T-56 viper box behind 545 cobra

[RICK LAKE]

AC-460 Aluminium flywheel yes, TKO600 trans NO. Reasons, Flywheel will save about 20 lbs. This will help the motor spin up a little quicker. Less wieght to move. This works in a cobra because of the wieght of the car also. It's about stored energy. Your car will be a little faster. The important things are SFI certified, and having this balanced with your rotating assembly. Not sure if your motor is a neutral balanced motor or not. I went from a 40 lbs flywheel to a 22 lbs flywheel, the motor spins up about .2-.3 tenths faster in the 1/4 mile than the 40lb. Now for the trans. IMO If you are going to beat on the car, buy a better unit. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR. There are reasons there are transmissions selling for $1,800.00 dollars and others sell for $3,300.00. It's about how they are built, how strong the gears and shafts are, and the main thing, about how must POWER(TORQUE), not HP they can live behind. This all revolves around your driving. Straight gears and harden shafts will take alot more abuse than 20-30 degree heli gears. 2 shafts in a richmond trans, 3 or 4 in TKO 500 or 600. The other thing is the fork design. I like an outside shifting linkage for adjustments, You don't get this with the internal setups. There is no free lunch,you get what you paided for. The choice is yours, I always overbuild the drivetrain to handle the abuse it gets. Search the forum for trans problems, Don't take a side on the story but look at the drivetrain that was in the car? Go back about 6-8 months. Rick L

[RICK LAKE]

Double Venom Ed I tripped over those bars, I though I bent them. I can tell you this now. First time I every saw a cobra with wheelie bars. After seeing the car run, I would have had them on too. Rick L. Ps I learned that before you get off the porch and try and run with the big dogs, know what you are up against.

[AC-460]

The six speed would be nice to cruise with a 3.5 diff at low revs

I've built my engine for torque and it revs to 6200 before it drops off on the dyno. It has a scat 4.5" crank, srp pistons, edelbrock heads, solid roller cam, roller rockers and balanced. It runs sweet even at 1500 rpm... Cam is 2500-6250 runs 10.3 comp Currently running an 850 demon carb

Im only using the Diff centre I've made a double wishbone setup and run outer brakes I'd like to cut a nine inch housing down and replace the jag...

[RICK LAKE]

AC-460 That's alot of motor. In stead of the 9" cut down, you might want to look at a quick change rearend kit from Franklin. They use 9" parts and the rearend is good for 750-800HP. You have about 600 differnt gear combos. I saw a ERA with this setup here on the forum. It's doable, and about the same cost as a custom 9" setup. The franklin can have the brakes on either end of the shafts. Changing the gears, about 20 minutes. Cool look under the car priceless It's also stronger than most other setups and lighter too. Rick L.