Driving a cobra

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by xb-60

....and the men that raced original Cobras in the '60s didn't have 427 Windsors or 482(+?) FEs with 600hp under the hood either.

I started a thread a few years ago called "How much power is enough?" and the consensus was that I was a bit of a 'girlie' for even posing that question.
Seems that the tide of opinion has turned a little (for some ).

Cheers!
Glen

I've mused about tweaking my engine a bit for more power. While many aspire for bragging rights about massive HP, and I could certainly go there, that would detract from what I bought the car for - cruising. Keeping the basic character of the car as a cruiser is more important to me than creating a track ready beast that's a pain to drive in traffic.

There's also the issue, of course, of the 'weakest link in the chain' - add HP and I then have to deal with all other aspects of the drive train (e.g. cooling, transmission, U-joints, axles, etc.) and whether they're up to 600+ HP.

I also have no need to compensate for any inadequacy of my anatomy. YMMV