
07-13-2003, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Pace, Florida, U.S.A.,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Hunter 427, 5.0 (302)
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It is not polite to knock others cars just because you could afford a more expensive car. Kind of like a Porsche Turbo driver saying his car is better than your Cobra right before you spank him in a drag race.
I have a Hunter Cobra and to me the chassis is as good as a Superformance as they are both ladder frames and both use a IRS suspension. (Ford on SPF and Vette on Hunter) If you build a FFR with a IRS suspension it is comparable to a SPF suspension and the car is a little lighter to boot. The SPF has a little better body because it has a liner on the hood and trunk but it is made from fiberglass just like all other kits out there.
I would guess if SPF sold kits they would look about the same as almost all kit Cobras look like before they are assembled.
Don't get me wrong I think the SPF cobra is a great car and one of the best body shapes with a very nice interior. The frame is nothing special except they use a IRS type suspension that is made from all new parts. If you built a FFR that way it would have a similar cost and the quality would be similar.
I have seen many FFR cars on road courses and they usually run up front in the Cobra crowd.
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