What things about your Cobra would you have done differently?

[iwantacobra427]

I would of used a traditional clutch instead of the hydraulic throwout bearing setup. Also, I would of used a carb that has a choke! If the car sits for more than a day I have to pull the air cleaner and dump some gas down the carb.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by iwantacobra427

If the car sits for more than a day I have to pull the air cleaner and dump some gas down the carb.

That's strange. My car sits from Thanksgiving to Easter untouched, and even after that it starts up after three or four throttle pushes and a few seconds of cranking.

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by iwantacobra427

I would of used a traditional clutch instead of the hydraulic throwout bearing setup. Also, I would of used a carb that has a choke! If the car sits for more than a day I have to pull the air cleaner and dump some gas down the carb.

I'm with Patrick on this one.

Mine sets for up to a month at times in the Winter before I can get it out. All I do is turn the key, turn on the fuel pump and let it fill the carb's for 20 to 30 seconds and start it up.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Silverback51

I'm with Patrick on this one.

Mine sets for up to a month at times in the Winter before I can get it out. All I do is turn the key, turn on the fuel pump and let it fill the carb's for 20 to 30 seconds and start it up.

... and I've got a mechanical fuel pump on mine. Seriously though, except in the dead of winter (when I don't drive it anyway) two or three pumps on the throttle and if it doesn't start within two or three seconds then there's something wrong with it. Now then after that I do have to "feather" the throttle a little bit for about 30 seconds or so before it will idle. A Toyota it is not. It's usually drivable in three or four minutes from a completely cold start. Now this is a an old-style Holley 4160 Vac. Sec. 750 -- the choke is totally gone. Gone, gone, gone... and never to be found.