I'm definitely following this one. You have one of the nicest cobras on this forum and your builds and documentation of it are always first class. Good luck :beer:
considered it, but for longevity and RPM capability down the road.....decided to stay with stock stroke.
dunno my 408w like 7800 rpms. once 8200 rpms. wear is more due to the rod / stroke ratio. greater force on the cylinder wallsjust a dumb question here possibly but im from the old school. ive had 10 fox body's with 5.0+ motors strokers and such. anytime ive ever stroked and bored a motor it was always a gain in rpm usually (other factors also like heads and cams also ect...)
so why would it be different for a 4.6L motor?
i mean yes i suppose if you bore and stroke that it will reduce the engine life because of more power so more wear. but besides that how does this negatively affect RPM?
i think a 1/2 stroke will have more wear ,say to a 4.6 to a 5.3 stroker cause its only half of that . i should have went 5.3 stroker but the cash was not there.to many cars i have.Yes the wear was the side wall load. But beyond that it has always produced higher rpm's.
Just making sure I'm not crazy and misread or do not understand.
I'm definitely following this one. You have one of the nicest cobras on this forum and your builds and documentation of it are always first class. Good luck :beer:
It should move pretty good :beer: lol!! I can't wait to see the results.
I enjoyed working on my Cobra but if I didn't get my drive time in I was not happy about it. Don't you get frustrated with the car being immobile so much? I know you don't put many miles on it when it is together but you can't even start it up lol
A List and no pictures..... :shrug:
Hell and yes! This thing is gonna be the boogie monster in all of our closets (except for some of you who don't have room in your closet for non-gay things).
After seeing what my 2.8 upper only little Eaton did on my engine quite similar to this, I can't wait to see what comes of this. Super sweet build, can't wait to see the progress and it running again.
Are you planning on oversized valves too or just a good clean head porting and work over?
Damn...gonna be HUGE #s![]()
just a dumb question here possibly but im from the old school. ive had 10 fox body's with 5.0+ motors strokers and such. anytime ive ever stroked and bored a motor it was always a gain in rpm usually (other factors also like heads and cams also ect...)
so why would it be different for a 4.6L motor?
i mean yes i suppose if you bore and stroke that it will reduce the engine life because of more power so more wear. but besides that how does this negatively affect RPM?
dunno my 408w like 7800 rpms. once 8200 rpms. wear is more due to the rod / stroke ratio. greater force on the cylinder walls
3.7 bore on the stock stroke is almost a square engine...doesn't get much better than thatMaybe de-stroke it a little and spin it to the moon if it was N/A hehe.
That and the fact that the car will never see the track makes all the power almost useless on the street anyway. LOL. Should make for some fun 3rd and 4th gear pulls though. :burnout:I personally dont think youre leaving much power on the table honestly. Nothing an extra lb of boost wouldnt get you back anyways.
That and the fact that the car will never see the track makes all the power almost useless on the street anyway. LOL. Should make for some fun 3rd and 4th gear pulls though. :burnout:
Sick build! What type of tool did you use to crimp those bands at all the hose ends?