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04-02-2004, 06:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dacula, (Atlanta),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 SC, Southern Automotive 427W Stroker
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I got to get one of these!
Check out this short video of a GT 40 trying to break the sound barrier on a highway. Hey Bud, you'd have loved seeing this guy!
Holy Crap!
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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04-02-2004, 07:36 AM
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Location: Dadeville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
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Was that MPH or KPH?
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Tommy
Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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04-02-2004, 07:39 AM
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Location: Show Low, AZ,
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Not even funny. Any one of those other cars going 65-75 could have changed lanes before this idiot ever came into view. At 190+ there is no way he could avoid a collision. If the family he kills is mine he better hope he dies in the crash.
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04-02-2004, 08:06 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 with 331 KC
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Yeah Tony you bum!
How dare you even post that offensive crap on this site. It is a criminal act for goodness sake - that guy should have been shot!
What if a gasoline tanker had made the lane change? Hundreds could have died I tell you!!!!
Please think before you post in the future.
Pat Buckley
Oh - I'm sorry....you mean you posted it for us to marvel at how fast the car was .....I get it!
After reading Seans post I thought you posted it in order to get a PC opinion on what happened....
Thanks for the link - I enjoyed it. It was pretty obviously a dumb act but EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!!!!! Jeesus.
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04-02-2004, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
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This video is EXACTLY the reason why I won't buy a GT40. In a closed cockpit, I'll "go stupid", feel invincible and start running triple digits everywhere. In the Cobra with nothing but a chrome roll-bar over my shoulders to protect my melon, I find myself being much more sedate than in any other performance car I've ever driven in. Call it respect, call it "thinking about my family", call it "thinking about the other guy", but unless I can take it to a track, I just don't F around anymore (like I used to). I'm not ready for heaven just yet......
P.S. Yes, I ADORE the GT40s. Awesome cars, awesome lines. Maybe I ought to move near Sears Point and then I'll consider buying one. 
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04-02-2004, 08:34 AM
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Location: Atlanta,
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There's another!
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04-02-2004, 09:31 AM
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Location: Kansas City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CRL, 351W, Tremec TKO
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GT40 (RF currently) is on my list for the next build. I just want to see 200 mph (on a track or salt flats). I'd be happy with 70 with the crappy roads we have 'round here (pothole autocross).
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Who is John Galt?
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04-02-2004, 09:37 AM
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what can you buy a good GT 40 kit for? Are there any around for less than 50 large?
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04-02-2004, 10:03 AM
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Quote:
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what can you buy a good GT 40 kit for? Are there any around for less than 50 large?
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There are cheapo kits you can get for under $50k, but you get what you pay for. A good one (RF, ERA, the new GT40NA) will probably run you half-again that much, at least.
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"No user-servicable parts inside", I'll be the judge of that!
Scientific discovery doesn't sound like "Eureka!", it sounds more like "huh, that's funny...".
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04-02-2004, 12:03 PM
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This is Joe Feinburg's car. He lives near me in Lawrenceville. He was set up to be the CAV dealer for the Atlanta area until their recent demise. It's a beautiful ride (he took best of show at a local show we were in last Sunday). I can tell that the video was not shot in Atlanta because the cars in the slow lane would have been passing him.
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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04-02-2004, 12:06 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR#5015, 351 w/ carb
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Must....have....Gt40....Must....have......GT40
How am i ever going to decide whats next to build...a GT40, Cobra coupe, or a 289FIA??
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FFR#5015 build in progress
351 w/Vic Jr. heads, Vic Jr. intake, Holley 700 DP, roller cam, tremmec, planned viper grey w/black stripes
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04-02-2004, 12:23 PM
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Try again:
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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04-02-2004, 12:28 PM
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That was great. Driving that fast around others is obviously not cool, but it sure is fun to watch!
Thanks for the link!
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04-02-2004, 12:47 PM
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Hey Pat - I guess the moron driving the GT40 didn't know it was such a dumb act did he?
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04-02-2004, 01:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by FattyBri
Must....have....Gt40....Must....have......GT40
How am i ever going to decide whats next to build...a GT40, Cobra coupe, or a 289FIA??
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I'd go for the Daytona, mostly because of the scarsity of proper transmissions for the GT40. You can put a toploader, or a C4, or a beefed up AOD into a Daytona.
I'm still debating my Daytona vs "Slabbie" priorities, myself.
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"No user-servicable parts inside", I'll be the judge of that!
Scientific discovery doesn't sound like "Eureka!", it sounds more like "huh, that's funny...".
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04-02-2004, 01:40 PM
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So how much are the cheaper kits?
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04-02-2004, 01:57 PM
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uuhhh .... I don't think the Intrepid PI will catch that one. It tops out around 140mph.
I saw Joseph's car in person a few weeks ago. The attention to detail was absolute. Very nice car. He might want to slow it down a bit though. 
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04-02-2004, 02:08 PM
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Location: Brea,
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Pardon my ignorance, but what do I click on to see the video? I clicked Holy Crap! but still didn't see a link. Thanks.
Dave
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04-02-2004, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
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Dave-
Click on Holy Crap and it takes you to another webpage. On the webpage that opens, there is a similarly named link that you click on and it takes you to the video.
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04-02-2004, 04:05 PM
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Looks like fun to me, but I have just a bit of skeptisism.
At the beginning of the video, the speedo says just under 120, but it doesn't appear that he is passing that truck very fast. Is that truck doing 90? And then at the end, the speedo says almost 190, but again when he passes the car (which we assume is going 70), it just doesn't look like he's actually going that fast.
Especially with the powertrain that is in that particular car (FRPP347). Takes a lot of HP to hit 200.
It may be just the video, but I think a speedo-gear calibration might be in order...
Russ
Last edited by Russ Dickey; 04-02-2004 at 04:11 PM..
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