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Just to throw my two cents in. Any weight reduction has a very noticable effect on not only track performance but also on street manners. If you haven't driven a 1900lb sport car you should try it! That being said the keys to optimum performance is a chassis that is torsionally stiff, suspension that maintains constant and optimum tire contact, has a low roll center, has zero scrub radius and zero bump steer through normal travel, center of gravity, has 50/50 weight, and with no significant weight infront or behind the axle center line! If you go through the expense of building an aluminum chassis you want to make sure that you address everything else too.
As I see it Cobra owners fall into a few different classes. There are the guys that only care that the car looks like a Cobra, those that want an authentic reproduction, and those that want the optimum performing super car with the heart pounding Cobra shape. I personally want the latter. I have always loved the Cobra and appreciate it's history buy want the ultimate in performance with out spending huge dollars to get it.
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