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Originally Posted by davids2toys
Interesting about the solid lifters. I bought my car used and the builder originally put a Hyd 600 lift cam in it. He wanted the sound so he switched it out for a solid cam for the "noise effect". With the exhaust you cannot tell the difference at all between the the two cams. This year I was running the car around without the tunnel due to repair work and that is the first time I could actually here the lifters along with a bunch of other noises mixed it... sounds terrible, cant wait to re-installed the tunnel.
As far as carb choice, yes, a 750 would be best.
I have two of them I just put up for sale on Craigslist if you have any interest.
USED: Holley 750 Double pumper with Vacuum secondaries
Holley Carbs
NEW: Davinci Holley 750HP with Mechanical Secondaries
Davinci 750 HP Holley Carb/Brand New
Good luck and congratulations on building your Cobra. What kit are you going to use? I will vouch for ERA if you want a great riding quality car and AWESOME customer service.
Dave |
The more I read about hydraulic vs. solids, the better hydraulics seem. The question seems to be, how PITA are keeping solids in adjustment versus how much performance do you really give up with hydraulics? I have time before I need to decide, though.
You know, I hadn't really thought through the FE. I was fantasy planning a small block Cobra when I got orders to deploy to Afghanistan last week, which come with sufficient income to buy the fantasy Cobra, so now I'm playing catch up in my mind. Then I got spousal approval. It also puts my build off by a year, unfortunately.
I've narrowed my choices down to FF, ERA or Hurricane, but Hurricane is currently in front because I have an "in" with the company, plus they are local to me. In addition I like the lines of their body.
I'd forgotten about the 390, partly because I had a TBI in '99 which means I do stuff like that, plus my dad passed away in 2014, and mom hadn't opened up his long term storage until now. Suddenly, I realize I have a shed load (literally) of early 390 and 352 FE parts. Both my grandpa and my dad owned FE powered cars from 1958 until 1970, and never got rid of anything.
I fly back to the US from Germany in a week, and after I tie up things in DC, will fly out to Iowa and crack open the barn to see what's what.