Engine ordered!

Just ordered the engine for my Cobra. That will eat into/overspend the budget! Expected delivery is early June Edit: it was July, but I don't get the chassis until October! Edit: I got it in December.

My basic requirements are for a road drivable car, but with a bit of grunt, is reliable and starts first time i.e. not temperamental.

So here it is:

• Chevy LS6 aluminium 5.7 honed block
• Polished and balanced GM 24X crankshaft
• New crankshaft bearings
• LS6 con rods with ARP 2000 bolts
• New flat top coated pistons
• Seal Power plasma moly rings
• Corvette winged oil pan
• GM high volume oil pump
• Cloyes billet timing chain
• Corvette balancer
• Corvette water pump
• LS6 243 aluminium heads
• LS7 cam
• LS7 hydraulic lifters
• Three angle valve job
• New cam bearings
• Trick Flow valve springs to match cam
• Trick Flow pushrods
• GM MLS head gaskets
• GM head bolts
• GM rocker arms
• Valve covers
• LS6 intake manifold
• LS6 injectors and fuel rail
• 85mm throttle body
• GM drive by wire pedal

I have gone with the LS7 cam to gain mid range torque at the expense of top end power that I could have got with a slightly wilder cam. Expected power is around 475 bhp and torque of around 465 ft/lb, but we will see what comes up on the dyno once the engine is built!

Now I need to sort out the transmission - 5 or 6 speed?

Radical win

Our Radical Prosport, now in the hands of a new owner, won it's class and in the process set a new class record at Aintree. This was only it's second race with the new owner at the helm. Well done Robbie!

Got the Tee shirt!

I have not got the Cobra yet, but as a birthday present from my youngest daughter Sarah, I got the Tee shirt! She had to buy it from the US and it is brilliant. Looks a lot better than the photo. Will wear with pride, whilst I twiddle my thumbs waiting for the real thing!

Cobra Tee shirt