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Old 04-28-2002, 06:24 PM
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Default Hi Jim,

No I finish the 1/4 mile in 4th gear at around 7000 RPM. At least I think its there as the shift light doesn't come on in 4th but its close. The car is really fun to drive with the Buick powerplant but its even more fun to see someones reaction to a V6 with a 4 barrel carb. They say "Its really nice" while they think "why would anyone put a V6 in a Cobra?"

Which was the point of doing it in the first place. I knew that the motor would make nearly 500hp in street trim as they made up to 535 in Busch racing (14-1 compression) we used a mild circle track cam and smaller ports in the intake and heads. They are still HUGE though. About the size of a rectangular port Big Block Chevy.

Anyway its really been fun to build the Cobra and a LOT of fun to surprise the V8 guys.

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