01-30-2008, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CobraEd
One of the things that made the real Cobras so bad-ass back in the old days is that they only weighed 1,900 lbs. Most of our replicas now weigh around 2,300 - 2,400 lbs. That is a 400 - 500 lb difference, or about 25% !!!! That is huge.
Think about how fast our cars are now, and then imagine if you took 500 lbs out of it !!! 
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I think the only Cobra that was in the 1900 lb weight range was the flip-top, yet I hear people throwing around that number a bit. I believe that the Kirkham cars with their high tech light weight billet suspension parts fitted with an modern aluminum small block engine is still over 1900 lbs.
Perhaps the 1900 lb number is just more Shelby snake oil legend. 
Actually I think most replicas are in the 2500 to 3000 lb range. |
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