[Excaliber]

The "Big Deal" is that the JBL is NOT the only "modern" chassis/suspension Cobra out there.

BDR (Back Draft Racing) uses BMW IRS suspension. The challenge is a direct result of a discussion concerning THAT car vs JBL in regards to handling. It then expanded to include other cars as well.

The Hunter Cobra is based on Corvette suspension, hardly 30 years old! There are other examples of "modern" Cobras being offered with modern suspension, brakes, tires etc.

To me it is not about who "wins", it is about how well the cars compare to each other. All though one might ASSUME the JBL will be the "winner" it's "bigger than that" now!

I want to know, how WILL a CSX car in original trim with original WHEELS do against the mighty JBL? How WILL an FFR with IRS and MANUFACTURERS wheels do against such a "Goliath"?

12" wide by 17" wheel IS what JBL offers as "standard" equipement. I say the other cars run EXCATLY what they advertise and sell. This aint about a "race", it's a celebration of show room STOCK performance!

I think the "old" CSX Cobra is STILL a worthy opponent after all these years! If it runs with a 427 their would be a huge question about how well the CHASSIS and SUSPENSION was working! THe CSX Spec Racers after all DO run a 351. The CSX car may well show some the young whipper snappers it's back side. Maybe, BMW, Vette and T-Bird IRS aint "all that" after all. MAYBE, a solid axle car will hang with the best of them?

Run the manufacturers wheels, only way to be sure of the over all package as offered to the public!

Ernie