The Perfect Shelby Cobra Has A Narrow Body, Wire Wheels, and Less Power - One Take
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The temptation with any muscle car from the 60's is to tune them for as much power as humanly possible. We understand this as much as anyone. And lots of people will be impressed with your bravery for driving a 600 HP Cobra weighing under 2,500 pounds. But for those of us who have driven a lot of Cobras, we know the secret: the small block cars with the narrow bodies and skinny wheels are actually a lot more fun, because balance is a real thing.
Superformance, a well known purveyor of reproduction & continuation series Cobras and GT40's, has just launched a "Cinema Series" of vehicles based on the cars they provided for the blockbuster film "Ford vs. Ferrari" and today we're driving Ken Miles' 289 Cobra featured in his SCCA racing scenes at Willow Springs! This Superformance 289 Shelby Cobra (the one you can actually buy) is exactly the same car as supplied to the film makers. It has a 289 V8 stroked out to 331 cubic inches, and making 375 HP. It has a 5-speed transmission, and weighs around 2,300 lbs. And it's the best Cobra I've ever driven.
Hillbank USA, official Superformance distributor in California, provided the vehicle, insurance, and a tank of gas for this review.
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For the 1,800 folks who saw it on Monday, we accidentally put the wrong publish date on the calendar for Monday, and quickly took it down. A few folks viewed it then. It's here now for good. MF
it happens
I got blue balled Monday when the video disappeared after clicking on it. 😆
ah, so I shouldn't watch this and think it's a different car so soon after I watched the other. I was just lucky. ps it's still a lovely car and wish I had one. Always rather have a more balanced car than just a fast straight line monster.
Matt if you could fit in this car and this being the different more slender body style would you own one in this configuration if it wasn’t as pricey?
When guys and women make fun of guys below 6 feet I enjoy the fact I fit inside the smallest sports car and any motorcycle! I fit in whatever race car you want. Being 5.7 is a blessing if you love motor sports of all kinds.
When a Miata fits just fine with head space for a helmet and a roll bar your good to drive anything.
Zack. Thank full time gig is getting to you? :)
I really like the lay out of the 3 cameras. That was really enjoyable. Over the shoulder point of view and foot cam. Thank you.
Underrated comment
...felt like I was playing GT...best angle...
Footcam bringing back vibe of those old JDM Best Motoring comparison videos. Those were the best.
Foot fetish freak
Agreed. Great set up.
The more subdued sound of this car is so refreshing now that we have artificial popcorn exhausts and "straight pipe" fanaticism.
“Oh it’s in.” - Matt Farah out of context
Let the pleasure begin
@@BrendanEvan Unfortunately, for anybody that has had that experience, pleasure does not begin. Disappointment sets in.
Are we still doing phrasing?
@@MrSantihomer it’s been a year Santiago there is no more ‘we’
Love the heel toe camera. I've been trying to figure out heel-toe under light braking lately and this helps.
Watching Matt fumble with keys warmed my heart
Matt: "You can never trust your phone as a key" Also Matt: "Why won't this damn key work, this is an interesting problem"
Not only do you have to keep this beast in check while talking the entire time, you do it in a place you’ve never been. And it’s a cobra. And you burned your heel. This is peak one take 👍
I race a 289 Superformance Cobra, it handles very well, you would be surprised how well they handle in the corners. By the way, that Hyundai does not stand a chance! The 289 is a wonderful car. It just take practice to get the heel toe down in one of these. One of the best driving experiences.
Why does everybody insist on heel and toe as if they are perpetually scratching out fractions of a second all the time. Your on a main road not passing anybody and the torque in that engine is all the fun you need. I have a Hawk 289 replica with an original SBF 289 HiPo in it and it never ceases to put a huge grin on my face.
@@davew7133 Dave, in a race situation it's not just about a few fractions of a second, if you do not do heal and toe as you are downshifting for a corner the rpms can drop significantly and when you let the clutch out it will really bog the engine down. Heal and toe is not really needed on the street. Yes, the 289 has a lot of power, enjoy it.
I think this would be an amazing car to drive over the summer. It would be so nice to cruise around town in this and then go flying on the back roads.
