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View Poll Results: Can your cobra Lift the front wheels off the ground?
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Yes (and what a thrill)
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No (only with a jack)
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08-03-2007, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bridgewater,
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Cobra Make, Engine: B & B
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Can your cobra lift the front wheels off the ground?
OK Horsepower enthusiasts....
Can your cobra lift your front wheels off the ground? Pictures
Yes (and what a thrill)
No ( I need a jack)
I would imagine it is very difficult with the short wheelbase and 50/50ish weight distribution!
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08-03-2007, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
Posts: 5,897
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I suggest you read the Insurance thread........
Roscoe
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"Crisis occurs when women and cattle get excited!"....James Thurber
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08-03-2007, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Waterford,
PA
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^^^^ haha ^^^^
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08-03-2007, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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If my half-shafts didn't explode...and if I unbolted the front sway bar...and if I replaced the front coil-overs with a 90/10 drag shock...and if I mounted an engine motion-limiting bracket from the block to the frame (or installed solid motor mounts)...then, yeah, I think I could get a little daylight under the front wheels. Fresh clutch and blowproof bellhousing, so I know I'm good there. It would probably take a 4+ grand launch rpm to achieve this. 
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08-03-2007, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
Posts: 5,595
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Mine did two years ago at Run and Gun with a set of Goodyear drag slicks and some fresh VHT on the track (turned 11.61). Not my best but not bad given the conditions of the track. I think there may be a picture in Kit Car mag.
Clois
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08-03-2007, 11:16 AM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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If you use 10 1/2" wrinklewall slicks at 8 PSI, I bet 90% of us could!
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08-03-2007, 11:17 AM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
MA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
Posts: 7,592
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Warren
'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
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08-03-2007, 12:07 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Tru's front wheels are off the ground most of the time.
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08-03-2007, 12:09 PM
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Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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08-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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SORRY NOT A COBRA
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I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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08-03-2007, 12:14 PM
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Location: Cape Coral,
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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08-03-2007, 12:20 PM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
MA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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Tru's front wheels are off the ground most of the time.
Ron
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Now that's low and NOT fair. But I did laugh so hard I started to cry!
Thanks for making my day, Ron.
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08-03-2007, 12:22 PM
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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08-03-2007, 01:07 PM
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Member of the north
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Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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Who needs friends like these.
I am running a 43% to 57% front to rear and even with that, I just spin the rears. I think CobraEd is right, it is all in connecting up with the pavement.
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08-03-2007, 01:20 PM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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I agree with you Tru. I'd bet that 50% of all Cobra's "could" lift the front wheels if they had enough rear gear and sticky slicks ....
BUT
virtually all would NOT make it down the 1/4 or 1/8 mile because they broke something in the rear end during the launch.
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'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
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08-03-2007, 01:51 PM
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Location: Byron,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique, Southern Automotive stroked 351W 396 ci. 450hp. SOLD IT!
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Hey Dan, What's the story behind the blue/white cobra climbing the retaining wall?
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08-03-2007, 02:11 PM
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There was a long thread over at FFCOBRA debating about whether or not the picture was fake but it was real as the owner was named and I guess he made a little mistake coming out of the hole at the drag strip.
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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08-03-2007, 02:19 PM
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Dan--
You got some cool pics!
I sure hope the cobra driver defying gravity made a full recovery! Ouch!!!
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Just enough knowledge to build a cobra and be dangerous...
You can observe a lot from just watching.
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08-03-2007, 02:55 PM
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Location: Chilliwack,BC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: F5 Roadster
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John Hieda
Hi,
That was John's cobra @ Mission raceway launching wheels up 2' on a low 10 second pass, he broke a wheelie bar and turned right and up and launched 25' into the air, barrelrolled it 3 times sideways on the cement barrier infront of windscreen and landed back on the track, uninjured thanks to the rollcage. However he did not survive in his personal car as a drunk girl killed him coming home one night 
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08-03-2007, 03:22 PM
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I was expecting a happy ending. That is terrible news!!!! Go figure you are safer on the racetrack than on a public road!
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