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The first MkI had the Ford 260 Cubic Inch motor, which was replaced by the 289 in the MkII. As the 289 is now like hen's teeth, if you need to replace the engine it is easier to use a 302 which is practically identical. This is what I have in my MkII.
The later steroid fed, and more common replica type, uses the 427 motor. Most replicas now use Chevrolet engines whilst it is possible to use anything from a Granada V4 to a Jaguar V12, neither of which sound good in my opinion.
I'll put up a couple of pictures later.
 
CliveW said:
The first MkI had the Ford 260 Cubic Inch motor, which was replaced by the 289 in the MkII. As the 289 is now like hen's teeth, if you need to replace the engine it is easier to use a 302 which is practically identical. This is what I have in my MkII.
The later steroid fed, and more common replica type, uses the 427 motor. Most replicas now use Chevrolet engines whilst it is possible to use anything from a Granada V4 to a Jaguar V12, neither of which sound good in my opinion.
I'll put up a couple of pictures later.
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Look forward to seeing them :)
 
289 Shelby was a wonderful motor - even in a Mustang!

Surprised the Jag V12 fits, though maybe without the fridge, power steering etc.... Recovered one for FIL years ago where the temp gauge went up at the same rate as the fuel gauge went down. Had a leak in the radiator that we couldn't find (not the leak..the rad!:rofl:)! Oh and the back right suspension was held together with a tea-towel! :eek:
 
CliveW said:
My car has skinny wire wheels, no power steering, no servo brakes, no ABS, and no fuel injection. Just a five litre V8 producing 300 bhp and 350 lb/ft torque. The engine is in the right place (under the bonnet) and it powers the rear wheels which I can spin at 70 mph in fourth gear if I'm not careful! Oh and by the way at full chat the exhaust is over 100 db. :D

Now that is a real man's car!!! :p :rolleyes:
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and they moan about 4x4's polluting the environment :rolleyes:
 
It's a question I get asked a lot and is a good ice breaker.
In 1962, Carroll Shelby created the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving at Riverside Racetrack in California to teach people high performance driving. Revolutionary at the time, the Shelby School was the forerunner to the many high-performance driving schools in existence today. The 'T' was used to indicate that these were Training cars.





Sometimes the unexpected happens. This was the reward for wrecking the school's Cobra.



This is Mini Me.




My car was originally pale blue and I added the roundels for a trip to the Le Mans Classic in 2008,

 
CliveW said:
It's a question I get asked a lot and is a good ice breaker.
In 1962, Carroll Shelby created the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving at Riverside Racetrack in California to teach people high performance driving. Revolutionary at the time, the Shelby School was the forerunner to the many high-performance driving schools in existence today. The 'T' was used to indicate that these were Training cars.





Sometimes the unexpected happens. This was the reward for wrecking the school's Cobra.



This is Mini Me.




My car was originally pale blue and I added the roundels for a trip to the Le Mans Classic in 2008,

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Thanks for that, Clive, all interesting stuff. I won't show my youngest your mini me or I'll be having to acquire a 348 version :)
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I'm a big petrol head, don't have anything like a Ferrari but I used to run the scottish branch of the RS owners club, iv got a wee cardoon and a cover like that for mine aswell. Lol
Nice Ferraris though boys
 
triple_bogey said:
Weren't the Cobra solely responsible for the speed limit on UK motorways?
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This is a bit of an urban myth. When the M1 was opened in 1959, there was no speed limit and cars of that era were not capable of great speeds. In 1964, AC Cars were building their AC LeMans Cobra Coupe and needed to test it's high speed performance and handling so it was decided to us a stretch of the M1. On a quiet Sunday morning at around 3.30 am the car was tested at up to 190 mph. At the time this caused outrage, but it wasn't until December 1965 that a temporary 70 mph speed limit was introduced and it finally became law in 1967 when Barbera Castle was Minister of Transport.
The car (Chassis No. A98) was almost completely destroyed in an accident during the race when a rear tyre blew out. I has subsequently been completely restored and is in private ownership in Scotland.
Incidentally, AC Cars were not the only manufacturers to use the M1 for testing. Aston Martin and Jaguar were testing there too.

This is a picture taken on the day before the test.



And this is a press cutting from the Sunday Telegraph.



This is A98 at The Rest and be Thankful hill climb last year.

 
nta73 said:
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proper motors:thup:
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Indeed they are.

When I got my first car my mum had an Escort RS Turbo, my dad a Jag XJS, my older sister had just bought a Peugeot 205 GTI and her boyfriend had a TVR Tasmin....... and sat out in front of our house amongst them was my 950 Ford Fiesta (ie less than a litre engine size)....... but I loved my little Fiesta. Lost count of the number of times the engine or carbs etc were in bits - not because they didn't work, just enjoyed messing about with them.
 
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