Yup, if you like sweaty feet.....it’s really a cool weather/evening car, because the heat is always on😎
Coolest dad in the subdivision, cars & coffee cred, and a back road blast slow or fast...kinda sounds hard to beat when you put it like that. 👍👍
Just don't fly it OFF the back roads
The sound of this engine, exhaust and intake noise is genuinely one of the best sounds I’ve ever heard.
This is the type of car you can feel okay finding it's limits at the auto-x course, but certainly no at the racetrack or up in the canyons. Thanks for sharing, Matt!
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I thought of Cobras as crazy, overdone, too-big fender flared replicas. Now that I'm older and know the story behind Shelby and a small British roadster I really want one.
I think this is definitely the type of car that will always be popular if done properly.
Look for Matt's one take on the original AC coupes with bmw engine before they changed suppliers..... He seemed to enjoy those as well......
Its hilarious how the rear view mirror perfectly shows Matts mouth
Love the rollbar shot. Thanks for posting!
Beautiful car and sound, this is exactly how a Cobra replica should be in my eyes. My dad ran an original 289 back in the day. 😎👍
10:11 The hardtop version of the Ace was the Aceca. AC sourced engines from Bristol for some of the cars.
Always thought these earlier cobras looked so much more elegant
The muscled up look is nice but this has aged better.
Naturally, as this is how the designer and maker AC cars wanted it. The later ones just look trashy and were useless at racing. The early ones won all the races !
Terrific video imparting the feeling of driving this car. You did a great job with this video, Matt.
I road tripped my 1971 firebird formula 400 4 speed for 12 hours from north georgia to yorktown VA, backroad 55 mph highways only and pushing that thing, even on 295 width rubber, was quite an experience. Gave me so much respect for the guys that used to race Trans Am series etc. Giant iron block out front, nothing in the rear, was truly wild to feel how loose cars used to be and pushed so hard. Sure is a ton of fun when 60 feels like 120 though lol
Matt, thanks so much for the honest and critical review. Those are hard to find, so they are like rare gems.
Superformance guys even replicated the widowmaker feel on this cobra too! That's a big pill to swallow for some people so if you choose to buy this car you fully understand the amount of effort being put into it to make you feel like Miles when you're driving this "small" cobra down the canyons
So good Matt. Really enjoyed this review
Back in the mid-70's I drove a 62 MG Midget for a couple of years. It was surprisingly reliable and incredibly fun to drive. Volkswagen Beetles were faster but nothing was more fun to drive than the MG. Perfect driving position, peddles that were born to heel and toe, real bucket seats and a classic MG dash with black and white Smiths gauges. Just keeping up with traffic was a blast. Short throw transmission and steering that spoke to me. Its not how fast you go but how much fun you have getting there. Damn I miss the Midget but I would kill for that Cobra.
Great review man. Loved the how it makes you feel part and how you don't even want to find the limits.
Old skool, with a key, crickey they are going back in time, love it!
I love the x/10 language. You are the only one i have seen use it. Its cool because its a language that understand that a good canyon car is not about speed its about hpw hard you can and want to drive it
Wimbledon White, #98, red interior, such a classic look! This is a car I’d love to do videos and photos of
Awesome video Matt! Hope to see you again soon!!!
Very nice video. Thank you for that.
I appreciate that you admit the limits of the car and your fear of testing them
Great video Matt. Appreciate you taking us for a ride. Felt like I was riding shotgun with you.
great video.. i enjoyed watching cobra videos and sound of engine, it is relaxing and good field of view. it is nice they continued producing such iconic car, and they are beaters and full enjoyment not going fast.. as well you can drive them, and not be afraid they are Shelby's.. love it
What Matt doesn't mention is that although the CSX cars are very expensive, the mkIII replicas are much more affordable and actually better to drive as the chassis doesn't feel like a noodle just for the sake of being period correct. A decent-specced mkIII can be had under $100k
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When a cop is questioning me about my suspicious behavior in a car that isn’t mine.
Congrats on 1.1M subscribers Matt!
100% agree that the lower power slab sides are the best. I recently drove a Superformance just like this one and fell in love with it.
Great video thanks !!!!
What a special car! Very cool video, as always.
Cool angles on this vid Matt!
That tiny key moment had me laughing my @$$ off! Great video, as usual!
Awesome video!
Excellent review and spot-on. You don't need the ultimate horsepower machine to have fun. It's the sensation of speed imparted by an elemental car... open-air, vintage-flavored engine, skinny tires, snickety transmission, non-powered brakes and steering, classic roadster body. This would be my machine. :-)
This looks awesome yet terrifying. Great content, Matt!
