AC Cobra Kit Car
An AC cobra kit car is an opportunity to relive the magic that the AC cobra created in the 1960s. The original AC Cobra cars were built on the Bristol straight-6 engine; these replicas are majorly built on any platform available most commonly the JBL motorsport roadster kit. An AC cobra kit car built from this car was close to perfect. The company JBL provides components in various stages like if one purchases a stage 2 kit, sophisticated fittings are done by the company itself and the this kit comes with most of the components needed to build this AC cobra kit car, some components like the engine and transmission is left to the person building the car and hence provides a lot of flexibility when it comes to choosing the engine, transmission, drive shaft etc.
The suspension in this AC cobra kit car is a fully adjustable cast aluminum upper A-arm these include inboard coil covers. The rear suspension for this AC cobra kit car is the Ford Traction-Lok 8.8” IRS thee are of unequal length with Non-parallel arms. The transmission that is the most common and really adds to the fun factor of the car is the Tremec TKO racing gears with a gear ratio of .083 in the fifth gear. The interiors in this AC cobra kit car are plush red colored Sparco Carbon seats. It has a Sparco Ring steering wheel that makes the interior look really up market and awesome. To add to it this AC cobra kit car packs a punch with the fiberglass dash board, this has a red leather covering and a brushed aluminum center section.
The engine is the most important part of this AC cobra kit car or as a matter of fact for any car. A kit car is basically built in the backyard and so the cost factor is important and this should exceed a fixed budget. The engine used should thus be cheap and deliver excellent performance. An AC cobra kit car can be built using a Ford small block V8 engine which can cost anything between 4000$ to much more than 19000$. If one wishes to power the AC cobra kit car with an engine falling in the below 4000$ range one can find an engine providing 300HP of power. Such an engine for the AC cobra kit car can deliver years of reliable service.
