OK It took a while but I found this link to a site that was posted on the FFR Form. With our Cobras there are other factor to consider, like aerodynamic, HP, torque and lots of other things that make us go fast. I think Mr. L.E. Mayfield has very interesting information for us.
Here is the link to the site,
http://www.mayfco.com/cobra.htm
Dwight
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FFCobra Forum Question: How fast is my Cobra with this much horsepower?
This also works for all vehicles, shhhh!
INTRO
Once upon a time, in a land far away, I was a huge fan of the original Cobra and it's final originator, Shelby. I went to the plant is Southern California, but at the time was a starving student or just out of school at Cal Poly, SLO. I could not swing the 6 grand or so, so I quietly walked away. Then I bought a used Tiger. Jeeze, I am off track and have just started this. Well, anyway, I spent an entire career with the Boeing Company doing odd jobs. Some of them involved aerodynamics and such.
Now I know how you all feel about your cars, Cobras, whether or not original or a reproduction. I know that many of you are true performance fans and have hopped up your cars to the n th degree. But, after all that hopping up, you find that there is little in the way of knowing just how fast it is or can be. Roads with the public on them just aren't the way to go and the drag strip just isn't quite enough either. What I have done for my Tiger, I am gonna try and do for you. I am going to develop a set of tools that you can use to figure it all out: "Just how fast will my Cobra go?"
Now you will have to go to his site to finish reading the article. With the charts it was to large to post here. Dwight
I found it
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