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Yes I know of Dick Smith. He blew past me enough times at the SAAC track events in the Cobra. He drives like he has a death wish. (No insult intended Dick).

BB Cobras are difficult to drive fast for me. It's like driving in the snow. The tires never stop breaking traction.

I remember a quote from Bob Bondurant about this subject.
Paraphrasing him, he said, he thought the perfect engine to run in a Cobra was a 351.
He thought the 289 needed more and the 427 was too much.

The first Pantera I ever drove was a Webered 71.
I thought the car was very easy to drive at speed. Big speed. Not to insult the Cobra guys here either and start a big fight here, but I thought it was as fast as a 427 Cobra. At least as fast.'nough said.

Yes. I agree with you guys about the Webers. The cfm of a set with 42mm chokes is actually around 2400 cfm.

The Holley chart can not explain why they work when a single 4v of around 715cfm is sufficient to 8000 rpm on a 351.

I think that there is no point in a Pantera running 427 cubes or 700+ hp.

My personal opinion is that even if the car doesn't break, either you can't get it to the ground, or if you could the car would be undriveable except maybe in a straight line.

Again my point is that if you really look at the numbers. Panteras in the 450 to 500 hp range were faster 15 years ago then the current crop of dyno breakers are now.

To each his own I suppose.

Interesting remark about the Ford 427 vs the Chevy BB. Funny actually.