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Originally Posted by Richie18
As long as the car's exterior shape and look are kept then i think by all means suspension performance/technology should be pursued. How many times does anyone see the suspension on any cobra owner's vehicles? And if they did what would be at all disappointing about a suspension that uses new technology?
Why not make the car be able to better handle some 500hp when that is what is typically seen in these cars?
A billet aluminum chassis would impress anyone.
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The exterior of the car is identical to what we make now. That was what made the engineering so difficult on this car. From 10 feet, an "expert" will not be able to tell the difference.
Now for my personal opinion. I have been fortunate enough to drive original 427 Cobras, original 289 Cobras, our latest car, and many other replicas. I won't comment on the other replicas (for obvious reasons) but when you get right down to it, I really don't like driving the original cars. The chassis flexes all over the place; the brakes are horrible, the motor is a ton of bricks in the front end (all of those comments can be applied to the 289 car as well, with the addition the leaf springs ride like a buggy.) Frankly, the only thing I really like about them is the incredible looks and the incredible acceleration.
I can tell within 100 feet of driving a car weather or not it has an aluminum or an iron 427 block. The 427 iron block ruins the car for me. Now, that is just my opinion and so there is no reason to start the flame throwers.
Other people (like Chuck) are certainly entitled to their opinion and that is why we make so many different cars. The world would be a very boring place if all we had to choose from was vanilla ice cream. Having spent considerable time in Poland (right after the wall fell) I can tell you I certainly didn't enjoy seeing empty shelves in the stores. The first time I brought Poles to the States and took them into an Albertsons they actually cried just looking at all the different flavors of Kool-Aid (of all things) that were available just sitting there on the shelf.
I digress,
Anyway, I'm just glad we have 31 Flavors here!
David
