New to forum. #682

[roddster]

  Quoting Kermit:  it ain't easy being green.
    Anyway, nice looking car.  Now, who snuck that T-pan under  the engine?

[Chad]

Very Beautiful car!!!  Congrats

[VKF62]

We did make some upgrades to the rotating assembly. Roller cam/Roller rockers / balanced - blueprinted. Made mid 400s at the crank on dyno

[Shawn]

Congratulations and love the color

[TA Coupe]

How many cubic inches and what is the compression ratio? What have been done to the heads and are you using stock ones?

       Roy

[VKF62]

Sleeved all 8 cylinders back to stock bore. Stroked crank. Don't know exact cubic inches, but I think it's around 468. Compression is 10.5/1 or close about. Designed to run on pump gas. I have original heads but we are running 68 cobra jet heads that were ported and polished. Roller top and bottom. It runs very strong but keeps a stock look.

[427heaven]

Welcome to the crazy world of SAAC, and some crazy opinionated sumbitches. At least its never boring around here. I for one love your car with the right look, stance, and some extra ponies under the hood. Dont just say hello and leave, we NEED some fresh faces around here.!

[mark p]

Very Beautiful car!!!  Congrats

+1, and welcome aboard

[Side-Oilers]

Great car!  I like the Lime over Parchment.   Welcome to the gang.

[BeaterGT500]

Welcome!  I have 683, also parchment interior, but Brittany Blue.  Nearing the end of the long, dark tunnel of a rotisserie Resto.

[TA Coupe]

We did make some upgrades to the rotating assembly. Roller cam/Roller rockers / balanced - blueprinted. Made mid 400s at the crank on dyno

Did you mean to say mid 500hp? I have a 302ci engine with 10 to  1 compression a good cam and 2x4's that's making exactly 400hp so mid 400's seems awfully low to me especially for 468 cubes.

       Roy

[VKF62]

Not all dyno readings are the same. Depends on the dyno being used. Some give a more generous reading and others can hurt your feelings. I feel mid - higher 400's is about right. A 427 would make more power. This reading on a 428 with upgrades mentioned is where it should be.

[oldcanuck]

Is it just me, or..... did SAI have a run on parchment interiors in the 0675 to 0725 range...... ?

[JD]

Is it just me, or..... did SAI have a run on parchment interiors in the 0675 to 0725 range...... ?

Yes, DSO 2536 (of 105 cars - all BB 4-spds - which that range of cars was in) included 73 cars with parchment interiors.

DSO 2538 (also BB, 4-spds) 57 of 61 cars were Parchment

DSO 2539 (BB, Auto) 14 of 15 cars were Parchment

DSO 2540 (BB, Auto + Thermactor) 16 of 18 cars were Parchment

[Richstang]

A total of 257 units were built with parchment trim/interior.
Only 20 were GT350s. The majority were Big Blocks ('BB' as JD mentioned, also an acronym for Brittany Blue)

The Shelby VIN sequence range was much wider than 0675-0725. However,
Ford SJ build dates for parchment trim was limited to January 1967 until March 1967 with one unit exception in May.

Typically each DSO was built with the same engine/trans package and trim color. They only varied in paint colors.
There were a few DSO exceptions as JD noted above. Those were DSO 84-2534, 2536, 2538, & 2540
(An SRG topic lists the in depth details)
https://groups.google.com/g/shelbyresearch/c/43mJlQH5qL0

JD, all 15 units in DSO 84-2539 had parchment trim.