Man I don't know if they sounded like this back in the day, but I love the sound of this car
What a great review. I built myself a replica 289 slabside and I just love it.
I feel like I've seen this before!
What do you mean?? It's brand new!
@@bbdoook he accidentally uploaded it just after the Roma episode, but then privated it.
You know it's a interesting and visceral car when the key is hard to find to start this car. A car indeed, but isn't easily mastered. I like it
Loved the camera setup
Let's see some more superformance cars now! Thanks for the video.
Keep on rocking in the free world Matt!!!!
Glad the road worked out 👍🏻
beautiful car - art in motion!
Matt, that car sounds great! If I ever get to build a Cobra replica I'm definitely going with the full exhaust. It just sounds better than side exhaust imho. Years ago I helped a friend build his FFR Mk3, and he went with side exhaust with cats. They took the bark out of the exhaust but you still had that drone in your left ear which got old after a bit.
Re small block vs big block - I never understood guys who put 500hp motors in these replicas. There's so little weight on the rear axle that too much power at the wrong time means breaking traction causing the car to swap ends, leading to a pants-soiling moment. Not fun. 300-350hp always sounded about right for these cars I think.
As far as turning radius - what car has a smaller radius than a Cobra? Just go full lock and slip the clutch & it'll rotate quite nicely I'm told. 😁
“… and sounds like FORD.”
This is a characteristic 289 sound, one which has a definite *scream* to it.
Dream car. Simple, fast and iconic. Nice to see they paid attention to the details like the correct orientation of the bumper jack points. I'll take mine in Sebring Blue please.
this thing looks like a blast to drive lol, so small and low , thanks for sharing this one
This is my fave ride of his...at least for quite awhile.
Wonderful !!!! In Italy, where I live, I don't think I've ever seen them live. Either way, it's a little gem. One question: I too like you, when my shoes prevent me from using the pedals, I usually take them off, also to have more sensitivity. But I noticed that this pedal set does not have rubber pedal covers, so I ask you, is there a risk of driving in socks that your feet can slip on the pedals? Then I saw that you can perfectly do the "toe - heel" without shoes. Great.
completely agree with the ideas....
The camera setup is perfect
One of the all time great engine sounds
Matt Farah: Struggling to get the key in the hole
Me: Poor Hannah.
Slab side you drove around the corners, the 427 you pointed it in the direction you wanted it to go and you put your foot down. Slab side, the gentlemen's sports car.
That's Lake Elsinore you're at dude! Awesome roads out there. I've blasted down those same roads in my 2014 Mustang GT Track Pack car and would routinely pull over in that same exact spot you started this episode in to enjoy that massive view! Awesome car btw!
Is it? I was trying to think of what road that would be in Orange County. Being from there and not recognizing it was weird.
Love the red interior!
Yeah I’ll watch it again
once you get used to the curvaceous 427 body style, the slab-side body looks like it was smashed between two walls... but the rear-exit exhausts definitely make for a more comfortable, quiet (and safer) ride. I had a Backdraft with an all-aluminum 427 Windsor stroker putting out 612 hp/615 tq... scared the crap out of me from the day I bought it, til the day I sold it (8 years later). The sidepipes were quite fatiguing around town, as the curbs reflected all of the exhaust sound right back at me... not to mention the heat... but oh, the sound was glorious.
Sounds tight, looks great and the specs sound fantastic, if i was to have a Cobra, that might be the ideal spec unit, stroked 289, ohh yeh.
Oh Matthew, you fcuking with that key just made my whole day. If you ever decide cars aren't for you... Comedy my friend, that's pure gold!
Love the vintage cars!
Sounds fantastic
Nice, now I can watch the second half of the video that I was missing
I like the way the visors stick up so far to add a little more wind deflection to prevent hats from flying off.
You are exactly correct, if you are 5'-8" or over they are pretty much required. Look carefully at the side wind-wings. They are not flush with the windshield upright and and what's interesting is those triangular cutouts - they let through a little bit of air and they are the optimum shape for wind buffeting. The shape was developed by the Shelby team by trial and error in the 1960s. All cobras and replicas have them in that exact shape. 👍
well said about the racing bit
Being Mexican I approve of the wire wheels
I drive a 100 year-old racer on the streets, and it effectively has no brakes. I've also raced it on dirt tracks.
