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Old 02-26-2004, 12:01 PM
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Dom, as Bruce stated this is a complicated subject. The backdraft car had 600hp and a great driver that had raced for 20 years. Tha name of the parts on the car(bmw, mustang, jaguar) are not as important as the set up. From what I have learned, mostly related to original style suspensions, the biggest problem with a cobra is in the front not the rear. The front roll center is too low, the track is too narrow, there's a bunch of bump steer and not enough ackerman. In roll, the roll center moves down which unloads the outside wheel right at turn in. As I understand it, thats mostly why the cobra does not turn in well, it just sort of rolls over. I know a guy that started with a hi-tech, turned into a can am cobra. Almost all of the changes were at the front. Changes included different spindles which changed the roll center, and steering arms. Good luck, Scott.
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