10-02-2011, 01:02 AM
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Location: Leicestershire,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #523, 427 S/O
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Originally Posted by Cobra Pack
They are required to race with tops on.
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I don't believe that to be the case because there were a couple racing without hardtops at Le Mans. I assumed it to be simply because they were faster with a roof i.e. better aerodynamics.
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Originally Posted by Rick Parker
They also do not utilize or have the under door side exhaust as we know it??? Haven't heard that explained?
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All the Cobras racing at Goodwood were 289s, which didn't originally have the fully exposed side pipes of the 427 Cobras.
I don't ever recall seeing a 427 Cobra in classic racing, which I attributed to them not getting FIA homologation in period, although I have seen 427 Cobras with FIA HTP papers. 
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