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09-21-2013, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: LAE 66 replica, 302
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Tried out some 20" wheels today.
Thought i'd try out these 20" Savani wheels today before i sold them. A little big and too pimp for the cobra but thought i'd share..
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09-21-2013, 06:18 PM
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Location: endicott,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF
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agreed and thanks for sharing..
would really like to upgrade from 15's to get closer to a good selection of tires.. to .. well I don't know.. 18"?
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09-21-2013, 07:12 PM
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Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: LAE 66 replica, 302
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It would be nice to go bigger than 15", i think a few guys run 17", but I wonder what the biggest anyone has run.??
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10-01-2013, 05:17 AM
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Location: Geelong,
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Cobra Make, Engine: DRB, 302 EFI 5 speed 9"
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I'm running 17".
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10-01-2013, 02:08 PM
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Location: Virginia Beach, Va & Port Charlotte, Fl.,
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Spinners would help...
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10-01-2013, 02:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undy
Spinners would help...
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LOL.
Sorry, they do nothing for the car, glad you sold them.
Inefficient braking, sluggish acceleration, bad roadholding due to higher centre of gravity, speedo incorrect, "pimp my ride" looks, the list goes on.
17 inch Halibrand copies would be my choice.
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10-01-2013, 02:30 PM
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Wow... Too big! I wouldn't go bigger than 17s myself.
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10-04-2013, 09:43 AM
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Location: Frisco,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BackDraft, Keith Craft 408; 1967 GT500CR
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"Awkward"
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10-04-2013, 05:13 PM
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Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: LAE 66 replica, 302
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Makes the car look like a little matchbox dinkie car, pretty funny I think.
Haven't sold them yet, they have a porche lug pattern..Retail for 7k, maybe someone will trade me for crate engine. LOL.
Fred
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10-04-2013, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Near Chichester, Sussex by the sea......,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Crendon 427 S/C 428 FE+toploader
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Yep, I was just thinking 'Hot Wheels' toy car. Glad you didnt go for it.
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10-04-2013, 06:41 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: UK Ram SC. KC-Yates 373, Jerico 5 speed.
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Tried out some 20" wheels today.
I have 17" compomotive knock offs and they look good. 15" original style wheels look the best, I went for 17" to fit large brakes and get a better tire selection.
People that drive round with very large diameter wheels and very low profile tires, are silently saying "look at me I have wank wheels"
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03-04-2014, 08:53 PM
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Location: San Francisco,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2969, Roush 427 SR
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18's on mine
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03-05-2014, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CzyCobra
18's on mine
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18's here, wheel size debated elsewhere. If you are performance oriented go with 17's or 18's even better, if not and want to be "authentic" then 15's. If 15's, make sure you run with the right rubber, the '66 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C had 185x15 front and 195x15 rear. Otherwise they'll look wrong and you will be silently saying "look at me, I'm 16 and I have rat fink hot rod wheels". |
03-05-2014, 12:16 PM
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Yea, just a "little" too big...
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03-06-2014, 08:22 AM
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There comes a time when simple logic with tried and true performance gains is just too much for some to grasp, you would be one of those people RodKnock.
Dodge Viper - 1st versions 17" now 18"
Newer Corvettes - 17" and 18"
Ferrari - 18" up to 20"
Lamborghini - 18" and 19"
"Bruce's info, if correct, is 20-30+ years old. And he's one person, not a great sample size. There are plenty of racers, using smaller lighter wheels and tires on factory-limited fenders."
... too funny, 20-30 years old? "factory-limited fenders" = I'm stuck using small wheels lol.
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03-06-2014, 10:44 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AL427SBF
There comes a time when simple logic with tried and true performance gains is just too much for some to grasp, you would be one of those people RodKnock.
Dodge Viper - 1st versions 17" now 18"
Newer Corvettes - 17" and 18"
Ferrari - 18" up to 20"
Lamborghini - 18" and 19"
"Bruce's info, if correct, is 20-30+ years old. And he's one person, not a great sample size. There are plenty of racers, using smaller lighter wheels and tires on factory-limited fenders."
... too funny, 20-30 years old? "factory-limited fenders" = I'm stuck using small wheels lol.
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You seem to be very preoccupied with SIZE. Not surprising, but you may want to do some reading on the subject and Dr. Sigmund Freud has written volumes on the topic of size. Specifically, defense mechanisms and ego anxiety 
Yammer all you like about SIZE, but I'm talking about WEIGHT or the lack thereof. However, if you desire run 17's or 18's on a traditional authentic appearing Cobra (i.e., Shelby, Kirkham, ERA, SPF, etc.), then the larger Halibrand-like wheels and tires will be far heavier and simply look very odd, at least to me and others.
Lastly, I'm not "stuck" using "small wheels." First, I can buy whatever wheel I want (have 3 sets boxed in the garage for various cars). Second, my daily driver Toyota has 19's, whoop-dee-doo. 
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03-06-2014, 10:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AL427SBF
Dodge Viper - 1st versions 17" now 18"
Newer Corvettes - 17" and 18"
Ferrari - 18" up to 20"
Lamborghini - 18" and 19"
... too funny...
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These cars, which you mention, were engineered using computers (go figure) from the factory, in design, weight, etc. to run the wheel size that they run. A Cobra was not.
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03-29-2014, 12:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AL427SBF
There comes a time when simple logic with tried and true performance gains is just too much for some to grasp, you would be one of those people RodKnock.
Dodge Viper - 1st versions 17" now 18"
Newer Corvettes - 17" and 18"
Ferrari - 18" up to 20"
Lamborghini - 18" and 19"
"Bruce's info, if correct, is 20-30+ years old. And he's one person, not a great sample size. There are plenty of racers, using smaller lighter wheels and tires on factory-limited fenders."
... too funny, 20-30 years old? "factory-limited fenders" = I'm stuck using small wheels lol.
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Before you bash other people about logic...
The cars you talk about are latest models - not replica of a 1966 car... go put 20" on a ferrari gto 250 or 1963 stingray 
I have 17" halibrand style on my Backdraft (born with it due to brakes) but love the look of the 15" billboard tires... I have seen 18" and it just change the looks too much.
How many "classic cars" race with 20" wheels... none!
but hey.... you go put 21" tesla wheels on you lifted "cobra"" - I'm sure a few 16 years old boys in Harlem will love it...
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03-06-2014, 11:55 AM
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Location: Long Island,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance with Roush 427 R
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15's all the way.........
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03-06-2014, 11:56 AM
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when one has to resort to Freud as a comeback the debate is over. go weigh a set of mounted 335/45 15's and 335/30 18's and report back asap! the weight savings is chump change compared to the handling gains with the 18's ... makes it a no brainer just like that "computer engineered" model says lmao.
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