Welcome to Club Cobra! The World's largest
non biased Shelby Cobra related site!
- » Representation from nearly all
Cobra/Daytona/GT40 manufacturers
- » Help from all over the world for your
questions
- » Build logs for you and all members
- » Blogs
- » Image Gallery
- » Many thousands of members and nearly 1
million posts!
YES! I want to register an account for free right now!
p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show
 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
|
April 2024
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
| 28 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
06-07-2003, 08:21 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Melbourne Australia,
Posts: 21
|
|
Not Ranked
New Member From Melbourne
Hi guys, I'm also new and from oz, joined last month. excellent club, I've already learnt heaps. keep up the excellent work everyone
|
-
Advertising
06-08-2003, 03:58 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
Posts: 5,391
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi Arks,
Welcome. It's good to see another Aussie member and even better to see another Melbourne member.
Cheers
__________________
Mike Murphy
Melbourne Australia
|
06-08-2003, 05:11 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
Posts: 459
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi arks, there is a few of us Melbournians on here. Good to have one more.
Andy.
__________________
All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
|
06-08-2003, 05:17 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Homebush,B2 Windsor 445
Posts: 1,189
|
|
Not Ranked
Hey Andy,
Did you get my email the other night, Re. the Bobcat??
There's movement at oz's cobra station!!!!!look he's chopping more of the damn chassis !!!I'll call and fill you in.
Paul  
Last edited by OZCOBRA; 06-08-2003 at 05:30 AM..
|
06-08-2003, 06:18 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
Posts: 459
|
|
Not Ranked
You call that a chassis. I thought it was an old coat hanger left over from one of Dougs suits. Thats about all that is left of it!
Andy.
__________________
All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
|
06-08-2003, 06:01 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
Q
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
Posts: 4,381
|
|
Not Ranked
Welcome to the club, Arks. Great choice of Cobra, too! There aren't many Robnells up here in Qld, but the ones here look fantastic.
Andy and Paul - what is it with Doug Pearce and chopping up chassis'?!? I've seen Andy's photos of the modifications done to his chassis, and now I hear of Paul's Swiss Cheese build.....  Sounds like a theme happening here!
OK, now that Melbourne is outrepresenting Qld, I think I might have to go on a recruiting drive....
__________________
Craig
|
06-08-2003, 11:43 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Melbourne Australia,
Posts: 21
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi Mike, Andy and Craig, thanks for the welcome, I've been checking this club out everyday for the last couple of months, its fantastic. I've Learnt so much, With all the knowledge you guys share, I"m sure I'll be bugging you guys from time to time.
P.s Craig, as for my cobra, its actually not a Robnell, I was about to build a Robnell when I registered, Hence the name, I was not patient enough to save and build a Robnell. So I bought a ready made cobra.
I was at their factory two weeks ago, after seeing them close up, I might get them to build me a rolling chassis and take it from there.
Cheers Ahmed
|
06-09-2003, 03:04 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
Q
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
Posts: 4,381
|
|
Not Ranked
So - what sort of Cobra did you get? In the end, it's really irrelevant what brand you have, but I'm always curious....
At least you have a Ford engine - there seem to be entirely too many LS1 Chevy Cobras down south!!!!  
Craig |
06-09-2003, 03:20 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Homebush,B2 Windsor 445
Posts: 1,189
|
|
Not Ranked
Andy,
I don't know that talking about Dougs' suits like that would be benificial to your build, consiering his not finished with you yet!!!
Craig,This mod .can't be blamed on Dougy, it's Mike Moores' doing,
the front end of his X7 Roadster is going to be grafted on,a very simple change. it gives me a fully adjustable front end with big light wieght modern braking,power steering, extra room up front for the vert.mounted alloy radiator and removes that big mass of jag components.
Depending on how the mikes x7 based cobra goes at Calder in a couple of weeks we may even run it with a cantilevered inboard spring setup. All the sudden i'm excited about this car again!!!!!!!  Paul. |
06-09-2003, 03:26 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
Posts: 459
|
|
Not Ranked
Craig, I think I have actually put more steel into my chassis than what we have taken out. Perhaps just repositioned it.
Andy.
__________________
All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
|
06-09-2003, 03:28 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
Posts: 5,391
|
|
Not Ranked
We'll start with Melbourne and next.... the World!!!! Bwahahaha!!
Regards,
The Chairman of the Evil LS1 Empire.
__________________
Mike Murphy
Melbourne Australia
|
06-09-2003, 03:30 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
Posts: 5,391
|
|
Not Ranked
Craig,
Did you get those Pics I emailed you?
