I guess I built my Cobra replica for all the wrong reasons. I bought into the hype about the Cobras being the fastest car ever built, 0-60 blah, blah, blah, 0-100-0 blah, blah, blah. I wanted a real kick ass car and the Cobra was the car for me. I went to all the shows and talked with everbody about Cobras and we all agreed that the Cobra was the absolute fastest car out there. Just drive it down the street and as others have said, lots of thumbs up and smiles from others.
Well no sense wasting all the horsepower at car shows and street cruising I'm gonna take it to the track and show those guys what fast is all about.
First off when you take a Cobra to a track event none of the racers are impressed. The thumbs up are none existant in the pits and the others are all just waiting for you to embrace the Armco.
Not to worry, when they see me on the track they all will know they were blown away by that little Cobra.
Oooops reality check. What the hell is that VW GTI doing in my rear mirror almost on my bumper. How come those Late model 302 Mustangs keep pulling away from me in the corners. I got a 427 SO, what the hell is going on here? What ever happened to 0-100-0? Don't those guys know I got a Cobra with a 427?
I can tell you what happened, those guys are driving track set up cars with less HP and are blowing me into the weeds.
So now 15 years and many dollars later, I finally got a Cobra that can keep up with most of the racers. Finally realized that nice comfortable street Cobras make terrible track cars. Suspensions too soft, not enough brakes for serious speed and one more thing. Young drivers with no fear are just as fast or faster than old drivers with experience.
So that is why the Cobra does nothing for me anymore. It's the greatest race car at the car shows and just an old racear at the racetrack.
And that's all I have to say about that.
