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1966 Cobra sweeps the autocross - YouTube :LOL: |
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You forgot to add that he was specifically told not to return the next year, even though it's common for the prior year's winner to return. |
yeah, those BB are murder in a parking lot, like autocross = road race lmao.
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i wish i ran the autocross like that! i
i think i need alot more practice before my engine becomes the limiting factor :P |
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And with that, I'm done whoring up this thread with you. Try your mindless battle with someone you can beat. And go ahead, you can have the last word. |
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Final 2009 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Results: 2009 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car 1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra 2nd Place: Ryan Matthews, ’69 Camaro 3rd Place: Mark Stielow, ’69 Camaro Baer Brakes Speed Stop Challenge 1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra 2nd Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross 1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra 2nd Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra BF Goodrich Hot Lap Challenge 1st Place: Bruce Cambern, ’66 Cobra 2nd Place: Ryan Matthews, ’69 Camaro Speed by Spectre Design/Build Challenge 1st Place: Barry Blomquist, ’62 Corvette 2nd Place: Josh Henning, ’67 Chevelle Wonder why they didn't want him back........... Probably because the beak heavy POS would have been beaten to easily...................:LOL: Oh, AL427SBF, you did notice that it swept all the performance comps wich included a RR right? It did lose in the "Design/Build" challenge though. Maybe if he'd put a sb in it with wings and things he'd have done better in the boy racer catagory. |
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The correct police are never going away as are the my way is the only way.The brand wars are as hot today as ever.Good thing non of these narrow focused types affected my decision to build the car I have always wanted.Never been 100% brand loyal other than not buying junk.Used to wonder how could a person be so driven as to say what is right and everybody else is wrong.The old saying is certainly true."It takes all types to make the Big Blue Ball revolve"With that said:can a motorcycle with 8 cylinders still be called a motorcycle?
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My car, which was originally constructed as a dedicated SCCA racer, has its 410 ci Windsor engine set back as far as possible. It weighs in at 48% front, 52% rear with me and a half tank of gas in it. ... In spite of all that, there are plenty of cars faster than me on track day because I'm not the best driver. .... If you're looking to maximize the performance of your car/driver combination, I suggest you focus more on driving schools than what kind of metal surrounds your pistons. I suspect you'll find that any large displacement V8 will provide more power than you can handle at the limits of your car's performance envelope.
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I have said many times before, and I will say it again.
The throttle is a rheostat, not an on/off switch. To me the greatest and most exhilarating thing is to be able to press down on that throttle pedal and know that I’m right on the limit. Be it in a corner or on a straight it’s just a terrific feeling. So personally I don’t feel I can have too much horsepower. You just need to learn to use the maximum that you can for the moment. |
ditto the on off switch. i learned racing karts that instead of mashing the accelerator to ease into it as early as possible through the turn. reduced times were a result. was one of the harder things to learn, but a person has the potential to learn a lot tearing other peoples' stuff up, and rear tire spin was not fast either;)
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One day I took my all-aluminium 496 out and replaced it with a cast iron 454 (Yes, Chevy). I had to raise the suspension front & rear to equal amounts to compensate.
My finding is: 50/50 either way. The "heavy" front end and pushing (understeer) is a myth. Probably tire related. Just weigh an AUDI A6 front vs rear. It's probably 70/30 (or a Cadillac). Any eco-box (German Corsa-C, total weight 2.200lbs) weighs more in the front than a decent Cobra! |
My block weighs 99lbs, crankshaft 42lbs------
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F-R balance is one thing but for RR and those kind of events relying on cornering, the vertical location of this weight has a big impact.
Do sbf have their weight lower then the bb? Maybe that is one reason for that argument. I don't know the answer to that question btw... Anybody? Oh and this is coming from someone with a bb Patrick, so you know where my heart is ;) |
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