Sweet!

[kamstra]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6465&item=4528924022&rd=1

Tight fit for that power plant

 

[b-body-bob]

What's the round tank, and why is the mounting for it so cobbled up?

 

[68R/T]

[smilie=e: No radio. [smilie=s:

 

[74DartSport]

What's the round tank, and why is the mounting for it so cobbled up?

Coolant tank. Look at other Cobra's and you'll see something similar. The rad's waaay down low in the nose, so to fill it the opening's remote.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Sounds familiar. There's a guy building those (I think just for himself) that goes by the handle of "Double Venom" (Cobra+Viper=Double Venom)

I saw him over on www.garagejunkies.net

 

[XLR8R]

That is a neat little package! But, as the ancient one said...."no radio".

 

[Dr.Jass]

And it needs a radio to drown out the bread-truck exhaust note...

• "UPS is here!"
  
  "Nope, that's just Rob's Cobra!"

Looks like it'd be a hoot to drive, right up until it got away from me... [smilie=e: [smilie=e:

 

[Anonymous]

I bet the handling on that car is an embarrasment unless it has a BIG steering upgrade.

 

[mopar_man]

I bet the handling on that car is an embarrasment unless it has a BIG steering upgrade.

How do you figure?

 

[XLR8R]

yeah....explain yourself.....

 

[74DartSport]

I bet the handling on that car is an embarrasment unless it has a BIG steering upgrade.

I'd be willing to bet that a Viper motor weighs 100 lbs less than a Ford 427 sideoiler.....
So I'd hafta say you're wrong.

 

[Anonymous]

Dimensions. If the engine is bigger, than wouldn't it have a handling problem? That would mean, indefinitely, more weight up front than in back, especially if other parts were used to fit the engine.

 

[Dr.Jass]

If the larger engine weighed more, you might have some issues... but the Viper's V10 is dimensionally similar to a 427 side-oiler as used originally in some Cobras. However, being that the Viper motor is all-aluminum (where the 427 was all-iron), 74DartSport's assertion of at least 100lbs weight difference is, if anything, on the low side. I believe the Viper engine weighs a tad less than an all-iron 340 Magnum (which was around 550lbs w/accessories, according to Chrysler), though I'm not sure of that. The 427 is easily over 700lbs.

 

[C.M.F.]

[smilie=e: um..... NO!

 

[Anonymous]

Eh...I give, I didn't know what I was talking about. I really thought that it had something to do with the displacement of the engine (8.0>7.2), therefore I thought that the engine was larger, so it was heavier.

 

[68R/T]

...therefore I thought ....

See, there's the problem.

[smilie=e:

 

[Anonymous]

[smilie=e: What do you mean? I got an A- in English this semester.

 

[68R/T]

....and an F- in perception.....the key word is "thought"

[smilie=b:

 

[XLR8R]

On top of it all, it states that the car has nearly 50/50 weight distribution.

 

[Anonymous]

I was using past tense, referring to a previous post.