Guys-
I once had a flywheel let loose in a gt-350 WITH a scattershield. The scattershield was only partially intact after the incident, but I was o.k. I can't imagine trading weight for the safety of the shield. Parts fail all the time and if it happens to be a part rotating at 5or 6 k right by my legs I want some protection.
I also became concerned about side and rollover protection in my Cobra. I concluded that it could eather look "right" or it could be safe. A roll cage or bar that would be effective does not fit the image that most of us have of a real cobra they had crappy roll-over protection and no side impact protection and putting those things in alter the look. Since I wanted to race, I reluctantly sold my cobra and started racing a full caged Porsche. I will do another Cobra, but probably a datona and build it to race and be safe. If I were going to do another open cobra it would have a full cage (damn the looks) AND a scattershield--Just my two bits
Drive safe, Rick
