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Interesting stuff to say the least.....

Bernie, thanks for all that info. It poses a delema for use builders out there. It seems to me that about 1/2 the cobras in Oz have some sought of modification for their engines. In 3 months 5 cobras (as quoted by Bernie) have been caught and 3000 infringement notices given. My cobra build started before 1/1/05 so it is exempt from current ADR's. Instead it needs to comply with ADR 37/01 which means I can use an AU 5.0ltr windsor back to the 1/1/99. Looking at the times recorded by stock 302s at Heathcote, the average time would be around 14 seconds flat. Quicker than most cars on the road but lineball or slower than many other modern sports cars. I can see the HP wizard waving a wond to fix the problem after registration but what's the point if you stand a good chance of getting caught, especially if the EPA target car meets etc.

Perhaps the only option is to fit a late model engine that has the most cubes, fattest torque and highest HP you can legally find. A 290kw Boss or 297kwLS2

The Ford V Chev arguement that started to brew in the Shelby Fest thread indirectly raised this point. A stock Gen3 was competing against similar capacity Fords which it would be probably safe to assume had had some sort of massaging (which could make them non-complient as far as the EPA are concerned). I'm not starting the same arguement in this thread but I can see a delema for builders like myself who may need to find as many legal HP's as they can if the EPA continues it's current policy.