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04-21-2015, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of Long Live the Bow tie Contemporary #102 427 Chevy .30 over Merlin heads 11to1, TBI injection
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I knew a guy who put an engine/trans from a Nissan B210 into an MGB. It was fantastic, modern, reliable, smooth, faster, better mpg, easier to fix and cheaper to maintain, He loved it ! I wonder how the "Only the way it came from the factory, Only Ford in a Cobra" crowd feels about a Nissan in a MGB????
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04-21-2015, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #684, 482FE, Mike Mccluskey build
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I love them, I love Cobra's with Chevies, I love lawnmowers with 2.0 ford ecoboosts on the back, anything that moves and moves fast I like... 
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04-21-2015, 09:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Oh ya, my friend put a Pinto engine in a '78 Pace Car Vette.
Fastest 78 Vette around.
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04-21-2015, 09:38 PM
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Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #684, 482FE, Mike Mccluskey build
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I saw a Pinto with turbocharged YUGO engine and it was fast as  , I love them all, I really like these lawnmowers these guys have with 2.0 ecoboosts in them, lol...
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04-21-2015, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #684, 482FE, Mike Mccluskey build
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodneym
Oh ya, my friend put a Pinto engine in a '78 Pace Car Vette.
Fastest 78 Vette around.
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2 bad Corvette did not get it right, lol...
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04-22-2015, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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They've sure got it right now, though. Anyone who denies that the current Z06 is one of the the best bang for the buck performance cars ever is either in denial or delusional. In fact, looking at the current crop of factory muscle from all of the big three, the glory days are here again!
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
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04-22-2015, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz
They've sure got it right now, though. Anyone who denies that the current Z06 is one of the the best bang for the buck performance cars ever is either in denial or delusional. In fact, looking at the current crop of factory muscle from all of the big three, the glory days are here again!
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All of the new Corvettes are BAD MOTHER F ers, I love them and want a white one. Even the base model I'm cool with, their is a blue one by my house and when he floored it from the stoplight it shot FIRE out of the tailpipe about a foot, lol...
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04-22-2015, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
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Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton
I'm more concerned with the fact that 7 out of 8 cars at any intersection/traffic lite are foreign--and none of them are chevy or ford powered----------at least in the pick ups and vans with ladder racks and work boxes those percentages change to ford, chev and dodge-----------
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Before you get too 'wrapped around the axle' about all those 'foreign' cars, take a look at the linked infographic published by Car and Driver magazine ( A Graphic Representation of What's Really "Made in America" - Feature - Car and Driver). It clearly indicates that, when it comes to North American content, the Ford (60%), Chev/GMC (61%) and Dodge/Ram (70%) pickups have less than Toyota Tundra (80%), Toyota Camry (80%), Honda Accord (80%), and Honda Odyssey (75%). There are many other examples of 'foreign' cars with much higher NA content than the domestic models they compete against. Food for thought.
It's clear to see the nameplate and its origins don't necessarily provide any meaningful information as to where it's made and whether it is truly a 'foreign' or 'domestic' car.
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04-23-2015, 05:41 AM
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Location: Windham,,
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One thing is for certain we Cobra types are not alone in our quest for acceptance. Our Harleys take the same verbal beating form the nay sayers or loyalists. For the last 35 yrs. have been building and riding fast Harley Davidson motorcycles with after market stroker engines. You can bet I have heard it all there as well. "A Harley is not a Harley with aftermarket engines". Ya Right! if you say so Pal. You want to line em up!!!!!
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04-23-2015, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Originally Posted by cycleguy55
Before you get too 'wrapped around the axle' about all those 'foreign' cars, take a look at the linked infographic published by Car and Driver magazine ( A Graphic Representation of What's Really "Made in America" - Feature - Car and Driver). It clearly indicates that, when it comes to North American content, the Ford (60%), Chev/GMC (61%) and Dodge/Ram (70%) pickups have less than Toyota Tundra (80%), Toyota Camry (80%), Honda Accord (80%), and Honda Odyssey (75%). There are many other examples of 'foreign' cars with much higher NA content than the domestic models they compete against. Food for thought.
It's clear to see the nameplate and its origins don't necessarily provide any meaningful information as to where it's made and whether it is truly a 'foreign' or 'domestic' car. |
Wow - interesting. I think most are cognizant of the global nature of major manufacturing, but I for one never realized it applied to such a great extent in the US auto industry. Toyota Tundra "more American" than Ford??? What's next? 
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
Last edited by Buzz; 04-23-2015 at 07:46 AM..
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04-23-2015, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by fordracing65
when he floored it from the stoplight it shot FIRE out of the tailpipe about a foot, lol... |
Well - maybe they didn't get that one quite right...sounds like a fuel delivery or timing issue... 
Unless of course you had too much beer and hot chili burritos, and the flames really shot out of your *ahem* tailpipe when the dude floored the 'Vette...
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Tropical Buzz
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
Last edited by Buzz; 04-23-2015 at 08:08 AM..
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