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Anyone built a cobra kit car?
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<blockquote data-quote="capnkirk52" data-source="post: 16268261" data-attributes="member: 13366"><p>Did a Factory Five car with my Dad a few years back. Kit was good quality. We did all the suspension and sheet metal and had a shop do the wiring. I think we were in close to 100k by the time the car fired. Our mistake was trying to use a 427 block from a marine application since his brother had it sitting on an engine stand and it was free. It was a center oiler that traced back to '63 and I think it wasfor a Galaxy. Anyway, had it magnafluxed and everything checked out so we bought a full roller kit, new heads, cam, intake, TB, etc. started putting it together and when we plastigaged it, it seemed just a little tight but still in spec. Fired it up and spun a bearing 600 miles in. Took it to a shop to rebuild, fired it, spun another bearing. After that we just went with a 427 Aluminator crate motor that was like $16,000. We wanted an automatic car so we got a C3 tranny and of course we had to have 6 speeds so we put a gear vendor on it which was pretty sweet. The driveshaft was like four inches long haha. Custom paint added more $$ but after all the crap we didn't care. We had so much wrapped up in that stupid engine with labor and parts that it probably added $30k on to the price.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure you can do it way cheaper if you just find a donor car with a good engine to swap. He bought a 302 kit car so he had some reference to help him build our 427 and that car was ok but nowhere near the car we built was. Are you looking for the build experience? Or do you just want the car? The car he bought was a good vehicle and it cost $30,000.</p><p></p><p>Whichever way you go, watch your calves when you get out of the car, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="capnkirk52, post: 16268261, member: 13366"] Did a Factory Five car with my Dad a few years back. Kit was good quality. We did all the suspension and sheet metal and had a shop do the wiring. I think we were in close to 100k by the time the car fired. Our mistake was trying to use a 427 block from a marine application since his brother had it sitting on an engine stand and it was free. It was a center oiler that traced back to '63 and I think it wasfor a Galaxy. Anyway, had it magnafluxed and everything checked out so we bought a full roller kit, new heads, cam, intake, TB, etc. started putting it together and when we plastigaged it, it seemed just a little tight but still in spec. Fired it up and spun a bearing 600 miles in. Took it to a shop to rebuild, fired it, spun another bearing. After that we just went with a 427 Aluminator crate motor that was like $16,000. We wanted an automatic car so we got a C3 tranny and of course we had to have 6 speeds so we put a gear vendor on it which was pretty sweet. The driveshaft was like four inches long haha. Custom paint added more $$ but after all the crap we didn't care. We had so much wrapped up in that stupid engine with labor and parts that it probably added $30k on to the price. I'm sure you can do it way cheaper if you just find a donor car with a good engine to swap. He bought a 302 kit car so he had some reference to help him build our 427 and that car was ok but nowhere near the car we built was. Are you looking for the build experience? Or do you just want the car? The car he bought was a good vehicle and it cost $30,000. Whichever way you go, watch your calves when you get out of the car, lol. [/QUOTE]
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