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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
There is a good reason that most Superformance Cobras are fitted with 351 Windsors.
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Yes there is. It's because there was (is) no reliable source for FE "crate" motors, and alot the FE's that were installed were built by "wannabe" engine builders, and the engines failed after being installed in new customer cars, and as superformance was marketing there cars as "factory built new cars", I don;t think they wanted a bad rap for unreliable engines. Superformance also reccommended 460 engines as well as 351's, again mainly because of reliability, but as we all know, the 460's are even heavier than the FE's.
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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
Former Cobra racer and full time driving school owner Bob Bondurant was quoted years ago that the 351 Windsor is the perfect combination of weight to HP and makes for a better handling Cobra.
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He also stated that alot of "new" cobra owners were wannabe race car drivers, with no real racing experience, and have never driven a true 600 hp car before, so the 351 was a good fit for wannabe cobra racers.
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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
Will it outperform the FE on the track? Most former Cobra racers seem to be of that opinion.
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I would think the late Dick Smith would probably say the 427 would be the faster car. However, I don't ever remember seeing a quote from him comparing the 289 vs 427 vs 351 cobra's. I've seen some interviews from him talking about replica's, and he was always very politically savy.
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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
Since most Cobra owners never hit the racetrack in their Cobras and since the majority seem to be impressed with FE's than you will probably be real happy with your new FE.
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Obviously, most cobra's are really street machines, not race cars. Using your reasoning, then you should put SBF's in all ford street macines, rods. There would be really no place for flatheads, SCJ's, Boss 429's, BBF's, as all of these cars never really see the strip or track. Why even put webers on an engine, as again most people don;t race their cars.