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Old 05-09-2003, 10:11 AM
frankym frankym is offline
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misfit, it never ceases to amaze how people sprout nonsense, spf a "non car guy's cobra, yuppie snake" with "very breakable t bird rear diff"? I don't think your intention was to insult 1500 people, but that's just plain ridiculous. SPF cars have the highest average number of miles and by far the most time on the track. It may be that the SPF car owners recognize the very difficult task of engineering and building a car or sub component systems, just because someone can, doesn't mean they should be a builder and fabricater. There are way too many places you can do a less than optimal fit, alignment, torque, bolt instead of weld, etc. For comparative purposes, I have seen, driven and owned cobras that were "professionally" built, and all too often, the cars get bastardized with mismatched parts. Usually, at the end of the day, folks that choose to build it end up with a car that cost about the same as a factory prepped car, and only yields 50% of their cash investment and 0% of their time. Maybe a more apt way of putting would be that SPF cars are purchased by folks that want the consistency of design and assembly for a car they intend to get on a track and push it to the limits. ERA is a fine car, but I would rather have one that was prepared by folks that not only have all the equipment and know how for designing and assembling a car, but also the experience. I have seen lots of bolts on the undercarriage of other cobras home built, that were altered to secure critcal suspension components, and why? because the stamped upper control arms don't mate properly to the frame. Consistency, purposeful design, and simplicity attract folks to SPF, not just the turnkey part, hell, every cobra out there can be purchased in a turnkey form. I resent your comments but shrug it off to the fact that your insults were unintended. The moment the posts become insulting is when they cease to be useful.