Maybe if it didn't have that Hideous hood scoop.
I generally dig Cobras but...
The German tuning company has not released 0-100km/h performance numbers because apparently they are not relevant. Instead, the Weineck Cobra 780CUI will rocket from 0-200km/h in 4.9 seconds, and does the 0-300km/h dash in 10 seconds flat.
The 12.9-litre V8 engine can rev to 8000rpm, developing peak power of 809kW or 1100hp @ 7000rpm, which would be enough energy to power a small village in Iceland.
Torque levels for the old-school engine are even more stunning - 1760Nm @ 5600rpm.
Maybe if it didn't have that Hideous hood scoop.
No more Miata
0 - 124 MPH in 4.9 seconds?0-200km/h in 4.9 seconds
That's insane.
Iain
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+1Originally Posted by jolberry
Not liking the scoop, but performance wise, that's pretty sick.
Thomas
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Lose the scoop, and I like it. Its a killer paint job.
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So why does it have 427 on the fender, and 780cui on teh hood... Seems dumb?
Not to mention.. that thing has to be a bitch & a half to drive...
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427 Block....Originally Posted by rx7gslse
bored I'm sure...
Big scoop or not you guys would take one in a heart beat if they were givin them away
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Originally Posted by MadMerv
They know it can't turn since its based on an American design so they said nuts to it and slapped that big honkin' scoop on it
Originally Posted by riverracer
SO I could sell it to finance my Wiesmann or Tommy Kaira ZZII..... now THOSE are cars
Not a problem... every drag strip I have ever been to featured left turns in and out of the strip. I can't imagine this car will be much good for anything else.Originally Posted by MadMerv
Funny you should say that, since the original Shelby Cobra was a British car (an AC Ace), with a Ford V8 stuffed under the hood.Originally Posted by Bolix
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I was thinking the same thing... I wonder, too, if it wouldn't be reasonable to have the 427 badge on it since the later Shelbys with the 427 had a significantly different body design that the original 289s. One could theoretially call it the "427 Cobra body design."Originally Posted by altiain
In fact, I snagged a ride in a vintage racing Cobra in the early 90s (while working an SCCA race at Ardmore, OK), and it was refered to as a "427-style body" even though it had a 302.
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Originally Posted by altiain
Well I guess that explains why I don't hate them outright
Yeah, they probably don't even know where the lyric in your sig is from...Originally Posted by black roadster
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I said I'm charming and dashing I'm rental car bashing...Originally Posted by altiain
Originally Posted by altiain
Psh...
They can't catch me never gonna find me
They're never gonna know that I'm the High Plains Drifter
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Ya, there is a very noticable visual difference between the 289 Ace and the 427 SC. I personally like the 289 AC Ace design better, not as muscular but has that classic flow to it where as the 427 is obviously pumped up by American muscle.Originally Posted by ccage
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