Trever...Dick Smith lives right here in Fresno. I know him pretty well. I dare say he could make even a little 289 perform like a REAL Cobra if he had a mind to do so.
What'saMatterYou....if I'm right, then it is only due to the fact that I take the same position as Mr. Buckley...a noteworthy scholar of driving skills from open-wheeled formula conveyances to rally transports, and the builder of some fine reproduction Cobras. Out here in REAGAN Country, we drive them there big badassed big motored Shelbys just so we can keep them damn freeways dusted off with them sidepipes...we don't get the rain nor do we have the cadre of civil servants to sweep off the roads as they do in Merry Olde, thereby making huge pulses of power unnecessary.
You pointed out the one loss of power by going to Shelby's arruminum block...they go slightly slower than they used to when headed north.
We can only wonder where the development of Cobras would be had Ford not called Shelby in to take over the GT40 program...proper suspension work on the 289s and 427 Daytonas???
As Mr. Buckley noted...it's all good.
