http://www.fast-autos.net/weineck/weineckcobra.html I suspect its using the 1990's boss mustang motor as those had a very limited production models with 10L motors but im not 100% shure. Yes I am well aware that a 10L motor is huge even by my standards (nothing under 3L is ever going to be owned by me unless its a diesel) This is a novelty toy.... Thoughts on this besides the fuel consumption as frankly I dont care. EDIT: just took a biger look on the pics and found out its probly a bored out 427motor.
That doesn't make you cool, nor does it make you big. In fact it's yanks like you who are spoiling the planet. Sort it out, you don't need 3 litres of engine to haul you and a coffee down to the supermarket to buy some more oreos.....christ some of you people wind me up. thats so stupidly big headed, i cannot actually get over it. Give a 2.5litre engine to brabus or someone like that, and i bet itll be tuned to be twice the engine one of your silly american companies could ever tune it to...
Calm down friend, the americans just have a different approach to tuning and what makes a nice car. Jesus.
hey buddy, tune it down. I rather dont care what you think. I like large displacement engines and if you have a problem with that start a thread about it just be respectfull. I am aware that this is a brit forum and americans are frouned upon for their tastes in cars, but taking things to a malicius persective isnt the answer. Anyways my likes in motor's isnt a reason to bite my head off.
Hmm, julianmartin seems to have gone off on one! Shame he's wrong Yes, you can attain similar power from smaller units, what you cannot attain is equivalent flexibility, reliabilty and most importantly torque, that you can get from building a Hi-Po V8 (which would also be infinitely cheaper to build). Street Rodder did a very good comparision article a while ago, they built (or tried to build) a 500 horsepower Honda engine, which they did. It was fragile, uneconomical and a right handful. It also cost the wrong side of 15,000 US. They then built, from a scrapyard block, a 500HP V8, which cost 5,000 US and was streetable, reliable and much more flexible than the "oh my god my powerband is 500RPM wide" Honda unit. I'm not picking or being argumentative, I'm just having my say
Read the article. The v8 was from a buick witch isnt so popular and the motor dosent have so many aftermarket parts. You also frogot to mention that that the 1/4 mile time was disimated by the buick and its 3700lb body at a 10.XXX seconds where as the honda managed a best of 11.XXX as I dont recall the exact numbers. Also the honda neded a welded on head to keep up with the high presures of making 500hp and required racing fuel to make the whole 500hp where as the buick did it on 92octane pump gass..... my .02cent
Look at it, 1200bhp with NOS, thats no extraordinary feat if you ask me. Would be much more cool, if it were 1200 REAL horsepower. NOS sux, if you ask me. But a cobra is always a nice car... No doubt about that
I just noticed the nitrus injectors on the car. Btw NOS is a brand and not a injection type. THe injection type is nitrus injection.
with that kit (looks like a nos pro fogger) the car still probably has around 800 actual horsepower on tap.... still impressive for a street legal car. as for large displacement vs small displacement, when america starts paying the same for gas as europeans do, we might start making small engines... until then, i'll be happy with every vehicle i own displacing more than 3L (including my heavily modified honda civic, and my 5.8L supercharged hemi dodge ram)
i reckon this car would give it a run for it's money. http://www.zcars.org.uk/ultima/ultima-comparisons.htm and note that it doesn't have a 10 litre engine!
