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[Rangie]

Macca F1 weighs around 1100KG and sports 627BHP. Owning one may be a financial stretch even for a wealthy man such as you.

This the Bugatti EB110 and AC Cobra 427 were the cars on my bedroom wall growing up. Along with the usual scantily clad ladies, obviously  . Sadly I doubt I'll be buying any of those three in original guise, unless my numbers on the Euros come up obviously! On the subject of the kit, a 4.2 supercharged Jag lump would give roughly the same power and torque as the 427cu of the original, which is tempting and no more expensive than a 300bhp build, but I am slightly concerned it would turn the chassis into a pretzel.

If the aim is to scare oneself silly, £40k on an aeriel atom, and £5-10k to take it up to 500bhp would suffice. c750 bhp/tonne ought to be enough to pucker anyone's cheeks I would have thought. 

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The Cobra would be the one & only car on my wish list, when I lived in Croydon back in the eighties a guy down our road had a classic car business, one weekend he brought one home the registration was COB1 it was the best  looking & sounding vehicle I have  seen in my life, the car & plate if still around must be worth a small fortune now.

[Viral_Jim]

If real, I suspect the fortune would be not so small! Given that some good kits (like the one Aaronjb was builder) can run north of £50k these days.