SP3033 Engine Started - Thanks Everyone

[mattpatt]

Well, the day finally arrived yesterday. On the advise of many of you I not only purchased an SPF cobra but I also installed the engine myself. It took about 3 months (took my time, on most weekends), The engine is a Keith Craft SBF 427/Dart aluminum block. The rest of the drive-train is a TKO600 (0.83 5th), steel flywheel, Mcleod RST clutch, Quick-Time SFI bell. Wheels are 18" with Michelyn PS2 rubber (255s and 275s). Color is Indogo Blue with Platinum stripes. Includes a passenger roll-bar. Everyone I dealt with for parts and advise were just great. Many thanks to: Lance, Deborah, Ashton, Barry and Mike at Hillbank; Keith, Shelly and Tony Loy at Keith Craft Performance Engines; Dennis and Sheryl at Olthoff Racing; Club Cobra's BLAS; Brent at B2Motorsports; Erick at Voss Performance plus others. This experience was 100% positive and I'd recommend it to anyone with basic experience with cars.

The engine was started for the first time yesterday: sounds great! I still have some bugs to work out before getting the car on the road: brake bleeding, clutch slave issue and an electrical issue (BLAS - please see private e-mail).

Many thanks again to you guys.

Matt