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Post By LG57
02-22-2018, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Tulsa,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five, 427 Windsor
Posts: 11
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New to Cobras and the forum
Hi guys. Just bought my first Factory Five A/C Cobra. I can’t wait to take delivery of the car and see what I’ve been missing out on. I’m unsure if I’m more excited to drive it our scared it’s going to kill me!
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02-22-2018, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Lafayette,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: Looking to buy
Posts: 1,295
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I'm new here too but still welcome! Sounds fun!
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 Cobra loving, autocrossing Grandpa Architect.
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02-22-2018, 11:41 PM
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CC Member/Contributor
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: (Beautiful) Sequim,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
Posts: 1,994
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Welcome, Yes please proceed slowly, you will have many years of Happy Cobra ownership, as long as you give it the respect it deserves. Tom.
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02-23-2018, 03:45 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 26,594
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Congratulations and as stated above, just take it easy until you get used to the car and its quirks. These cars are unlike any you have driven before and take soime getting used to. But you will have a ton of enjoyment and answering questions, so just enjoy your dream car.
Ron
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02-23-2018, 06:54 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Katy,
Tx
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA#134 427 Ctr oiler 2x4's
Posts: 51
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Yep. Always treat it like a loaded shotgun. Be sure it's pointed in a safe direction before pulling the trigger.
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02-23-2018, 08:34 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Creedmoor,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR3542K, 347 C. I., EFI, T-5, Miata Front Sway Bar, 3 Link, Red with White Stripes
Posts: 1,161
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Welcome and don't forget the pictures.
Join us at the Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet in April. Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet
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Steve
Texas Cobra Club-Austin
July 2009 FFCars Picture of the Month
FFR3542K, 347, Holley Sniper EFI, T-5, 4 Wheel Discs, 3-Link, Miata Front Sway Bar, Red with White Stripes
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02-23-2018, 08:05 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louisville,
Oh
Cobra Make, Engine: A&C 67 427 cobra SB
Posts: 2,445
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Find an empty parking lot with no poles to hit to turn it loose the first time. Let me tell you up front, a 90" wheel base makes things happen real fast. The street is no place to loose control.
I have had my Cobra since 2007. My goal has been to learn how to put down maximum power without breaking the tires loose. I have never once put the tires up is smoke, and I only came close to loosing it on an auto cross course. I don't hammer it in lower gears on the street, and I have never lost control on the street.
The one time on the auto cross, I got out of the throttle instantly. The car recovered on its own. Another half second on the throttle and it wouldn't have been recoverable, in my opinion. Stay scared of it, because it is deadly. Never doubt that for an instant.
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02-24-2018, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,908
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Quote:
Originally Posted by olddog
Find an empty parking lot with no poles to hit to turn it loose the first time. Let me tell you up front, a 90" wheel base makes things happen real fast. The street is no place to loose control.
I have had my Cobra since 2007. My goal has been to learn how to put down maximum power without breaking the tires loose. I have never once put the tires up is smoke, and I only came close to loosing it on an auto cross course. I don't hammer it in lower gears on the street, and I have never lost control on the street.
The one time on the auto cross, I got out of the throttle instantly. The car recovered on its own. Another half second on the throttle and it wouldn't have been recoverable, in my opinion. Stay scared of it, because it is deadly. Never doubt that for an instant.
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"Another half second"? Probably even less than that.
As you said, these things happen real fast - way faster than understood by the uninitiated! Big horsepower, light weight and a short wheelbase have bit a lot of people hard - really hard.
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Brian
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02-24-2018, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: York Co. Maine USA,
ME
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 S/C W/Holmon Moody Original Nascar build #508 Iron Block/heads (C5AE-H) Bal/Blu 427 Sideoiler; 780 Holley Dbl. Pump; 4 Speed Top Loader; AP Racing Bks; IRS; 15" Trigo pins
Posts: 391
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The parking lot is a great place to start romping. Practice turning onto a street & dropping the hammer and other moves. As you will one day get the bug when pulling out of a car show or the like. If your not ready as to how your AC responds, you will be heading for real trouble. The others here are right to say this is not your fathers hot rod! Cobra's will KILL !
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