BPU Supra vs. Shelby Cobra with a 427 (Times Two!)
I was on my way home from work yesterday and took the long route in an area that has some nice long open stretches hoping I would encounter something. Well, I saw one of those Cobra kit cars going the other way so I made a u-turn. Unfortunately, this was toward the end of the area that had the long straights.
The car was silver with a badge on the front fender that said "427". The license plate frame said Shelby Cobra. The car was loud and sounded great.
The guy obviously saw me and he stopped short at a light so we could talk. I asked him how much power he made at the wheels and he said 385rwhp. He said he was real quick down low and didn't do quite as well at high speeds. I told him I had about 410 rwhp.
We tried to find a spot to do some pulls, but couldn't get two lanes open at the same time. So the first time he changed lanes in front of me and hammered it without notice. I did same but it took me a sec to get both turbos spooled. I stopped his pull at the top of 2nd gear and it looked like I just started to pull on him by the early part of 3rd gear but then we had to back off due to traffic. That was really the best run we had.
I think from a well staged 50 mph punch (2nd gear) with my car fully brake boosted it would have been dead even until I hit 3rd gear and then I would have started pulling away. I hit 20 psi in 3rd gear all the way to redline. I was running 100 octane fuel, so it's okay.
His car seemed so small compared to mine. How much do those Cobras weigh? My Supra must weigh a good 800 lbs more. Anyway, I was pleased with the outcome even though we didn't get a completely cllean run. My car traps 121 mph in the 1/4 mile, so the power is there.
He would have ripped me out of the hole though with my stock stall tc. Can't wait to go single.
I was on my way home from work yesterday and took the long route in an area that has some nice long open stretches hoping I would encounter something. Well, I saw one of those Cobra kit cars going the other way so I made a u-turn. Unfortunately, this was toward the end of the area that had the long straights.
The car was silver with a badge on the front fender that said "427". The license plate frame said Shelby Cobra. The car was loud and sounded great.
The guy obviously saw me and he stopped short at a light so we could talk. I asked him how much power he made at the wheels and he said 385rwhp. He said he was real quick down low and didn't do quite as well at high speeds. I told him I had about 410 rwhp.
We tried to find a spot to do some pulls, but couldn't get two lanes open at the same time. So the first time he changed lanes in front of me and hammered it without notice. I did same but it took me a sec to get both turbos spooled. I stopped his pull at the top of 2nd gear and it looked like I just started to pull on him by the early part of 3rd gear but then we had to back off due to traffic. That was really the best run we had.
I think from a well staged 50 mph punch (2nd gear) with my car fully brake boosted it would have been dead even until I hit 3rd gear and then I would have started pulling away. I hit 20 psi in 3rd gear all the way to redline. I was running 100 octane fuel, so it's okay.
His car seemed so small compared to mine. How much do those Cobras weigh? My Supra must weigh a good 800 lbs more. Anyway, I was pleased with the outcome even though we didn't get a completely cllean run. My car traps 121 mph in the 1/4 mile, so the power is there.
He would have ripped me out of the hole though with my stock stall tc. Can't wait to go single.
