Thread: FE vs. 460
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Old 10-12-2008, 08:31 PM
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Great, it's a FE then. Good decision.

With the rear end. A 9" will take all the punishment you give it. I live off a highway 15 miles to the city. I have the Tremec TKO with 331 gears. At 60mph, I'm running 2,000 rpm. Very nice combination.

The only thing I would do different is, to narrow the axles & housing to place my wide tire further inward, as once and a while, I get some tire rub. The appearance will also look closer to the original cars or like the Kirkham. I have the suspension just right for me now and will tackle narrowing the axles as a winter project.

For your Cobra, you may not have the issue I do but, plan the off-set, get the tire/wheel's you want and do some measuring for the rear end. You can also do the same for the ride height you want and getting the suspension set.

I made a solid shock mount out of aluminum and used adjustable heim joints to set all of the above and for ordering the length and spring rate for my new QA-1 coil shocks. If your interested, I'll send them to you for just the shipping cost.

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