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02-01-2016, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: May 2014
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Cobra Make, Engine: Nissan
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Cobra destroys GT3 at stoplight race
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sa7mig0GJ0[/ame]
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02-01-2016, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Corona del Mar,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR MKIII, FMS BOSS 302 "B" cam
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Is street racing OK on this site?
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02-01-2016, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Bay Area (Peninsula),
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427, 427/487 side-oiler
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Cool that the Cobra is faster, but boy is that stupid on those crowded roads.
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02-01-2016, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rancho Cucamonga,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 239
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Of course not! Street racing is childish, irresponsible and very dangerous......
(that sounds just like my ex wife describing Cobras in general!)
So, what does a replacement clutch for a new GT3 cost?.......
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02-01-2016, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
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As an aside, GT3's have launch control.
If properly used, that GT3 would be sitting at a coffee shop down the road waiting for the cobra to get traction.
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02-01-2016, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
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The GT3 is not designed for drag racing. Given equally skilled drivers, the results on a road course would probably be very different. As for dragging Porsches, try a Turbo S with launch control; 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, consistently, and no clutch to wear out.
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02-01-2016, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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We heard all of the same quoted technical specifications, launch control and wheelspin issues in the Cobra vs. Ferrari 458 match up. On paper the Ferrari won hands down but on race day the Cobra still brutally kicked its tail 3 races out of 3.
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02-01-2016, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Those horrific launch controls have fewer lives than a cat. That's for sure.
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02-01-2016, 11:15 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR fat block tko 600 9"
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Maybe the Cobra was "real" and the P car was a replica... Can't wait to see how many pages this turns into��
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02-01-2016, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
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I don't know about you all, but it didn't look like either car was trying hard at all....
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02-01-2016, 11:36 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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I have a couple questions.
Is that NYG in his Nissan Leaf videotaping the race and, if so, did his friend in the Porsche have additional ballast in the car, since NYG buys his kitty litter from Petco in bulk and his friend in the P-car appears to have helped him get it home?  |
02-01-2016, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
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Full disclosure: I'm not a Porsche guy (though I did own a modded 930 turbo back in my "youth"), but it is an inconvenient truth that once your front engined, rear wheel drive car reaches a certain power point, it becomes impossible to apply much more force to the pavement without drag slicks. I realize that there are replica Cobras out there that properly prepared and shod with the right tires run 9s at the strip, but a vast majority of the street driven cars would struggle to break the 11 second mark.
Back to real life in 2016. My current ride is a hot rodded '98 Corvette (sorry!) that makes 903 hp at the wheels, but runs on sporty car Michelin Pilot Sports tires. In spite of my 335 width rears, my friends 2011 Turbo S consistently eats my ass from a dig up to 70-80 mph, at which point I pass him as if he had dropped an anchor. Most street encounters have ended before that speed is reached.
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02-01-2016, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rancho Cucamonga,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 239
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Repeat after me
Drag Radial
Drag Radial
Drag Radial...... |
02-01-2016, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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But the Ferrari California that made the left turn wanted nothing to do with them.....
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02-01-2016, 01:20 PM
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Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blykins
I don't know about you all, but it didn't look like either car was trying hard at all....
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My impression too. I think the Porsche driver was conflicted - didn't know whether to drop the clutch or not - ended up feathering it and burned the heck out of it. |
02-01-2016, 02:42 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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I enjoyed this red light/green light incident more.
Two guys beating each other while the light is red. When the light turns green, they both go back to their cars.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/01...viral-pkg.keye |
02-01-2016, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Just another bunch of jackasses headed north on RT202 towards RT100 south of Downingtown, PA.
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02-02-2016, 05:01 AM
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Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
I enjoyed this red light/green light incident more.
Two guys beating each other while the light is red. When the light turns green, they both go back to their cars.
Road rage fight goes viral - CNN Video |
Definitely safer than drag racing to +/- 100 mph on public streets! Light turns red, rev engines, talk trash then jump out and have at it. Light turns green, get back in and drive safely away without endangering joe public. Winner is decided on you tube. The new paradigm! I believe most Cobra drivers would kick most Ferrari drivers' asses.
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02-02-2016, 07:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz
We heard all of the same quoted technical specifications, launch control and wheelspin issues in the Cobra vs. Ferrari 458 match up. On paper the Ferrari won hands down but on race day the Cobra still brutally kicked its tail 3 races out of 3.
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Well, did that "on paper" calculation take into account that the cobra had 750HP and there was so much VHT on the track a golf cart could barely pull through it?
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02-02-2016, 08:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe's Garage
Well, did that "on paper" calculation take into account that the cobra had 750HP and there was so much VHT on the track a golf cart could barely pull through it?
... just sayin'
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Assolutely. Butt - that scenario was summarily cancelled out by the postulation that if a Cobra that powerful could somehow be made to hook at launch, then something in the drivetrain would surely let go and it wouldn't make it past half track, let alone survive to win the required two races out of three.
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BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
Last edited by Buzz; 02-02-2016 at 08:22 AM..
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