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Shelby rated the 1965 Cobra 427 at 410 horsepower in street trim and roughly 485 in competition specification, numbers that made it the fastest American road car of its era. So where does a figure like 575 horsepower come from? The answer involves continuation cars, modern crate engines, and a shape that never stopped being built. Here is how to tell the original numbers from everything that followed.

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