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[Shelby400]

Phil

Don't let one tossers coments sour your Cobra owning experience

Andrew

Any idea what your Cobra weighs?

[Tenrocca]

Ive only weighed the tank straps Bretty.


Right now Id guess its definately less then 1000kgs .......no screen, seats, dash, roll bar, lights etc etc. How much does 4 litres of taupe paint weigh?

[tomcat racing]

it was one of the hottest and humid days weve had with storms threatening allround, terrible for racing, 30 to 40 cars raced of all kinds, classic,hot rods,utes, race cars,late model stuff and my cobra. the format was race as many passes as you want with whoever you come up against. my first pass with the new engine was a 11.5, 118mph with a bad reaction time of .654, if i had of cut a .2 it would have been an 11.1. my car with me in it weighs 1300kgs.im pretty happy with that. the heat sapped at least 2 to 3 tenths off eve
rybodys times. the small block windsor with only a solid roller ''touring ''cam smoked all comers except my mates 408 windsor 68 mustang running nos and transbrake, its a weapon, does 10 flat street regd. the rmc cobra performed beautifully all day and i later pulled a 121mph but a slower time which means with cold air and a good reaction time and a perfect gear change [ my tachos not working ] its got a 10 in it, now im wondering why i didnt put a race roller in it. at the end of the day the 2 windsors retired underfeated against blown ,turboed,nos equiped cars,454 chevys. HOOK LINE WINDSOR.

[alffie]

Your .6 reaction didnt take any time of your ET, good to see 121mph though!

[boxhead]

Until we see a time slip with a name or rego number it did not happen.

Originally Posted by tomcat racing

it was one of the hottest and humid days weve had with storms threatening allround, terrible for racing, 30 to 40 cars raced of all kinds, classic,hot rods,utes, race cars,late model stuff and my cobra. the format was race as many passes as you want with whoever you come up against. my first pass with the new engine was a 11.5, 118mph with a bad reaction time of .654, if i had of cut a .2 it would have been an 11.1. my car with me in it weighs 1300kgs.im pretty happy with that. the heat sapped at least 2 to 3 tenths off eve
rybodys times. the small block windsor with only a solid roller ''touring ''cam smoked all comers except my mates 408 windsor 68 mustang running nos and transbrake, its a weapon, does 10 flat street regd. the rmc cobra performed beautifully all day and i later pulled a 121mph but a slower time which means with cold air and a good reaction time and a perfect gear change [ my tachos not working ] its got a 10 in it, now im wondering why i didnt put a race roller in it. at the end of the day the 2 windsors retired underfeated against blown ,turboed,nos equiped cars,454 chevys. HOOK LINE WINDSOR.

[Philm]

Boys,
I Agree That The New LS Series Engines Make Good Power Without Much Modifications.

Just Enjoy Every Minute You Drive It, Cause You Will Only Get a Few

Ford Iron Tough, 360RWKW 3 Nationals 2 Shelby Feasts And 35, 11 And Low 12 Second Passes On The 1/4, Plus Many Hours Possing On The Street.

Cheap power in the long run boys.

Phil

[Gav]

Alfie is right. A 0.2 reation would have given you a red light. A 0.4 is a perfect reaction.
Your ET begins from when you break the timing light at the start line. Your reaction time only comes into play when racing against someone else.
Low 11's are nothing to sneeze at, well done.

[tomcat racing]

Originally Posted by Gav

Alfie is right. A 0.2 reation would have given you a red light. A 0.4 is a perfect reaction.

Low 11's are nothing to sneeze at, well done.

hey gav, you mustnt have raced for awhile or your track is still under the old system. nearly all tracks in aus including ours operate at 0000 reaction time not 0.4 and have done so for about a year to bring us inline with the us, willowbank is the only major track i think that has not changed yet.
im not sure when you say low 11s are nothing to sneeze at, to take it as a compliment or a put down tomcat.

[Aussie Mike]

He meant it as a compliment. Mid 11s is very good for a Cobra. These cars don't hook up well.

Cheers

[Tenrocca]

Careful Ben - these ford boys take themselves VERY seriously.....When you spend as much as they have to to get decent power thats understandable.

[boxhead]

I managed 274 unopened

[Tenrocca]

(Who would guess were mates Phil..........)

[Philm]

Thanks Andrew,

I can still heard Peter G shouting out "Mizzi you are a disgrace" at the nationals when you guys were pushing my car.

Is that you at the back with the grinder

Mates who said that!

Phil

[hewey]

I believe that Akubra belongs to me.
The grinder was in the other hand..... (Tenrocca was taking the photo me thinks.....)

[Rebel1]

That sign at the back of that pic should read:

RIDE in a V8 cobra $15:00

Don't tell the punters they will be pushed

[tomcat racing]

hey boxhead, it happened, ive got 9 timeslips to prove it, you wanna put a little wager on it, i just dont know how to put photos on the web [ condensing them down from my camera] . thats why there are no photos of my car on here tomcat.

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by tomcat racing

i just dont know how to put photos on the web [ condensing them down from my camera] . thats why there are no photos of my car on here tomcat.

We've had a couple of threads on how to shrink pictures down, upload them to your gallery and post them in threads. Have a bit of a search or someone might chime in with a link here.

The gallery function on Club Cobra is really good. I use it a lot. I find it's best to shrink your pics down to 1024x768. That gives you plenty of options for posting pics since you will get 2 different size options in your gallery to post.

Cheers

[boxhead]

Originally Posted by tomcat racing

hey boxhead, it happened, ive got 9 timeslips to prove it, you wanna put a little wager on it, i just dont know how to put photos on the web [ condensing them down from my camera] . thats why there are no photos of my car on here tomcat.

There are many threads with instructions on here Tom, Or if you like send to me and I will put them on for you.
Send to my email, david.rawnsley @ palya.org.au
just take th espaces away from around the @

[alffie]

Hi Tomcat
Just out interest what size tyre are you running? Are you running slicks? Jag rear? mid 11s and 121mph suggests a lot of wheel spin or to tall gears.

[tomcat racing]

hey tennrocca, if your light weigh cobra with the ls whatever is so good, load it up with 1300kgs and show us a time slip. tomcat.