4 cylinder Engine in a Cobra?

[joyridin']

They are getting a little old by today's standards, but I had an SVO years ago with a Ford 2.3 Turbo Intercooled. You could get 300 hp out of them pretty easy and they were reliable.

They may be getting hard to find now and parts may not be so common.

[CBattaglia]

Find one that you can bore and stroke to a 427 Its against Cobra law to not have a better power to weight ratio than a vette'.

[rbray]

I agree that the MX-5 Miata engine would be a great choice.
My '91 ran like a watch for the 15 years that I had the car.
The car was even more fun after I installed the super charger kit.

good luck with your build.

[Wayne Maybury]

I was talking to a young fellow last year who told me that there is a Saturn engine that is bullet proof. He already had a turbo on his and was in the process of changing to a bigger turbo which would give him a maximum of 23 lbs of boost. Yikes!!!!!! Anyway, he said these Saturn engine are extremely strong and can handle really big HP. I'm sorry but I don't know which model of Saturn engine he was talking about but he said all the tuner guys are aware of what this engine can do.

Wayne

[Woodz428]

Some of the boat guys will know better than I , but I think that Mecrcruiser offered 2 different 4 cylinder engines. One based on the 460 head and rotating assembly and another based on the small block. I think they were aluminum blocks. I believe that FRPP offered a similar block at various times. That way you could use all the "trick" parts for a similar V8 at half the cost.It would be either a 150" small 4 or a 230" big one. With a trick head and innards either one could make some serious power.