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10-12-2008, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Buckeye,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None yet, that's why I'm here.
Posts: 134
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Oh, I'm perfectly aware of all the benefits of IRS.
I simply don't care. 
They can call it a big dumb live axle all they want, I'm not offended.
Give me the toughest, simplest, most durable rear end there is - I'm done.
There will be plenty of other maintenance issues on any car, I like to eliminate as many as possible.
I suppose I could always buy a new Vette or some European exotic, but that's not my style.
An American V-8 in a tiny car is all I'm really after, cheap, simple and fast.
As a crane operator for many years, and a private pilot, I've seen too many cases where the problems of overly complex machinery are not worth any perceived advantage when it bites you on the ass in a spectacular fashion.
I may be on a computer, but I'm a stone tablet and chisel kind of guy.... 
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10-12-2008, 12:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoConMan
There will be plenty of other maintenance issues on any car, I like to eliminate as many as possible. |
Then don't even think about putting in an FE. |
10-12-2008, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Buckeye,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None yet, that's why I'm here.
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Well....
I was thinking 460. Again, relatively simple. A little lighter than an FE too.
I know the FE motors are legendary and all that, but I've never really liked them.
I had several in old cars and pickups years ago, I know lotsa people who drag raced them.
Like me, they went to the 460 when possible.
I don't intend to build a monster motor, somewhere around 450hp/450 torque would be adequate.
How do they compare for fit and maintenance in the Cobra body?
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God, guts, and guns.
I'd rather be a gun-runnin' Right-Wing Nut-Job than a Liberal with no nuts and no job.
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10-12-2008, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
Posts: 705
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Here's my broken Superformance half shaft from car 2040. I can confirm it stinks to have it break. Being it was obvious the part was not sufficient for the job I replaced both half shafts with a stronger pair from The Driveshaft Shop as well as the internals in the Ford 8.8 to a Detroit Tru-trac keeping the 3.73 gear.
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10-12-2008, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
Posts: 705
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looking at the metal in the half shaft above, man it really does look like junk with a hardened outside, but then again I'm no expert on metal.
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10-12-2008, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Buckeye,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None yet, that's why I'm here.
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Looks like it'll be an FE and a 9 inch for me....
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