All,
First off, thanks to all the replies and help on this issue. My name is Jeffrey and I was having the issue that Dwight mentioned in the first post. My original set up was a 392 (430hp) Ford crate engine w/ a TKO 600 and a King Cobra clutch. I have a 'Duck Clutch' system that allows me to operate my clutch pedal via a trigger on my shifter knob. The issue I ran into is that the servo that pulls the pedal for the system, which can pull 165lbs, was not able to pull my clutch pedal initially.
After much research and trying a few options (including Forte's fork extender....thanks Mike), I finally settled on getting a dual clutch with some custom pieces to make it as light as possible. Dwight and a few N. Alabama Cobra Club guys came over two weeks ago and got the two clutches swapped. That did the trick. Now the pedal moves as slick as owl crap on a tin roof.
I'm still curious as to what's making the original King Cobra as stiff as it is. The consensus from Dwight and a few others is that it was still much stiffer than it should have been. Regardless, I'm rocking and rolling now and have been go-carting my Factory Five around the neighborhood quite a bit. Thanks to the VERY DIFFICULT Alabama registration process (sarcasm), I'm registered and insured. In the next day or two another Cobra Club member here is going to help me get the chassis to the body shop w/ his trailer.
The body itself has been at the shop for a little over a month and they've sanded and done as much as they can w/o the chassis. Once the body work is complete, we'll do a full mock up before tearing it down for paint. While the body's off for paint, I'll insulate/carpet the interior, replace my temp dash w/ a carbon fiber one, and re-mount the seats so that they are a little more forward facing.
I've inclosed a few pictures of the build so far. Three of them are of the duck shifter handle (yes, set screws will replace the bolts), the black servo mounted on the front x-member, and how we mounted the servo cable to the pedal assembly (will clean up the bracing at the body shop). The others are just a few of the rest of the build. Almost there!!
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Jeffrey - If the world didn't suck, we'd all fly off.