H2H Ep13, 427 Cobra Vs. Spyker C8

A Superformance 427 Cobra takes on the European Spyker C8.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• H2H
• Ep13
• 427
• Cobra
• Vs.
• Spyker
• C8

[watkraakter]

worst shoot-out ever... shitty drivers too.

cobra vs spyker? c'mon man.

cobra vs donkervoort (dutch power) that would be a true race!

[TJvigilante]

Actually the big block AC Cobra has a 50/50 weight distribution, and that bigger engine allows for upward mobility as I explained it.

[EVERLIVERPOOL]

cobra is british and shelby tune it

[427mikez]

@TJvigilante Its actually a small block 427 by Roush and the weight is a lot less then the cast iron big blocks.

[johnnyo032003]

@darkeyce02 less weight usually helps handling, although it depends on where it is taken out, usually if you can take it out fairly evenly and keep the weight distribution close to the same it will help handling. however, swapping out the 427 for something like an all aluminum v6 or something would ruin the cobra's handling. then again judging by the test its already pretty bad, so maybe it wouldnt, but it would give more rearward weight bias which would throw the whole thing off

[n9athan]

@robbedoes1985 because you can put a foxed induction system on it with no mods and higher reving engines waste more gas, and of course the keeping it more of a classic factor (you could put a lighter ls7 engine with better gas mileage but it would no longer be a classic) i mean they haven't even changed the seatbelts



[darkeyce02]

it would be lighter and less weight on the wheels.. so i dont think it would help handling any

[robbedoes1985]

in that case why don't install a lighter smaller engine with the same amount of power, and improve the cobra's handling?

[robbedoes1985]

okey your explanation seems okay, i heard more about america's wide mechanical tolerances. BUT...they way you are telling it the cobra has a pointless heavy big underpowered engine. so i'd say, ditch the engine, and get a lighter smaller one with the same kw's and improve the cobra's handling!

[TJvigilante]

The reason high-displacement american motors only make such and such amount of power is because american engine manufacturers build in room to grow, rather than european car manufacturers who build their engines to such tight specs that there's very little room at all. A Viper's engine can receive a bolt-on forced-induction system and run just fine. You need new internals for lower compression to do the same for a euro sports car motor.

[911SHIZBO]

wtf? I bet your a nigger.