Club Cobra Keith Craft Racing  

Go Back   Club Cobra > Engine Building, Tuning, and Induction > Small Block Talk

Keith Craft Racing
Nevada Classics
MMG Superformance
Main Menu
Module Jump:
Nevada Classics
Nevada Classics
MMG Superformance
Keith Craft Racing
Advertise at CC
Banner Ad Rates
MMG Superformance
October 2025
S M T W T F S
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Kirkham Motorsports

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 2 votes, 1.00 average. Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 11-28-2011, 06:35 AM
westcott cobra's Avatar
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Eppstein, Germany, He
Cobra Make, Engine: Actual car: AC Autokraft MK IV with Keith Craft 331. Gone: Home built Crendon, original style twin tube frame, powder coated, stainless sidepipes. FE 433
Posts: 219
Not Ranked     
Default Clevelands and FE are done, will start my first 5.0 !

Hi all,

recently i sold my 427 Crendon Cobra with 433 FE and now I'm in the middle of rebuilding my AC MK IV with small block 5.0 HO power.

My first idea was to use my old hi reving Cleveland for the project but finally i want to stay with the "original" engine family.

After a short inspection of the engine internals i found out that i have to rebuild the engine. It is running but has some marks in the cylinder walls from former head gasket failures and some scratches and skuffs deep enough to bore it.

Because all the parts plus machine shop work, hottanking, cleaning, painting and so on are just a bit cheaper as a new shortblock from the US I decided to build a new one and keep the old one as a spare unit, just in case...

What i want is more torque over a broad rpm band and just a bit more HP as it has today.

Engine has to be very streetable and healthy, therefore these are my ideas:

-CR: 9,2:1
-Catalytic absorber, to be specified, maybe the original ones
-AFR 165 heads, KC ported, complete, sitting at home
-Lunati Voodoo hydr. roller tapped 61010
-COMP Cams 1634-16 - COMP Cams Ultra Pro Magnum Rocker Arms, 1:6
-JBA Headers 1621SJS - Cat4ward Headers, Stainless
-Weiand Stealth Intake 8020
-331 Shortblock, KC Street Performance
-Canton Oil pan 15-644, road race wet sump

For the carb I don't know right now.
A Holley Commander 950 TBI EFI with different jets is sitting on the shelf from a former project but i want to drive the engine the first few hundred miles with a carb.

Any recommendations for a carb matching the components above or the components in detail ?

I know that sooooo much posts as my one appeared in the last few years, sorry for this newest one.

Greetings from Germany,
Uwe
__________________
Everything should be as simple as possible - but not simpler !!

Last edited by westcott cobra; 11-28-2011 at 06:43 AM..
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
The representations expressed are the representations and opinions of the clubcobra.com forum members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and viewpoints of the site owners, moderators, Shelby American, any other replica manufacturer, Ford Motor Company. This website has been planned and developed by clubcobra.com and its forum members and should not be construed as being endorsed by Ford Motor Company, or Shelby American or any other manufacturer unless expressly noted by that entity. "Cobra" and the Cobra logo are registered trademarks for Ford Motor Co., Inc. clubcobra.com forum members agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is owned by you. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). Thank you for visiting clubcobra.com. For full policy documentation refer to the following link: CC Policy
Links monetized by VigLink