427 FE Cobra Street: MSD 6AL or AL2 ?

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by AC Ventura

The problem is you never know where the actual limit of accerator pedal travel is in a 500hp Cobra in 2nd gear. As Brian Angliss of Autokraft said “The 427 allows you to think that you’ve tamed it, but in reality you never can”
In a split second one can lose all control and by the time you realise it, your future is a matter of good or bad luck. 4 people in Germany died recently in two separate Cobra accidents, doing exactly that. I’m just trying to prevent that possibility. There’s a whole generation of kids that have never had to regain control of an out of shape and the Cobra sure isn’t the car to learn that on. It’s nothing to do with not trusting my kids, it’s to help protect them as we can’t tell them at what point the fun will stop.

I used to drive a Ford van with a 138" wheelbase. Not much power, but it had a limited slip rear end and I loved seeing the looks on people's faces when I drifted that thing in the winter. Long wheelbase and easy to control when sideways.

A Cobra with more way power and a short wheelbase is a totally different beast. You have to be on your 'A' game all the time and, as you noted, not the car to learn on.