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12-03-2014, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: redcliffe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427SC 482 Cammer
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First fully registered Kirkham wooop woop well 2014 anyway
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12-03-2014, 10:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: munno para west,
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Cobra Make, Engine: absolute pace chassis #50 L98 & 6 speed auto
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well done ......now just get a engine in it and enjoy it
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i dont care what the question is .. The answer is more power!!!
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12-04-2014, 03:34 AM
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Location: redcliffe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: venom motorsports /ls1 auto
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great to hear damage
but as said before ..now for the engine
rob
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12-04-2014, 03:37 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Sydney,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Revival #3199. 366ci L76, T56 6 speed, Blue circle custom paint, Australias most original cobra 2009-2010
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12-04-2014, 05:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
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Well done - you've certainly set the bar for build-spec, and to get it through engineering and rego is a great achievement.
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12-06-2014, 06:51 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Perth,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pace Alumina 427 #69
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Woohooo.....welldone Mate. Great feeling when all the rego bs out of the way.....
Paves the way for many others.....awesome mate
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02-25-2015, 05:24 PM
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Location: redcliffe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427SC 482 Cammer
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more bad news.
Well I'm starting to get my engine all organised to go back to together and am organizing all my parts etc so that it can get bolted together and back on the road.
Thanks to Keith Craft for next to NO ASSISTANCE. So much for using a reputable engine builder with a written warranty.
I decided given some of the issues that I have had with this Cammer that I would have everything crack tested and replace everything new because I wasn't happy with what I saw when the engine came apart.
My crank and rods and all rocker gear tested fine. I'm replacing all of the pistons because I don't want to risk any potential failures with gudgeon stress from valves hitting piston heads.
Big day of disappointment yesterday when the crack test of my heads revealed they are nothing but POS.
Thinking the Coyote might be cheaper then fixing this 
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02-25-2015, 05:38 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: absolute pace chassis #50 L98 & 6 speed auto
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man those heads look like there made by procomp its disappointing the engine builder wont stand by his work tho . that's why I only use 1 bloke to do my machine work and then I use his engine room to assemble all my own stuff less heart ache that way .
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02-25-2015, 05:43 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Survival Motorsports aluminum FE 482
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Quote:
Originally Posted by damage
Well I'm starting to get my engine all organised to go back to together and am organizing all my parts etc so that it can get bolted together and back on the road.
Thanks to Keith Craft for next to NO ASSISTANCE. So much for using a reputable engine builder with a written warranty.
I decided given some of the issues that I have had with this Cammer that I would have everything crack tested and replace everything new because I wasn't happy with what I saw when the engine came apart.
My crank and rods and all rocker gear tested fine. I'm replacing all of the pistons because I don't want to risk any potential failures with gudgeon stress from valves hitting piston heads.
Big day of disappointment yesterday when the crack test of my heads revealed they are nothing but POS.
Thinking the Coyote might be cheaper then fixing this |
Please excuse my ignorance and explain how to read what the dye represents.
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02-25-2015, 05:47 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Python ford 302 ho, 4 speed toploader, jag irs 3.54
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red die shows porosity and cracks over the white die base
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02-25-2015, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Detroit Bill
Please excuse my ignorance and explain how to read what the dye represents.
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the reds dots show where it's porous and anything that looks like a line is a crack .
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a cobra is a passion anything else is just a car
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02-25-2015, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Colorado Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra FF5/BBM 482
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who's heads are they, Coons?
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02-25-2015, 07:41 PM
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Location: redcliffe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427SC 482 Cammer
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Yes Coon heads machined by Keith Craft and supplied as part of a full engine package that broke a timing chain and destroyed itself after 40 miles.
As per the other guys said the dye stains show the porosity and cracks in the darker areas.
I have a response from Keith Craft that says in essence (my words reading between their lines) yes we are aware they are crap but we sold them too you anyway.
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02-25-2015, 08:40 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Python ford 302 ho, 4 speed toploader, jag irs 3.54
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Had a very similar problem with my dads range rover 4.6 V8 block when it was new, it was so porous that oil was leaking from the block, needless to say land rover replaced the whole engine free of charge, just a bad batch of block casting apparently. |
02-25-2015, 09:29 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by damage
I have a response from Keith Craft that says in essence (my words reading between their lines) yes we are aware they are crap but we sold them too you anyway.
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I once almost bought a set of Coon Cammer heads. Thank goodness I never pulled the trigger. Phew!
What a bummer Damage. Good luck. |
02-26-2015, 01:20 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: airlie beach / mackay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Some kind of FORD thingy, with several pis tins, twin chain driven SUs feeding a Y block, apparently.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by damage
Yes Coon heads machined by Keith Craft and supplied as part of a full engine package that broke a timing chain and destroyed itself after 40 miles.
As per the other guys said the dye stains show the porosity and cracks in the darker areas.
I have a response from Keith Craft that says in essence (my words reading between their lines) yes we are aware they are crap but we sold them too you anyway.
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Thats why i would never buy an assembled engine from the states, because you dont know what youre getting even from the reputable ones, and once its sent a long way away, so is their problem, im sure a lot of businesses work on this theory to off load their rubbish, ive had it happen to me in North Qld from suppliers down south, let alone international. |
02-26-2015, 01:43 AM
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Location: Brisbane, Australia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
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Damage, I had a devious and cunning dream a few months ago. As my ambitions are loftier than my bank balance, I had this genius thought that you would try to go through the process to get your car engineered with the cammer and find it all too hard. With that, my perfect plan was for you to get so sick of the whole thing that you'd buy a Coyote engine and sell the cammer (to me!) for a small fraction of it's true value. 
With the agro and carnage and outlay that you're now faced with, I'm glad this plan didn't somehow eventuate..!
In all seriousness though, it's a really difficult decision in front of you. Depending on who you talk to, Genesis, Coon and Pond have all had their share of porosity/casting issues. If you haven't contacted Jay Brown or Barry Rabotnik, I'd be interested to hear what they have to say.
Good luck with it. I'm looking forward to seeing the car come together again soon.
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02-26-2015, 04:10 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427SC 482 Cammer
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You better come around when I'm bolting this thing back together Craig and make sure I'm putting your engine together properly.
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02-26-2015, 04:33 PM
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Excellent! Make sure to remove all of that dye for me - it looks like a CSI crime scene!
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