Excalibur Owners: Please Reply! - Page 13

MilwDoug · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2004, 05:11 PM

Hi Rich,

Welcome to the club. Hope you enjoy the Excalibur as mush as the rest of us. Feel free to ask for help, it will be forthcoming. Oheck and I both get to mix with some of the old Excalibur employees and can usually get info. That Hella manual is worth it's weight in gold. It's a good security system but if you lose your keys it's a big problem. As I understand it it came with a red master key and 2 regular keys. Somehow the master key programmed the system. Mine came without the master, but I have 2 of the magnetic keys. I feel secure now with one backup, but if I lose one I'm going to get nervous. It would be nice to know the address of the company to see if I can get more backup. Do you think you can generate a digital copy of the manual and get it posted to the site?

Again, have fun with the car and welcome aboard.

Doug Davies

Excaliber · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2004, 05:32 PM

Are we talking COSTCO.... as in the discount shopping center place? And they were selling Excaliburs? Now THAT is news to me! Wild stuff.

Hey Mr. is it real? Yeah, you'll find them in hardware. ?????

Ernie

SCOTTSCOBRA · #3 (**permalink**) 03-31-2004, 09:43 AM

welcome to the excalibur club,,,,,we sure are happy you have an excalibur,,,,great handling cars,,,jay " jayscobras raced the car last year 2003,,,ended up 1st place autocross,,2nd place drag racing,,,2nd place roadcourse @ 6th annual run & gun 2003 madison, il. had the car all year stupendious racing,,,,,i last fall burnt pistons so we went to a stroker 331 from stock 302 w/ kenny-bell supercharger,,,,,,,,currently dinoed @ 400 hp @ rear wheels,,,((,pretty tourkey low end grunt car )) possibly jay could get you pics of car or i could,,,,whats your e-m other than this cobra site,,(( havent figured out yet for pics )),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

ohekk · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2004, 10:02 AM

The Excalibur Automobile Company headquarters and manufacturing plant has been vacant for some time and
is in the process of being demolished.

I enjoyed driving by the place from time to time...kinda like how salmon head up river to their birthplace!

Rich...if you can send me those pictures I will get copies made
for those who would like to see the workings of the plant.

Have you seen the Excalibur Rhona Adams calendar yet?

Doug...you coming to Pete's one of these Wednesday Nights?

RumblB · #5 (**permalink**) 03-31-2004, 11:32 AM

Yeah, that is Costco the wholesale outfit. I was totally surprised when the factory routed me to them when I made my inquiry. They had a great looking blue w/white stripe model on the floor of one of the stores and both my wife and I ordered ours on the spot.

I'll follow up on the manual and pictures within the next couple of days. Today is the day to get RumblB ready for the public.

I did not get the master key for the Hella system either - wasn't even aware of there was one until reading your guys' notes. I'll rest a little easier now knowing someone has one. As for the address... the company's name is Hella KG Hueck & Co. There is a card in German which I think says the address is 59552 Lippstadt. Maybe Eric can confirm.

Rich

A note for all - Hella says if the system fails its most likely the door switch malfunctioning.

RumblB · #6 (**permalink**) 03-31-2004, 08:31 PM

Guys, Factory pics are ready to go to Ohekk once I get his email. Will scan in the Hella manual tomorrow. Its in three languages. Eric, do you or someone else want the German version? In the manual there is the following telephone number in the German section (0 29 41) 38 71 64. Heaven knows if its still usefull. I think the manual was printed in 1994. (PS Its also in French.)

Rich

RumblB · #7 (**permalink**) 04-02-2004, 08:08 PM

I tried putting the pictures of the factory on my gallery - got two there and ran out of patience, and I've got DSL connectivity!!! I'll try to add them to my gallery over the next few days and let you know when everything is there.

I have the Hella Manual scanned in to my computer. If you need it let me know your email id. I'll load the pages to my gallery after I load the rest of the factory pictures.

Rich

RumblB · #8 (**permalink**) 04-05-2004, 10:22 PM

A couple of you mentioned you removed the baffels from the exhausts. How did you perform that little operation? How did you get the pieces out?

Rich

Excaliber · #9 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 06:31 AM

High rpm down shifts at the road race "blew" mine out. First one side and then the other. Not intentional on my part. Sure was surprised at the increase in h.p. though, you could FEEL the difference.

Did NOT like the additional noise however. Something in between blowing them out and better flowing baffles would be nice.

