600 hp 700 ft. lbs of torque

[ByronRACE]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

Hehe, guilty as charged . Yes, I like wretched excess . But in a Cobra, that kind of motor ruins what the car is capable of, to me at least. I've driven customers 600hp Cobras, and there's not much you can do with the car full throttle. You can lay off the gas, but then what's the point of having all that hp? I will take my 425hp Cobra over them any day.

You're right, of course. I drive mine at under 1/4 throttle and can still hit 0-120 in 11 seconds granny shifting under 5500rpm and quarter throttle and and have all kinds of logs to prove it. To be quite honest, the novelty of limitless power has given way to the fear of mortality. I've already gotten into accidental oversteer from lack of throttle control. The car begs for the road, but the only portions I can safely enjoy are the straights. It's far too notchy (and scary) to risk throttle in the corners. My throttle resolution sucks; even after having given it a lot more travel than normal, and even with the Lightning throttle body progressive lobe. I'm about done with my break-in miles, will get my dyno number, and will trade the 30-tooth for the 40-tooth cog this winter. That should tame it down a bunch. If not, guess what...a 50 can be had. I want to be able to enjoy the car on a road race track; and this combo ain't it!