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[autobody prof.]

Gary,

Beautiful Car! Sounds like you are the same as the rest of us, you remember exactly when and where you saw your first Cobra and knew that some day you had to own one. I have a question, How do you like your Billboard tires? I would like to put a set on my car but I have read a lot of negatives about them. What's your experience?

Don

[Ron61]

That's a great article and a very nice Cobra. You should be proud of it.

Ron

[Gary(SF)]

Originally Posted by Ron61

That's a great article and a very nice Cobra. You should be proud of it.

Ron

Thanks Ron, I am loving every minute with the car!

[Gary(SF)]

Originally Posted by autobody prof.

Gary,

Beautiful Car! Sounds like you are the same as the rest of us, you remember exactly when and where you saw your first Cobra and knew that some day you had to own one. I have a question, How do you like your Billboard tires? I would like to put a set on my car but I have read a lot of negatives about them. What's your experience?

Don

I really like the Billboards. I'm a fairly experienced driver (raced Formula Fords in SCCA for 5 years in the '70s, SSA RX-7 for 4 years after that, then HPDE in M3, Lotus Elise, and C6 Z06 for the last 7 years) and I really like how sticky they are. As long as I feed in the power at a metered rate I can open the throttle in second gear...it wags the tail a bit, but I don't have to back off. Lots of tire smoke in my mirrors, though. That's with 650 hp, 2800 lbs car weight. Would not try that with street rubber. They do tramline a bit, and flatspot until they warm up, but I'd buy them again. That said I have not experienced the Avons, and some who have like them better than the BBs.