 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
| 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
01-07-2011, 12:10 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ottawa,
ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
Posts: 1,624
|
|
Not Ranked
So what's it like, "feeding" a BB 454 in Europe? Gas prices there make the stuff seem free in North America. Rob any banks lately?
__________________
"Anyone who drives faster than you is a Maniac,
and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
|
01-07-2011, 12:18 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Cobra Make, Engine: AK427 BB Chevy454
Posts: 86
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by SunDude
So what's it like, "feeding" a BB 454 in Europe? Gas prices there make the stuff seem free in North America. Rob any banks lately?
|
Don't know yet- I've done about three miles! 98 unleaded here is 1.50€/litre, which is about 8.83$/Gallon how does that compare to the US? |
01-07-2011, 12:32 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2234 Diamond Edition, Roush 427R
Posts: 145
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi Mark!
No i was not at St. Tropez at May.
Sundude...haha..no bank robbery needed for the gasoline here. The weather here is the most time so bad and cold that there is no need for lots of gasoline.
By the way the 454 in my Vette needs 30% less gasoline as my Ford Roush 427R in the Cobra - so it seems Marks choice is the right one for Europe  |
01-07-2011, 12:36 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Cobra Make, Engine: AK427 BB Chevy454
Posts: 86
|
|
Not Ranked
just need the weather to improve- we've had rain all through December (unusal for here) and it's raining now, forecast till tuesday, so no chance of getting the Cobra out for a photoshoot 
Peter, I'll email you the Slovenia info
Mark
Last edited by marco454v8; 01-07-2011 at 12:41 PM..
|
01-07-2011, 02:20 PM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manteca,
Ca.
Cobra Make, Engine: None, sold it
Posts: 2,439
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by marco454v8
Don't know yet- I've done about three miles! 98 unleaded here is 1.50€/litre, which is about 8.83$/Gallon how does that compare to the US?
|
97 unleaded around here in mid/northern California is only getting around the $3.50/gallon. Soon to be into the $5.00 range from the rumors. I still do not know why the fuel cost so much in Europe. You are all closer to the main oil producers than we are here in the USA.
Also, I see nothing wrong with having a Chevy motor in a Cobra replica. If Chevy had not turned CS down we probably all would have Chevy motors.
__________________
Terry
"I may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they are not watching me"
Last edited by tcrist; 01-07-2011 at 02:23 PM..
|
01-07-2011, 06:12 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ottawa,
ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
Posts: 1,624
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrist
I still do not know why the fuel cost so much in Europe. You are all closer to the main oil producers than we are here in the USA. |
That's a common misconception. In fact the top sources of crude oil/petroleum imports to the U.S. are Canada and Mexico. Saudi Arabia is next, with Venezuela next in line. And don't forget that much of your oil comes from domestic (U.S.) sources too.
Gas prices for 94 octane in Ontario, Canada, were around CAD$1.30/litre this year which is about USD$5.00 per US gallon. Steep enough, if you ask me.
The way my Cobra drinks this stuff, especially in city driving, you'd think there was a hole in the tank. Thankfully our dreadful winters force my Cobra to hibernate, giving my wallet a chance to recover.
Mark, I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to drive around the south of France in your Cobra. Go get 'em...
__________________
"Anyone who drives faster than you is a Maniac,
and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
|
01-07-2011, 09:00 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
Posts: 2,459
|
|
Not Ranked
Mark,
The thought of an Englishman terrorizing the French in something as uncivil as a Cobra reminds me of my time working with the RAF in Germany. We American fliers were under orders to minimize loud, low flying over significant towns. When I asked my Brit buddy about that, he just looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Why would we care what the German's think? We won the war." .... Have fun.
__________________
Tommy
Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
|
01-08-2011, 12:10 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 237
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
Mark,
The thought of an Englishman terrorizing the French in something as uncivil as a Cobra reminds me of my time working with the RAF in Germany. We American fliers were under orders to minimize loud, low flying over significant towns. When I asked my Brit buddy about that, he just looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Why would we care what the German's think? We won the war." .... Have fun.
|
This reminds my why WWI became WWII - same attitude  and also how a tread again gets infected...
But... Welcome Mark - You must be like a child getting the Cobra ready after such a long build... Hope you will have no problems in getting plates on the Cobra.
__________________
BDR 602/Roush 427/EFI 8 stack/T-56 Magnum/540whp+750Nm (sold  )
|
01-08-2011, 04:53 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bethesda,
MD
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6022, navy blue, period correct 427 SO
Posts: 2,154
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrist
97 unleaded around here in mid/northern California is only getting around the $3.50/gallon. Soon to be into the $5.00 range from the rumors. I still do not know why the fuel cost so much in Europe. You are all closer to the main oil producers than we are here in the USA. |
Simple. Taxes. Lots of them.
__________________
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”
www.partskeeper.com
(Less time searching, more time wrenching & driving)
|
02-15-2011, 09:53 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Cobra Make, Engine: AK427 BB Chevy454
Posts: 86
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi Guys,
as promised, a few photos.
Mark
|
02-15-2011, 01:19 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
Posts: 5,595
|
|
Not Ranked
That's more than I pay for 110 Leaded Race Fuel. But I do get 4/mpg!
In Tulsa, OK I pay about $3.07 for 91 octane or I can get the E85/E15 for $2.50 gal
Quote:
Originally Posted by marco454v8
Don't know yet- I've done about three miles! 98 unleaded here is 1.50€/litre, which is about 8.83$/Gallon how does that compare to the US?
|
__________________
Sunshine, Asphalt and no stop signs...Perfect
"Let's roll"
"Be part of Something Good
......Leave Something Good Behind!"
from CD "Long Road Out of Eden"
|
02-15-2011, 03:23 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Jennersville,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett Morrison, Donovan aluminum BB
Posts: 214
|
|
Not Ranked
marco454v8,
Nice car, good luck with it. I always enjoy hearing about other countries. If I ever get the chance I would love to visit over seas. I haven't been anywere. Not to worry about the BBC, I'm there with you. It's all about what the owner wants.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:28 PM.
Links monetized by VigLink
|
Hybrid Mode
