[fordracer]

Sorry I just came in on the end of this. I have wanted a Cobra since 1976 when I saw Gumball Rally in the movies. Over the years I have put the Cobra on a sort of pedestal. It was the be all end all car ever made. Porsche Turbo's and Z06's be damned. The last really "bad" car I had was a mid 11 sec Mustang that I did drive on the street everyday. This car was 3200 lbs wet with a dyno verified 400 hp. That comes out to be 8 lbs. per HP. Put that same motor in a 2500 lb Cobra and it comes out to be a bit over 6lbs. per. Now I know how that car ran and felt and in my minds eye it is not what a Cobra should be. It should be loud,smelly,loud,rough,and loud. I need to do at least a mid 10 quarter with this thing and it should also stop and turn almost like a slot car. If it gets poor milage or has no bottom end, so what. That is why God made lower gear ratios.