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Old 04-11-2008, 10:15 AM   #7
wilecoyote
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Well it has a completely stock engine in it with no power adders - has a cai on it and full exhuast with shorty headers, and the cats are gutted on the bassani Xpipe - so it might have an additional 30-40 crank hp at most. These cobra's were rated at 305crank hp and were a bit underated I believe, so lets call it 320crank hp (this is a strong motor in this cobra) - add 35 and you have 355crank, minus 15% through the power train (just ball parking it here) == 301rwhp. If it was closer to 20% loss then more like == 284rwhp.
Just a rough seat o my pants calculation here, though I have seen 98 cobra's put down 275rwhp with nothing more than a fenderwell cai on them.
With these miles on this engine you could easily build a 450rwhp setup with not much more (42lb inj, trex pump, fpr, 80mm maf, single blade tb, etc) than a KB 2.2L and 12psi. I have considered it myself - and am still thinking about it - though I have already bought a new project turbo car........
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