Maybe it's just me, but putting a coyote or LS engine into a cobra replica just doesn't do it.
I mean, it might look cool and drive great, and get good mileage, but when I pop the hood on one of these cars, I want to see, and hear, a nasty ole, sixties era,
oil leaking, gas smelling, idle thumping, cantankerous engine. Don't care if it's a BB or SB, as long as it's a ford engine.
If I wanted the dependability, driveability and fuel economy of a modern engine, then I really don't want all the other inconveniences a cobra offers (cramped quarters, no power brakes or steering, no ABS, no windows, crappy wipers, short wheelbase, and the list goes on and on.)
I guess what I'm saying is I want a sixties type of experience when I drive the cobra. It's not as much about how the car looks as how I feel when I'm driving it. It has all my attention every minute I'm behind the wheel. When I arrive at my destination, I feel alive. I have my modern cars for the other times.
Have you ever tried to talk on a cell phone and drive a cobra at the same time?
That's my point! I don't want to be able to!