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Old 03-16-2010, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Thompson View Post
I picked up my engine this weekend, built by FE Specialties in Sacramento. It is an aluminum Shelby block, Shelby intake, Performer RPM heads, medium Crower cam and 468 displacement. For carb we chose the 830 Holley 4150 (chokeless) with annular boosters. The carb works well with the porting; after some jet changes it dyno'd at 615HP at 5800 rpm, 640 lb/ft at 4200 rpm with 90% of the peak from 2800-5600 rpm. It looks great sitting on my garage floor; I'll be sorting out plumbing & accessories and hope to install in about 2 weeks.

Thanks to a number of you for suggestions and advice, and particularly to Tom Kirkham for carburetor advice.

Mark
I'm taking mine back to Tom for a rebuild now. I've got 605 HP/613 TQ on a 482ci engine.

Good luck Mark. We hope to see you soon at Cobra breakfast.

P.S. My 850 carb wasn't ported.
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