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Old 03-27-2011, 05:25 PM
Bruce M Bruce M is offline
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Default Chevy in Cobra

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Originally Posted by jwd View Post
You couldn't be more wrong unless you're talking about putting one in an original Cobra. A Corvette is a regular production car and some have the same value, or more, than original Cobras. To put a Ford motor into one would destroy the value of the car. Putting a Chev. motor into a REPLICA COBRA may lessen the value to some or raise the value to others. Regardless, it's not an original car and NEVER will be so who really cares??????
A kit is a kit is a kit. I built mine almost 30 yrs ago with an LS6 454 and repowered it with a 502 crate motor 675HP on 93 octane with rear exhausts. It is awesome and I get as much enjoyment out of it now as when I built it.
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