First Post. Looking Forward To My Cobra.

[Rez90]

Hello all. Long time car enthusiast.

I'm having a pretty special car built by Vintage Motorsports currently. Very excited to get it in the springtime (hopefully) and learn a lot about this platform.

current line up is
2017 TT R8
2018 Trackhawk
2022 Audi SQ7

Pics of my build here.

https://vintage-motorsports.com/piwi...?/category/846

Looking forward to interacting with many of you.

Best

[Bob K]

Welcome to the madness. What is your build #?

[Rez90]

Originally Posted by Bob K

Welcome to the madness. What is your build #?

No clue

[mattbrowne]

Yes Welcome to the madness. Vintage is working on mine.

[Rez90]

Build # is 2393. Thanks

[mattbrowne]

Great looking build. Going to be alot of fun. Great messaging with you. Glad to have connected.

[eschaider]

Now that you are onboard, fill out your profile and start adding build pics to your gallery.

[Alfa02]

Welcome Rez90, there will never be a day you will regret this choice Even if you can't drive as much as you like, it's still sitting in the garage waiting for that special time, when you make your memories, us PNW guys know about weather issues we call them SPM (Smiles Per Miles). Even waxing them can be a satisfying task Cheers Tom.

[Bob K]

What engine is that?

[Old Painless]

Vintage built my car, I took delivery this past September 2022

The hard part is the wait, poor Jay was always getting questions and picture requests from me.

About the only thing I would recommend is, if you are somewhat local... drive down and have them fit the pedals to you and your driving position when the car is in that stage of the build.

The foot box on these cars is a little offset and the pedal layout seems to have the clutch trailing away and the gas pedal close, so if not adjusted to your leg length it can make driving feel a little awkward.

Also, if you're getting the TKX transmission, make sure you get the model with a .68 overdrive NOT the .81

Learn from my mistakes

[eschaider]

These cars are light enough and our engines are potent enough that you don't need 3.55 even 3.23 or 3.08 gears to make them quick. A 2.73 or 2.92 rear with a good torque engine will still be uncontrollable in the first couple of gears.

When you get on the highway the tall rear gear and the 0.82 TKO/TKX overdrive will just feel like the next gear and your engine speed will be down in the normal range. Even better your hearing and driving tolerance for the car on the highway will be much improved.

Before you spend any monies check out the Second Strike Gearing Calculator. click here => Second Strike Gearing Calculator

[Rez90]

Originally Posted by Bob K

What engine is that?

Hellcat Redeye.

[redvettx2]

Good luck hooking that up to the pavement, wow.

[Bob K]

Originally Posted by Rez90

Hellcat Redeye.

I thought that was a Mopar book on the cowl area in one of the pictures. First I've heard of someone using a Mopar in a cobra.

[Rez90]

Originally Posted by redvettx2

Good luck hooking that up to the pavement, wow.

I'm always up for a challenge

[Rez90]

Originally Posted by Bob K

I thought that was a Mopar book on the cowl area in one of the pictures. First I've heard of someone using a Mopar in a cobra.

I wanted to do something different. figured what the hell...

[Rez90]

To be totally honest....it was my wife's idea. she's 100x cooler than i am.

[eschaider]

Hey Rez,

I thought mine was challenging with a Blown 03 Cobra engine. That Hellcat Redeye is going to be nothing short of stunning in the performance category. I am 550 ft/lbs of TQ at the tire. You are 664 ft/lbs at the flywheel at your HP peak (6300 rpm).

The deceiving aspect of blown engines and PD blown in particular is that they produce somewhere north of 80/85% of their max torque just off idle, say 1400 rpm. That means explosive throttle response. It also means any ring and pinion of 3.xx or more is totally useless in the car and potentially lethal to the uninitiated.

Even once you get acclimated to the torque it will cause you anxiety each time you get on it — even more so if it hooks up. Although we have a difference in where our engine's power is measured, yours at the flywheel and mine at the tire, I think it is a pretty fair bet that Dodge underrated that engine for political reasons like insurance etc. I have a very strong suspicion yours is decidedly more potent than mine and mine will scare the living daylights out of you — without using full throttle.

While it is obviously your call, I would encourage you to find a big parking lot with an absolute minimum of light poles (and parked cars) to get a sense of where and under what conditions your car goes berserk because with your power level it certainly will.

It will also be an absolute blast to drive — once you know how to manage the power.

[Rez90]

Originally Posted by eschaider

Hey Rez,

I thought mine was challenging with a Blown 03 Cobra engine. That Hellcat Redeye is going to be nothing short of stunning in the performance category. I am 550 ft/lbs of TQ at the tire. You are 664 ft/lbs at the flywheel at your HP peak (6300 rpm).

The deceiving aspect of blown engines and PD blown in particular is that they produce somewhere north of 80/85% of their max torque just off idle, say 1400 rpm. That means explosive throttle response. It also means any ring and pinion of 3.xx or more is totally useless in the car and potentially lethal to the uninitiated.

Even once you get acclimated to the torque it will cause you anxiety each time you get on it — even more so if it hooks up. Although we have a difference in where our engine's power is measured, yours at the flywheel and mine at the tire, I think it is a pretty fair bet that Dodge underrated that engine for political reasons like insurance etc. I have a very strong suspicion yours is decidedly more potent than mine and mine will scare the living daylights out of you — without using full throttle.

While it is obviously your call, I would encourage you to find a big parking with an absolute minimum of light poles (and parked cars) to get a sense of where and under what conditions your car goes berserk because with your power level it certainly will.

It will also be an absolute blast to drive — once you know how to manage the power.

I do plan on taking a very long time to become acclimated to the car. i also honestly don't plan on using it to get my speed kicks out of it. I am fortunate enough that i have other cars with more hp and AWD if i want to push the envelope.

Truthfully...i'm excited for the car as it'll be something different and unique. I love the Hellcat motor as it's in my DD and it's rock solid and tons of fun. But with this car...it's going to be mostly for cruising, lunches, car shows, and open air. I won't be tracking it. It's just not worth the risk nor does my busy life lend me time for stuff like that. I'm a 70-80 hour work week kind of guy with a wife and two amazing young kiddos at home. And they come first.

The conversation of traction control in the car was talked about with Jay about a year ago in the early stages of all of this....and it wasn't off the table. Now might be a good time to bring it up again. it could be a game changer for the car. Who knows.

[ERA174]

Do the traction control, it will probably save your life.