S A CHO

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I'd rock the hell out of this thing...

And if you say that a V8 would have been more suitable...This engine is supercharged with a Paxton blower


And for those that dont know what a SHO engine is, Its a Yamaha built and designed engine that was dropped into Tauruases of almost all years...Putting 220 HP and 220 Lb/ft of tourqe stock, these engine can push about 450 HP with the supercharger on it...

For Pics of my car, Click the link below (in my signature)

mattg

pretty sweet.

i want to build one w/ an '03 cobra motor in it.

S A CHO

Then supercharge that cobra motor

mclarenf3387

The 03 Cobra motors were already supercharged.

And while it is quite impressive, a 427 in that would own this.

S A CHO

Goes to show how much I know...


While it would own this kit car, it sure as hell wouldnt be as unique....

srika

too slow

S A CHO

Your drunk... literally....

Billiam

V6 + Cobra = Sacrilage

DownUnder

That would be sweet, although those '03 Cobra engines are pretty damn heavy and would affect the handling.

SouthernBoy

One of my next door neighbor spent three years building his pristine Factory Five replica ofa 1966 427 AC Shelby Cobra. He used a small block Ford engine bored and stroked to 331 cubes with AFR heads, a Comp roller cam, 1.7 roller rockers, headers (of course for the side pipes), and a serious after-market intake. He's running 3.73's through a Traction-Loc Thunderbird IRS. He is only putting out a little over 400 HP, but with just 2250 pound to haul around, I see an easy low 11's street machine. One of his friends (who's built two of these babies) has one that has a Kenny Bell (not sure of the spelling) supercharge and has been dynoed at over 450 HP to the rear wheels.

While I respect the SHO engines, no way I'd put one in a replica of such a classic that always held a real American Ford V8 engine.

srika

thank you.

srika

thank you.

S A CHO

I will quote myself here...

"While it would own this kit car, it sure as hell wouldnt be as unique..."

srika

S A CHO

If that didnt excite you, How about these little things called SHOgun's...

http://www.shotimes.com/php-bin/modu...hold=0&sid=231

Jay Leno seems to enjoy his...

srika

like the SHOguns, I do...

Stapler

I think it's pretty neat, it's not like they ripped apart a origional cobra to do it or anything.

Would a 03 cobra engine mess up the handling more than a old iron block small block? Or a big block 427. I wouldn't think so.

S A CHO

Yes, I especially like the fact that they go from 0-60 in 4.6 seconds and do the quarter mile in 12.9 seconds...On the stock engine, With no NOS...

mattg

you think it's as heavy as a 427? I think not.

stangg172004

mclarenf3387

Leno can afford to enjoy one of everything

joedokes28

The SHO V6 is a gem of an engine, by why wouldn't ford put it in a better platform?

I mean come on, the ford taurus?

I like the cobra, but it needs a v8

S A CHO

The Yamaha V6 was originally intended for a mid engine sports car designed to compete DIRECTLY with the Chevy Corvette, Ford canceled that plan but already signed a contract to buy a certain amount of engines from Yamaha over a certain amount of years...The Taurus was chosen because at the time the general public showed little interestest in the Taurus, and Ford came up with the SHO idea to spice it up...


This is the car Ford had originally planned for the engine:

http://riptide.servehttp.com/~ianf/GN34/DSCN5400.JPG (BIG Picture)

Scribesoft

The overall shape of that car kind of looks like an ugly BMW M1 from back in the day...

Ken1997TL

I learned to drive in a AC Cobra 289

S A CHO

Yeah the styling isnt my thing, but it was styled in the late 80's early 90's...If that makes a difference....

joedokes28

:jealous:

joedokes28

Interesting piece of history.

jkeith72

I think the idea of a light powerful V-6 is a novel one....But I also think the Cobra body just needs the low rumble of a V-8. An example of bad use of a V-6 is the Prowler...A bad-ass looking car with a sedan V-6....POSER

S A CHO

Yeah, no doubt this engine is more on the sporty side then the muscle side...