Considering a Cobra have some questions

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Detroit Bill

So as a point of interest, lets say you get a nice 650 hp FE under the hood. Are you ever able to go WOT? If so please describe when and the sensation?

Let Bill Cosby explain it to you here: Bill Cosby Tells A Great Carroll Shelby Story

PS - If he winks at you and offers you a drink, you should politely decline.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Patty - if your car gets you close to the edge just pulling out of your residential subdivision, you may want to recheck those corner weights. (And consider adding a couple more roll bars)

Mine would do that early in the morning (in Colorado when even in the summer sunrise temps would hover in the high 50's). The turn out was a left turn onto a major state highway and while the speed limit was 45 most traffic was going 55-60.

Originally Posted by Buzz

Let Bill Cosby explain it to you here: Bill Cosby Tells A Great Carroll Shelby Story

PS - If he winks at you and offers you a drink, you should politely decline.

Cosby's 200MPH routine is a documentary. There's a lot of stretching the truth, but there is a lot of truth. The second owner of that car got killed driving it.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Mine would do that early in the morning (in Colorado when even in the summer sunrise temps would hover in the high 50's). The turn out was a left turn onto a major state highway and while the speed limit was 45 most traffic was going 55-60.

I only have about 500/500 at the flywheel in my Cobra and while it will spin the tires all day long in 1st and 2nd on dry pavement - if I want it to - it is also very capable of brisk acceleration without any wheelspin at all. Even on damp pavement, i've driven the car long enough to know exactly what it will do with a given amount of throttle. Someone not familiar with it though could get into trouble easily enough by by being lead footed in a variety of situations. I still say it is a safe and enjoyable ride in any conditions when I want it to be docile. With all the torque, it pulls away from a stop smoothly and easily with barely any throttle input and shifts and rumbles down the road just as sweet as can be. Driven hard, it does exactly what is expected of it - no bad manners in straight line acceleration and when there's no other traffic I can slide the back end out for a bit of fun in turns with a high degree of predictability.

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Cosby's 200MPH routine is a documentary. There's a lot of stretching the truth, but there is a lot of truth. The second owner of that car got killed driving it.

Yes, the Supersnake story is well known - Cosby just embellishes it a little bit. I still say you should turn down the drink offer though

PS - Merry Christmas everybody!