Just saying hello

hobie237 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-20-2009, 11:30 AM

Hello everyone!

After spending a fair amount of time wishing, dreaming and hoping, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in terms of me being able to get a Cobra of one form or another. I'm currently a grad student, I'll be done in May, and rather than follow the crowd and buy a new or newer car when I get a real job, I'd like to buy a car that requires, um, some assembly.

I'm a big fan of projects (the truck and Miata take up a fair amount of time), and now that I'm no longer involved with FSAE (I was president of my school's team for a year), I'm getting the itch to build something again.

I'm not 100% sure what direction I want to take. I was leaning heavily toward the FF Daytona Coupe, but I read on their forum that they're temporarily halting production (although it may be back up and running by the time I'm ready to buy). I'd rather have a coupe, since I don't really like convertibles, and I feel that the roof would provide additional torsional rigidity, which I'd like.

I'm leaning toward a 4.6L powerplant, specifically the all-aluminum 3v models. I'd like to avoid an iron block if at all possible to keep weight off the front end, so that I can add a supercharger and maintain a better F/R weight distribution.

Ron61 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-20-2009, 11:44 AM

Welcome,

You will find all of the help you can ask for here. I have a Factory Five Coupe if the guy ever gets through working on it and gives it back to me. I think they are great cars for the poor guys like me that can't afford the CSX and Kirkhams. Plus living in California makes it very hard to get one registered.

Enjoy the club and don't be afraid to post and ask questions,\.

Ron

hobie237 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-20-2009, 12:18 PM

Well, I certainly can't afford any of the higher-end stuff like a Kirkham.

Even if I could, though, I think I'd still wind up going the kit route, as I'd really like to do the work. I'm leaning toward a base kit, as I'd like to have the IRS, and it's WAY cheaper to get the IRS that somebody removed from a Mustang Cobra than to order the setup with the kit, as near as I can tell.

redredspin17 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hobie237

After spending a fair amount of time wishing, dreaming and hoping, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in terms of me being able to get a Cobra of one form or another. I'm currently a grad student, I'll be done in May, and rather than follow the crowd and buy a new or newer car when I get a real job, I'd like to buy a car that requires, um, some assembly.

Welcome from another new member. I'm still in school and so I'm in the dreaming and hoping stage as you described. Best of luck with your grad studies, and good luck finding the right car! I'll see you around.