I am wondering what the current manual transmission options are for use in an ERA Cobra Roadster.
This will be a street style Cobra, no scoops, no rollbar, no stripes...nothing S/C about it.
The engine will be an FE built with relatively mild specs and dressed to look correct. Probably in the 430HP and 480TQ range. Brent will be building this engine.
This will be a fun style Cobra that is mostly street driven, cruised, and beat on when the mood strikes.
I like the way the Toploader shifts and feels when set up right, but I would like to add one more gear to act like an overdrive.
The Tremec TKO600 is one option, but I have found them notchy and hard shifting compared to the Toploader.
This transmission should not require special modifications to the ERA Cobra to install.
I don't want to cut the car, or have the shifter in an odd place.
Undercar mods are not as much an issue.

Because I don't know everything...yet...I am seeking advice from the FE brain trust concerning what is currently available for such duty.

Thanks for any and all help.

I have a 1990 F250 with a 7.3L IDI diesel as my daily driver. Recently the factory exhaust has come apart and I am in the process of fabricating a new exhaust...The Y-pipe is done, but it was a pain in the buttinski.

Anyway, as any good car guy does when he has the exhaust off the vehicle...he runs the motor to hear what it sounds like.

I have run the engine in two configurations now. Straight mainfolds only, and the Y-pipe with a short extension only.

I am completely surprised how relatively quiet the exhaust is.

With either, just manifolds, or just the Y-pipe, the exhaust sound is still not louder than the diesel itself at idle.

On a short drive I accelerated as normal and it is a bit loud after about 1/2 throttle, but only when accelerating. As soon as you get to a steady cruise speed it is not loud at all.

The straight manifolds are a bit more quiet than the Y-pipe but again, nothing even remotely close to my 428 or 289 with open headers. Not even 10% as loud as the gas engines.

I would have figured with the 22.5:1 compression ratio it would bark pretty well...But nope.

Learned something new today while building an exhaust.

Hello all you happy people (using my best Droopy voice)
I am working on a dual quad 427FE in an ERA Cobra roadster.
BJ/BK carbs with one modification being the front carb has no choke plate.

There is no gas leaking anywhere.
I have no pull over at idle in either the primary or secondary.
Throttle blades are dry at idle.
Idle screws are out 1.125 turns.
Floats are currently set with just the slightest fuel tip out with the plug removed and me rocking the car.

Yet I am getting a pretty heavy gas smell in some situations.
I have looked for ANY signs of any fuel leakage, anywhere...None.
I am looking for fuel being pushed past the needle and seat but I find no evidence of that.
But there it is, heavy, raw gas smell.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any and all helpful suggestions.