The Cobra Adventure
Discussion
samoht said:
Very cool, the depth of your knowledge shows through, clearly a Cobra Connoisseur.
The quote about Backdraft taking the geometry from the E36 M3 is interesting - presumably this has double wishbones upfront though, rather than the E36's McPherson struts? Or not?
Will be interested to hear your driving impressions once you get more miles in it.
Might not be overly clear but yes, its running a McPherson strut at the front.The quote about Backdraft taking the geometry from the E36 M3 is interesting - presumably this has double wishbones upfront though, rather than the E36's McPherson struts? Or not?
Will be interested to hear your driving impressions once you get more miles in it.
Armchair_Expert said:
One question - who is Mickey Thompson?
https://www.mickeythompsontires.com/drag-tires
The rear uses all E36 pars, inc the Diff, diff cradle, trailing arms, spring mounts and lower arms.
Edited by Waitey on Tuesday 21st February 09:38
The stuff of dreams. Love the wood wheel too, perfect addition.
I live on a road absolutely crammed with shopping dross and warm hatches; there is a very small consortium of residents who own something more unique, or have a weekend toy tucked away - we've a chap up the road with a garaged / seldom seen C3 Corvette which I can hear from about 10 houses down every now and then when the sun is out, and I always make a point of thumbs-up or similar to let him know that I, for one, wholly approve.
Everyone else can just lump it
I live on a road absolutely crammed with shopping dross and warm hatches; there is a very small consortium of residents who own something more unique, or have a weekend toy tucked away - we've a chap up the road with a garaged / seldom seen C3 Corvette which I can hear from about 10 houses down every now and then when the sun is out, and I always make a point of thumbs-up or similar to let him know that I, for one, wholly approve.
Everyone else can just lump it
Waitey said:
Might not be overly clear but yes, its running a McPherson strut at the front.
The rear uses all E36 pars, inc the Diff, diff cradle, trailing arms, spring mounts and lower arms.
Interesting, as you say it makes sense to take something that's known to work fairly well.The rear uses all E36 pars, inc the Diff, diff cradle, trailing arms, spring mounts and lower arms.
Resolutionary said:
Love the wood wheel too, perfect addition.
Indeed - the Nismo wheel would have me anticipating seeing an SR20DET under the bonnet 
Waitey said:
B'stard Child said:
If the OP still has them please feel free to take "first place" - your need would be far greater than mine (70's Opel)
Very gracious. PH can be a bit of a s
t show sometimes, good to see there are still some good forum go'ers.Daft plan or genius I have no idea
Really like your Cobra.
A few years ago I recall watching a series with that vet chap (Mark Evans ?) who built a replica. He fitted the side pipes mainly for ground clearance....apparently he wanted to use it for farm visits (!!)
It's only my opinion....but weren't the early Cobra fitted with the rear pipes...?
And as far as the sound issue, I once had a 1970 Elan S4SE that I fitted a stainless steel twin pipe rear box to....it looked OEM but against all advice from a classic Lotus mechanic pal, it was too loud and caused a few neighbour issues. Also it was too loud for my long road trips up to Scotland....
so in the end I reverted to a standard Sprint rear box which was much better and kept everyone happy.....!!
A few years ago I recall watching a series with that vet chap (Mark Evans ?) who built a replica. He fitted the side pipes mainly for ground clearance....apparently he wanted to use it for farm visits (!!)
It's only my opinion....but weren't the early Cobra fitted with the rear pipes...?
And as far as the sound issue, I once had a 1970 Elan S4SE that I fitted a stainless steel twin pipe rear box to....it looked OEM but against all advice from a classic Lotus mechanic pal, it was too loud and caused a few neighbour issues. Also it was too loud for my long road trips up to Scotland....
so in the end I reverted to a standard Sprint rear box which was much better and kept everyone happy.....!!
Paul S4 said:
Really like your Cobra.
A few years ago I recall watching a series with that vet chap (Mark Evans ?) who built a replica. He fitted the side pipes mainly for ground clearance....apparently he wanted to use it for farm visits (!!)
It's only my opinion....but weren't the early Cobra fitted with the rear pipes...?
And as far as the sound issue, I once had a 1970 Elan S4SE that I fitted a stainless steel twin pipe rear box to....it looked OEM but against all advice from a classic Lotus mechanic pal, it was too loud and caused a few neighbour issues. Also it was too loud for my long road trips up to Scotland....
so in the end I reverted to a standard Sprint rear box which was much better and kept everyone happy.....!!
Yes the early cars, with the smaller V8's ran the pipes under the cars. A few years ago I recall watching a series with that vet chap (Mark Evans ?) who built a replica. He fitted the side pipes mainly for ground clearance....apparently he wanted to use it for farm visits (!!)
It's only my opinion....but weren't the early Cobra fitted with the rear pipes...?
And as far as the sound issue, I once had a 1970 Elan S4SE that I fitted a stainless steel twin pipe rear box to....it looked OEM but against all advice from a classic Lotus mechanic pal, it was too loud and caused a few neighbour issues. Also it was too loud for my long road trips up to Scotland....
so in the end I reverted to a standard Sprint rear box which was much better and kept everyone happy.....!!
The 427's esp the race ones carried side pipes.
What a wonderful thing. I've been a passenger in one with a warm Chev 350 that would also happily light up the tyres at seemingly any speed / gear even on a warm day. I think it's a feature.
Waitey said:
When I got it, I didn’t really show the interior. It had a Nismo wheel FFS....
What were they thinking with the 1400 stickers on the side and the wheel? Presumably the next step was a massive hydro handbrake for sick drifting action? Good job on rescuing it!InitialDave said:
Nice project, 3 series based, never heard of that before.
Interesting you mention the bodies being from South Africa, seems to be a lot of experience with GRP there, Noble had their stuff made out there too, IIRC.
Only 3 series parts are the suspension, brakes and diff. Good idea really. Interesting you mention the bodies being from South Africa, seems to be a lot of experience with GRP there, Noble had their stuff made out there too, IIRC.
seefarr said:
What a wonderful thing. I've been a passenger in one with a warm Chev 350 that would also happily light up the tyres at seemingly any speed / gear even on a warm day. I think it's a feature.
One sticker was covering a mark in the paint.... (I knew that'd be the case)... the other 50 were just there for fun. Waitey said:
When I got it, I didn’t really show the interior. It had a Nismo wheel FFS....
What were they thinking with the 1400 stickers on the side and the wheel? Presumably the next step was a massive hydro handbrake for sick drifting action? Good job on rescuing it!The last owner said the wood wheel was slippery. Which they are but you get used to it.
It did come with a fake wooden wheel. I wasn't using that!
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