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Originally posted by DP935
I spoke with them on the phone and the engine has the high rise intake and heads. The medium rise intake in the ad was a mistake. Any thoughts on value for the setup and street performance of the engine and transmission?
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If they're making that kind of mistake regarding critical parts like that, I'm guessing they're not the original owners of the engine/car...probably bought the car with the engine with the intent of restoring it to its original state and flipping it at a major auction. Just guessing.
Value is solely your call. I've just witnessed a guy with nothing but sub-$10 comic book purchases in his history outbid another guy with a history of buying parts for an entirely different engine family, to the tune of $1,000 for a (originally) flawed design intake that wasn't even complete. Go figure.
As for the street performance of the engine? In a Cobra, you could run a 4-banger and leave most cars in the dust. It's all about power-to-weight ratios. I don't have the original dyno sheet I saw in front of me, nor do I have a photographic memory, but going by my faded gray cloudy photographic plate memory, it seems to me it was peaky skewed to the right. Didn't seem to have a lot of bottom end, seemed peaky, and my impression is that I was a little surprised by the peak number given the high-riser top and roller cam valvetrain (you have been paying attention to the recent threads about bronze gears on roller cams haven't you?). I'd pump them a little about running iron heads at 10.5:1 on pump gas. The 50lb injectors I remember thinking were over-large when I first saw the engine's specs, and I still think it. But maybe they were handy/cheap?
It's basically a running crate FE engine with some exotic pieces. It's a good engine to have if you want to talk about it and bench race, and it'll probably do well in a lightweight Cobra. The trans? maybe take it, but get a newer, but better ratioed (is that a word?) one.
It's up to you what you think it's worth. If you buy it to part out, all the value will be in the heads and intake, the block too though it's probably got walls of rubber right now. The computer stuff won't give you any return on any dollars, it'll all come from the original FE bits and pieces.
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