[madmaxx]

I forgot to mention, welcome to Cobras. If the rest of the car, paint, body, color, fit and finish were right and this scares you, A COBRA IS NOT FOR YOU. There is always something that is going to need attention, yes they are junk, no excuse as some will try to justify it is a hand made car, blah blah blah. Unless you buy it from me or someone who is a mechanic and worked the bugs out for 12 months you have alot of bolts to checks etc.

It would seam to me if this PO did not work out the bucking or used the lame excuse this is a high performance car then what else did he settle for. High performance or not it should run smoothly.

With the deal Vintage motorsports is running for a new bdr with ford 427 you might want to go that route. You will probably have break in issues but I think they have they have it figured out.

No a BDR is not an SPF. SPF is better but I bet you are paying more than 44k for the one you are looking at, so when factoring in the different cost they are each worth what you pay for them.