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Road Trip!
My son and I are going to visit Barry Rabotnick at Survival Motorsports tomorrow. That should be fun and interesting. It is about an hour away from home so not a big deal. Still planning a 482 FE but suddenly allowing the possibility of a 460 big block. More power for near half the price?
Not original but tons of reliable power "cheap". This is a way to knock several thousand off the car. Current thoughts are go with the FE. |
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I remember going to take a look at a used Kirkham that the seller had originally installed a 460 in. The seller was unable to sell his Kirkham with the 460, so he removed the 460, installed an FE, and then sold it. Also, at least in the Kirkham, one of the cross-members had to be "clearanced" to install the 460. |
There are obviously some Cobras which are more 'authentic' or 'truer' to the original cars than others. I'm not going to start listing brand names as that will likely kick off a discussion that has already taken place far too often, but it seems to me those which are more authentic have more to gain by using an FE or SBF than do those which are less authentic (e.g. West Coast, Kellison, Factory Five Mk3).
In my case, I'm quite happy with the warmed over 460 in my West Coast. OTOH, if it was a CSX, Kirkham or Superformance I'd probably be looking hard at an FE. Just my $0.02. YMMV |
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How much cheaper is a 460 than an FE?
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Based on the Keith Craft crate engines
Pond Block FE 482 600 hp 19,000 Production block 514 700 hp 12,000 Certainly a reason to pause. The BB may have height clearance problems I don't know to flow that much air I don't think they are using a dual plane manifold. |
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There is no where else, skip the floor mats? :) It is all good I have worked very hard for many years to be able to do what I want. |
I know you won't believe this, but there is no difference between 600 and 700 horsepower in these cars.
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And I wouldn't compare either of those Pond blocks, which are near exact duplicates of the original side-oiler blocks to a production 385 series block. |
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The HP difference was not the point it was an easy example. I understand the car will be over powered, planning on it. Has anyone ever called you the fun police? I have read you say 1,000 times anything over 400 hp is a waste or something like that. Yea we get it. I have never read one post where someone says it just hooks up in first and goes. |
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Then by all means put your 385 series engine in there and be done with it. It will make cheaper power, which is apparently what you want.
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I have some solutions in mind for my car, but starting from scratch a BB should fit as long as: a) the air cleaner is short enough to not interfere with the distributor and narrow enough to fit in the hood scoop (e.g. 8" x 15" or 8" x 12" oval); b) the intake manifold is relatively low profile; c) a minimal insulating spacer or turkey pan is used; and d) the carb and air cleaner follow the line of the hood scoop (I'm adding a 5° wedge spacer to tilt mine down 2°, rather than up 3° as it is now). |
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