Cobra Chassis Race Challenge

[Richard Hudgins]

Bruce R.


I agree with you on some points.

1. Tire and wheel size is a big deal. But, this was about standard as advertised automobiles. (See my post previous to this one discussing this issue.)

2. The JBL is not a 50 year old design. It is 10 years old. The technology is 25 years old. There is nothing trick on the car relative to current race cars. (Well, that is not true if you are comparing to a NASCAR piece. They are regulated to pretty basic stuff, However, you could buy a JBL for what the dampers cost on a Cup Car.) The JBL is actually quite dated and would have to be considered “Vintage” from a design standpoint.

3. You state "THE JBL IS A RACE CAR PERIOD." OK. Correct me if I am wrong, but weren't the original cars "RACE CARS". I will bet you that the JBL makes a much better road car than an original car. Just try driving the two of them and you will understand.

4.The cars being built today had the opportunity to pick whatever bits that they wished. They had the opportunity to design to whatever suspension geometry, weight distribution, tire size, etc. that was required to make the best unit that they could. Nobody was standing there saying you have to design your car a certain way.

5. As to engines, It is quite simple, the crate 351 is a known quantity. It is cheap and everyone would have the same power output. As I said in an earlier post, if someone can come up with a 427 crate engine, Fine.. Run those.

The point here was to run the various cars produced today and see which ones worked the best.

Hey, if it would you happy, JBL could just stay home. Makes little difference to me.

But I bet the rest of Boys out there would like to see how these various cars really perform with the same engines, gearboxes, etc.