Hay all,
I don't consider myself a purist by any stretch. I am a Ford guy though. I wanted to do an electric Model A for for a long time. By the time I got to a point I could, I decided to build a "Cobra" instead.
I've heard a ton of reasons for any powertrain and think the best is "that's what I could get." I'm a bit tired of people feeling the need to justify that they put a Chevy in Cobra. If your a Chevy guy and know SBC then cool. put a SBC in it. I wouldn't do it. Mainly because I have no interest in SBC, BBC or SBF for that matter. I've only owned FE cars. That's what I know. That's what I have parts for and experience with. If my first car had been a 429 Thunderbird then I'd be considering a 429 in a Cobra.
That being said. There are a couple of things that I've notice recently.
First, there are more than one example of rotary Corvettes. I know, not Ford but not Chevy. They say they got a nice welcome at LS Fest, not what they expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e7mVcjzOOk
The other is Superformance MKIII-E.
https://www.superformance.com/factory-models/mkiii-e
I'd be fine with electric if it wasn't so limiting. I've been suggested to put something unique in mine. What ever it ends up being, I'm not defending it. It just... is.