OK Chas, See If You Can Tell What's New...

[patrickt]

See if you can tell what I changed....

[dcdoug]

Less anodized bling. Nice work. Keep at it until its gone.

[ERA Chas]

You did the fittings with oven cleaner.
AeroQuip nickel are so much nicer. But hard line is MUCH, much nicer. Black fabric would be an acceptable alternative for functional aesthetics.
You still have to lose the faucet handle on the heater hose thingie.
In fact, you put it in a bag (appropriate ) for cold weather so why not dump those JC Whitney heater hoses (and the heater)??
And the break-away TP still screams....never mind.
Plug the intake and lose the nancy stuff-it's supposed to be a COBRA. Big hairy balls remember??

[patrickt]

No, I don't use oven cleaner. I carefully burnish off the coating with my Dremel and a couple of stainless steel brush tools. It comes out very nice; it's just a wee bit tedious. Easier than replacing the lines and/or fittings. I did the oil filter lines a couple of years ago... got tired... and didn't get around to the fuel lines until now. I still have a little more to do around the fuel pressure gauge, but I might take another couple of years off now. I actually like a small splash of color.

[ERA Chas]

((Groan))

After the wheels, I had hopes for real progress to let that little beige car be proud one day...

[RodKnock]

Bummer. It's still a 428. I had high hopes you ditched the boat anchor.

[Bernica]

Now you need one of my trick 9" air cleaner setups. See Mickmate's site for one and give that thing some breathing room!

Engine : Acton Custom Enterprises, Custom Metal for Cobras

[DanEC]

What's with the fuel line to the front carb bowl? Looks like some sort of silver hose or section of pipe on it compared to the rear one.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DanEC

What's with the fuel line to the front carb bowl? Looks like some sort of silver hose or section of pipe on it compared to the rear one.

Yes, it's different. It used to be this until I polished off the red/blue.

[AL427SBF]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Bummer. It's still a 428. I had high hopes you ditched the boat anchor.

my eyes well up when I see something like that, particularly if 427 fender badges on, get all excited and then lift the hood for a big disappointment, might as well be a chevy.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Yes, it's different. It used to be this until I polished off the red/blue.

Ahh - I see.

Thanks

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

my eyes well up when I see something like that, particularly if 427 fender badges on, get all excited and then lift the hood for a big disappointment, might as well be a chevy.

How do you know from lifting up the hood??? Climbing underneath maybe. And then if you have a Pond, Genesus or Shelby block or any of the other aftermarket blocks it doesn't have a lot more relationship to a FoMoCo 427 SO than a 390/410/428. At least 428s actually were delivered in Cobras originally. Besides, with the exception of a few original Shelby produced cars in the hands of members here, the rest are all replicas.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

my eyes well up when I see something like that, particularly if 427 fender badges on, get all excited and then lift the hood for a big disappointment, might as well be a chevy.

Ahhh, the big-block-envy is showing through. Why don't you just go ahead and put a nice FE in your car? You know you want to. And, absent something unplanned and untoward, you know you will sooner or later in your life. So, why don't you just go ahead and do it before you get sidetracked by something? Life is short -- you should move on it now.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by DanEC

And then if you have a Pond, Genesus or Shelby block or any of the other aftermarket blocks it doesn't have a lot more relationship to a FoMoCo 427 SO than a 390/410/428.

The Genesis and Pond blocks are reproductions of the original sideoiler. And I always read about CSX 3000 owners who ditched their factory 428's along the way for 427 sideoilers. 428's are like the weird uncle no one ever talks about.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Now you need one of my trick 9" air cleaner setups. See Mickmate's site for one and give that thing some breathing room!

Engine : Acton Custom Enterprises, Custom Metal for Cobras

$267? Oy Vey.

[ERA Chas]

[quote=RodKnock;1242691]The Genesis and Pond blocks are reproductions of the original sideoiler. And I always read about CSX 3000 owners who ditched their factory 428's along the way for 427 sideoilers. 428's are like the weird uncle no one ever talks about. [/QUOTE
Largely true and I mostly agree BUT there are a shedload of 428 Mustang National Record holders.
Of course Sheldon's was not built for that type of work.
Dry cleaners, haberdashers, oyster bar and Wendy's...

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

$267? Oy Vey.

Well now this part from K&N looks pretty cool, and it's under a C-Note as well.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

428's are like the weird uncle no one ever talks about.

Maybe - but most 427 cars built were street models and most of them came with either 427 center oilers (at least initially) and then 428s. A 427 SO is nice for a SC replica or Competition model replica but not really what came in the largest number of 427 models originally. But hey, they are all replacement or recreation motors anyway - how many Cobras are out there with documentation showing they are still running their original Shelby delivered motor? And not many replicas for sure. LOL

[patrickt]

That chrome one is 14" and won't fit. Here's the only one that is 9" and it's black. What do you think?

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by patrickt

What do you think?

Be careful-that may add a few horsepower.
Here's what I thought-welcome to the 20th century...