Used Superformance or New Backdraft from Vintage

[madmaxx]

Hey I admit I am an assssshole I use BFG at which up to 2 weeks ago I loved. I do a ton of burn outs and love the way they look. Two week ago I goosed it in 2nd at about 40mph and it was like I hit black ice, total loss of control. It was 88f outside so it wasn't ice I sheet myself lucky I didn't hit a tree.

What could possible wear out. The ball joints, rear end, coil overs, brakes, radiator, half shafts, master cylinder can easily go 100k plus miles, heck they are twice the size of the components used on cars today. My tko 600 is good to 600ft-lbs, engine 550 ft-lbs and tires give it up at 300 ft- lbs. the weak link is the engine. At 10k miles the roller is not even broken in. As God as my witness the components on my miata are 1/3 the size as my SPF or my previous bdr's. Besides checking for loose fasteners there is no maintenance on the chassis. The ball joints have zerk fittings to grease my lexus has none it has 105kmiles on it and never greased.

I buy cobras because I am stupid, it is the only car that I can figure out and never have to rely on a mechanic, I am serious!! Mechanically I have zero risk, now paint and body I am screwed don't have a clue but found a guy. Cobras have no antilock brakes, no traction control......

Trust me anyone that can rotate a screwdriver and read and has access to scof can fix 99.99 of any SPF problem. I am sure bdr has the same somewhere or a dealer that will talk u through it. I would love a 911 porsche but not smart enough or driven enough to fix and sure ain't going to pay to get it fixed. My buddies 98 911 clutch parts were $3500! We spent 50 hours what a nightmare!!, cobra clutch is $500 including flywheel and three hours, I never done one they don't wear out they are oversized like everything else.


The cobra I have now won't be my last, next will be a SPF, bdr, era kirkham who knows whatever I stand the least chance of loosing money on.

I love driving them for about 45 minutes a week, than am tired of it, smell, some dumb sheet in a hick truck throwing rocks, traffic, stop lights. My first bdr chassi12? Now has 50k miles and it was beat sheet less for the first 40k. Cobras aren't corvette which IMO is a 50k mile car before sheet falls off it.