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Old 06-17-2006, 06:43 AM
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65cobraking,
I have an aluminum dove engine that I ran in my first cobra for many years with excellent results. When the engine finally let go it was during a hard burnout at a dragstrip when it dropped a valve at high rpm. The block and tunnel port heads gave me years of trouble free service. The engine is on a stand in my garage now waiting to be dropped into a 68 fastback mustang I'm restoring. I was going to put it in my new ERA but the engine that's in it now runs great so there's just no reason to go through all the work. I've heard of people having bad experiences with dove engines but I've been very happy with mine.
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