New Cobra Spaceframe Chassis

[busa turbo]

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!

Edited by busa turbo on Monday 30th April 19:51

[Toltec]

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.

Edited by Toltec on Monday 30th April 22:43

[ColinM50]

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.

[busa turbo]

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!!!!

[ParanoidAndroid]

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?

[chuntington101]

As others have said it looks Very nice! Be intresting to see how much lighter it is than the normal frames.

Chris.

[Sam_68]

Any idea of the torsional stiffness - it doesn't look particularly beefy or heavily triangulated, for 600bhp?

[Woody]

What does the 'normal' chassis look like then?
Not seen a bare Cobra before.


Chris

[jason61c]

I'm sure its good but it'll still play second fiddle to the GD euro chassis cobra

[runt]

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

[Roman]

The Factory Five chassis looks pretty sturdy from a side impact perspective, comparison with an AC/Shelby 427 chassis here:
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/123897/photo3...

[Dave Dax builder]

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

[garyjettrike]

They got the body on it now

[garyjettrike]

hears some more pics before the body went on

[cymtriks]

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.

[jason61c]

garyjettrike said:

They got the body on it now

Sometimes less is more.

[anonymous-user]

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)

[garyjettrike]

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

[garyjettrike]

hears some more pics

[garyjettrike]