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Old 10-20-2003, 08:33 AM
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Mike-
Before doing suspension mods you might want to try a different set of rear tires. The main reason I did not put BFG TAs on the cobra is because of wheel hop. I had BFGs on another car and I found wheel hop to be excessive- never could figure out what it was- it was almost as if the rubber on the tires was too hard and they wanted to "skip" across the pavement. I put Dunlops on the cobra and so far I have been very happy with them. Now I will admit that I have not "gotten on it" yet because I am just trying to break everything in nice and easy, but so far so good, under moderate acceleration the car just seems to sit down and tracks straight as an arrow.

Just a thought . . .
Mike
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