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06-26-2013, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Out with the old, in with the new
Again 
Out with the old (Silver 289FIA), in with the new (427SC).
Have to keep them separated by a few feet so they do not fight with each other while still sharing the garage 
Bill S.
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Last edited by mrmustang; 12-23-2014 at 05:05 PM..
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06-26-2013, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Huntington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: E-M 427 Top Oiler stroked to 482 by KC, Stage 2 heads, a Quikfuel and Voila, 640 hp
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Think that newby might need new piston rings this winter?
Nice color choice..........Bring it to Lake George.
Tim
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06-26-2013, 06:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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Is that a CCX Bill?
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06-26-2013, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mickmate
Is that a CCX Bill?
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Tim got it ERA 717. The jury is still out on what it may need, only time will tell. For now, when I have the time, I'll do the usual compression and leak down tests, then use a flexible bore scope to dig deeper, maybe even pull the pan off before actually yanking the motor.
Bill S.
PS: Are there any casting/stamp marks on the Dove heads to differentiate between older and newer castings? I ask because I remember some time back that a pallet load of "defective" (overly porous) Dove heads disappeared from their loading dock. Want to make sure I do not have a set of those on my hands 
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06-26-2013, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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That looked like a heck of a nice deal for someone not afraid to dig into the motor a little. Hope it just needs something relatively minor. Good luck.
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06-26-2013, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Congrats Bill. I'm envious of your garage.
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06-26-2013, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanEC
That looked like a heck of a nice deal for someone not afraid to dig into the motor a little. Hope it just needs something relatively minor. Good luck.
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It's blowing nice blue smoke out the side pipes, I'm going to yank the push in valve cover breather and install a PCV set up just to see what happens....After that will come the compression test and leak down test.......Only other item of interest is a faint clunk in the right rear. Will have to check that out as soon as I can borrow a lift.
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Congrats Bill. I'm envious of your garage.
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Why, because it looks clean from that angle
Believe me, from the other angle it is not.
Bill S.
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06-26-2013, 03:00 PM
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Looks good Bill.
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06-26-2013, 04:28 PM
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You really should clean that garage up a little. So messy, I don't know how you can work in there!
Nice looking project!
Larry
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06-27-2013, 07:57 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanEC
That looked like a heck of a nice deal for someone not afraid to dig into the motor a little. Hope it just needs something relatively minor. Good luck.
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Well stated.
That being said, and given the car's current propensity to belch blue smoke, would it be wiser to aim those sidepipes toward the garage doors instead? |
06-27-2013, 09:06 AM
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Location: San Marcos california,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1989 KCC from South Africa Right Hand Drive
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Good luck on the PCv....after looking at the pic , I thought that might be the problem.......a cheap fix if you're lucky...  |
06-27-2013, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
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May also be an intake gasket leaking some oil into a chamber...
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06-27-2013, 10:38 AM
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Location: VALLEY FORGE,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE w DOUG MEYER ENGINE
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It would be cool if you got lucky with something simple. Any smoke out the breather?
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06-27-2013, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JBCOBRA
It would be cool if you got lucky with something simple. Any smoke out the breather?
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yes, on the easy side I am (was) thinking valve seals.
On the not so easy side I am thinking a ring job.
Had it out and put 50 miles on it, while it puffed blue smoke out the passenger sidepipe, the drivers sidepipe was clean as could be.
Forgot to check if the valve covers were baffled, so the K&N push in filters could be losing oil through splash action (it does show on the rear of the valve cover on the passenger side, drivers side shows a little, but not as much).
Only other thought I had was that the engine builder did not put any oil restrictors in the heads......
We'll find out in a few weeks when I have time to dive into it..
Bill S.
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06-27-2013, 12:05 PM
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Does it puff all the time or more on deceleration or acceleration?
If the smoke is just coming out one side, I think Zoera is correct with the intake gasket. I had the same thing this spring. On heavy deceleration I would get smoke out the passenger side. Intake gasket was not installed correctly.
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06-27-2013, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
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So, is the old sold?
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06-28-2013, 04:44 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Originally Posted by Chaplin
So, is the old sold?
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Left yesterday (I did not make any of the arrangements was not crazy about what they sent to pick the car up and take to Port Newark), on it's way to a slow boat to Germany.
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Last edited by mrmustang; 12-23-2014 at 05:05 PM..
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06-30-2013, 10:35 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1989 KCC from South Africa Right Hand Drive
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Put the PCV in.............please...............!!!!!!!
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06-30-2013, 12:58 PM
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I don't think a PCV is going to fix this one.
Last edited by fdjake; 06-30-2013 at 01:38 PM..
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06-30-2013, 03:54 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fdjake
I don't think a PCV is going to fix this one.
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It's won't, I already knew this, but it does allow the engine to vent/burn what was originally being blown out the K&N filters that were epoxied in to the valve covers. Far less usage in my first 322 miles, have used less than 1 quart of oil, so it helped a little bit, it also showed that it is only the passenger side that is blowing oil. In a few weeks when I have time to tear in to the motor with my engine guy, we'll get it all figured out, hopefully in time for the LVSAAC fall show in Hershey, PA 
Bill S.
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