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Originally Posted by Midwest Classic
I will check into the engine size that you mentioned. I do ask what motor they have in the vehicle and surprisingly enough I don't find too many 289s, gee isn't that where they started. Going from memory we find a lot 351s, 427s, and a few 302s. I don't want to give anyone a heart attack this morning but we even have 2 350s that I can remember.
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Knowing the size of an engine really means nothing other than from the numbers you might know if you are looking at a SB or a BB and even this means nothing any more as some engines with the cubic displacement of say 427 may be a SB or a BB. What you are really after is the actually horse power rating of the engine in that particular Cobra. But without an actual Dyno test of the engine knowing the true HP would often be hard to come by. Then you have to look into the weight of the Cobra where 2,100 lbs. with a 90 inch wheelbase is the norm but what if the Cobra comes in closer to 3,400 lbs. and has the wheel base of a C3 Corvette as mine does, hell I’m sure that it even passed a crash test for Chevy before it was put on the road. The 454 LS6 BB back in 1970 even had Chevy lying about its real HP rating as it was given a rating of only 450HP. Today the stock Corvette with an entirely different rating system has their SB at 405HP and a SB ZO6 at 500HP and they are working on a 600-700HP engine for future years.