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04-11-2009, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
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No, I'm going to take the "high road" this evening and instead simply compliment the two fine cars in this thread.  |
You mean you're not getting an eye twitch or nervous tick over the fact that Maricopa's car has zero roll bars vs. two.  I know, I know, those crazy SOBs who go street trim. 
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No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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04-11-2009, 05:37 PM
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Location: Greenville,sc,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 (KMP 266); CAV GT40
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I personally feel that the top 6 cars are all good, no bad apples in the bunch, in fact there are more than 6 that fit that description these days, but my choices would be.. CSX (aluminum), Kirkham, CSX (fiberglass), ERA, SPF, Unique, FFR
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04-11-2009, 05:52 PM
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Location: Apopka,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Building 289 Lemans / FFR mkIV chassis w/ Bruce Chervenak
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I'm a Kirkham owner trapped inside an FFR body. I'm hoping maybe Kirkham will come out with a $20k coupon. As much I would love to have a Kirkham, knowing the look I can achieve with the FFR makes it tough to rationalize. And I am pretty good at rationalizing spending money on cars. I like "authentic" but not quite that much. I think those differences become more of a conversation between fellow cobra owners anyway. I'm not sure I would enjoy the ownership experience any more. In fact, it's sort of fun to park my car next to "better" (read: more expensive) cobras. It's fun in much the same way as passing Corvettes with my 225hp Panoz. "You spent how much on that?"  |
04-11-2009, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by ENTDOC
...but my choices would be.. CSX (aluminum), Kirkham, CSX (fiberglass), ERA, SPF, Unique, FFR
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In the spirit of the Holidays, and in the spirit of this thread, we'll read from right to left....  |
04-11-2009, 07:12 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4758, CSX 381 Keith Craft 482 w/ Weber 48 IDA's
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In the spirit of the Holidays, and in the spirit of this thread, we'll read from right to left.... |
As Rodknock would say, "L'haim"!! |
04-11-2009, 08:19 PM
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I was thinking "is he Jewish?".  Happy Passover! |
04-11-2009, 10:16 PM
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my old Panoz will pass more than corvettes
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04-11-2009, 10:53 PM
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my old Panoz will pass more than corvettes
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Yes, but I am long on passion and short on talent. I'm converting your Panoz over to carb right now. Should net another 25-30hp. 255 screaming horses!!! Now those Miatas won't have to lift for me to pass them on the straights! Woo-hoo!
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04-12-2009, 01:40 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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As Rodknock would say, "L'haim"!!
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Well, I sometimes say "oye vey", but what's "El Ham" mean?
No habla espanol. |
04-12-2009, 05:04 AM
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Where did you get that chart from??
Dynobyte Where did that slanted chart of cobras come from?? I find that getting parts from ERA has Never been a problem. I am sure if a called the Smith brothers or any of the guys at FFR that I could have parts either next day or in 2 days. How can CS have a higher number than SPF when they are building CS cars? Track quality, Where this BS come from? Who was driving, Miss Daisy. Where the same tires on all these cars??? Fit and finish, every cobra there has some that are redone to be perfect, it depended on how much the owner wanted to go with. Someone should be questioned on there comparision of those cobras. Motors, trans, and rearend gears ALL EFFECT the way a cobra drives and handles. A car setup for street is going to drive great on the street and handle nice. A car setup for the track will handle great on the track. These are totally 2 different SETUPS for a cobra. You have cars here with solid axle rearends, Jags IRS rearends, and Ford IRS rearends. Did everybody have the same brake package?? Steering rack?? There are only a few ERA's with P/S. I own one for a reason of track racing. There is not a car on the chart that can't be assemblied in 100 hours if you have all the parts in the garage. The Kirkham would be the ONLY one that with an Aluminum body would have me taking alot more time to assembly for fear of denting the body. Who ever did this test is bais to one company. This is why this kind of carp should never be done, You can't compare them like this. Rick Lake Ps I don't know about the other companies policies for buying a car but, ERA has a waiting period of 6 months before you can even sign the papers to start doing a car for you. How many businesses have this kind of policy?? I had my roller in 3 months after I got the number of the car chassic. Rick
Last edited by RICK LAKE; 04-12-2009 at 05:10 AM..
Reason: Pissed off about that chart writing.
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04-13-2009, 12:48 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #395 from Vintage Motorsports; Valley Ford Specialist 487 FE with a TKO600
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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE
Dynobyte Where did that slanted chart of cobras come from?? I find that getting parts from ERA has Never been a problem. I am sure if a called the Smith brothers or any of the guys at FFR that I could have parts either next day or in 2 days. How can CS have a higher number than SPF when they are building CS cars? Track quality, Where this BS come from? Who was driving, Miss Daisy. Where the same tires on all these cars??? Fit and finish, every cobra there has some that are redone to be perfect, it depended on how much the owner wanted to go with. Someone should be questioned on there comparision of those cobras. Motors, trans, and rearend gears ALL EFFECT the way a cobra drives and handles. A car setup for street is going to drive great on the street and handle nice. A car setup for the track will handle great on the track. These are totally 2 different SETUPS for a cobra. You have cars here with solid axle rearends, Jags IRS rearends, and Ford IRS rearends. Did everybody have the same brake package?? Steering rack?? There are only a few ERA's with P/S. I own one for a reason of track racing. There is not a car on the chart that can't be assemblied in 100 hours if you have all the parts in the garage. The Kirkham would be the ONLY one that with an Aluminum body would have me taking alot more time to assembly for fear of denting the body. Who ever did this test is bais to one company. This is why this kind of carp should never be done, You can't compare them like this. Rick Lake Ps I don't know about the other companies policies for buying a car but, ERA has a waiting period of 6 months before you can even sign the papers to start doing a car for you. How many businesses have this kind of policy?? I had my roller in 3 months after I got the number of the car chassic. Rick
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Do you have a better idea on how you would organize the chart? I am sure everyone would all like to hear it. I can even send you the excel spread sheet and you can customize and repost.
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