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I ran the stock LS6 engine from the Vette. For those that are interested, I built a steel space frame with a fully trused trans tunnel that ran from the rear suspension to front suspension clip. The Vette uses a rear mounted transmission that can not be used in the Cobra because of its width. I designed a conversion for the Vette diff that allows the use of driveshaft. The Vette diff bolts directly into the back of the trans tunnel so it becomes essentially a large torque arm.
My frame has 5 inches of ground clearance but the floor compared to a standard Cobra is dropped 3 inches. My headers go up an over the footboxes which allows the engine to be farther back and allows for extremely long and wide footboxes. The perimeter frame rails come to a Vee in the front. This gets skinned with aluminum and forces all of the air out of the radiator out the sides of the car. This eliminates the heat build up and lift common in these cars.
The car weighs 2247lbs with fuel with a 53.9% rear weight distribution, with out driver.
I use the C5 diff, brakes, front and rear control arms, sway bars, 18 inch wheels and tires. New rear axles are about 2 inches narrower, and a new steering rack was made so that the front and rear tracks could be narrowed to fit the Cobra. The wheel base is 90 inches and with the exception of double stacking the side vents the body is accurate and stock. My goal was to build a modern super car with the accurate and gorgeous Cobra look.
I had fun building it, now I am going to run it every day I can all over the mountains in New England! John
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