__________________
Mike Murphy
Melbourne Australia
|
06-09-2003, 03:32 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
Posts: 459
|
|
Not Ranked
Mike, do those Gen 3 jobs come as a buy 1 get 1 free deal? My brothers SS ute has nearly chewed one up in 8000kms as well as rear suspension!
Andy.
__________________
All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
|
06-09-2003, 03:50 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
Q
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
Posts: 4,381
|
|
Not Ranked
Paul, I'd sell my car right now just to buy a JBL Cobra just to have that amazing anodised rocker-arm suspension. http://www.jblmotor.com/images/rockers.jpg
Does Mikes new Cobra already have that suspension fitted, or this that in the planning stages?
Mike, yes I did get the photos - thanks! I sent you a reply as soon as I got them, but my emails seem to go missing in action with monotonous regularity...  I've acutally used on of your photos as my home page at Q777.com ! Never mind the copyright, huh!!! Regarding the motors, there are enough Chev and Lexus motors up here that it'll take the LS1 a while to take over.
Andy - shame on you - don't mention the oil consumption problems in front of Chevy guys! Or the weak factory clutches. Or the third gear problems. Or the rear suspension..... I've heard of a few XR6 Turbos going back for transmission work, so I can't be too cocky about Fords, I suppose. |
06-09-2003, 05:28 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Alice Springs, central Australia,
NT
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic revival kit (CR3181), gen III engine, T56 6 speed box, AU XR8 lsd diff
Posts: 5,699
|
|
Not Ranked
G'day Ahmed, how are ya?
It is allways good to see new people in oz with one of these cars.
I too am going the LS1 route, probably a very similar set up as Mike and Sloth.
Still not sure if i will go with the stroker or not but i have until december to decide on that.
I went out this queens birthday weekend and watched the finke desert race, Had a great weekend and will camp down the track next year.
My boss ended up 3rd in cars after rolling twice on the way to finke and then looseing 3rd gear about 80kls from home, and then throwing a drivebelt and haveing to stop and replace it about 30kls from home.
http://www.finkedesertrace.com.au/
__________________
Cruising in 5th
---------------------------------------------
Never be afraid to do something new, Remember, Amateurs built the Ark: Professionals built the Titanic.
|
06-09-2003, 05:44 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Homebush,B2 Windsor 445
Posts: 1,189
|
|
Not Ranked
Craig ,
It's a sweet looking setup the Jbl ,when mike originally built the West Wyalong cobra i put him on to the Jbl site and it was freaky how similar the 2 cars were in design.His cobra was a cant/susp up front not to the same elegance of the Jbl but just as technically sound in it's application.
After talking over the weekend and some furious measuring it was such a simple graft and of great benifit to to overall balance of the car I just had to do it. My wife told mike he had created a monster in me as all i do is talk about the cobras REBIRTH!!!
I don't know that the cant. idea will be applied to Mikes car but definitly to mine ,it was something that poped back into his head as we were about to walk out the door and after looking at it,an easy adaptation to his existing cobra setup.
And on FORDS.........
As long as those FORDS keep WINNING i wouldn't care what failures the streeters have !!If it's only to keep those  CHEV Sorry Holden fans QUIET!!!!!! |
06-09-2003, 05:52 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Melbourne Australia,
Posts: 21
|
|
Not Ranked
Hi Bozhead, I'm good thanks, just trying to absorb some of the info thats on this site. I hope I can meet some of the aussie members when there is a meeting somewhere in the future.
|
06-09-2003, 05:52 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
Q
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
Posts: 4,381
|
|
Not Ranked
OZ - Sounds fantastic! I can't wait to see what you end up with!
How much of Skaife's own money do you think went into the purchase of HRT?  |
06-09-2003, 05:57 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Alice Springs, central Australia,
NT
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic revival kit (CR3181), gen III engine, T56 6 speed box, AU XR8 lsd diff
Posts: 5,699
|
|
Not Ranked
What make is your car Ahmed?
__________________
Cruising in 5th
---------------------------------------------
Never be afraid to do something new, Remember, Amateurs built the Ark: Professionals built the Titanic.
|
06-09-2003, 05:58 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Homebush,B2 Windsor 445
Posts: 1,189
|
|
Not Ranked
 NOT A PRETTY PENNY!!!!!!!!
What are you saying Craig? it's all above board isn't it??????? |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:05 AM.
|
|
Linear Mode
