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I should have added that I dont use diesel oil in a situation where the engine has a few years of contamination under its belt and while its in the 'run-in phase' it wont see 7000!!! IIRC someone posted an article where it was mentioned that USA diesel oils were in the process of reducing the...

Ever since I started cutting the cam lobe oiler groove in the lifter bores Ive been able to dispense with the running in oils, now I just use a Diesel 10/40 oil- non synthetic- no cam/lifter problems yet. Still running flat tappets in with soft springs though and keep rpm down around 2500/3000...

Do some measurements of the block etc before buying stuff, Early blocks usually have a bit more deck height than the 'published' 8.210" which means you can use std 302 pistons with about 0.025'' or so off the top and a fly cut of the valve pockets. Keep any deck machine work to a minimum to...

Works fine for this MAC, no Apples required.

This helps if your having software problems with suspension design.

42% Front, 58% Rear, do not have brake balance, dependent on tire & brake combination, presume you intend for sensible combination for those parts.

No, your problems are that the breather hoses are in the wrong location and you are not providing a means for the oil in the catch tank/s to return to the pan while operating the car.

Guy on the left the McCall you mention? Sun worshippers at Teretonga, NZ. Its a very old photo.

Hoping, you reckon that will work?

Why not convert to a permanent dynamic drain system, dont have to remember to drain that tiny container then. That assumes the engine has been built properly and has low leak down numbers.

IIRC that large offset rear wheel/Tyre combo might have been a factor in some of the issues Bill had to deal with during the shake down period.

Bill Dobbins has built another Cobra, currently in paint shop, Build thread is on Club Cobra if you check in there frequently.

That looks awfully like Bill D's car that was sent to OZ by RCR. IIRC Absolute Pace were going to be RCR/Australia agent at one point in time. The Blue looks to be a shade lighter, but that could be camera or lighting.

Read Frank Catts articles, then go find a GT40 , sit in it and look at where the bars are going to go, then work out how & where the safety harness is going to be and how much your body parts are going to move around in a 'BIG' off.

Be less expensive to get an artist to paint the weber image on rear window then and fit a 4bbl, best of both worlds.

Thought that info you quoted from Ross looked familiar, My thoughts have not changed.

That is very interesting given that some replica builders have apparently been able to obtain drawings from JLR or within that organisation, suppose thats no different to getting copies of the GT drawings, some can some cant...

I should point out that I built my own mufflers, that way you can tailor the size etc to the space you have available. Be careful looking for mufflers off other cars that might fit the space ,but are designed for 1 in /1 out on each end from some front wheel drive applications.

Pushrod two valve Ford Small block. You can make the muffler 2 in 2 out, just make sure the two sets of 4 headers go into a common open chamber at front of muffler and make sure you keep the tailpipe area down , that will make the muffler 'work' and help with noise reduction.