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Let's cut to the chase...you guys gonna have umbrella girls?
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here's my superformance with a roush 427 IR running against an F430 with F1 tranny.
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Dan!
Repeat after me........ D-R-A-G ..... R-A-D-I-A-L-S ! I've lifted both front tires before on a street launch with my Keith Craft, Pond aluminum block, 482", dual quad, stage II head Cobra. They CAN hook well, well enough to twist the ends on some 9" 28 spline axles:3DSMILE: I've never had my car to the track though, all the carnage has been generated by street driving. I'm running 315/35/17 M/T ET drag radials. They, or any other reputable drag radial, will hook better than any Billboards or "track type" tire could ever hope to do at the drags. The 35 aspect ratio series drag radials actually seems to do right well in the twisties too, much better than a regular street tire. They in no way can be considered "slicks" either. |
I agree with undy. I don’t see the Cobra hooking up off the line without drag radials.
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Awesome, however.....
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Where the rubber hits the road....
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http://www.dragtimes.com/Ferrari-458...lip-21674.html http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t_drive_review http://www.roadandtrack.com/var/ezfl...b3d5e4aad0.pdf Other data to be considered: The Ferrari weighs 500# more than the Kirkham. :cool: The Kirkham has supposedly more horsepower. :D The Ferrari has traction control. :D The Kirkham will be using billboards. :eek: Other data to be considered.... http://www.web-cars.com/math/accel1.pl For those doubters....there will be HD verification :3DSMILE: |
Tin-man, if your car is ready, take it to the race and offer to race the winner whoever it is. If your Cobra is tuned up properly, and with drag radials, I think you would win with the automatic. And you don't have to be an A-list driver to do it. No doubt.
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Wow. I was away for one day and this thread jumped 6 pages! I haven't posted on here much since I haven't had a cobra in several years but I check it every few days anyhow. Since this thread started I've been on here almost every day. Great thread and I'm looking forward to the results of the race and hopefully some video. Be safe guys.
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That said, this notion is certainly compelling and perhaps there are several people on this site who would jump at the chance. But such an idea while arguably taking this event to an absolute mind blowing conclusion would require the approval of the race sponsors, Tommy and Dan and I am not sure their egos could handle one of us working class stiffs from Club Cobra cleaning their clock and handing them their face. Chinese concept of loss of face, i.e. when yer gets yer ass kicked big time an' there just ain't no place to go. Well Tommy and Dan, games on? Are you guys ready to see how its done, can yer take da heat when yer lose?:D:LOL::eek: Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man, Zhuhai, P.R.C. |
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I would imagine you must be somewhat culturally enlightened given your work in Asia, but referring to an Armenian as a "Young Turk"??? ...just sayin :p |
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Hehehe...just having some fun at your expense...the phrase is, as you say, used frequently in the manner you are familiar with...just a bit funny when talking about a Hye (Armenian for an Armenian).
Turk, one of the old-time members here at CC (he was never young enough to be a Young Turk :p) and one of my bestest friends, would be giggling his ass off right now. :3DSMILE: |
Yah tin-man, that's nothing compared to the insults that are regularly hurled at Blitz.
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Great thread and going to be a Great Race.
I heard that the term that Tin Man is using used to be "Young Armenians" but some how the Turks changed it.:confused: |
Am I relieved.............
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Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man |
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Either way, whether 500 - 600 or 700+hp he who fumbles or breaks will lose.... The better driver will prevail.. |
You know Fred (392Cobra), I often wondered something about your avatar...do they swing in the opposite direction for our members in Australia?
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It appears that "The 458 Italia is unbeatable, wins all 3" is making a bit of a run at the moment.
I read something funny in the current issue of Keith Martin's Sport Car Market magazine. In an editorial response to a reader's letter to the magazine about the magazine's Ferrari writer bashing the Ferrari 3.2 Mondial as a POS, the editorial response states the Ferrari F430, the 458 Italia's predecessor, is already considered "so yesterday's news." So, my question for Tommy is, when are your going to get rid of the Italia and move up to Cobra? The Cobra never goes out of style. ;) :cool: :p |
[quote=RodKnock;1109229]It appears that "The 458 Italia is unbeatable, wins all 3" is making a bit of a run at the moment.
Temporary at best, look at the facts, Dan will be loaded for bear when the day comes, will know exactly what his beast can do and will take the Ferrari in at least one race, thus he gets to take Tommy's money and all the braggin' rights that goes with the win. Whereas, Tommy, being a fine upstandin' gent n'all, and ever so mindful of the next Supreme Court argument he's currently working on plus the fact he's on the fast track to becoming one of the most sought after litigation attorneys in Washington D.C. will have this thought at the back of his mind at the exact time he decides to floor it, thus, he messes up and loses the race. RodKnock, given each car has a fightin' chance its a drivers race, and it will all boil down to who can out do the other person in the pre race psych. wars.:eek::eek::eek: IMHO. Cheers, John AKA, tin-man |
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