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Old 02-23-2004, 02:20 PM
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Whooa there a minute. Somewhere late 80's to early 90's Ford changed the crankshaft at the mains design, and switched to a internaly balanced design I think. I'd have to look it up to be sure but you may run into flywheel and damper balancing problems by switching to a earlier shortblock. You are correct that you can use the late model fuel inj. stuff on the top of any 460 factory iron head/block combo though. But there will be port matching issues that will have to be dealt with unless you use the very, VERY lo/po' 94 and up heads. Most of the guys that I've talked to say that you will be disappointed with the power performance of the late truck fuel injection setup. ALL agree that there is even less you can do with it later, when you get around to modifing it, and trust me you will,,,,,,,,,,,,, Tractability issues are favorible as long as you stay with the stock F.I. cam, but who does? There probably is smarter AND cheaper ways to do a Cobra. A word to the wise.
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