1966 Shelby Cobra replica. Supercharged fuel injected 302…. on Nitrous.
I have been building hot rods for over 25 years and this is my crown jewel. Even as a kid I always dreamed of having a Shelby Cobra and when I finally built one it met all my expectations, and then some. I started off this project by doing a ton of research and driving several different cobras and have built what I feel is the perfect cobra, and now it can by yours. In all my test drives of different cobras I learned that a cobra with a big block has way too much weight on the front end, it suffers from poor handling and acceleration due to the heavy bias weight on the front end and not enough weight on the rear tires, and a high horsepower small block actually out accelerated a big block and had far better handling and mileage. I’ve driven the “600hp” 427+ci Cobras and it’s like driving on ice, they never get traction because they are so front end heavy. If you want a Burn Out Queen they are fine, if you want neck snapping acceleration, go with a forced induction small block. So I decided to build a supercharged 302 on nitrous for mine. It ended up with a 54% rear / 46% front weight distribution.