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06-20-2008, 08:01 AM
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Watch this FFR Cobra do a 10.31 1/4 mile...
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06-20-2008, 08:31 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: stack injected 408W Factory Five roadster
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that was awesome. what are the specs on the FFR?
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06-20-2008, 08:37 AM
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saw the post on FFCOBRA.com and waiting for the owner to chime in.
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06-20-2008, 10:58 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cutting Edge Replicas, 427 World block SBF, TWM Injection
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Curtis, You've got to start looking outside the FFR cobra box!
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Cutting Edge Replicas 427
Shell Valley Daytona #27
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06-20-2008, 11:11 AM
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Obviously fast, but has a very unusual sound. Not like most Cobras
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06-20-2008, 12:36 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar 427 Comp. 351W
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I was there yesterday at Woodburn Dragstrip. Their were five of us Cobra guys. Thomas made this awesome run with in twin turbo 331 inch sbf. That was his last run because he broke the 135 mph rule at the track. He will need all of the conventional safety gear including roll cage to run again.
It was spectacular!
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06-20-2008, 12:51 PM
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06-20-2008, 12:54 PM
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That explains why it is so quiet. Those turbos emulsify the exhast pulses before they leave the pipes.
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06-20-2008, 06:41 PM
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Automatic? Twin turbos? It's a hot rod, not a Cobra...
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06-20-2008, 08:06 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobray-C3, The 60's body lines on todays chassis technology
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Quote:
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Automatic? Twin turbos? It's a hot rod, not a Cobra...
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Hello Ernie,
Gotta give some ground on this one. I think old CS himself built a ... real or original or a not a replica car with an automatic, actually more than one. He also hung twin Paxtons on it and tried to run the Silver State with this car. After The Cos was inspired to do his 200 MPH skit the car went on to sell for over 5 1/2 mil at B Jaskson. I do think it was a Hot Rod but ya can't get more Cobra. |
06-20-2008, 10:23 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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Automatic? Twin turbos? It's a hot rod, not a Cobra...
What, just cuz it don't have a dumb-ass looking flat black hood and it's faster than your's?
What a maroon. 
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06-20-2008, 06:56 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: superformance/427 fe ford
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yeah, what excaliber said
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06-20-2008, 07:03 PM
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Why would twin turbos make it a hot rod instead of a cobra? Can't it be both?
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06-20-2008, 07:07 PM
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there are only two automatic cobra's. and one sold for 5.5 mil.
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1952 MG TD - 53 HP 1970 SS454 Chevelle - 900hp 2007 spo2669 - 485hp 2001 Spclconst. softtail - 114HP 2006 Roadglide - 88HP
sold Roadglide.....bought 09 XR 1200 - 90 hp stock
i would rather live one day as a lion, than one thousand days as a lamb.
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06-20-2008, 07:27 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby American CSX 4241 - authentically built
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Quote:
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there are only two automatic cobra's. and one sold for 5.5 mil.
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There were a lot more than 2 automatic original Cobras. Just FYI. 
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CSX 4241, KMP 357 - sold and missed, CSX 4819 - cancelled, FFR 5132 - sold
See my car at CSXinfo.net here >> CSX 4241
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06-20-2008, 11:25 PM
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Automatic cobras
Automatics are getting more common. Here's one with paddle shifters for sale on ebay:
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06-20-2008, 11:57 PM
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Some of the early 289 cars were also automatic, which has little or no bearing on THIS modern replica. My point is this: Many of todays modern Cobras share little or nothing with the car they pretend to emulate. Not necessarily a bad thing, but some builds really push the envelope of the term 'replica' and when they do a more accurate term would be 'hot rod'. Now thats not necessarily a bad thing, but don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining. To suggest an automatic is OK for a 'drag racing' replica Cobra is doing exactly that. Show me an original drag race Cobra that ran in the 10's with an auto and twin hair dryers sporting a solid axle? Puuhlease, that aint rain I'm feeling my friend! 
Early 289 original drag race Cobra's ran in the 10's. WITH IRS, stick shift FOUR speed, naturally apirated (one or two carbs) and a small block! Now THAT is a drag race Cobra!
I'm just recognizing 'reality', many of todays replicas are in fact, 'hot rods'. Now the COOL thing about that is, darn few 'hot rods' have EVER aspired to the worthy goals a replica Cobra does. A replica Cobra captures the 'spirit' of a real Cobra in this sense, generally speaking: There built to handle well, stop well, go fast, be drivable to work and STILL 'kick ass' in all forms of street or track. Plus, they look great. Now compare THOSE STANDARDS to a more typical 'hot rod', a '32 Deuce Coupe. It looks good, but would you ever take it on a road course? When was the last time you saw one on a drag strip? Would you drive it to work everyday? Not even close to a Cobra 'hot rod'. Most 'hot rods' are SHOW cars, that is what separates a replica Cobra from the rest of the 'hot rod' world. Replicas are meant to be DRIVEN and driven hard. Well done, an awesome 'hot rod' that happens to look like a Cobra, just don't tell me that's rain...
OH, and if were playing the 'well an original had one' game, there were more than one original with a black hood, which is where I got the idea. Plenty of solid red Cobras out there, or red with white stripe, something different but still in the spirit of the 'game', a black hood, I like it! Not all original paint jobs are worth emulating, here's an example from an original Cobra. I couldn't bring myself to do this one.
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06-21-2008, 12:53 AM
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06-21-2008, 02:38 AM
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Quote:
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OH, and if were playing the 'well an original had one' game, there were more than one original with a black hood, which is where I got the idea.
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Did many of the originals have hub caps instead of Halibrands?
Here's a twin turbo, automatic "hotrod".
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06-21-2008, 06:33 AM
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Excaliber, are you sure there were original 289 cars running in the 10's? Back in the early to mid 60's, the pre-runners of pro stock were barely going that fast.
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