tin-man needs some advice.......

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by Silverback51

I went back and re-read all of Tin Man's posts on this thread, and no where do I see any reference to his experience with high performance cars. I can draw a conclusion based on some of his posts, but all that is is a guess.

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.

Guys, My only "racing" experience with high performance cars was engaging in "weekend racing" a Bentley Turbo R [all 4000 pounds] 485 HP and a Turbo charged Lotus Elise [1800 pounds] 175HP around the Sepang FI Speedway in Malaysia. Arguably with totally different power to weight ratios, but still loads of gut wrenching fun, but have never had the experience of driving the likes of a Cobra.

That said, owning a Cobra has, I guess like many folks on this forum been a lifelong dream and only now that I am close to retiremnt can I really afford to buy one, thus I want the nastiest, meanest sounding Big Block I can get in a high end roller so I chose a SPF MK111 with a Roush 511 IRFE and a Bowler automatic transmission. The Bowler high performance transmission and the 511 engine has been tested extensively by Roush and Roush offers it as a preferred combo when somebody wants an automatic transmission.

While I fully understand this is going to be a handful to drive I am performing what I consider is the appropriate due diligence in a) asking for advice from the members of this forum plus the folks in the Arizona Cobras, and b) will take Bondurant driving classes for high performance cars. After that it will be up to me to put into practice what I learned, hopefully without any incidents.

BTW I chose the race roll bar as opposed to dual rollbars, dual roll bars are just not my cup of tea and it will be a cold day in hell before I would even think of wrapping the roll bar with foam and covering it with black tape. Sorry guys not bashing anyone, its just my choice and is decidedly my personal preference.

Cheers, tin-man