my new bdm cobra

[malcomm]

here are some pic of my new bdm cobra,its now finished,thanks to a freiend who has built one before,i am now in the process of registering it.i love it,i am glad i chose the bdm aluminuim chassis the car has much more room inside than any of the othersi looked at,and the torsional test the engineer had to do for registration showed it had over 8600nm per degree he said that was just excellent and much more than what is required for queensland transpot dept,we weighed it on those four point racing scalesand the total weight was 1024 kg,even i know that is good!it was 51% on the front with only one person 90kgs on board,it is a bit high at the moment but i will wait untill it settles down and we have done a few miles before i try setting it up,it has coil over adjustable shocks all round,and the springs may be alittle hard at the moment (thought it might be a bit heavier
it has a 5.7 l vx motor and auto ,vs brake system and all the other parts were supplied by BDM except the instruments
it goes hard- love it,love it,love it.
Malcomm

[STEPHEN BROHOLM]

G'day Malcolm.

Welcome to Club Cobra.

Congratulations with your build!

I'm sure I speak on behalf of most of the Aussies here that we'd love to find out more about the BDM Cobra, and it goes without saying the more pics the merrier!

Cheers.

Steve.

[David Hodgson]

Congratulations Malcomm.

I gather you are in QLD from your post, so none of the hassles the NSW guys are currently suffering.
Yes tell us more about BDM, all bits supplied - any fitment hassles?, where are they from? Was it originaly set up for RHD?
Cheers

[400TT]

Congrats Malcomm.

BDM are local, well local to me anyway.

http://www.bydesignmotorsports.com/

Ignore the image on the front of their web site, that looks like a Kirkham to me that has had the image altered so that it is RHD.

[Tenrocca]

Originally Posted by 400TT

Ignore the image on the front of their web site, that looks like a Kirkham to me that has had the image altered so that it is RHD.

Think you could be right there Craig :-)

[400TT]

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

Think you could be right there Craig :-)

You are a genius, that looks like the exact same photo, just retouched for bdm web page.

If you are guys are wondering, I spotted it as a Kirkham by the oil cooler hole shape. I'm really into Cobra body shapes these days, but still a novice when it comes to some of the experts around.

[tomcat racing]

hi malcolm, i see youre very happy with it, what did the all up cost come to yer reckon and how long did it take you.

[750hp]

Looks good mate. I like a lot of the ideas that seem to have gone in to this kit, but.....

BDM using a photoshopped image of a Kirkham as their "flagship" vehicle for their website is perhaps the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time. Truly staggering!

First thought is it's like a high school nerd trying to pick up chicks by posting an online profile showing himself to be someone taller, fitter and better looking... It might get some attention initially, but you're going to look like a tosser when you get caught out.

Malcomm, your car looks really great, but I hope BDM's chassis and suspension decisions were more thoroughly thought out than their web site design...

(Well spotted Craig and Tenrocca - jeez nothing gets past this crowd!)

[Merv and Sharon]

Top car Malcolm! Good to see new members coming onboard. Would interested in the details of the suspension set up.

[spookypt]

The chassis idea and finish looks very nice.

Be nice to see how it handles etc...

SpookyPT

[Mrs flatchat]

Caarm' on guys , Malcomm is a cobra guy like the rest of us --Focus !
If you have an issue with BDM -take it up with them

[albanycobra]

I agree, It makes me sick when I read this and honestly it would not stop me from buying from BDM. Sure they should change the pic.

I guess a quiet email to BDM would have been the right way to sort it.

[750hp]

Hence you would have seen the other thread that was started about Malcomm's car and BDMs in general earlier tonight...

[400TT]

All I wanted to do was post a link to the BDM website, but got put in the awkward position of that main web site image being so blantently incorrect and a problem on so many levels.

So I feel sorry for Malcom's thunder being lost as it looks to be a beautiful Cobra and the new thread should help there.

But a finished BDM Cobra will not look like that image, simple as that.

I expect there are prospective BDM Cobra buyers here and they should be fully informed.

This is an open forum and I can't believe we can't discuss this sort of thing here in a BDM thread. Should we have started another thread? Maybe.

Personally I wish BDM all the best.

[malcomm]

I did not realise that posting a pic of my cobra would create so much discussion,i spoke to Garry,he said the picture of the black cobra was used for example purposes only because when the website was created he did not have a complete car to use,he now will use my car in his adverts.
just as well he didnt use a picture of a local produced cobra,probably would have run out of forum space. mal

[Donunder]

Hi Mal. Welcome back. Thought we'd lost you there for a while.......
Apologies for your post going haywire, but there's another thread on BDMs now and hopefully that should get things back on an even keel.

Now, where were we?

Oh yeah, photos, we want photos!!

Don.

[STEPHEN BROHOLM]

Originally Posted by Donunder

Oh yeah, photos, we want photos!!

Don.

Hear hear!