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Old 01-03-2004, 05:33 AM
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My advice is to ride in a Cobra first, several if you can. If you have never owned a hi performance automobile beofre, you best bang for the buck may or may not be a car with as much HP as you would like. Remember, most of these cars weigh in around 2,200lbs.........With that type of power to weight ratio, if you don't have the experience, you could end up in a pine box.

Now with that said, I suggest coil over suspension equipped cars, along with four wheel disk brakes if you can get them. Whether you get a BB or a SB, fuel injected and blown, or naturally aspirated, is strictly up to you....I've had them all (I've had 351/385hp(2), 347 stroker with a vortec(1) 427/465hp(1), 302/345hp(2), , and loved each and every one of them for what they were, and what they had to offer.....Guess it all depends what your ultimately going to do with the car....Road race it, drag race it, or just drive it on the street.............

Just my two rambling cents worth on this particular subject.


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