With the exorbitant prices of luxury cars on the market nowadays, it can be hard to afford the muscle car you’ve always wanted. AC cobra kits offer authentic replication of high performance cars that will blow the socks off your friends and family while simultaneously keeping your wallet happy.
The Shelby AC Cobra is an American turnkey minus car that is sold by a manufacturer as a set of parts and is assembled by the buyer, making car enthusiasts happy since 1962. Primarily, the original AC Cobras were designed to be ‘Corvette Beaters’, even though they weighed 500 pounds less than the Chevrolet Corvette. This was ground breaking at the time, as common racing cars and roadsters clock in at about 3,400 pounds.
The Cobra Mark I was the first model in the illustrious series of Cobra craft. Along with the prototype, they were fitted out with a 260 cubic inch V8 Ford Windsor engine. There are two varieties, the blog block Cobras and small block Cobras. A big block is a true muscle car, giving you power and torque at a lower RPM range with a heavy booming sound, great for drag racing. Small block gives a more precise handle with a higher RPM, good for lap racing. Offering a choice to car aficionados, Carroll Shelby built 654 small block Cobras, and 350 big block versions between 1962 and 1968.
Ever since their debut, the AC cobra replicas have gotten bigger and better. Moving to a 287 engine, 538 Mark II models were built in 1964. In the same year an AC Cobra Coupe famously reached 186 miles per hour on a British motorway, impressing car junkies all over the world.
April 1968 brought the Shelby Mustang GT 500 at a horsepower of 335. Estimating low to appease insurance companies, the actual horsepower stood at close to 400 much to the delight of many owners.
The lightweight version of the Cobra debuted at the Geneva Salon in 1990. The weight was down 2,360 pounds compared to the 2,620 weight of the initial model. Power was up to 370 horsepower at 5,750 revolutions per minute.
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