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Old 09-11-2009, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluedog View Post
Are you going to be able to apply any of the MAJOR design changes to your "standard" cobras at a cost affordable basis? I liken your R&D work to innovations made in the space program that ultimately trickle down to benefit the mass population. I think it would be incredible to redesign your chassis to accommodate your new suspension changes, etc in a less costly manufacturing way to raise the performance bar once again. Feasible?
Much of the knowledge has already trickled down to our cars and processes. The milled in drive pins on our hubs, the pop-up pins on the hubs, and oil filter adapters come immediately to mind. The thing that was the most impressive, however, was our enhanced ability to do complicated machining and innovative fixturing for the parts. We also bought a water-jet to make the car and now it is used to make all sorts of parts for our cars.

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