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Since you're obviously a really knowledgeable prime speculator I guess I'd better quit doing it :eek: I've spent quite a few whole track days at Sebring, Roebling Road, Daytona, Gainesville to name a few. How many tracks have you run while you were at the wheel of such a car with an automatic? Get real..... tin-man, It's still a thrill after more than 26,000 miles! I wouldn't trade this car for any other that I've seen or heard of. Just treat the car with respect which is waaaay easier said than done. I call it "right foot restraint." Especially when someone surges behind you repeatedly trying to goad you into "goosing it" or pulls along side yelling and doing burnouts repeatedly like a guy in a drag-racing style Chevy kept doing the other night - all the while yelling stuff I couldn't really hear ( LOL ). Some Cobra drivers have been guilty of a momentary loss of caution, and have been injured or killed. Leaving a church parking lot (!) and blipping the throttle while turning onto the road, resulting in a meeting with a roadside telephone pole. Or a swerve to avoid an animal resulting in a spin and a meeting with a tree and so on. patrickt's right about one thing - we're all going to end up in a casket - eventually. You can enjoy the ride much more without hastening that eventuality with some discipline of the right foot. Tom |
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Remember Jim Hall's Can Am Chapparrals? They were automatics and did very well. A lot of it has to do with how they are set up. Personally I dislike vacuum secondaries more than automatics. |
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Seeing as to how he has mentioned that he is approaching retirement age, I have to assume that he's not a 20 something kid that will automatically (sorry, I couldn't resist) go out there and flat foot it in the first corner. After all, he is asking for advice, not to be publicly flogged for what he has decided he wants in a car. Would I recommend it? Not my call. It's his choice, same as my choice was mine. As long as he does not say he's going with dual roll bars, he's okay in my book. ;):D |
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Damn, it's spreading. ;):D Nice looking car Tom. At least you did not wrap them with foam rubber and electrical tape. |
Patrickt,
Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. You don't have an auto in your Cobra AND you have never been on a road race track with your Cobra (or any other car for that matter). I and others with real experience with autos in Cobras AND road race experience have provided the correct guidance here. Please feel free to provide advice about washing and waxing and LED lights and leave the questions about performance and driving to those who have a clue. Modern performance automatics with semi-automatic valve bodies do not unexpectedly downshift when you depress the pedal. In fact most will not even upshift unless you're in "D". As I explained in an earlier post you chose to not read, with the kickdown disabled, these transmissions only downshift when approaching a stop. As has been written by me and a couple of others in this thread, who have real experience, road racing one of these cars with an auto is not a direct path to a casket, as you purport. In fact it can be more forgiving in some ways - for example it is very hard to miss a downshift to 4th and hit 2nd instead. Further, less shifting in general is required due to the converter, leaving more time to focus on braking and your line. But I am wasting my time repeating myself here. Please check your credentials before giving advice on what makes an acceptable road race car and what will put drivers in a casket. |
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More or less nice than having "your expertness" tell me and others who actually road race with automatics that we are headed for a casket?
I support you expressing an opinion on what transmission is best, but do not tell me I am headed for a casket if I do what I've been doing for longer than you've owned a Cobra. From your post on page 3: "An automatic transmission should be for gentle, easy cruising. If you try and road race a light, short wheel base, high horsepower Cobra with an automatic, I think you're going to end up in the trees... or a casket." |
IT, I didn't tell you anything. You and Tom are in a different category from someone who has virtually never driven a Cobra before. You need to check your blood pressure....%/
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