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10-21-2006, 08:13 PM
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Cobra and C5 Corvette Suspension, Driveline Project
Guys thanks for all the feed back in the other post. I wanted to show you guys what my father and I are playing with in our cobra so I started this post to keep the Admin happy. And keep the other post on track
My father and I have a shop in central Texas our bread and butter is replacement frames for different older Chevy’s using the vette stuff. We were doing some fiberglass cars but we have really stopped there just not worth it with all the work they take, to make half way decent. Plus we are welders and fabricators by nature and fiberglass is itchy as hell so please don’t thing this post is a hard core ad campaign, we might sell the first one on EBay just because we could do 10 times better on the next one and so forth. And we might do it because we have the mold later on, after we can answer all the question I’m going to be asking you all but until then we just have a little more room in our garage and some cool tool.
I’m Russell, the computer nerd son who works with Jim aka, dad aka old guy. We have fun so don’t ever come to our shop and expect to take us seriously and if you ask a question expect a very long very serious answer.
We don’t have much Ford practice so that’s why I’m here showing what we are doing and getting some feed back on parts and what you guys might think about it.
This Cobra will have the suspension and driveline from a 2002 Corvette. For the guys who haven’t seen a striped vette suspension here a great shot of a striped down C6 which is the same thing with a smaller torque tube. Sorry all of ours are all apart.
This is the chassis we stared Monday and yesterday we dropped it on the ground and put a suspension on it. After talking with all of you and playing more with the body we decided to drop some of our “real” work to play with this. So here are some photos I took before we left the shop today. I turned the brightness way us so things could be seen in the dark areas. The body is just sitting there nothing is in stone before people start screaming about how the body is off some where. You’ve herd of the measure twice cut once well we measure about 50 time before we do anything, do it right or not at all.
Thanks again
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10-21-2006, 08:49 PM
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She's looking good to me. May need a little more room for wheel travel in the wheelwells.Don't worry if the frame shows a little at the bottom, the pipes will hide that, other wise looks like a cobra so far once I get past those rims You have to lose the dunebuggy seats please keep up the good work. Patrick
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10-21-2006, 09:08 PM
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Hey Russell
I think it's a neat idea to use the Corvette running gear. It's proven, lots of aluminum and cool for the "street rod" kind of car.
If your thinking of making the cars and selling them to the public, could I make a suggestion though; stick with a Ford engine and adapt it to the Corvette suspension. In the Cobra replica world, it's been my experience that most are after a car with Ford power. We tend to be a little different than a lot of the custom car world and tend to want to stay within the original idea of Ford power. It's a proven idea to use a modern suspension and an Ford V8. Backdraft does it and makes beautiful cars using BMW suspension.
I'm not trying to knock your work by any means. It looks first class. I just don't want to see you put forth a huge amount of work and have them not sell. That's only my opnion of course.
Of course, if this is a project for yourself, make it the way you want it!
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10-21-2006, 10:59 PM
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Ya ive looked at the cobra motorsand thought about adapting them to the vette bell. I have a friend Micheal who races a 2003 cobra mustang and knows about that stuff. i'm just shy about the wireing and computers for the fords. The program i use is proven on all the GM stuff but some guys have just had lots of problems wrighting the custom OS's for the Ford's. In my experiance we have no problem making almost 50 HP with the LS motors with the computer and then we can bolt on the rest to ad it up, But i will move it up my priorty list to look into. This one get's the GM LS1 because I have them laying around. Thanks Larry
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10-22-2006, 03:03 PM
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It looks good very to me ....
Continues posting project's photos ...
Bye
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10-22-2006, 05:25 PM
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Hey, rat Rod, I'm useing C4 suspention for my build..check out my gallery, let me know what you think...
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10-22-2006, 05:30 PM
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Nice gallery you have there!
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10-22-2006, 10:09 PM
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10-22-2006, 10:58 PM
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Nice candy job!
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10-26-2006, 06:39 PM
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I think this will just make some people sore when they see it but you can do the same thing with the twin piston Cobra brakes.
