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12-20-2006, 04:53 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis,
Mo.
Cobra Make, Engine: 427 S.O. Dual Quad / Cobra undecided
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Airless Tire....Radical Design
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12-20-2006, 04:58 PM
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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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No sidewall = no advertising. It will never fly. 
That is, unless they imbed those cool LEDs into them (like they do on some custom wheels). Then when you roll you would see a huge GOOD YEAR in lights. |
12-20-2006, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
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I wonder it they come standard with a set of four playing cards. 
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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12-20-2006, 05:37 PM
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Member of the north
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Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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I have seen some of the tech data and this is sweet!
No air, no blowouts, wears even and is light weight.
Find the video clip if you can, it shows the assmbly on a huge pot hole ( or normal Michigan road ).
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12-20-2006, 06:18 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
Posts: 1,731
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Should look interesting with those custom 20" rims.
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12-20-2006, 09:24 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: cleveland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX4000, 427
Posts: 1,999
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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
No sidewall = no advertising. It will never fly.
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I would guess that they could put a "non-functional" sidewall on if they wanted to.
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12-20-2006, 09:30 PM
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The tires don't hold air but my first thought was 'air car' when I saw the pic. Interesting technology there.
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12-20-2006, 09:53 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
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Those picture are about 2 years old or more (?) Very unusual design, I bet we will see them with sidewalls.
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As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way 
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12-20-2006, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Crowley,
LA
Cobra Make, Engine: Findling 001 - starting scratch build
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Airless tires....
I bet we won't see them at all. Development of airless tires has been around
nearly as long as the car itself, a century later and we're still driving on air!
I think if Michelin wants to succeed with their airless tire, they have to make
it look like a conventional tire. In it's current form, I have little doubt
that consumers would reject it. The car looks like it has bicycle wheels on it!
....Fred
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12-21-2006, 01:57 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA,
W.A
Cobra Make, Engine: Lucus shell, Arrow chassis, efi 5L HO, 5 spd supra, Diff 3.73:1, Rear tyres 275x60-15
Posts: 229
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I wonder what would happen if you carved up a muddy road.... would all that lovely mud get stuck in the grooves? That would do wonders to the wheel balance!
I think side walls would be a must!
The new mini's on the road already have a simmilar design, they are called 'running flats' and cost around $500 AUS.
Simmo
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12-21-2006, 05:23 AM
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: cleveland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX4000, 427
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Originally Posted by ffindling[INDENT
]I bet we won't see them at all. Development of airless tires has been around nearly as long as the car itself, a century later and we're still driving on air!
I think if Michelin wants to succeed with their airless tire, they have to make
it look like a conventional tire.
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My guess is that the difficult part is designing "spokes" that provide a smooth ride, yet don't fail under constant flexing as would be seen in thousands of miles.
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Originally Posted by simon clemens
The new mini's on the road already have a simmilar design, they are called 'running flats' and cost around $500 AUS.
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Don't the "run flat" tires last only for a couple hundred miles at a specified speed.
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"After jumping into an early lead, Miles pitted for no reason. He let the entire field go by before re-entering the race. The crowd was jumping up and down as he stunned the Chevrolet drivers by easily passing the entire field to finish second behind MacDonald's other team Cobra. The Corvette people were completely demoralized."
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12-21-2006, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Millbrook,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 758 KC Pond 482
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How would the new federally mandated tire pressue monitors work with that?  |
12-21-2006, 06:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Freedomia,,
Il
Cobra Make, Engine: Coupe,Blue w/white stripes SB; Roadster, Blue w/white stripes BB w/2-4s; SPF installer/Hot Rod-Custom Car builder
Posts: 1,376
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They may not hold air, but I bet they would "churn" up a bunch of it. I can hear the complaints now...." It sounded like a Jet took off right over my head".
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12-21-2006, 07:01 AM
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Canadian Gashole
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Quebec, Canada,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Johnex 427 S/C, 351W, 472 HP, 444 lbs. torque
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Not only mud would cause a balance problem but in the winter, snow, slush, etc would also send them out of wack. They would have to have side walls.
Wayne
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12-21-2006, 07:32 AM
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I think the ricer community would love them, anything they can do to make their cars look special without giving it any hp. They would be spay painting them silver and wrapping aluminum foil around the spokes.
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12-21-2006, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chicago,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None yet
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Hey, maybe you could attach some baseball cards to them with clothspins and make 'em sound reeeeaaaal cool!!
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