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06-17-2006, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: melbourne florida,
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Cobra Make, Engine: backdraft racing 302 ford
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Backdraft weight
Just went to have the car weight today. 2400 with 5 gals of gas in tank .
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06-18-2006, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Jupiter,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #985 Custom Pro/ Street Race Car, full cage, dry sump 427W and G Force T-56 Fully Street Legal!!
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Ed,
Alum heads, 17" wheels??
Cheers,
Richard
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06-18-2006, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: melbourne florida,
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Cobra Make, Engine: backdraft racing 302 ford
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302,alum heads, 15" wheels with extra roll bar
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06-24-2006, 05:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Jupiter/Tequesta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR#078,408 Dart Block, TKO 600,Indigo Blue, White Stripe
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#78 weighed in at 2450. With a 351 al heads and al bell housing and a T-5
Now I have a steel bell housing and a TKO 600 so I got to be 75 lbs heaver.
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06-24-2006, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR354/FMS392
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So is 2400ish lbs considered a porker? I guess I always thought that a tipical cobra was in the 2100-2200 lb range. I have not had mine on a scale yet but hope to do that and a dyno soon. Do any of you know what an average SPF, or FFR tip at the scales with a 351 type engine?
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06-24-2006, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Jupiter,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #985 Custom Pro/ Street Race Car, full cage, dry sump 427W and G Force T-56 Fully Street Legal!!
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Mark,
My first FFR ( MarkI), weighed in at 2275 with 17s, pass roll bar, full tank.
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06-24-2006, 10:55 AM
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Actually I've found 2600 to 2800 pounds more typical than most of us want to admit. The glass body is a HUGE factor in over all weight. Thicker, stronger, better just naturally weighs more. NOT that thinner, lighter, weaker isn't 'good enough'. I suspect the body is the main reason FFR's are lighter than most other replicas (and of course they typically run a small block).
It is VERY difficult to get close to 2000, under that is almost insane! Kirkhams recently commented that are now close to the under 2000 mark on their small block FIA type car, and hope to crack that barrier soon.
2275 is incredibly light, forgive me for being a bit skeptical on that number, but with an FFR I guess it's possible! By the way, gas weighs about 7 pounds a gallon.
I would be tickled with a 2400 weight, thats gonna be hard to beat!
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06-24-2006, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Jupiter,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #985 Custom Pro/ Street Race Car, full cage, dry sump 427W and G Force T-56 Fully Street Legal!!
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The 2275 was at Moroso in Fla, who the heck knows when or if it was last calibrated. I've weighed my Powerstroked F250 and 30ft travel trailer at 3 different scales and got three different weights, all within 10 percent or so, but different. Just a nother slow Saturday afternoon...........
Richard
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