Do a 4th to third downshift at high speed and you'll wind the motor up TO high when you shift down. You will either blow out the baffles or blow out the motor.

Ernie

RumblB · #10 (**permalink**) 04-09-2004, 12:22 PM

Gee Ernie, that sounds a bit drastic!

Thanks to my son, I've just got my new cam in - motorsport 282 duration - sounds good! Time to take to the hiway!!!

Anybody else got an idea. PS: Found one of my manifolds cracked - you guys are right there just isn't enough support. The cost to fix it wasn't too bad - $15.

Rich

Excaliber · #11 (**permalink**) 04-09-2004, 03:40 PM

$15 now,,,,,,, and another $15 in a couple of months. You keep doing that until basically the whole thing is "welds". By then maybe you'll get lucky and the baffles will fall out?

Ernie

BLACKJACK · #12 (**permalink**) 04-09-2004, 05:17 PM

ERNIE - - -

THAT'S CRUEL. (HEH, HEH, HREH).

Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY.

BLACKJACK

SCOTTSCOBRA · #13 (**permalink**) 04-09-2004, 07:08 PM

hi if yall want info,,then write me own # 106 excalibur -- race it on circut---

Aloys · #14 (**permalink**) 04-10-2004, 02:58 AM

Hi, same problems with headers all over, weld them and they crack on another place. I have mine ripped out completely, a new set is beeing fitted in at this moment.
As to the baffles: I took them out last year when we worked on the sidepipes. They look like what I tried to draw below. These things are about 60cm long. We only got them out by opening the sidepipes either on front or, as I did, on the end. There would have never been a chance of them flying out by accident as metal can`t creep around a corner

Noise increased, more gas is needed but h.p. increased too.

RumblB · #15 (**permalink**) 04-12-2004, 07:49 PM

Okay, I bow to community wisdom and will start looking for a local guru! All the weight on those cheesy (is that why you called them Mickey Mouse ?

) headers, no wonder they break!

Thanks for the drawing Aloys!! I think I can see what I need to do!

Got my new cam installed and love it.

Rich

Excaliber · #16 (**permalink**) 04-12-2004, 10:33 PM

By the way, those baffles are among the most restrictive ever put on a replica. As the cars were DOT approved and Fed exempt I suspect it had to do with some kind of legal requirement for noise. LOT of h.p. to be gained cleaning up the exhaust, from the headers all the way through the side pipes.

Don Scott, Classic Roadsters, has everything you need to change it out. First thing I did was dump the catalytic converters, by the way. Then the baffles, I could big time FEEL the increase in power!

DynoTom · #17 (**permalink**) 04-16-2004, 09:25 PM

Hey guys! I just wanted to drop in a here for a little to see if any info, pics or brouchers I have for the Excalibur Cobra could help ya?

I worked on the Cobra assembly line at Excalibur for 3 years and help build about 160 cars.

I have some factory Excalibur Cobra brouchers that I would be willing to sell to guys here..

I also have MANY pictures of the Cobra assembly process....I even have some of the "one off" Cobra we built that was 18 inches longer than a standard Excal Cobra.....

Excaliber · #18 (**permalink**) 04-16-2004, 10:02 PM

Way cool DynoTom, welcome aboard.

TODAY, like hours ago, I picked up my ERA. Of course I immediatly began to compare it to the Excal. I gotta say, the Excal certainly can hold it's head up high. In over all build quality fit and finish the Excal has to be among the best out there. No question my Excal overall LOOKS better than this ERA.

That said, the freakin' 600 horse 427 is blowing my mind. The thing is incredibly quick. The ride is MUCH smoother than the Excal, but the cockpit is WAY smaller,,,,,,, I miss that extra room.

Two different cars, both with interesting features, I wouldn't mind haveing BOTH of them!

Ernie

DynoTom · #19 (**permalink**) 04-16-2004, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ohekk

Jack,

My research indicates only two left the factory so equiped.

If I remember correctly only 1 Excal Cobra "left" the factory with the KB supercharger on it......they did make 2 cars that had the KB supercharger option but,one of them had the supercharger removed and a standard hood put on it as the buyer wanted us to do that....

DynoTom · #20 (**permalink**) 04-16-2004, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Excaliber

Rear brakes are probably stock Ford units. BUT what year, model, etc. remains a mystery!

Ernie

Those rear brakes were from a Ford Thunderbird....I installed 100s of them on the 8.8 axles for the Excal Cobras we built....