KM647 is here! (lots of pics)

[mreid]

Congrats, Arnaud! Of course, your wife did all the hard work.

He already looks like he wants to take the cobra out for a spin, if only his feet could reach the pedals!

[blykins]

Rock on man...many congrats!

[RodKnock]

I'm glad she got the flowers for you after you did all the hard work. Coaching is a tough job.

Congratulations.

[prostangrr]

Great looking family. congrats prostangrr

[BMK]

Congratulations. Hope you don't have to many sleepless nights.

Bernie

[Avmaviator]

Thanks everybody! Taking care of the little one has been good so far. Of course it is a lot of work but very rewarding, just like working on the car

For KM647, not too much going on, although I wish I was further along to take advantage of the great weather we've had here.
The EFI ECU problem was diagnosed this week as a short in the box itself. They are trying to figure out how it happened so that it won't happen again. I'm waiting to hear from FAST to see what they will do warranty wise... In any case, all the tuning done on the dyno was lost, I hope it won't take too long for the ecu to relearn everything

The box in question


I installed the Kirkham shift lever. Nice piece. It was a real b***h to get the pin out of the stock lever. I'm interested to see how it will be with a vertical lever instead of the original angled design.




Otherwise, I've been "cleaning up" the engine bay with wire holders, hiding wires, etc...





Arnaud

[fordracing65]

I like that shifter, they said at Kirkham they like it better, I think ill try one myself.

[Avmaviator]

Originally Posted by fordracing65

I like that shifter, they said at Kirkham they like it better, I think ill try one myself.

Stop copying us Pete! Haha

[fordracing65]

Originally Posted by Avmaviator

Stop copying us Pete! Haha

Dont worry, my engine is going to be bigger than yours,

[mreid]

It shifts and feels much better than the stock tko shifter.

[Avmaviator]

It's alive!!

Finally, I was able to get the engine going. I got the EFI ecu back two days ago from FAST. Good customer service over there. They said three circuit boards got fried due to bad grounding...which was surprising to me as the harness is pretty simple, and I was pretty diligent when putting it in, anyways. So I took the harness off, checked it, didn't really find anything, and re-installed everything. I tried to start it last night when I got done but it did not want to fire up... Checked the tach signal, msd box, etc... Pretty frustrating. In the morning I wanted to trouble shoot the problem by putting some gas directly in the stacks. If it fired up the. It would be a fuel problem, if not, most likely an ignition problem. I did that and it fired right up and continue running! What a feeling! It sounds so good with those pipes, althoug it is running like crap (super rich). The really crappy part is that it was all "tuned" on the dyno but with the new box it is back to zero. Just means more driving around I guess
Tonight I started it up again and let it warm up to the 180f on the water temp needed for the ecu to start "learning/tuning", which was hard to do in 15f weather, with the garage doors open, and me getting high on fumes, but it was so worth it

Alright, I'm done with my rambling. Here is the vid.

Cobra Start - YouTube

[fordracing65]

Sweet vid, ill be at the Kirkham open house next week, hope to see more of those FE monsters. By the way it was 78 in Phoenix today.

[mreid]

We all know it's not the size, but how you drive it.

[FatBoy]

I like the look of those rocker covers. They appear to folllow the same pattern as the chrome pent-roofs, but in cast aluminium, is that correct?
If so, who makes them?

Thanks,
Paul

[B.M.B.C]

Blue Thunder .........

[BMK]

Avmaviator

The Kirkham has just arrived in Australia at Pace Racing.

#664 starts its life down under.. I will keep watching your progress, thanks for the feedback.

Cheers

Bernie

[Avmaviator]

Originally Posted by BMK

Avmaviator

The Kirkham has just arrived in Australia at Pace Racing.

#664 starts its life down under.. I will keep watching your progress, thanks for the feedback.

Cheers

Bernie

Fantastic Bernie! Congrats! Let the fun begin Please keep us updated on the assembly.

[BMK]

Avmaviator

Thanks yes it begins. I will be using the all aluminum Shelby 468. Tremec 5 speed etc.

I will start a site soon on the Kirkham Forum here and probably replicate it over on the Australian Forum for the guys there.

Pace Kirkham in Queensland, Australia are the new Kirkham agents.

[mreid]

Congrats, Bernie! Can't wait to follow your build.

Arnaud, babies like riding in cobras. It helps them sleep. How's that ECU repair going?

[BMK]

fordracing65

Geeee 78 sounds like a great day. The few times I have been there it has been well over 100. This is the time of the year to be there. Real Cobra driving weather.

Bernie