[twobjshelbys]

If you want to drive the car and not constantly worry about whether it's going to exchange ass and head, then you want about no more power than what the 289 gave. The 427 was put in the car to push it around a track with an experienced driver. It's not really a street engine, nor are the high horsepower variants. Horsepower in a Cobra is about bragging rights. You can't get it (safely) to the ground. That's why if (when?) I get another Cobra it will be a small block car.