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I'm settling on my final engine options for my Cobra, and the power range will probably fall in between 600-650HP. The car is an ERA 427 and it has the standard Salisbury LSD rear end with inboard brakes, 0.82 TKO600, 3.54 rear, and I'll be using Avon tires. ERA tells me it's probably fine with 600 HP as long as I don't drive like an a**hole, and it may take up to 650 HP. But at that point and beyond, I should go to the 31 spline half shafts, etc. I won't be tracking this car (maybe very occasionally), and while I will get on it sometimes, I won't beat on it.

So my questions are: how much power have folks put through a "standard" Salisbury LSD rear end with no problem? Has anyone had failures, and if so, under what conditions and using how much HP? Thanks.