| Brooklyn-427 |
07-30-2015 11:23 AM |
Antz Butler engine location
How far back from normal did Arntz get the engine relocated , what was the reason for this as no other manufacturer has done this .
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| joyridin' |
07-31-2015 06:00 AM |
If I had to guess, I would say 6-8" from where the engine normally sits in a Cobra. The reason was to have a 50/50 weight distribution or close to it.
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| DanEC |
07-31-2015 06:30 AM |
It seems odd they would have to move it that far back to achieve 50/50 weight distribution - I think most Cobra replicas have less than 50% on the front wheels, especially if they are using the heavy Jag rear end which I believe they did. But - I think a lot of them also used BB Chevy engines which are not particularly light, especially with iron heads. Maybe it was to compensate for that weight.
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| Cobra13 |
08-05-2015 11:30 PM |
Joyride is right on. it doesn't matter if it was a BB Chevy or Ford...they're all heavy. I can assure you, if you do some research on Steve Arntz's engineering of the Arntz chassis...he was spot on.
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