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Post By patrickt
05-01-2024, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Another Improvement
After having burned my fingers on the hood’s prop rod for 20 years, I finally crafted an insulated finger guard for raising and lowering the hood when the engine is really hot. As you might guess, the problem was that the prop rod would get very hot during a spirited drive and when I would prop the hood open to let the engine cool I would invariably burn my fingers on the prop rod because I could never remember to put on a glove.
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05-01-2024, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Mill Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2064 BOSS 302 CSX2047 sold
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Fuel hose and zip ties...I'll copy that!
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05-02-2024, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Livermore,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #629, BBM Side Oiler Block, 482ci, Richmond 5 speed
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Interesting. I've been driving mine for a little over 20 years and I've never noticed the hood prop getting hot. Mine is stainless steel though. Perhaps that makes a difference.
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05-02-2024, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West Chester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #795 427 S/C completed Jan. '14 - '68 FE 427 side oiler
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I've not noticed mine getting hot enough to burn either and I frequently open the hood when I get home from a drive on a hot day. I have a ceiling fan over the car and the heat from the opened hood is enough to turn the blades at a surprising clip.
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05-02-2024, 01:24 PM
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My prop rod does not get that hot but just
after shutdown if the hood goes up, these go on.
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05-02-2024, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevins2
I've not noticed mine getting hot...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CJ428CJ
I've never noticed the hood prop getting hot...
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Clearly you fellas need to lean on your mills a little harder.  |
05-02-2024, 01:55 PM
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OR...maybe they don't have your 800# hunk of smoldering cast iron for an engine???
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05-02-2024, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KarlzEE Bebout
OR...maybe they don't have your 800# hunk of smoldering cast iron for an engine???
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That is more properly referred to as a "seasoned block." |
05-02-2024, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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I put rubber hose on mine just to protect paint in area I could inadvertently bump with it while raising or lowering the hood.
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/atta...1&d=1714691390
Last edited by DanEC; 05-02-2024 at 05:10 PM..
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05-02-2024, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: (Beautiful) Sequim,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
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It must be a Big Block thing  us guys with little itty-bitty 289-347 small blocks never have the heat that comes boiling out like (As Karlos said) from 800lbs lumps of BB's. The last part of my drive is 4miles (@35mph, with lots of 15mph corners) with a dead end, so just right for some hard 2-3 gear pulls, you know just to blow out any Cob-Webs that could be still in the motor  Cheers TommyRot. |
05-03-2024, 11:11 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa02
It must be a Big Block thing ... |
Funny you should mention that... I actually had the boys at Danbury Competition weigh my engine when they put it together. With aluminum heads, intake, water pump, and flywheel it came in at just about 500lbs, which is only about 20 pounds over a 289. Had I not opted for the original boat anchor of a starter motor, I think I could have matched the weight of a small block. That starter motor paid me back though when it let me drive the car up on to a flat bed using nothing but the starter motor to power the car. This was after the clutch linkage came apart and I was out in the middle of nowhere. |
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