Dear 302 Cobra, I also received my chassis around the same time as yours! I think mine is Chassis number 283? However you forget to mention what Chassis you have. Has your Cobra got jag or holden based suspension?
I have a Holden based DRB with a 4.6 Quad Cam Engine. I had to change/modify the DRB engine mounts because my motor was touching the chassis rails on each side. I can now fit a piece of paper inbetween my cam covers and the chassis rail. Whilst doing this my engine is now higher and therefore rendering the bonnet useless without modification. I did ring Peter and he did do his best to help.
After fitting the motor properly, I suddenly find that my gearbox mount holes within the chassis are around (from memory) 45 cms
out, even if I kept the original DRB Engine mounts! The gear stick would not go through into the cockpit because it was fowling on a cross-member. I rang Peter and he gave me an explanation (my gearbox a T56 is from America because it came with a 4.6 Quad Cam) my American T56 gearbox is shorter then an Australian T56, cut the cross-member out re-weld it into a different position and make a different gearbox mount.
Then I realise my
oil catch pan is way to low and that is after I have lifted the motor with my new engine mounts. I ring Peter and tells me I have to cut and modify the
oil pan. It wasn't in my assembly manual but Peter faxes me the instructions. I wonder if a new manual may be needed?
The reason I bought from DRB, apart from Peter being a very nice man and giving a young 22 year old the time of day (other Cobra shops palmed me off after travelling 3000kms and he must get 100's of fellas wasting his time and not buying his products) was that the main parts of the Cobra would go together easily. So far I have worked around these 'little' problems at my expense. I mean Engineers are not cheap. Peter has always helped and I think his product on a whole is top notch. However I have had to pay for things and have had trouble building my car for the exact reasons why in the first place I didn't shop elsewhere. If that makes sense.
Now don't get me wrong I am not angry with DRB, actually I am HAPPY with them because now Peter tells new customers that if you want a Cobra with a 4.6 use the Jag suspension kit because for one thing there are no high chassis rails to fowl with the engine. I was just unlucky enough to be the first DRB Cobra with a 4.6 engine and ran into trouble with 'little' problems.
Now I am just waiting for my custom headers that were supposed to be ready on the 28th of March.
Blair
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