WE have been having great weather the past week in upstate NY; it was in the 70's for the whole week, unbelievable for this time of year.
So, I figured that it was time to start working on the cobra to get it ready for next year, which will hopefully will be better. Have to change all of the fluids, am going to upgrade the clutch and flywheel and refresh the engine since I had to pull it to get at the clutch. I could have waited another year to refresh the engine, but since it is such a pain to pull figured that I would get it done early. It's also cheaper to find something that amy need to be changed out before it breaks, then run the engine until it breaks.
My cousin was coming over, so I did some prep work to get everything ready. Car up on the stands and removed the seats and tunnel.
The second photo provides a better look at the brake cooling system that Dennis Olthoff fabricated and installed.
It took us about 5 hours to pull the transmission and then the engine. A lot of things that have to be removed and disconnected.
Here are some views of the lowering blocks that Dennis installed on the front and rear transverse leaf springs. They made a tremendous improvement in handling through the corners, the only costs to that adjustment are that I tend to bang the exhaust pipes on the curbing when I cut the apex tight, and I had to make some adjustments to the trailer as the pipes were hanging up.
Engine is ready to take to the engine builder for a tear down and evaluation, cleanup, tuning, new clutch, pressure plate and flywheel, new bearings, etc. All I have left to do with the engine is make a box to put it in. Then, I am going to go through the chases and check all bolts, nuts, change differential fluid and transmission fluid, and clean everything up. Lots of things to keep me busy before the snow flies.
Jim
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Time to prepare for next year
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