steve775

I saw a "replicar" Ford Cobra the other day, it was an 8-cylinder, 427, with around 480 hp and around the same torque. It costs around $60K. I was told it does 0 to 60 in 3.3 secs!!! The car weighs around 2,500 lbs.

Compare that to a Carrera GT, a $440K car with 10-cylinders, 605 hp, 0 to 60 in 3.8 secs, and weighs 3,042 lbs. That is blazing fast yet this Cobra, a $60K car does it supposedly in 3.3, must ALL be in the weight difference

Something does not sound right.

Benton

0-60 isn't a very good measure for a car...

I could build a car for $10k that could do 0-60 in under 3 seconds; does that mean I should?

944TURBOS

wait are you honestly going to compare those two cars?? please tell me you did not put the two cars in the same sentence based on 0-60 time.....go read road and track one more time please

hacker-pschorr

A well prepared / setup & driven 427 S/C Cobra should be in the mid 2:20's at Road America. I would like to think a CGT with equal tires would be able to top that. Now a Shelby Daytona Cobra coupe - that might be a different story.

Anyway, comparing a CGT to a Cobra is not all that silly considering the Cobra has been considered the benchmark for decades in the sports car world. Considering an original Cobra is worth more than double a CGT - many publications have found the "new" replicas to be faster than the originals. Especially the SuperFormance units. The new Brock designed Coupe is nothing short of amazing for under $100k:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...e_brock_coupe/

Crunky

This is like when Road and Track compared the new Z06 'Vette to the Viper. They bashed the viper couse it was slower in the 1/4 and in 0-60, but they wouldn't compare 100-200mph times, cause the 'Vette prolly can't even do it
You can't compare a car with 3.55 gears to a car with 3.07's
I suspect the case with the CGT VS the cobra is similar.

Woodster

480 Hp out of 427 cubic inches ????
How many HP/liter ???
wow, low tech still has some appeal I guess...
Marty K.

1AS

Zero to stuporous:
In competition: Mad Dog 20/20 vs. Chateau Mouton Rothschild when compared for elapsed time til drunk always favors the $2.50 bottle vs. the $250.00 bottle. But, from the consumer standpoint, there are a few differences, and not many who like the latter would aquire the former.
That's a little unfair to the Cobra, because it is a thrilling car. But all these figures merely reflect power to weight ratio, gearing, and rear wheel traction.
Mark is right in that a clapped-out Mustang with nitrous, a locker, and slicks could equal the 0-60 numbers of a supercar. It's not about could you build it, it's about would you drive it?
The Cobra occupied a unique niche in its day, but the strides forward in engineering costs to yield the CGT come at sequentially higher prices. Recall, the test mule McClaren F1's all used 427 chevrolet engines. Much cheaper than the BMW finally developed. AS

themarsman

427 Cubic inches
480hp
7.0 liters
68.5hp / liter

Carrera GT
605hp
5.7 liters
106hp / liter

High tech has more appeal!

hacker-pschorr

To some. An all original Cobra (289, 427, whatever) has more appeal to me than a CGT.

drnick

i watched on top gear here in the uk when they stripped out an old xjs jag 12 cylinder and injected it with nitrous. it out ran all (i think) of the supercars they lined up along side it, it was even faster to the end of the carrier deck than a harrier jump jet - and then it sank in the ocean so the plane flys and the car dosent, theres not too much meaningful comparison to be made imo, id have the cgt and the cobra and drive whichever..