Would you buy this Cobra...

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 10/17/2013 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

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...with a 4 cylinder engine?

m2m, apex detective > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:46

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Make that 400 hp and 1100 kg and I'd be willing to give it a try. ;)

PowderHound > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:47

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What blasphemous douchecanoe thinks that needs a 4 cylinder? It should be V8, loud and mean as all hell sounding

GhostZ > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:48

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Only if its some insane 3-liter turbo 400+HP engine, with the name "Offenhauser" or "Shelby" on it.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:48

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Given a proper power to weight ratio I'd buy it if it had a two cylinder engine.

HammerheadFistpunch > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:49

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the reason the Cobra was a great car: HUGE engine, tiny chassis. This is the other way around.

It's a "Porch-uh" > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:50

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Only if it's FWD.

Leadbull > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:51

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1. Buy it

2. Swap

3. ???

4. Profit

Team6.1 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:52

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No. With a twin turbo 6 maybe. With a V8 yes. Lightness and balance don't really mean a whole lot if you don't have the power to push it. Plus I'd rather have some batshit crazy tire shredding machine

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Leadbull 10/17/2013 at 12:53

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If this was seriously produced with a 4 cylinder, i'd be happy to go into business with you swapping V8's into them. Possibly the Coyote. Maybe we can be more fuel efficient and offer a 3.5L Twin Turbo EcoBoost V6.

Either way we'd make a shit load of money.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:53

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If it has a 4 cylinder, or an I6... it should be re-badged.

It isn't a Cobra, it is an AC Ace.

If it is going to be production ford car, to compete with Miata... it needs a name that is neither Cobra, nor Shelby. Ford Ace, perhaps, if the naming rights are available.

But if the car is light, and the I4 or I6 is healthy... there is no problem with the car itself at all.

Frankly, that would be a great kappa re-body kit on a Solstice GXP, but not with the Cobra, or AC nameplates. It looks like Solstice proportions.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > HammerheadFistpunch 10/17/2013 at 12:53

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"Not a bad way, if you ask me."

Ford could even ask Mazda to borrow the Miata platform.

HammerheadFistpunch > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:55

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Ford couldn't ask to borrow the Miata chassis, as they don't have any ties anymore, and the new Miata chassis will be a joint project with Fiat. For the record, the miata is a tiny chassis and tiny engine, that new cobra looks bigger.

CobraJoe > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:56

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Yes, but I'd prefer it wasn't called a cobra.

By any other name, it's a beautiful design and would be very entertaining with some power in that 4cyl.

-Amateur > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:56

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I still want my 2005 Shelby Cobra!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 12:58

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Depends on the four-cyl.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > GhostZ 10/17/2013 at 12:59

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Yep, came to post Offys.

Jayhawk Jake > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 13:01

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4 cylinder =/= weak.

See: Genesis Turbo, Focus ST, ATS turbo, etc.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 13:08

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Good lord yes I would. 4-cylinders are much more capable than they were in the time of the original. It would help keep weight down, make it more attainable, and provide some real-life useability to it.

Pessimippopotamus > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 13:11

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Call it an AC and it'll be just fine.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 13:18

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If the body is light enough, yes.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > HammerheadFistpunch 10/17/2013 at 13:25

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Well... considering the Mark I had a 260, then a 289, in it I think the current Ecoboost with 270HP could make a magnificent car. Power is very similar. Especially with the advances in suspension geometry we have now. They just have to keep the weight down. 2400 lbs or so.

Chteelers > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/17/2013 at 13:26

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This. Depends on displacement, output, and power density.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chteelers 10/17/2013 at 13:28

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The refinement of a car with a 4l+ four can be called into question. Not the results it gets.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > HammerheadFistpunch 10/17/2013 at 13:31

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Yes it can, if it wants, the fact that Ford still owns 3% of Mazda, maters less, they still have manufacturing bases together, like the one that builds small trucks.

And if Mazda will share the platform with Alfa, for the small roadster, and will even build the car, I don't see why can't they build Ford's car, too. Two is good, three is better.

Justino6969 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 13:34

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Yes.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/04/100…

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > PowderHound 10/17/2013 at 13:50

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This bloke, perhaps ?

Barbarian772 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/17/2013 at 18:51

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I want small Italian cars with small revvy Italian engines...

I want the same from Japan....

I want cobras to have power and torque from a big old American V8... A new Cobra with four cylinders is an as stupid idea as a Diesel engine in a Lamborghini..... STOP IT NOW!!!

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Barbarian772 10/17/2013 at 19:30

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Times changed bub, nobody gives a fuck about national tradition, as long as the car is good, even the Mustang will get a 4cyl., why? Because today's four cylinder engines can kick the ass of 60's and 70's V8's, that's why. The truth is that many old cars were mostly about style, as they were pretty bad if you drove them more than one hour.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/079-top-…

GhostZ > Chteelers 10/17/2013 at 23:58

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2.65l and 800HP good enough for you?

Barbarian772 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/18/2013 at 03:49

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I don't have anything against four-cyl engines.... I think they are way underrated, but a little sportscar with a four cylinder engine shouldn't be called "Cobra", as someone else suggested already: call it AC Ace and I'm happy.

Oh and who is really buying a Mustang with a 4cylinder engine. They kinda make it for the European market, but here in Europe everyone who imported a Mustang did so because of the V8. If you want a rear wheel drive sportscar with four cylinders there's way better choices.