02-25-2023, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by redvettx2
. Can you hear anything but side pipes in a Cobra? Hidden really well. Seen the ones mounted up high which would be better but looks too modern for me.
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Sure you can. In 5th gear, which with my TKO is .64, and at 2200 RPM, I am travelling at almost exactly 75 MPH and that is the sweet spot for easy highway cruising and the pipes are not loud at all at that spot. You can talk with your passenger without screaming and a half hour of it will not give you a headache. That just happens to be where my mill's build, along with cam specs, and all, like to be for gentle easy cruising. That said, I would never consider a radio, nor even earbuds. Listening to, feeling and smelling the car is its own reward. That's another advantage of having the seat shimmed and bolted down. Nothing in your driving position ever changes; everything feels exactly the same from drive to drive unless something is letting you know there's a problem afoot. After 17 years with her, if I feel, hear, smell, or sense something is different I go on red alert  |
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