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Originally Posted by Three Peaks
Admit it for what is is, ego and bragging rights and really nothing else. And the fact it raises the cars value only means there are lots of guys out there who need to boost their ego and bragging rights so they can inflate the conversation when they are bench racing.
Bob
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I'll admit it's my ego that led me to buy and install an alloy FE block, if you admit that you're just envious you don't have an FE in your Cobra.
As I said previously, for an extra $1,000-$1,500 in 2008, I chose aluminum FE because 125 lbs was important to me. And Kirkham went through a lot of trouble to build a lightweight aluminum Cobra, with their billet aluminum suspension and differential, to drop a "boat anchor" in there. And Shelby's American-made pure Alcoa aluminum blocks weren't exhibiting any casting issues to the best of my knowledge.
And most "car people" understand the difference between a small block and a big block.