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[Muley Hunter]

Yep I agree Jon , power sound like a Hemi running 100% nitro methane !

Different engines for different types of racing. I used to drag race a Hemi Cuda, but I still love the high rpm scream of a Ferrari V12.

Your Hemi AA fuel engine last one run of 4 seconds, and needs to be rebuilt. The V12 races for 24 hours at LeMans.

 

[Spitfire1]

Pete in that 4 seconds that it does run it will outrun the Ferrari so bad they'll have to call the Coast Guard to find it !

 

[Muley Hunter]

What's your point? In a road race the Hemi wouldn't make it to the 2nd turn.

Different strokes....

 

[exMember]

shelby cobra sure in heck beat the snot out of the ferrari at lemans and thats just a lil ol 427 ford under the hood  :twisted: 

 

[Muley Hunter]

The Cobra never beat Ferrari. The GT-40 did. Only a 427? Probably twice the size of the V12 in cu in.

 

[exMember]

shelby cobra daytona beat ferrari as well
http://www.4-traders.com/news/Le-Mans-Winning-1964-Shelby-Cobra-Daytona-Coupe-to-Headline-Second-Annual-Carroll-Shelby-Tribute-and--18235538/

 

[Muley Hunter]

Oh, the Daytona Coupe. A purpose built race car by Ford. A far cry from the street Cobra. 1964?

You dug hard to find that one.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Here's the difference between Ford and Ferrari on how they think.

Ford builds race cars to sell street cars. (Nascar)

Ferrari builds street cars to finance the race cars. (F1)

 

[exMember]

ferrari is junk though, thats what pissed of Lamborghini and made him build his own car lol.

Theres also the AC cobra as well.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Stop using Google Jon. It's confusing you.

The AC Cobra is the Cobra. It used the chassis from the AC Bristol.

 

[exMember]

no you have the AC cobra, SC Cobra and the Daytona

 

[Muley Hunter]

The AC was the first Cobra built by Shelby. It's the base Cobra. You made it sound like it was a different car to the Cobra.

Dude, I was your age when all this was going on, and a total car nut/hot rodder/ road racer. You weren't even a thought in your dad's shorts yet. I lived it. You're reading about it.

 

[exMember]

sorry but they are 2 different cars lol. AC is strictly for racing, SC was street use, the fastest street car in the world at one point.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Hardhead.

 

[exMember]

its true, you cant call a roadrunner a daytona

 

[Muley Hunter]

The Cobra was built as a street car that can be raced. Just like the Corvette.

Read a road test on the AC back in those days.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/1963-shelby-ac-cobra-289-road-test

 

[exMember]

http://www.supercars.net/cars/1741.html

 

[exMember]

And no ferrari can compete with this sound.
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[patocazador]

I still love the high rpm scream of a Ferrari V12.

If like screamers, listen to a recording of a Novi. I went to time trials at Indy in (I think) 1963. Andy Granatelli was trying to qualify a couple of Novis with V-16s (?).

It was so piercing that you thought your eardrums were blown out especially in comparison to the 4 cylinder Offenhausers that were still popular back then.

In the race that year there was a crash and fire in the opening laps and 2 or 3 drivers died.

 

[exMember]

jeez I forget that some guys here grew up when racers still wore leather helmets  :lol!: :lol!: