What cam? What heads? What manifold?

[Dangerous Doug]

Tongue Pirate: I drove a SPF with a stroked 351 running about 400 hp (or so the dealer said). Very nice. I was a passenger at a local autocross in another Cobra with a 425 bhp 428---and THAT, my friend, was scary fast. Holy cow! Don't need to go completely crazy, but I do want to make it scary enough to keep my wife from wanting to drive it. (heh, heh...)

Blykins: I'm having the engine gone through by a local mechanic that used to drive GT-40's for Shelby way back when. Stubbled across this guy getting my wife's Volvo fixed a while back. I'm putting in fresh bearings and rings. The pistons are forged TRW's, and seem to be in good shape, BUT we'll certainly take a look at the pistons, rods, and crankshaft for any weaknesses. There is no tapering or lip on the cylinder walls, so I'm thinking this had very few miles on it. No scoring, either.

Harping? Nah, I hadn't clearly stated what I meant by freshen up.

No stump puller for me. The Cobra is a light car at 2400 lbs. so my focus is on high-end horsepower. Top speed and quick acceleration are what get my adrenaline going.

I want a street drivable Cobra, but when I take it down to Laguna Seca to do hot laps I want to fly. And yes, I'm planning on the big brakes for the ERA...

So, peaking at 6500 sounds reasonable. 400 bhp is the figure stuck in my head, though that may be skewed slightly high since I was first going to do a 427/428 Cobra...

Dangerous Doug
With a handle like "Dangerous Doug", I need to have something that sounds menacing...