I also drive a 96 year-old v8-power racer that has the loosest steering of any car I've ever had. It has brakes, but they fade fast when hot. And it's all oversteer or understeer. Both these cars have the same basic springing as the Cobra in the video.
I'd LOVE to drive, to race one of these small block-powered, near-spec Superformance Cobras.
Yes, I'm one of those "lunatics". But I agree the five or six-tenths cruise would be optimum.
Double whishbones and leaf springs.. sounds like a C4 Corvette set-up! Nice video Matt!
Love it, but I dunno about that price or that 300k claim. I'm pretty sure you can build a very decent Factory Five one for $40k - even less if you pinch pennies.
Very true
This is a Superformance, not a Factory Five kit. Big difference. These are built on license from Shelby American and are turn key. They are six figure vehicles new
@@mjcmustang I get that and I've never seen a superformance up close to see how much of a difference it is, but I do know that factory five makes a very well engineered frame and I have been up close with a number of them that were all very well done and I know done for less than $50k at the very top end. Cheers to anyone that can afford a superformance and wants a turn key car, all im saying is FFR is where I would put my money if I was in the market.
how much for all outdated car(old cheap trans ,wheel nothing very exotic in it) can t be expensive (10 k engine 500 trans500 wheel )so how much for not much body
@@R3LF13 I would too, but not everyone wants to build, nor is a FF MK4 a licensed replica. That's what you're paying for
I enjoyed it on Monday and I'll enjoy it again today
Beautiful car. Really nice to see a car with real tires.
You too can be Ken Miles 👌🏻😎 looks and sounds superb 👍🏻
Thanks for the peddle cam Matt. I wish I could turn my foot that way.
Congrats on the 1 million subs 👻
Makes my left foot and leg tired just watching lol.
Love this review. It sounds like teh right place to be is a new Mk4 or one of those FFRs, but with about 350-400hp. All the chassis, brakes and suspension but without the manic power.
Its Wednesday and Matt has been fumbling the keys since Monday.
Finally someone who gets it!
I saw a AC cobra at a local car show a while back with a 289 and wire wheels. I prefer them to the big block cars because theyre more balanced. Ive seen big block cobras wipe out on the autocross course since theyre such a handful
More classic car videos please! They are a dying breed in TH-cam. Most new cars are soulless.
Matt.. Great choice of cars I owned a Superperformnce 427 Cobra 6 years ago and sold it for another car . It was a monster and I really miss that car but things changed and you move on , that company in my opinion makes the best replica Shelby Cobras 😉
Love it. Any insight into how this small block compares to the 427 stroker small block that are also commonly put into these? You referenced the 427 big block a few times. I'd love your take on how the 3 variants compare.
I can help - I've owned both a Superformance and Factory Five, and I've driven many Cobras. The 427 stroker has a KICK of power at about 3,500 rpm. The 289/331 is smoother and likes high rpm's - this is one of the reasons people like to do turbos with 331's (but to be fair those are usually stroked 302's) I drove an original 427 big block, but only around the parking lot of an airport before it shipped off to France - that sled was so damn loud my senses were numbed and I can't remember anything about the engine LOL. I currently have a Factory Five with a 347 stroker, it has an extremely light flywheel and on the street takes a little bit of work feathering the throttle when shifting gears. You didn't ask about that but I thought I'd throw it in! 😁
@@BradThePitts Thanks, Brad! I appreciate it!
Matt you are right, the perception of speed is as much fun as going fast. I have a Jensen Healey (38 years) and a 997.2 6 speed, if I am honest the JH is more fun on public roads, 911 is great but it is jail time for equal fun.
Ayeeeee lake forest! My neighborhood! Let’s gooo
If you wore Puma Speedcats, you'd have no issues in that footwell.
I have the full fia race version in comstock livery on the way! Cannot wait!
Is the independent rear suspension made by the same ZF that make transmissions?
The non functional quick jacks in the back are directly over the exhaust pipes?
I love not being the only one that likes a small block car to drive around in. I always felt the perfect muscle car (for me) would be a 1967 Chevelle SS 396, but with a 327 and a 4-speed or Turbo 400. The modern version of that dream would be a 350 and 700R4.
It's in!