Need your opinion please

[undy]

Originally Posted by blykins

Now that the OP has made a decision (and another post that we shouldn't hijack), I'll say this:

This is the biggest bunch of poo that I've heard in a long time on Club Cobra.

To actually have the mental process that makes you think that if you had two cars similarly equipped (engine/trans), that the one with the solid axle would be dangerous to drive is unbelievably stupid.

Yes, if you want to copy an original car (like a replica should), then the car should have an IRS.

However, I will follow that up by again stating that an IRS car doesn't make a 500-600hp car ANY LESS DANGEROUS.

If you truly believe that, you are indeed a moron.

I've driven IRS Cobras, I've driven 550hp '03-'04 Mustang Cobras with IRS....if you hit a low spot in the road with a loss of traction, the rearend is stepping out. It's as simple as that. Corvettes, Vipers, it doesn't matter.

Patrick for once, please stop choosing random topics, making asinine assumptions/comments and then fighting to the death to support them.

Comments like this from individuals that have no clue on what they're talking about make it unbelievably hard for professionals to make the truth clear.

I'm stepping off my soap box.

Darn Brent, ya didn't stay on the sidelines long...

At least we made some headway, we went from everyone who has a solid axle in their Cobra and drives it will most definately die horrendously and end up in the "morque" for doing so... to... It's just not the cobra differential of preference. (from most of the "learned" nay-sayers). There are still a few, well... maybe one, that's still preaching death and destruction.

If I could get an IRS setup that was resonably priced and had the strength of my 31 spline 9" Ford then I'd be conducive to having one. 400 or 500 lb ft ratings just won't get it.

[blykins]

Yeah, the reason I stopped before is that I didn't want to cloud and hijack the original thread because of an argument. Since he made up his mind and started a few more threads, I had to get some things off my chest.

I've calmed down now. I love everyone again.

[olddog]

Originally Posted by undy

If I could get an IRS setup that was resonably priced and had the strength of my 31 spline 9" Ford then I'd be conducive to having one. 400 or 500 lb ft ratings just won't get it.

A few years back at Carlisle, I saw an IRS setup that used a Ford 9" for the center section. The rest of the set up looked as beefy, too. I liked it.

[undy]

Originally Posted by olddog

A few years back at Carlisle, I saw an IRS setup that used a Ford 9" for the center section. The rest of the set up looked as beefy, too. I liked it.

The Lincoln Versailles had a 9" IRS setup and to this day is somewhat coveted in hot rodding circles. Some drop forged stub-axles and moly-tubed half shafts and you're ready for some wrinkle-wall low 9 second runs..