My best friend (Ken) and I have always dreamed of owning an AC Cobra and as far back as the '80's we came to the conclusion that a kit would be the best way. It's more affordable and you can drive it without fear of hurting an original. He found himself in the position of being able to afford a Factory Five Racing kit and it was delivered in September of 2005. I decided to start a blog to chronicle the building of the car.
The car is basically finished except for paint but he's had to decide between the paint and a new roof for the house. Looks like the house is going to win.
I got my first taste of what this car will do on a lonely backroad north of Livermore Ky. It had a very slight stumble when taking off and between 1st and 2nd gear so he had been experimenting with different jets for the carb and finally got it worked out. He decided to perform a vacuum check so off we went. We mainly wanted to see the vacuum pull at a constant 60mph on the flat and uphill. He also wanted a reading under full acceleration from 45mph. The full acceleration from 45 caught me by surprise. This car is fast. He asked me what the meter said and I told him it said the same thing I said..."OH DEAR GAAAWD!!!". I also told him we would have to perform that test several times so I could get an accurate average.