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04-08-2018, 10:16 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch Built with 482 FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Morris
Patrick
We use a 2.75” socket on our SS nuts ....torqued to 450# lbs. of torque to put them on......
And if we remove them with the torque wrench .....it takes over 600# of torque to take them off.....with the 3/4” impact and a 1/2” hose it knocks them right off....
Yes we use the impact to put them on as well.....
BTW......the 2.75” Socket is standard size for the Center-lock wheels used in TransAm and IMSA....
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Hi Morris,
Where did you get the SS nuts? I would like to get a set.
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04-08-2018, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Gurnee,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #259
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScratchBuilder
Hi Morris,
Where did you get the SS nuts? I would like to get a set.
Thanks,
SB
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I can’t remember the guy’s name.....but he is in Torrance CA. And made a lot of parts for the fellow that builds and refurbishes Cobra’s at the Torrance Airport....
Mike something.....very well known....that’s all I can remember......but the cost back then was $100.00 per nut....stainless-steel.....and they fit our wheels perfect.....meaning the angle of the mating surface.....
Hope that helps....
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04-08-2018, 04:14 PM
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Location: Maryville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: '65 Shelby Cobra, '66 Shelby GT350's
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Morris
I can’t remember the guy’s name.....but he is in Torrance CA. And made a lot of parts for the fellow that builds and refurbishes Cobra’s at the Torrance Airport....
Mike something.....very well known....that’s all I can remember......but the cost back then was $100.00 per nut....stainless-steel.....and they fit our wheels perfect.....meaning the angle of the mating surface.....
Hope that helps....
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I think you are referring to Mike McCluskey of McCluskey LTD.
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04-09-2018, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Morris
I can’t remember the guy’s name.....but he is in Torrance CA. And made a lot of parts for the fellow that builds and refurbishes Cobra’s at the Torrance Airport....
Mike something.....
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Mike McCluskey is of course the restorer at Zamperini Field but I believe you're talking about George Petrus of cobraracing.com. He has since passed away and his son has "taken over". I've been to his new shop (his son is a machinist too) and even purchased parts but communication is spotty.
If I'm not mistaken, the nuts from Vintage are ally and the ones from Cobra Racing are SS.
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04-09-2018, 10:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodneym
Mike McCluskey is of course the restorer at Zamperini Field but I believe you're talking about George Petrus of cobraracing.com. He has since passed away and his son has "taken over". I've been to his new shop (his son is a machinist too) and even purchased parts but communication is spotty.
If I'm not mistaken, the nuts from Vintage are ally and the ones from Cobra Racing are SS.
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Thank You.....sometimes it takes a few turns for my brain to catch my mouth....
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04-09-2018, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Morris
Thank You.....sometimes it takes a few turns for my brain to catch my mouth....
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Ha!
In my case it would take the full 3/4" impact gun.
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04-09-2018, 06:28 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Well I was thinking "if it's good enough for DanEC and Morris..." but I can't find a half-inch drive torque extension stick at anywhere near 450 ft/lbs. My impact gun has no torque limiting switch for "reverse mode." So, tightening the passenger side spinners will have to have something, like a torque stick, on them (especially when I go up to the 1/2" hose, which I've already ordered).  |
04-09-2018, 07:01 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kellison Stallion 468 FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Well I was thinking "if it's good enough for DanEC and Morris..." but I can't find a half-inch drive torque extension stick at anywhere near 450 ft/lbs. My impact gun has no torque limiting switch for "reverse mode." So, tightening the passenger side spinners will have to have something, like a torque stick, on them (especially when I go up to the 1/2" hose, which I've already ordered). |
use a mirror....... 
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