03-25-2005, 08:55 AM
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Location: Annapolis,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique, 427SO, it runs
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Quote:
Originally posted by Trevor Legate
I still cannot believe that any car with a huge lump of metal located that far ahead of the driver can offer the same thrills as a car that handles.
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Trevor,
All BB vs. SB rivalry aside, I was curious about the statement above. The engine is sitting so far back from the front wheels, and the driver is almost sitting just in front of the rear ones, with a lot of the engine and trannie weight near the middle. So I would have thought that an FE is not terribly as nose heavy as one might think. I'm also told by reliable sources that an aluminum head and intake FE weighs about the same an all cast-iron 289 did in 1964-65.
Nonetheless, the advantage for SBs in terms of cost (and perhaps reliability in most cases) are self-evident, and it's true that too much power is much more than can be used on a road course.
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