04-22-2005, 04:41 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF replica, 351W, about 420 HP
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Originally posted by clayfoushee
I'm still just scratching my head at why most US guys are so hung up on the 1/4 mi., standing start, drag strip times on cars that were designed as road racing machines........Cobras included.
It's rather insulting to Cobras, Lambos, Ferraris, Porsches, Ford GTs and Corvettes to argue about which is the best drag-racing machine.
Wanna be an amateur drag racer........go buy an NOx bottle, blower, and fat slicks and put them on the 90's Mustang or Camaro of your choice, or you could go Honda or Toyota.
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Hi Clay! I think that most US drivers like the 1/4 mile drag races so much is because at any stoplight, in any town, any one of us can be Don Garlits, John Force, etc etc etc.
We cant be "Top-speed Bonneville Salt Flats" racers, because there isnt enough space to see whose car has the highest MPH.
We cant be "Formula One Road racers" because there arent very many road courses to race on, in Anytown USA.
But at any stoplight, or at any two-lane road across this great nation, it has the chance to be the place where "MY car can beat YOUR car to that signpost, telephone pole, bridge, etc etc etc!"
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