1) Sand the Caliper
2) Primer
3) Base Coat
4) Candy Coat
5) Wet sand the logo, Start with 800 and work to 2000 and go all the way to the aluminum so it shines
6) Clear coat the caliper.
Most high grade Urethane paints will hold up to the heat generated by a caliper during braking.
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10-26-2006, 06:41 PM
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10-26-2006, 07:52 PM
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Thanks for using a more appropriate seat. Built lots of off road buggies and used those other seats. That is the only place they look right. Looking good now, you're not acquiring those signs a little early, probably the best use for them any way. Keep us posted Patrick
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10-27-2006, 12:04 PM
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I understand that the Corvette torque tube is made of a ceramic aluminum and requires very special welding. Also, I am not aware of anyone making a scattershield for that setup presently. It could cause serious injury as close to your back as it is in a 90" wheelbase, if the clutch lets go. You might consider some sheet steel across that rear bulkhead if you plan to do anytype of racing, as I believe both the NHRA and SCCA would find fault with it at inspection.
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10-28-2006, 12:40 AM
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The torque tube it’s nothing special, Just plan old aluminum, turn it and Tig it. Ceramic aluminum is a type of high temp header coating that looks like chrome, kind-of. I have never herd of it as a stand alone material. This will be the third tube we’ve had done and never any problems. The special welding comes with the other suspension parts from a C6 when they are magnesium aluminum then you just need to use the specific type filler rod to that metal, and the green tungsten and let it rip.
We have looked into integrating a sheet steel reinforcement into the roll cage and body for that very reason. The only thing you need to worry about is in the automatic the torque converter is in the back with the transmission, in the manual the clutch is up front with the motor. The reason you don’t see a scatter shield is because the Corvette has one built in to the car and because of the very low numbers of people using the C5-C6 suspensions for their cars, so I don’t think even the SCCA or the NHRA would catch that one until some one lost it.
Thanks
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10-28-2006, 04:30 AM
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I'm enjoying this thread a lot. Keep it coming please.
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10-29-2006, 07:28 AM
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Tommy, What kind of vette suspesnion are you using?
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10-29-2006, 09:09 AM
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RRR -
The builder (not me) told me my car has steering and front and rear suspension from a 1987 Corvette on a 1995 vintage Everett-Morrison frame. The front monospring appears to have been shortened and the rear assembly appears to be basically stock. When I replaced brake pads, I discovered they were for a 1988 Corvette. So, it's possible they are 88 suspension parts.
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10-30-2006, 07:20 AM
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Tommy
you have a C4 corvette suspension. 1984-96 We love those because those vettes are butt ugly and 1000.00 can get you a complete front and rear suspension, Disk brakes, Rack the whole 9 yards. And Places like Baer Brakes offer up grade kits for the C4 Corvettes for bigger brakes. Me personally we ditch the Carbon fiber spring and replace them with Coil over shocks, easer to tune. The only reason we went with a C5 is because we had it, and I’ve never seen one under a cobra before. This is the roadster we are building with the C4 vette suspension I have to have it ready before Jim’s Birthday on the 7 of November so he can do birth day donuts
This is one of our C4 Roadster Chassis With Baer Brakes
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10-30-2006, 10:16 AM
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RRR -
I did a little research a couple of years ago when I rebuilt my Cobra. I believe the C4 front suspension component were changed in later models allowing the conversion to coilover shocks. I don't think mine will allow that. What do you think?
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10-31-2006, 09:11 AM
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The 84-88 have the Aluminum plate that goes over the top of the spring end and the shock T bat mounts to that.
89-91 I haven’t had one so I don’t remember. I do know they are a little wider than the first year and the bakes are a little different
92-96 the front A arms we’re converted to bolt the Shock directly to the a arm, they have bigger brakes that the rest with a different rear caliper, and they are the widest with the best handling.
This is a 86 vette suspension on a 32 roadster frame, we built two little adapters to fit the QA1 coil over shocks to it.
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