Thread: 427 Cobra - The Austin-Healey Connection
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Old 07-30-2014, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by HealeyRick View Post
The weight of the Austin-Healey engine, transmission and overdrive is listed as 728 pounds. The motor in my car is a 5.0 with a T5Z which seems to be around 600 lbs. After the swap I had to lower the front end 1" to get it back to stock ride height.
Beautiful car. A kid had a nice 3000 Healey when I was in High School. It was a nice, cream or light beige car and I expecially liked the graceful swoop of the rocker panels. But I remember watching him drive off in it and thinking it didn't sound like it had a lot of power or exactly a close ratio gear box - kind of a pre-war engine/gearbox sound. A little 289 Ford V8 should be a welcome transformation. Unfortunately the kid decided to go off-roading in it one day and bent the frame. Not a lot of ground clearance I suspect. I can't remember what happened to it after that.
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