, or skills.

Just a couple of examples;

Can you explain what anti-squat and anti-dive suspension geometry requires to be properly implemented?

Can you explain what bump steer is and how to eliminate / mitigate it in a car?

Or, how about corner weighting? What do you want? How do you get it?

This is the easy stuff. Wait until you get to the hard stuff. Your line of questioning and the questions you are asking, along with the commentary you are offering, speak volumes about your experience and most importantly suitability to build vs buy one of these cars.

Buy a finished car that has been already sorted out and focus on how not to kill yourself.

In the driving and staying alive domain, do you know what trailing torque oversteer (TTO) is and what to do when you experience it?

Once you have owned one of these cars, learned about what it is and how it can kill you (without actually killing yourself), then maybe, only maybe, you might be ready, willing and capable of taking on a replica build of your own. Until then, you would be smart to go to BAT with a budget and see what your budget will allow you to play with.