07-15-2022, 12:22 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
Posts: 18,997
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The old school tires are much larger diameter than today's tire.
The cut back was an attempt at getting larger tires on the cars. 289's ran large diameter to get the width. Tire technology has come along a bit...
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