07-30-2005, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Highland Park,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison
Posts: 66
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Originally posted by cobrashoch
The reality is they are not any faster than any other BB engined Cobra out there, and when they are in a Cobra if they are sold they usially come out in favor of conventional engines. In those cases most times you can sell the engine and re-coup the cost of the car itself.
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You don't really think I built this car for resale?? It's a Hemi block sitting on Corvette chassis with a replica Ford/AC body on it - can't see much of an aftermarket. To be honest, I started the project with a Cadillac Northstar V8 in mind. Then I went for a 426 crate HEMI, but to save weight I went for the 528 because of the aluminum heads... and less cylinder wall  I never intended to build it to be faster or have more HP than anything else, I’m just not into those sort of debates. I just wanted something fun on the track that is 180 degrees from the low HP AWD German car like I normally take. I’ll be lucky to use 1/2 of the ft-lb of torque on this car. It's all for that first time when I pull up to a stoplight and the guy next to me says "You got a HEMI in that thing?" and I can "Yes" right before I light 'em up and melt his door panel with the flames from my side pipes.
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