Dave Walters
427 Galaxie Registry
Website
http://home.ptd.net/~pwalters

Weendsor?

thegoingthing.com

Ya the headers are bolted on sideways too Gord

has the wrong date code?

The oil is past due a change?

The Fuel Filter should be ahead of the mechanical pump? The scatter sheild should not be painted blue because it cannot be recertified?

The valves are mis-adjusted and the pistons have too much clearance and the owner can't distinguish the knocking sound?

(was I close?? )

It`s amazing how much trouble some people will go to make their 289-302 look like a FE, isn`t it?

428 powered Fairmont drag car, Best ET:10.03@132.11MPH, best 60 ft: 1.29
59 Meteor 2 dr. sedan 332, Ford O Matic
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4speed

FE envy.....lol

Jody Aberts
Troublemaker2
1966 Fairlane 427
AA/NSS
9:49@141
1964 Galaxie 500XL
390 p-code 4spd.
1966 F-100
390-C6

if you guys look close those are small block valve covers not fe covers with a adapter. then the next question,where does the fe have the rights to the COBRA name???? this day and time there are lots of big inch smallblocks around that will kick most of our collective fe asses whether we like it or not. you just need to be thank full of the engine in the car. you know it could have had a small block chevy in it.....gopher

His car, his build.

Still, regardless of the fact that I would do some illegal things to build, own, drive a Cobra (kit, clone or original) ... I am really not impressed with small block powered Big block body type Cobras.

I hear and understand that a "modern" big inch windsor is a force to be reckoned with, yet that isn't the end all be all of driving a Cobra is it? Cobras were never finess cars, if you wanted finess - then go buy an Italian girly man car multiple valve, FI, high whining (yes, I meant "whining"). The FE in the Cobra was just as much a statement as it was power source. It was and still is a hairy-back, low-browed, bare footed, club carrying, caveman of a car. Its 10 gallons of crap in a 5 gallon bucket. Treat it right and it just might not spill all over you.

I find very little solace in the fact that its marginally better to crack the hood and find a sbf under the hood - compared to a GM, to me they are both equally distasteful.

Kinda' like seeing a nice 60's Muscle car with all the badges, stripes, wheels and tires...only to find out is has a I-6 under the hood.

At this stage in life, I even want to see the high school pictures of Super models before taking them out on a serious date. Plastic surgeons today are just to damn good! No wonder everyone wants a DNA test when they see the kids.

Actually if you look close you see only two bolts on the outboard side. Smallblocks have three. FE valve covers are longer so the adapters hang past the ends of the head.

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Hawkrod

39 Ford Deluxe Coupe
59 Tbird 430
60 Lincoln Premier
(2)62 Tbirds
(3)68 Cougar XR7-G's
69 Cougar 428CJ 4 speed
77 1/2 Ford F250 4X4 w/460 swap
86 SVO mustang
76 F250 Crew Cab
1969 Mach I
look at my cars past and present at superford!

This looks like the Factory 5 car that was built in Mustangs And Ford magazine. They custom made the valve covers for a small block to look like FE type. Looks cool. It caught me off guard when I saw it in their magazine.

That big hose between the Throttle Rod and the return spring might cause a big problem some day. OOOPS!

If you have a Windsor dress it like a Windsor.
Why fake it?
Nothing wrong with a small block.
Lots of people have them.
I think there's a 12 step self help program too.
Step 3 involves an engine crane.....

Barry Rabotnick
Survivalmotorsports.com

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....the badges actually referred to the style of body, rather than the engine. The 427 Cobra was very much different from the 289 cars...roll bars, suspension, fender shapes, front end, etc. There were several engines floating around in each style, the 427 cars actually had 428's and 427's, and even an aluminum 390 nicknamed "The Turd". The 289 cars were available with 260's as well.

quad set up, but are those on backwards? Mike

Ford always mounted multiple Holleys backwards. Also, the motor could be anything from a 221 to a 427 smallblock (yes, there are 427 smallblocks: http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/hdrp_0510_factory_five_cobra_427_windsor_small_block/index.html ) and you can run two 390's on a 221 easily. Hawkrod

Hawkrod

39 Ford Deluxe Coupe
59 Tbird 430
60 Lincoln Premier
(2)62 Tbirds
(3)68 Cougar XR7-G's
69 Cougar 428CJ 4 speed
77 1/2 Ford F250 4X4 w/460 swap
86 SVO mustang
76 F250 Crew Cab
1969 Mach I
look at my cars past and present at superford!

I have one. Aftermarker "351" block and stroker crank. 4.155" bore x 4.25" stroke.

SBF Man-O-War block 4.200 bore X 4.25 stroke gives 471CI in 9.5 deck. Joe-JDC.

If that's a windsor , it's a 9.5 deck.....too wide to be a 8.2

Ford themselves is getting into the act. From the SEMA show in the Ford Racing display...

nm

Who makes the dual quad for the windsor?

It looks like the rear carb flange is welded on. It doesn't appear to be a modified new Edelbrock Air Gap dual quad for the 351W...


...and it also doesn't look like the dual quad that already fits Holleys that Price sells.


http://www.pricemotorsport.com/html/body_intake_manifolds.html

What IS that intake? And who made it?

Barry Rabotnick
Survivalmotorsports.com

if you zoom in on the pic, horizontal welding appears on the runners for #7 . Looks like someone took a single plane intake, removed the upper runner material and welded on a plate of some type. Ugh!

nm

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Mickey Thompson's 63 1/2 #997 S/S Hi-Rise 427 Lgt/Wgt Galaxie,
1957 C-600 Cab-over carhauler w/390-4V, 2-speed rear-end
FGCofA member #4908
MCGC member #75

"There will ALWAYS be an FE in my LiFE"

But why fake it? The SBF can be made to look pretty nice.


oh well my 2 cents

At least it's not a c____


I'm suggesting we keep it in perspective here.