Small block Chevy in a cobra?

[olddog]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Interesting. The styling of the AC Ace was heavily influenced by the Ferrari 166MM

OK, if I had a spare early Ferrari V12 engine, I wouldn't graft it into something with a plastic body and a Tremec gearbox

Cheers!
Glen

edit: no offence intended toward owners of plastic bodies or Tremecs (or Ferrari engines!) or whales, or Aston Martin owners who feel left out
....oop, naughty moi, forgot the Chev guys and the moderators...

I reserve the right to add more after another glass of red

I had assumed that when I said the Cobra had a rich history, an Icon, that everyone knew it. Maybe I was wrong. The main rival that the Cobra raced against in the USA was the Chevy Corvette. In Europe it was the Ferrari. That is what is so wrong with sticking a Chevy engine in a Cobra. Thus a Ferrari (the entire reason the GT40 existed) would be worse.

https://www.shelby.com/en-us/History