MM&FF broke a 3650 when they tested the '01. After that, they asked why SVT didn't use the T-56. It was the one area that they didn't improve in '01. Why SVT always chose to be cheap somewhere with the Cobras is beyond me. Be it seats, tranny, brakes (The '00 Cobra R showed what real good brakes would do on a Snake.), too small of a tire/rim combo, cast iron block for the '03, something was always done to cheapen the product in some way.
Either way, I've loved my Cobras and I wouldn't have anything else. I just wish that SVT wouldn't try to shave costs at the expense of the total package, especially for what we pay for these things.
