Well it's been a little slow. I've had a lot of cleanup to do this summer, as after several years of collecting cars, parts, motorcycles, atv's and junk. It takes a while to sort through the good, and the bad.
Then I bought the XJS parts car, and had to sort through that.
Now to the "Good" stuff. I started the surgery on the Jacobra, cutting open the sides of the engine compartment towards the rear. I now have enough room for the heads, and the shorty headers,---- Won"t Fit!
The steering shaft hits dead square in the middle of the collector, so I thought I'll just drop the steering rack, and move it to the left. Yeah Bad Idea!!!
I realized that maybe, just maybe. Those dagum engineers might have earned there keep. Cause I quickly realized after cutting the mounts, and relocating the rack. It screwed up all kinds of geometrical things, and since I wasn't any good at Algee's Bra. I better put it back where it came from. So, I can't find anyone who messes with the Ford 460 anymore, to try a set of long tubes or??? So I put the stock manifolds on it, and they will work. The steering shaft just clears, I may need to use a double U joint which should give me plenty of clearance. The only problem is they won't flow very well. Ford had some Police Interceptor / Cobra Jet cast iron manifolds. Which are considerably better and sweep back further back which will cure the steering shaft issue completely. Unfortunately I can't find a set that they don't think were dipped in solid gold. "Thank You Barrett Jackson". Now a cast Iron manifold that 30 to 40 years ago, we chucked into the scrap pile, and put headers on. Now the suckers are damn near priceless!
I found a set listed on Craigslist, so I call the guy. Who tells me "they're not for sale". I asked him then what the heck did he list them on Craigslist for??? Anybody got a set they don't want my first born for??? The part numbers are D 1or2 ZE - 9431 -CA - 2 and 9430 - A, for the other side. Any help would be appreciated as always. In one of the pictures you can see some of the burnt wires under the dash.
JTS