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02-21-2008, 01:10 PM
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Which CSX Number?
If you were going to replicate a specific CSX car which one would it be and why?
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02-25-2008, 12:36 PM
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Location: Saratoga Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 3850, 95 Cobra 5.0 EFI, IRS, Pin Drive 15" real Magnesium Halibrands & Vintage Wheels, Billboards & Mickey Thompson S/T tires, Blue/Wht Stripes, Hoops, CSX Dash, Konis, VPMs, Torsen
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I would choose a 427 Competition S/C car similar to this picture which is "like" CSX3016:
Reasons:
1. White side pipes
2. Black roll bar and quick jacks
3. "Traditional" colors
4. Pin drive rims
5. 15" tires
Under the hood a Ford small block, likely Mass Flo induction, (EFI).
Trans: 5 speed w overdrive, T5
Rear: IRS 3.27 or 3.31 ratio
Brakes: Wilwood
Frame: 4" round tube |
02-25-2008, 12:43 PM
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Rear end ratio is to high for the typical 5 speed. .6 over drive will bog the 'tiny block'. Having a big block means never having to downshift.  |
02-25-2008, 12:54 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 3850, 95 Cobra 5.0 EFI, IRS, Pin Drive 15" real Magnesium Halibrands & Vintage Wheels, Billboards & Mickey Thompson S/T tires, Blue/Wht Stripes, Hoops, CSX Dash, Konis, VPMs, Torsen
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So, Excaliper,
What CSX car number would you replicate?
Larry
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02-25-2008, 12:59 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by Excaliber
R .6 over drive will bog the 'tiny block'. Having a big block means never having to downshift. |
There's just something "not right" about a small block. They look funny, they sound wrong, they wheeze up hills ... all the while yearning to be the big block they've always dreamed of. But the sad part is, it will never be.  |
02-25-2008, 01:05 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4995, Keith Craft built 427 SO
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CSX 3155 It just looks so nasty!  
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02-25-2008, 01:14 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA # 665, 390 (to start with) Toploader
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I tried to duplicate CSX 3111, I think it's gorgeous and exactly what I had in mind when I decided to build a cobra replica.
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02-25-2008, 01:22 PM
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If I were to replicate on of the CSX cars.... I wouldn't , but if I were.... CSX3042.
Mike
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02-25-2008, 01:24 PM
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I don't know...
My small block NEVER wheezed.
As for the CSX I don't know, there so many that are great cars. It would depend on if you wanted a specific history or a given car. I would think.
I did like the twin paxton that Bill Cosby had. I do not know the CSX # though.
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02-25-2008, 01:33 PM
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"I did like the twin paxton that Bill Cosby had. I do not know the CSX # though."
Cosby's CSX was No. 3303. 
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02-25-2008, 04:25 PM
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I couldn't have said it any better.............
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Originally Posted by 427SnakeSC
CSX 3155 It just looks so nasty! |
Exactly what I had in mind with CSX4795:
jdog
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02-25-2008, 05:00 PM
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Csx3287!
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02-25-2008, 06:30 PM
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Gurney/Grant Targa Floria Cobra roadster
I don't have the number right here handy...I saw them in Italy in the 60's.. there were two cobras both light (portofino ?) blue...Phil Hill' had a yellow nose bar and Gurney's had a red one...Jesus, those cars were something, those big American V8 's (289's)would just shake the ground...the European's just went nuts over the sound...Dan was damn near a foot taller than most of them and looked over the top of the windshield...Grant drove like a man possessed...I though then that if I ever had a Cobra, it would look like that.. and so this month I will pick up a Superformance in those colors...going to be a Walter Mitty Kick in the butt !!!
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02-25-2008, 06:32 PM
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I would emulate Dick Smiths red CSX (complete with side oiler and dry sump). That is if the money was readily available. I'd also run 'meat balls', #198.
Another question for the car would be, "What period of TIME would you emulate?" The cars came in different colors and different styles through out their life, you got pick a time frame. CSX3035 was car number 7 and number 11 at some point, and was a two tone paint job.
CSX3035 today
CSX3035 of yester year
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02-25-2008, 06:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
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Any of these cars would be a great tribute to the history whether street or comp. I would be torn between two of my favorites however the first would be tough to compete with:
CSX3020
Why?
Originally equipped 427 dry sump car with all the goodies, not S/C it's one of the few and proud true comp series, HD A-arms, all race equipment coolers and ducts, seat fits snug to my ass, sounds CRAZY mean, history with gentleman Tom Payne, and it match's my gorgeous red headed wife.
A very close second would be:
CSX2345
Why?
Unrestored and asymetrical to the tee, paint is bad, cracks, roll bar forward brace removed (history), suttle changes like steering wheel, dents, no doubt an original, and what a history.........to see this drift in corners will always be in my memory.
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02-26-2008, 08:19 AM
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Real DragonSnake
My Cobra, I’m working on the hard top now and will paint it black I don’t really know the CSX number of the real Dragon Snake above
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02-26-2008, 10:34 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Hawk 289FiA with Le Mans hardtop. AC CS(X)2131,289 (my father owned it from `67-`73)
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Unsurprisingly, I would replicate CSX2131,
(...well, I already did, pity it`s only 1/12th scale!!!)
... 
And just to make life easier, Hawk Cars in the UK actually offer a limited edition version of it!!!
As a close second,(If I had to have a BB!!!) I think it would be the Gumball Rally Cobra, CSX3255 (or also 3243...)
"GUMBALL!!!!!!!"
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02-26-2008, 11:47 AM
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Thers is something not right about this post ..
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Originally Posted by patrickt
There's just something "not right" about a small block. They look funny, they sound wrong, they wheeze up hills ... all the while yearning to be the big block they've always dreamed of. But the sad part is, it will never be. |
Even if this is a joke, it is a very disturbing indication of someone stuck at the emotional developement of a adolescent male (12-15). The good news is that with some professional help you can get over the need to validate yourself buy trying to tear down others and you might still grow up. Good Luck........ps...The history of Cobra's is that the small blocks wrote the majority of the competition history. But the Big Blocks are awesome ....dude !!! |
02-26-2008, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartruff1
Even if this is a joke, it is a very disturbing indication of someone stuck at the emotional developement of a adolescent male (12-15)...
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Of course it was a joke. I'm just surprised that it took this long to get a rise out of anybody. |
02-26-2008, 11:53 AM
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Small block in a Big Block car (427 body style). Your right, it's a JOKE! 
As you point out the 'history' as it concerns the FIA series were small block cars. |
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