Hot Rods

This is my cruiser. 97 SVT Cobra with some suspension upgrades. And it's loud cause like John says "Loud pipes save lives".

No picts of the car on the dyno or doing the burnout? Could have just as easy been my Explorer. But then the dyno numbers would have been higher and it would've been a 4-wheel drift.

It's actually not that difficult to drive, provided you treat it with a bit of respect. if you provoke it enough it will bite you though.

To sum up the driving experience I would say "it rewards concentration".

It's westfield, basically the same but with minor bodywork changes following a bit of legal action in the 80's

The engine is a 1700cc ford crossflow on twin 40 dellorto DHLA's about 140bhp which in a car that weighs 500kg makes for rapid progress.

I didn't build it, I bought it off a guy who was emmigrating to New Zealand, so it was a snip.

It doesn't get used enough because days that are good for the car tend to be days that are good for the boat as well. It does have a roof, but it's not very effective and it's bordering on undriveable in the wet anyway.

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My toy car, less fun in the rain than the boat is, but wicked fun in the dry.

67 satellite my baby. it has a mild 360 and has ran a best of 13.19 at 104 on drag radials.

My 99 r/t dak DD/boat puller 145k and still runs 14.67@92mph bone stock. Btw this pic is photoshoped the truck isnt that low but it looks good:)

My 73 911T 2.4 Very sweet car so much fun to drive but it had to go bye bye and the 2001 replaced it.

Btw ls1 swap cars are sick and so are sunbeam tigers.

eric; The more watts the better man. Alto MM is no slouch on hair lenght either.

john

reidp wrote: Before I push up daisies I'll have a CC with a blower.

I was hoping for one by the end of the summer, but with all I have to do with the 83 before the summer just to have a working inboard the mustang looks like shes going to be a next winter project...

i bet j-bear uses a Binford 10000 to blow dry his hair..

Now we're cookin with grease. Nice rides guys, and as jbear noted, many of us welcome our darkside FoMoCo buddies. Before I push up daisies I'll have a CC with a blower.    

Eric and Charlie; Welcome. You guys found the right place. We need more Blue Oval guys on here to help us with these poor mis-guided bowtie guys.

Love the Cobra. All-time fantasy ride. What power?

john

Charlie, No doubt about it thats a very nice Hot Rod, but whats further in the garage??

Whats the power plant in the cobra?

I don't know if it's a hot rod but it sure does get and go.

Did you put the V8 in the MG? I had a 73 MGBGT that was the four banger with overdrive, hardtop with fastback, and I sold it but not for a Great price... Also sold it about ten years ago, so price was good then... I liked the GT model better than my B model, but they are both fun cars.

I guess all gear heads think alike! I have a friend who did the same to his RX-7,but with the older body style,but I like the body style like Josh's better.