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09-05-2011, 03:34 PM
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Your fastest high speed pass
Ok, let's hear it. How fast have YOU cranked up your Cobra?
The 'no holds barred' pedal to the metal until the RPMs ran out top speed.
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09-05-2011, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Riverside,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cutting Edge, Boss 429
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I'll go out on a limb and bet that very few have held it down until they ran out of rpm's. Me included  |
09-05-2011, 03:51 PM
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Ok ...
How fast did you go until you ran out of balls lol.
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09-05-2011, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Riverside,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cutting Edge, Boss 429
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Limited by the wind at the CA limit of 70mph. LOL
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09-05-2011, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Riverside,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cutting Edge, Boss 429
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I've never actually wrung it all the way out, but I'm really curious to know what others have done. Let's start with the OP!
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09-05-2011, 04:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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140 MPH on straight at closed track with no other traffic. Ran out of balls well before RPM 
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09-05-2011, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bartlett,
Ill
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison LS1
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While not in a Cobra, but in the Monza in my avitar, I had a stuck throttle and the parachutes didn't blossam, both happening on the same run at Byron Ill Dragstrip--fortunately there is a long road that continues on down toward the nuclear plant--It clocked 177.77 at 1/4 mile and by the time I got it shut down I believe I was probably near or little over 200mph. anyway pretty fast for a short 97 inch wb car---the wind blew the chrome trim off from around the windshield and a couple other little items ---
Now I want to try 200 in my 93 inch wb everett-morrison!!!!!
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09-05-2011, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Colorado Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, supercharged Coyote
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145mph, 4th gear, 6,400 rpm red line. On the track, of course. I would never drive that fast on a public road.
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09-05-2011, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #684, 482FE, Mike Mccluskey build
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160 mph in 4th gear, was afraid to shift to fifth so I shut it down.
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09-05-2011, 05:50 PM
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Location: Toledo,
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Too Fast
Original 427 Cobra, with orignal Smith's guages, tach and speedo jumped all over the place at high speed. Took it up to 165 on my way to the Sebring race in 1980, at least it looked like it hit 165, the whole car was shaking, had the top up, it was something else. I ran out of balls.
After I had my first child, I became responsible, never took it over 145.
Oh yea, after reading all of the other replies, it reminded me of why I ran out of balls, first I thought the top was going to rip off, talk about a balloon effect, that was the only time my head didn't hit the top, (I'm 6-6), the side curtains certainly kept the top from flying off. And the front end getting lose, it really didn't want to go where I was pointing it, very scary. Even though I was a cop, I figured if I got stopped, there was no way I was gonna escape punishment, those Fla. county sherrifs on the west coast don't have a sense of humor.
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09-05-2011, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Des Moines,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my beloved Shelby CSX 4068, Gessford 427 Ford
Posts: 756
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Neutral
Not in my Cobra, it's too scary above 120. But My Roush Trak Pak was still pullin' hard at 145 at the end of the front straight at Road America this year.
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09-05-2011, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Westerly,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Fordstroker 408w custom solid roller-Craft ported Brodix 17*heads-CFM ported Vic Jr. intake-1 3/4 primaries- 575hp-TKO-600RR Liberty upgrade- -Moser 8.8 trutrac-McLeod Street Extreme--QA-1-Wilwood brakes, Classic Chambered 3" Cobrapacks, Avon's
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CSX3183 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!! too Freakin' funny!
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09-05-2011, 06:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RET_COP
CSX3183 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!! too Freakin' funny!
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Wow, who would a thunk ...
-20mph and become a responsible parent ROTF! |
09-05-2011, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Earlimart,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 2765 Roush 427(POS) with cruise.
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How fast?
Got to 100mph in 4th, didn't have time to look. Wife said 100 with no comment although had stranglehold on right hand so no more shifting!!!! Was passing 4 semis and 3 cars on local 2 lane hiway. Actually 75mph would've sufficed but what the hell! 209 |
09-05-2011, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: SF Bay Area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1019
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Guess I'm just a slow poke... 140MPH multiple times down the front straight at Thunderhill.
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09-05-2011, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
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140 on the speedo on the front straight at Roebling Road. I'm guessing it could have reached 150 if the straight were a lot longer, but the "thrust required" was rapidly approaching the "thrust available" at 140.
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09-05-2011, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Flower Mound, TX,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar LS 427, Keith Craft 501,Toploader
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With a 4 speed close ratio toploader and a 3:73 rear end, I'm topped out at around 135 running out of RPMs.
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09-06-2011, 03:37 AM
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Location: Shawbury,
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155mph with Toploader and 3.55 gears, 6500rpm redline. However I don't feel the urge to do this very often, the experience is like it was described here already 
Simon
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09-06-2011, 05:05 AM
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Good replies, so ~150mph give or take is about
where gonads, gears or road come into play.
Question for RET_COP, what was the most extreme speeding
ticket you issued (or know was issued) by one of your "co-workers" lol.
I'm sure a 'cuff 'em on the spot' affair and haul his ass downtown.
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09-06-2011, 06:02 AM
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Location: Windham,,
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Once my car was dailed in and that very urge was nagging away at me,I called a long time Cobra racer he said never take the car over 140mph.After thinking about it and remembering how the windshield is mounted and the brass that surrounds it,was enough to limit my top end blasts to no more than 130.Since then have geared the car to get there as fast as possible.3:73 rear,Tremec TKO with 3.27 first.Could not be happier!!
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