Superformance or Backdraft and why!

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Ok, we will discard the looks as that is a personal taste issue, some have it, and some don’t…(Just kidding! Everybody settle down!)

Efnfast,
Yes, better chassis. Here is why.
The pictures you posted of chassis’s from each company are interesting, however they don’t clearly illustrate the differences between SPF and BDR. More directly it portrays the BDR frame as more than it is. The picture you posted of the BDR frame suggests a fully triangulated design, with “X” type bracing in the door and trans tunnel and features a “bird cage” for the body mounting, suggesting that it has or will receive riveted panels further increasing its stiffness. Of the several BDR’s I have become intimate with, that is not the standard chassis. I couldn’t even find that chassis picture on any of the BDR web sites.
Hmmmm, that’s interesting, if I had a company that built that chassis, id be proud and id show it on my web site… Then I looked at the photo again..
Ya know it looks familiar, it looks like a Factory Five Chassis, (which in my opinion is the best replica Cobra chassis) Ill be darned!! It is!!

http://www.factoryfive.com/roadster/...RDFrame24D.jpg

Wait a minute, you’re confusing my simple brain, why would you post a picture the FFR chassis and portray it as a BDR?

Anyway, I have spent a lot of time underneath both cars, I feel the SPF suspension is
more robust and better designed. Unequal length tubular A-arms and coil-over vs. BMW sourced struts and lower control arms.
I like the Wilwood brakes and the 8.8 inch Ford rear end (I hate that they use a different rear now). Low cost, strong, easy to find , wide selection parts.

If you put them both up on a lift and spend some time looking, the differences will be clear.
The questions:1) are those differences important 2) Which “look” do you prefer?
Almost every Sunday morning at Valley Circle and the 101 freeway in Calabasas, there are 3-4 SPF’s and 1 or 2 BDR’s that show up. You are welcome to come and sit in my car (Old SPF #239)
I would guess that one of the BDR owners would be more than happy to accomodate you.

Jason