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08-12-2014, 09:27 AM
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Hemi Powered AC Cobra!
World's first?
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzSyechMsvE[/ame]
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08-12-2014, 09:39 AM
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Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
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I LIKE IT! Let the snarling begin...
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08-12-2014, 09:55 AM
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Nope
Not the first. First new generation hemi maybe. There was a hemi powered cobra built here in Dallas in the late 80s. At one time there was a poster available showing it.
Jay
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08-12-2014, 10:24 AM
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Jay,
At one time back in the early 70s a guy near here put a 60s era 426 Hemi in his original Cobra and had it in there for about 4 months until he learned that he was destroying the value of it. He had kept the original 427 so he had it all put back original. He sold it some time ago for just over $600K.
Ron
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08-12-2014, 11:16 AM
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I wouldn't call it snarling but why would you spend so much time and effort to put a engine that makes no more power than a warmed up 302 and isn't even a real hemi these new ones are semi hemi's I would have put a coyote motor or a LS motor something more modern but that's just my opinion. 
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08-20-2015, 04:29 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast Cobra/427
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron61
Jay,
At one time back in the early 70s a guy near here put a 60s era 426 Hemi in his original Cobra and had it in there for about 4 months until he learned that he was destroying the value of it. He had kept the original 427 so he had it all put back original. He sold it some time ago for just over $600K.
Ron
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Hi Ron:
Call me a purist, but in my opinion a Cobra with anything other than Ford in my mind is sacrilegious. No offense to those who have installed any other brand of powerplant.
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08-21-2015, 12:58 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison
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Quote:
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Hi Ron:
Call me a purist, but in my opinion a Cobra with anything other than Ford in my mind is sacrilegious. No offense to those who have installed any other brand of powerplant.
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I respect your opinion and yours looks awesome!
As far as my objectives, I never wanted to replicate something. I was out in a few that were very close to original and the question "is that real?" started to get annoying. My neighbor has a real one and when out in that one..., well you get the picture.
I was out to build a trackable hot rod that happened to have a Cobra body. Once the E-M kit offered a custom coilover suspension based on a Chevy, I figured I'd spread the love across all 3 of the Detroit Muscle and drop in a Mopar. Besides, the HEMI has been my favorite power plant since I can remember. The build was a lot of fun and the car is still running strong. Lucky I couldn't figure out the electronics, otherwise I'd be running a Cadillac Northstar V8 Twin Turbo...
In fact I'll be a Blackhawk Farms raceway this weekend turing as many laps as possible. It's hard to beat a 528 with side pipes running flat out. |
08-21-2015, 06:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BAsque1
Hi Ron:
Call me a purist, but in my opinion a Cobra with anything other than Ford in my mind is sacrilegious. No offense to those who have installed any other brand of powerplant.
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No offense taken, all in good fun and certainly no offense intended, but this is what makes me smile about the whole "sacrilegious" thing: Here's a guy with a very nice but big, long, heavy, bulging, solid axle fiberglass car with a cushy custom interior that bears only a loose resemblance to a Cobra claiming to be a Cobra purist because he's running a 427 FE engine. 
Could I then stick an FE into any old 2 seat fiberglass kit like - say - a Devin, slap on a roll bar and side pipes and declare it a Cobra? The West Coast cars are well liked by their owners for the extra size and comfort, but to me a low-slung, lightweight, 90" wheelbase, IRS equipped car with a spartan interior and an accurate looking body is far more "Cobraesque" in spirit and character, regardless of the brand of engine - or transmission for that matter (as long as it's manual) - that the owner chooses to use.
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08-12-2014, 10:57 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of Long Live the Bow tie Contemporary #102 427 Chevy .30 over Merlin heads 11to1, TBI injection
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I had a ride in an Artnz Cobra with a 426 Hemi in it, It was fantastic !!!The car was built in the late 80's
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08-12-2014, 11:18 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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I have no doubts a 426 Hemi has been crammed in several of these over the years but it must take some serious modifications to the foot boxes to fit.  Wonder how the width of a 426 Hemi compares to the SOHC 427? |
08-12-2014, 11:44 AM
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Been thinkin' about this, but that's not the Hemi I had in mind  |
08-12-2014, 12:54 PM
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I have a 426 based hemi in my nostalgia car. Before installation it set beside a 427 side oiler. The hemi measured 5 1/2" wider.
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08-12-2014, 04:54 PM
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I have a 426 based hemi in my nostalgia car. Before installation it set beside a 427 side oiler. The hemi measured 5 1/2" wider.
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That's 5-1/2 inches not easy to find under a Cobra hood. |
08-13-2014, 06:27 PM
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Quote:
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I have a 426 based hemi in my nostalgia car. Before installation it set beside a 427 side oiler. The hemi measured 5 1/2" wider.
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And about 50 db louder. My ears still hurt from that thing. |
08-13-2014, 11:08 AM
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Don't see any hold down straps on the video - if that's the case I think they were very lucky not to make the dyno accident section of YouTube
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08-13-2014, 12:53 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
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Obviously not going to ruin the value of an FFR. I think it sounds incredible, why not!
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08-13-2014, 08:11 PM
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13, wonder if it would hurt the value of a ERA...
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08-14-2014, 04:41 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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13, wonder if it would hurt the value of a ERA...
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That would depend on the ERA
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08-14-2014, 03:49 AM
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Definitely, you will likely take that the wrong way, though. All I'm saying is that FFR's popularity sways more towards the brand, than originality. It's a car you "can" build with a different set of intentions.
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08-14-2014, 06:01 AM
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Bigger is Better
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