Originally posted by: Quintox
Originally posted by: DougK62
Those are nice, but I've always liked Factory Five's offerings a whole lot better. Their GTM supercar is incredible and cheap to build, and their Cobra replica is just the best Cobra replica out there, IMO.
Yeah, but Superformance can officially call it a Shelby.
But I just looked at Factory Five, and they look nice too. Seem to be a good bit cheaper as well (price wise). It looks like $20K for base and then you have to get motor, transmission and tires, which I'm guessing would be another $20K? So $40K for that car isn't bad at all.
I agree with DougK. I looked at Shelby Cobra replicas and I like the Factory Five kits better. The shape Superperformance kit cars didn't look quite right to me when I was looking at the kits. The Factory Five looked like a more faithful re-creation of the lines on the Cobra. They may have updated that since then.
Also I'm pretty sure the Factory Five kits were a lot cheaper than a Superperformance kit since the FFR kits let you optionally make use of a Mustang 5.0 for a donor. It won't be a true Cobra replica though since they ran 289's and 427's and you're also reusing most of the suspension, steering gear and drive train from the donor car. As far as building a replica that looks like a Cobra and performs like one for the lowest amount I think the FFR kit is the winner.
I'm not sure what the Superperformance kit involves, but from the sound of it you get everything you need to make a rolling Cobra replica(minus the wheels of course) and then you just buy a crate motor and transmission. So in terms of completeness the Superperformance kit would be the winner and you won't have to deal with refurbishing parts from a donor car.
I read a really good build blog on one of the FFR kit cars a fellow built. He really did a nice job on it too. He pulled the independent rear suspension of a Thunderbird SC coupe for his rear end along with the hubs and hardware and refurbished it all and bolted it into his Cobra. For a motor he had a 347 crate motor that he built up.
It's a really great build log with lots of pictures and details. Gives you a good idea of what's involved in building one of these kit cars. Lots of work, but so rewarding when you take the car for it's first go kart run around the block! From what I hear these things are just insanely fast since they're so light with such a big motor in them.
Link to the build log if you're up for a good read
Someday I'd like to build one. Maybe when I hit my mid life crisis if the financial situation allows for it.
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