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94cobra69ss396 · 12-12-2011, 08:35 PM

I say build the engine. I don't think with the cast iron 2 barrel intake and the 2 barrel carb we're going to make more than around 230-250hp to the wheels. The trans and an inexpensive clutch will hold up fine behind it. Especially with a light car. I had the T5 and stock clutch last for a while before I built the blown engine in the Cobra. Back then it was making 254hp to the wheels. Remember that this engine has 109,000 miles on it. We at least would need to put in new valve springs and lap the valves and for a couple hundred more we could have ported heads that are already set up with a spring package that works with the cam we purchased.

12-12-2011, 08:35 PM	#176
94cobra69ss396 Fast & Filthy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,840 Tweet	I say build the engine. I don't think with the cast iron 2 barrel intake and the 2 barrel carb we're going to make more than around 230-250hp to the wheels. The trans and an inexpensive clutch will hold up fine behind it. Especially with a light car. I had the T5 and stock clutch last for a while before I built the blown engine in the Cobra. Back then it was making 254hp to the wheels. Remember that this engine has 109,000 miles on it. We at least would need to put in new valve springs and lap the valves and for a couple hundred more we could have ported heads that are already set up with a spring package that works with the cam we purchased.