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Thanks much for the information posted so far...this is exactly what I was looking for when starting this thread. Hopefully this information is also useful for others as they sort through the similar situations in their project cars. There is one related question that I'm still seeking an...

My logic for wanting to keep the heat from escaping the pipe is that if the heat can't get out then it won't radiate to other things around it. Yes, I plan to use heat shields where there is space for them to be mounted with an air gap so the shield can be effective. Here's some pics showing...

In the case of my Miura, I'm not worried about rust as all the exhaust components are 304 SS. On my Ferrari 250 GTO recreation (supercharged LS), I have wrapped the entire exhaust system from head pipes back (headers and head pipes coated with White Lighting) with DEI header wrap. I wrapped...

You can paint over White Lighting with rattle can high heat coatings if you want a different color. I didn't change the white color on mine but did "freshen them up" with some VHT rattle can spray to cover up oil stains and finger prints. None of this made the heat retention any better but the...

I have quite a bit of experience with the various mainstream ceramic coating products: Jet Hot, CeraKote, and Swaintech. While these are better than nothing and make the exhaust look better, I can't say they dramatically reduce the radiant heat exiting the exhaust. The main benefit I've seen...

What are the best practices to keep exhaust heat from escaping header pipes into engine room and thus not negatively affecting all the heat sensitive things in the vicinity of the header pipes? I'm asking this question in the context of my Miura project but I know it has to be an...

I can't speak to the fit in a GT40, but I did just complete this install in a Cobra and it fits under the hood. You said throttle body so I'm guessing you are thinking EFI versus carb. This Holley unit is tall (4 barrel style single plane intake with fuel injectors in the ports) but I did...

I just successfully made this post, http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-cobra-talk/147755-reviving-dead-cobra-2.html#post1524744 about getting my Cobra back on the road again. I received the typical fatal error message when submitting the post but it was successful. So Club Cobra forum has...

Here's some pics for what how I hid the ignition coils on an LS in a homebuilt Ferrari 250 GTO. I thought about remote mounting the coils but opted to go this way instead. Yes, this is an LS converted to SOHC but I still found the coil mounting up top to be best compromise. Before...

I do have a small update in that the coolant system plumbing is now complete. I decided to use a combination surge and coolant overflow tanks that are siamesed together. This combination tank is now mounted on the front bulkhead as high as possible. Two reasons for this location: 1) trying to...

Chris: If your trip comes to the Prescott, AZ area, give me a shout. It would be great to meet you in person and there's plenty of space for you to "camp out" with your RV here.

My car is using an 8 stack EFI on a Coyote but I do want to use a MAF on it. I do want the weber looking throttle bodies to be visible so a transparent air box is needed for the MAF to work for this configuration. The challenge is that the air box needs to be quite a bit wider than what is...

In my case, I probably used every bend radius available. It would be nice to use all the same radius but that's probably only possible with very simple header layouts. I tried to stay away from tight radius bends due to flow restrictions but there was a couple of places I had to use them. My...

If you are putting an oil cooler on a street driven car, you will want to have a temperature control valve on it. For track only applications (where engine is running in top 50% of rpm range), you most likely don't need temperature control. The most common complaint from Cobra owners who have...

It's not a bundle of snakes header but probably even more complicated layout. I decided the plastic mockup approach wasn't going to tell me everything I needed to know, so I built a "prototype" using cheap steel mandrel bends prior to building the actual header in 304 SS. Probably takes more...

Gas Tank Fabrication (Part 3) The top panel is now welded in place with big fat weld beads on all four sides. My lesson learned from prior gas tank fabrication experience is not to skimp on the filler rod. You’re more likely to get pin holes in the TIG weld if you don’t have a nice “fat” puddle...

There is a small gap between the baffle top and the tank top, about 1/16". This should be sufficient to let the air pass through.

Gas Tank Fabrication (Part 2) After thinking about the feedback I’d received from multiple sources, it lead me to these choices: extra bracing for the side corner weld seams, addition of a sump in the tank bottom, inclusion of a venturi jet pump powered by the EFI return fuel, and using baffles...

Here's what I made for my Miura project for pedal adjustment. It's simply a 1/4" plate of 6052 aluminum with a series of holes drilled into it. The pedals are mounted to the plate with screws counter sunk from the bottom side of plate. I then used button head screws to fasten the plate to...

Now that's a very sophisticated gas tank!! I've had fuel starvation issues upon hard acceleration in my Cobra when the fuel level gets low. That's what I'm hoping to prevent with the GTO. Trap doors in the baffles sound like some fabrication work but should be simple enough to be maintenance...