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busa turbo
Original Poster
206 posts
70 months
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I saw the new spaceframe Cobra chassis at DAX yesterday being prepared for the Stoneleigh show here are a few pic's!!! It's the work of DJ’s design & development team (Peter Walker & Gary Sanders - XCS Designs) It’s apparently quite a bit lighter than the standard DAX chassis – and obviously loses nothing in terms of stiffness!!. It's got a 600bhp supercharged LS3 engine and lots of other goodies - camber compensation (CC&AR) suspension front and rear, 350mm Tarox performance brakes, BAD 3-way gas dampers, Hydratrak viscous LSD unit, balance-bar brakes and so on. Should be quite a fun car to drive!   
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Toltec
1,822 posts
92 months
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Not a million miles away from a TVR chassis to look at. Though I guess form follows function and no doubt this is going to have benefited from a more modern approach, not to mention the camber compensation. Cannot help wondering what it would look like with a modern hard top body and a cage. 
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ColinM50
1,007 posts
44 months
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Do they know you're posting that on here? Bit worried that they're keeping it under wraps to launch it at Stoneleigh and you've stolen their thunder. Did they OK you posting the pics on here?
Apart from that it means nothing to me so other than looking jolly good, I haven't a clue what I should be oooing and aaaarhing over so jolly good show.
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busa turbo
Original Poster
206 posts
70 months
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ColinM50 said: Do they know you're posting that on here? Bit worried that they're keeping it under wraps to launch it at Stoneleigh and you've stolen their thunder. Did they OK you posting the pics on here?
Apart from that it means nothing to me so other than looking jolly good, I haven't a clue what I should be oooing and aaaarhing over so jolly good show. Yes but there are a few more very nice bits going on for the show that i wont post any pics of!!!!
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ParanoidAndroid
1,021 posts
152 months
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Looks lovely. Out of interest how strong/safe are these chassis, particularly if hit from the side? Looks to have some substantial bracing around the engine. Do they put beams in the doors?
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chuntington101
4,046 posts
105 months
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As others have said it looks Very nice! Be intresting to see how much lighter it is than the normal frames.
Chris.
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Sam_68
9,939 posts
114 months
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Any idea of the torsional stiffness - it doesn't look particularly beefy or heavily triangulated, for 600bhp?
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Woody
1,389 posts
153 months
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What does the 'normal' chassis look like then?
Not seen a bare Cobra before.
Chris
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jason61c
1,029 posts
43 months
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I'm sure its good but it'll still play second fiddle to the GD euro chassis cobra 
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runt
305 posts
96 months
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ParanoidAndroid said: Looks lovely. Out of interest how strong/safe are these chassis, particularly if hit from the side? Looks to have some substantial bracing around the engine. Do they put beams in the doors? In any Cobra replica, the name of the game is...avoid impacts..? A big wheel/tyre on each corner. Your side protection.. If you see something approaching; use all that power to get out of the way.. seriously, have to say I am impressed with the designers at Dax, their De Dion is superb but clearly not sitting back on their laurels. Paul/runt
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Roman
1,827 posts
88 months
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Dave Dax builder
662 posts
128 months
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jason61c said: I'm sure its good but it'll still play second fiddle to the GD euro chassis cobra It may well do,but who knows???? You must be one hell of an engineer to be able to tell from just the pictures above!!!!!! :P
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garyjettrike
18 posts
32 months
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They got the body on it now 
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garyjettrike
18 posts
32 months
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hears some more pics before the body went on ![](http://thumbsnap.com/s/H6jaqzVH.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="http://thumbsnap.com/Q5YeOtqZ" Target="_blank">[img]http://thumbsnap.com/s/Q5YeOtqZ.jpg)
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cymtriks
4,014 posts
114 months
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Why have they changed the "supertube" chassis that was around yonks ago?
Like Sam68 above, I wonder if this is any stiffer than their ladder frame, perhaps weight saving was the objective.
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jason61c
1,029 posts
43 months
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garyjettrike said: They got the body on it now Sometimes less is more.
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Max_Torque
4,836 posts
86 months
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garyjettrike said: hears some more pics before the body went on Is it the angle, or is the steering lock really poor on this car?? (<> clearance from inside edge of front wheels to ally inner wing)
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garyjettrike
18 posts
32 months
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cymtriks said: Why have they changed the "supertube" chassis that was around yonks ago?
Like Sam68 above, I wonder if this is any stiffer than their ladder frame, perhaps weight saving was the objective. the supertube chassis was the same as the box section chassis but just made in round tube so it was a bit lighter and stiffer, this chassis built by CSX Design is a big leep forward with its camber compensaition front and back billit ally hubs no doner vehicle parts all purpose built , it has the same turnning circle as a standerd dax
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garyjettrike
18 posts
32 months
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hears some more pics ![](http://thumbsnap.com/s/KXfulwAj.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="http://thumbsnap.com/gWZH7Xzp" Target="_blank">[img]http://thumbsnap.com/s/gWZH7Xzp.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="http://thumbsnap.com/BFX5ccfn" Target="_blank">[img]http://thumbsnap.com/s/BFX5ccfn.jpg)
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garyjettrike
18 posts
32 months
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