[tin-man]

Originally Posted by cobish

Roush/Bowler engine tranny combo
My two cents worth,
Most of the Cobra buyers, buy a Cobra because of the 65 nostalgia, Big Block, Holley, MSD Ignition System, Manual Transmission, Tremec 5 speed, 5th gear as overdrive.
Plain engine and carburetor, no emission controls, a pure environmental polluter.
They can tinker with the Holley, idle speed, fuel/air ratio, change jets and timing with MSD distributer ect.
I had two SPF’s, SPF 746 with a Big Block and Tremec and SPF 2180 with a Roush 427 and AOD auto transmission.
I ripped out the AOD auto transmission and replaced it with a Tremec 5 speed. Reason, one time I put in drive, but it was in reverse, linkage failure, and I almost backed into a wall.
The more automation software from third parties you have on these cars the less you can tinker with
them, because is all proprietary. To get anything done, you have to take the car to a speed shop,
authorized by these third parties and bring Fat Wallet.
Resale value of a Cobra with Auto Transmission less then with a Manual Transmission.
On my SPF 2180 I had a rim that was out round, the rims were third party from Hillbank,
The agony and cost that were occurred, which I had to pay, before this issue was resolved all
because a third party was involved and Hillbank dropped them as a supplier.
I hope, John your issues will be resoved.

cobish, thanks for this and I thank all the club members for their support. The lighthearted banter we have does help to keep the angst under control and softens the blow of not having my car sitting in my garage waiting for me to return. I am confident Roush and Bowler will come up with a satifactory fix and resolve this issue to my satisfaction. Err, yep, that's my expectation, to my satisfaction and to support the value of money I invested in their products.

tin-man