Grants' House of the Other Horsepower

1966 Shelby Cobra 427 SC

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Block started life as casting # C5AE-A 1965 390 CID service block (NOS)

-         Block hot tanked and magnafluxed

-         Block decked and surfaced

-         Cylinders bored .030” over (for displacement)

-         Mains line honed

-         Main bearing cap bolts replaced with ARP bolts

-         Federal Mogul main bearings

-         Crank turned 10/10” undersize

-         1970 428 SCJ rods –C3AEC-  crank journal end re-bored (corrected 410 CID with SCJ rods)

-         ARP rod bolts

-         TRW wrist pins

-        Speed Pro (TRW) forged aluminum .030” oversize 10:1 compression pistons

-         Plasma Moly alloy piston rings

-  Engine balanced and blueprinted to 3 decimal places (c/w front pulley/damper/flywheel/clutch)

-         ATI Super Damper (NASCAR approved)

-         Melling high volume balanced and blueprinted racing oil pump – deep sump

-         ARP hardened intermediate shaft (oil pump)

-         Oil journals ported/chamfered

-         Edelbrock (ED8835) high volume aluminum polished 428 Police Interceptor water pump

-         Crane Cam – 344342 – 537 lift

-         Crane hydraulic lifters

-         Cloyes Hex Adjustable billet timing gear set

-         Felpro gaskets

-         Aluminum sand cast/painted CalCustom valve covers

-         Aluminum sand cast/painted “COBRA 427” “T” sump/baffled oil pan (7 quart capacity)

-         Custom aluminium billet turned serpentine pulleys

-         Schiefer aluminium flywheel

-         428CJ windage tray

-         solid aluminium motor mounts to frame

Heads started life as casting#C80E 6090-N 1968 428SCJ heads

-         Hot tanked and magnafluxed

-         Re-surfaced .010”

-         Steel/copper valve guides

-         Federal Mogul Valves (3 angle grind)

-         Mildly ported and polished intake ports

Intake

-         Ford OEM Sidewinder Manifold Dual plane

-         K&N air filters

Carburetor

-         Single Holley 32-750 carbureted

Transmission

            -      RUG AV1 Ford 4-speed top loader

-         Wide gear spacing

-         Ford 9” narrowed rear end

-         3:50 gears - open

-         Centerforce Dual-Friction single plate dry clutch – hydraulic

-         12” driveshaft

-         solid aluminium transmission mounts to frame

-         HURST shifter

Suspension

            -      Front unequal length tubular A-arms

-         adjustable coil-over shocks Frt

-         Rear – 4-bar adjustable link tubular

-         adjustable coil-over shocks RR

-         Pan hard

Radiator

-         custom 26” x 19” x 3” 4-core aluminum (custom)

-         Expansion tank – Aluminum (custom)

-         Electronically controlled dual electric ‘up front’ cooling fans

-         Spun aluminium overflow collector tank

Brakes

-         4-wheel 11” disc – cross-vented front

-         semi-metallic pads

-         vacuum power assist

-         12V vacuum assist pump on board (for high rev lift/cam power assist)

-         Under hood Wilwood manual brake proportioning valve – front/rear bias 

Steering

-         mid-70’s Mustang quick ratio power rack and pinion steering

-         KRC racing power steering pump/reservoir (underdrive)

-          #6 braided stainless hoses

Ignition

-         Mallory 375501 Unilite Distributor

-         MSD 6AL Ignition control

-         Accel 8MM plug wires

-         MSD coil

Lubrication

-         remote dual K&N oil filters

-         oil cooler (aluminium)

-         braided stainless #10 lines

Exhaust

-         custom headers w/ 4” collectors

-         dual glass packs in each side pipe (Ontario Provincial Police verified)

Fuel

-         Holley ‘Blue’ electric pump

-         WIX 33900R filter

-         All #10 Stainless braided line

-         Holley Pressure regulator

-         In-Line under hood fuel pressure gauge

Roll Bar

-         Brushed stainless

Wipers

-         MGB tri-wiper

Frame

-         2” x 4” tubular steel

Body

-         originally a Cobra International – corrected for appearance/functionality

Interior

-         NEX racing seats

-         Drivers side 5 point ACI racing harness

-         Passengers side 4 point ACI harness

-         Dead pedal on drivers’ side

-         Complete set of Autometer gauges – reverse speedometer in MPH

-         Carpeted/insulated passenger side

Paint

-         PPG Deltron 2000 tri-colour

-         Candy Apple Red w/ Pearl White striping

-         Undercarriage – PPG epoxy chassis black 

Rubber

-         Dunlop GT Qualifiers on American racing aluminium

-         Front – 235-60-15

-         Rear – 295-60-15

Glass

-         great condition – wind wings

Exterior

-         Front and rear over riders (not functional)