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05-29-2014, 08:05 AM
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Gorgeous car! I've seen a few with the undercar exhaust. SPF, so far has done a great job with it.
Awesome!
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05-29-2014, 08:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kal
Hi, I have underbody exhaust but I also put on the side pipes, unused and just for show. Made of 4" stainless and poilshed, looks absolutly fantastic. If you do this then it makes the car look more like the original. To try it get a pieced of wood or something and stand it on bricks along the side of the car. Then let your mind run wild to emagine the wood to be the real thing, it worked for me.
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Got a picture of the car, I would like to see what it looks like. The problem with dysfunctional sidepipes is you're spending $$ to hang dead weight on the car, what do those dummy SS pipes weigh? Nothing wrong with underneath exhaust, get it out of your head that it makes it look "more original", these cars came both ways back in the 60's. |
05-29-2014, 01:34 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VALLEY FORGE,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE w DOUG MEYER ENGINE
Posts: 1,958
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05-29-2014, 04:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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More undercar...
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05-29-2014, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Pine Grove CA,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mnm99
The side pipes are what makes the cobra. In your face looks and sound. I cant imagine the sound even being close to the same. If your worried about people burning there legs just remind them every time they get in and out. That's what I do with my wife. It's almost automatic now.
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Amen, that was my point. |
05-30-2014, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
Posts: 4,527
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I like sidepipes but I have a 66 Corvette with a pieced together old aluminum head L88 with 12:1 compression, old .600 lift solid cam, and 2-1/2 inch sidepipes. I wouldn't even think of firing the think up in my neighborhood until after 9:00 in the morning. When I decided to build my Cobra (replica) I decided not only that it was the street versions that I admired the most, but I didn't need another window rattling, car alarm sounding, neighborhood arosing car. But, I still have my fix for that when I like, and I sure can't second guess those that are fans of the S/C and Competition Cobras. Build what you want.
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05-30-2014, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Windham,,
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[ Build what you want.[/quote]
What could be more clear than this statement,in the end we have to live with our creations. Nothing about our car needs to be changed (other than polishing the intake and water pump,great winter project) it only took near 10 yrs had fun the whole time.
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05-30-2014, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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Originally Posted by DanEC
Build what you want.
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What he said. |
05-30-2014, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Frederick,
CO
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF Roadster, 418W
Posts: 385
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K98dave, here is my uncercar installation from beneath:
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05-30-2014, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,545
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Note that SPF does the undercar with stainless pipes and puts "stand-off" heat shields between the mufflers and the floors with a .5" air gap to reduce heat transfer.
We have sold several roadsters and they can sound very nice: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater
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05-31-2014, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Shreveport,
LA
Cobra Make, Engine: SAI; '68 427FESO Southern Automotive
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I worship side-pipes...
Loud, smelly, and dangerously hot! Sounds like a Cobra to me 
(I do appreciate and respect the effort of others to tame the snake. Ol' Shelby started with a street car after all. We all buy these things with different goals in mind.
If I had a child with special needs, I would also think of him/her first, like the OP does. If it would be easier, I would get a different car, perhaps more user friendly. If I had to have a Cobra, I would definitely get a street configuration, or at the very least, underbody pipes.
The car was/is/always will be a hybrid, a Frankenstein of sorts. Whatever you do to it, pretty much goes...)
Cheers!
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