427 engine...UK

simonjrwinter · #1 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 12:39 AM

A bit of advice please.
Does this...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=18301
seem like it could be good?
What should I look out for?
Thanks
Simon

Specialk · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 06:01 AM

ARe you going to be able to fit that in your RAM?

I don't think any top oiler's came with cross bolted mains. That would make me wonder what other work it has had and what the quality is. And no photos of the trans?

KobraKarl · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 09:15 AM

Special K, Simon

I think most, if not all top oilers came crossbolted.

KK

Specialk · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 11:28 AM

Thats right. Sorry. I was thinking 428.

KobraKarl · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 11:57 AM

Kris,

Yea Ive done that too...FE always makes you think twice...

KK

RallySnake · #6 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 12:45 PM

Simon,

That LOOKS pretty good. The practicality of it is questionable in your situation, though. When I lived in Buckshire (7 years) the cost of a tank of gas was astronomical. The difficulty of keeping a fast car on the narrow, usually wet, roads was extremely challenging. If I were in your shoes, I might buy that thing to make a neat coffee table and keep the small block in my car.

Offhand, I can think of at least three occasions in which, if I were driving a a big block Cobra instead of a great handling BMW, I'd be way too dead to write this!

But then, what does practicality have to do with Cobras anyway?

Paul

simonjrwinter · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2003, 03:36 PM

Just dreaming I guess, when it comes down to it, in the real word with fuel prices as they are, I don't suppose I'd buy it (anyway I've just found out it's already 60thou overbored)