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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
I was never a OHC guy until I realized the M-3's with less cubes and torque were just about the best and easiest to drive Open track car you could buy. Easily blowing away most of the pushrod Cobras at any track event.
Now that Ford has answered BMW with the Coyote I'm on board.
I may be wrong here but a $6.000 crate Coyote in a Cobra replica is going to be a kick ass track car and when the serious track guys start running them, watch out.
Will they ever be favored by the car show, wax and shine street cruises, never.
$6K 400 HP 430 Lbs this is your best bang for the buck.
Put that in a FFR spec racer and nobody is catching you on the road course.
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Admittedly, I've never installed one in a car, but isn't the cost much higher with all the support items that you need to install with the engine....i.e. wiring harnesses, ECM, etc.?
I think that they are also a tight fit in some replicas. I've heard Jay Linke say that the cost to modify the engine bay on a Backdraft to get them to fit isn't cheap....
When you start adding up the different costs, that's where it gets less exciting for me. Also, a lot of guys won't want just 400-450hp, so they have to shell out another couple grand for a supercharger.
Now you are indeed correct about the Spec Racer guys....that's more than enough horsepower for what they need, but they're still looking at the cost of the engine plus support items, which is way more than the typical EFI 302 that these guys run.