The engine is a 454ci and dynoed at 571 hp. I wish I could say it is almost finished but we have been waiting on parts for over a month so it is just collecting dust. I will post more pics when we install the drive train.
Alan
The engine is a 454ci and dynoed at 571 hp. I wish I could say it is almost finished but we have been waiting on parts for over a month so it is just collecting dust. I will post more pics when we install the drive train.
Alan
Good point on the "Dyno" advertising what the FE curned out (515) certainly will help with raffle tickets!!
Ralph
Parts! Arg! Tough sometimes to get fast service when you asking for stuff for free!
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Here are pics of the body being installed on the finished chassis.
Last edited by weaver; August 6th, 2007 at 11:08 AM.
Here are some more pictures from Alan. Check out the knock off hubs... nice!
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Southern Automotive was really proud to be asked to participate in the 2007 London Cobra Car Show & Raffle for the benefit of Cystic Fibrosis Research. We thought long and hard about the right motor to compliment the beautiful Unique Motorcars 427 cobra replica and at the same time maximize the number of potential raffle participants.
All who know Bill would expect a “big block” that would represent the power, performance & sound of the original cobra. Therefore, we decided to go with our Super FE 452 CI engine which consist of a 390 block, 4.250” stroke crankshaft, CNC ported Edelbrock aluminum heads and a CNC port matched Edelbrock Victor FE aluminum intake manifold which produced a healthy 512 hp @5700 rpms and 518 ft lbs of torque at 4400 rpms. To harness all of this power, we installed a McLeod aluminum flywheel, clutch and pressure plate mated to a Tremec 600 5 speed transmission. Finally, to put it over the top and go for 1st place in any show, we added our fully custom polished and dress up options with all polished surfaces hand treated with Zoop Seal for maximum protection.
A very important note about this engine is that we selected a 1965 Ford 390 block with a casting code C5AE-A and a build code date of 4L7 (11/7/1964) which we felt would minimize any registration issues. Shortly we will be posting detailed build specs, dyno results and pictures along with Southern Automotive’s 12 month warranty policy.
Again, a thank you to the London Ohio Cobra Club for the opportunity to participate in this event for such a wonderful cause.
Bill, Susan, the staff of Southern Automotive and our participating vendors
Susan, thank you so much for telling us about the motor. Myself, all the club and most importantly, the people and families that are afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis want to thank you will all our hearts and prayers. We are working very hard on our end to get the most possible to help these folks. We want this to be the best year ever for CF and all of our gracious sponsors
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The website for ticket sales and LCS registration should be up any time now. www.londoncobrashow.com
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as you can see the Unique raffle car is coming along pretty well, we should have it finished early next week, I will post more pics then.
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Here are some pics of the interior, check out the new floor mats.
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Alan,The Car is looking great!
Susan, That is one nice engine.
Rick. Website is not up yet.
Tony
Unique 427 #4279480 Precision Engine Machine Company 427 s/o 483.47 stroker close ratio toploader 3.31 jag rear
Alan and Maurice,
The car is just awesome. Man you guys have done such a great job, as usual. It will pay off with great dividends I am sure. Everybody will be talking about this beautiful beast and Unique for quite some time.
By the way Alan. Will you guys make those floor mats available to anyone or just for this car? If they are available I want a set for my 289. Great touch guys. Let me know how much and I'll send you a check.
Juan
I'm with you Juan, I would like a pair also. What do you say Alan?
Scott
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And WHO blazed the trail by talking Bill into building a polished motor for a Cobra? Ohh the pain. Good choice on the Zoopseal. Mine's still shining after almost 3 years!
427SC, Torch Red / white stripes
427 Windsor Stroker from Southern Automotive
Delicious example of Beauty + Power.
The mats will be available soon, he did these as samples and will get with us on price. I hope the car will be at Homecoming in May but we don't know if it will happen, maybe Rick Dorman can bring it down and sell some tickets.
Alan
Alan, Car looks Great, Engine is Beautiful never to much shine under a Hood. Hope to see it at Homecoming, but either way I will be buying over my Share of tickets.
Rodney
The website is not active yet, but I'm curious if anyone knows what the window of opportunity is for purchasing these tickets?
Thanks!
Doug
YD,E./PNB
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood..." (Daniel H. Burnham)
They will be for sale right up to the drawing around the middle of June, guys from the Ohio Cobra Club will be here Friday so I will know more then.
Alan
I just heard from the web guys that the site is 99.9% ready to go and should be up tonight, 2/6, @ 9PM. This is a very complex website so hopefully, all the bugs are ironed out. www.londoncobrashow.com.
The tickets will be for sale from the moment the site goes live until some time just before the drawing the evening of June 23, 2007. Tickets will be unlimited, $20 a piece, no multi ticket discount.
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I checked the website and it is not active yet. If I don't get to buy a couple of tickets soon, my wife will go spend the money on some useless stuff like; utilities, food, credit card bills, etc.
Dennis M. Swann