TKOPerformance wrote:

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

'93-'95 Cobras all had them from the factory with GT40 heads and stock 5.0 valve covers.  They were 1.72:1 ratio made by Crane as I recall, though they had a Ford part number stamped into them. 

were they pedestal mounted ....were the factory ones shorter?
 
 

Pedestal mounted using the same weak 5/16" Allen head bolts.  Ford didn't want to spend anything on the Cobras, so they used as many stock GT parts as they possibly could.  The director to SVT, John Coletti, wanted the big brakes on the Cobras and Ford wouldn't give him the money to do it.  He literally paid for it out of his own pocket.  Imagine the Cobras without the big brakes!  Proof positive that every auto executive isn't a bean counter.  Some are indeed real car guys.

Anyway, as to whether or not the '84 valve covers will work I can't say.  I know the cast aluminum ones used on the later GTs and Cobras will work.  If you get stuck and need a set I'm pretty sure I have two sets up in the shop.  If you can take measurements on the valve covers you have from the gasket mounting surface to the top of the cover I can measure a set I know will fit and we can see if the ones you have should work or not. 
 

do your covers have pcv?
 

rpm wrote:

Na, there's just a couple of us who don't know how to build a motor.

I  am one of them.
 

TKOPerformance wrote:

'93-'95 Cobras all had them from the factory with GT40 heads and stock 5.0 valve covers.  They were 1.72:1 ratio made by Crane as I recall, though they had a Ford part number stamped into them. 

were they pedestal mounted ....were the factory ones shorter?
 
 

rpm wrote:

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

rpm wrote:

Steve Buzik does/did when he had Glen's motor in it.

I guess when he had the Paxton on it.
 

 
Nope. Just a carburetor.

I just remember him having that paxton on it  when I saw it.
 

was just wondering if anyone was running one to keep oil out of intake. I know a good baffle system will too.

MS wrote:

I, too, was always in agreement with the statement of “all I need to know is where EMPTY REALLY IS” until I started taking the car on long road trips. It will be nice to know how much gas is really in the tank at any given point while crossing the middle of west Texas or Arizona where gas stations are scarce.

Cars mostly used for local stuff… yeah…. As long as I get 20 miles warning, it is fine.

Is it still holding up good?
 

TKOPerformance wrote:

Either cam will be a step backwards.  I'm trying to figure out what you're trying to do.  The E cam is a .498/.498 lift cam with 220/220 duration (at 0.050) on a 110 degree LSA.  Basically the E cam was a step up from the stock HO cam where you didn't have to worry about running a valve into a piston, or issues with the EFI.  A single pattern cam for a stock E7TE head was kind of a joke.  The port flow ratio in them was not matched to where a single pattern cam was the best choice.  I think Ford ground them single pattern because it was cheaper.  Basically the E cam was a cheap performance roller cam that gave you a decent bump in power over stock (the B cam was kind of an in between step that most guys just walked right past).  Now, if you ported the heads, or went to an aftermarket head a single pattern cam can actually be the optimum choice, BUT if spending $1,500 or more on a head swap there are better cam choices only costing maybe another $100.  If your cam was chosen in consultation with Howards I would tend to think it was better matched to your engine than an off the shelf Ford Racing cam. 

I was just thinking about going to a smoother idle I wanna drive this car all the time and was thinking something a little less agressive would be better.
 

Quicksilver wrote:

Billy, The   E303 seemed to be the most popular. Summit racing used to have a good price on them a while back. I will be running mine with a Carb. and a T-5

 RPM Range: 1200 to 5600
Valve Lift Intake:.528
Valve Lift Exhaust: .533
Duration Intake: 270
Duration Exhaust: 278
Duration at 050
Intake: 217
Duration at 050
Exhaust: 225
Lobe Separation: 112
Intake Centerline: 108

this is what I have in it now a Howards 221275-12

I think I may go with the Red Wolf Automotive vinyl tape not the cloth kind though. Steve said the 3M kind is good too.

Rudi wrote:

Thanks Rufus. The LED’s that I used were individual trailer units, three on each side and I have them set up for sequential operation.

yeah those  look good

Well it was more like me helping...I hurt all the time.

rpm wrote:

lowercasesteve wrote:

NPD has them for $33.00 ea.  Why not just buy them rather than spending days researching?  You could have had them by now and installed.

 
And miss all the repeat answers? Come on Steve, where's your sense of adventure?

Actually...
I looked at new buckets and decided.....
I Don't need new buckets cause I still have the FOMOCO buckets in it just wanted to change the sockets to plug the LED in it. I may paint the inside of the buckets black since the LED's are all sealed up against the lenses anyway and dont reflect off the buckets.
 

What covering do you route wires in like the ignition box wires and the coil wires. I know some tape them some use those plastic corrugated and some just let them run all over the place with nothing.