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BESIDES BEING CARROLL SHELBY’S PERSONAL CAR, THE SUPER SNAKE
OWNERSHIP CHAIN IS UNBROKEN AND INCLUDES OTHER HEAVY HITTERS.
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What does it take to propel a 427 The installation of the superchargers
Cobra to those heights? In this case, a to the 427 Cobra was no mere bolt-
pair of Paxton superchargers feeding on affair, requiring the fabrication
dual Holley four-barrel carburetors of supercharger mounting brackets
sitting atop a cross-ram intake and belt drives. The eye-grabbing
manifold. Adding dual superchargers hood with large scoop was not just
to a big-block-powered, aluminum for show, but necessary to clear the
bodied roadster sounds like - and is - superchargers, dual carburetors and
outrageous overkill, but made sense of plumbing from the blowers to the
a sort given Shelby American’s direction dual four-barrels.
at the time. In the mid-1960s Carroll The 427 V8 sports headers feeding
Shelby had formed a relationship with into sidepipes that announce every
Paxton’s Joe Granatelli, which led to bit of the estimated 800 horsepower.
the addition of Paxton superchargers to The Super Snake was fitted with a
the Shelby catalog as a factory option rugged C6 automatic transmission,
and over-the-counter accessory for as that was the best option at the
Shelby Mustangs.
time to actually contain the power.

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