Whats the best Cobra kit ?
Discussion
http://www.gdcars.com/
Not the most authentic but use modern components and have a great reputation.
Hawke are the most authentic, but Jerry probably wouldn't sell you one if he new you were going to put an LS engine in it.
Not the most authentic but use modern components and have a great reputation.
Hawke are the most authentic, but Jerry probably wouldn't sell you one if he new you were going to put an LS engine in it.
Edited by rdodger on Saturday 20th December 18:50
Surely Cobra replicas should have Ford V8s...
Andy,
Speak with GD, they'll fit your needs. Might be worth you popping over to www.cobraclub.com and reading the forums there for a while.
Rgds
Jim
Speak with GD, they'll fit your needs. Might be worth you popping over to www.cobraclub.com and reading the forums there for a while.
Rgds
Jim
I have just completed a Gardner Douglas but have gone for 383 stroker chev cos I want that lumpy tick over you get with well tuned motor.
Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
GD, Euro chassis, LS7, £40K ??????
You might need another £15-£20K. Those LS7s are expensive.
An all bells and whistles Kirkham (The alloy body Cobra that Hawk sell) will set you back over £90K by the time you have got a tax disc in the windscreen. I'm building one at the moment for a customer.
This one has a 427FE S/O motor with an 8 pack throttle body injection set on it, but an LS7 motor would run the the same sort of money.
You might need another £15-£20K. Those LS7s are expensive.
An all bells and whistles Kirkham (The alloy body Cobra that Hawk sell) will set you back over £90K by the time you have got a tax disc in the windscreen. I'm building one at the moment for a customer.
This one has a 427FE S/O motor with an 8 pack throttle body injection set on it, but an LS7 motor would run the the same sort of money.
Edited by Dave Dax builder on Sunday 21st December 23:59
Andy Sargeant said:
I am looking for a Cobra and have about 40K to spend, whats the best kit ???????
Want a good handling car with loads of power, are there any about with the LS7 lump ????
Any help would be great.
Many thanks
Andy.
asking whats the best cobra kit is like asking whats the best girl to marry (actually thats easy; none of them...) but I digress; make a short list and go in a few, go to a few meets and look around, and view the classifieds; some real bargains to be haggled down...enjoy..Want a good handling car with loads of power, are there any about with the LS7 lump ????
Any help would be great.
Many thanks
Andy.
Edited by dingocooke on Thursday 7th May 16:47
Not sure of the details, but this looks pretty authentic to me...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/661564.htm
Or for a GD with LS engine...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/783347.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/661564.htm
Or for a GD with LS engine...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/783347.htm
I am sure that Fran (owner of RCR) could sort you out an LSx kit for one of these:
http://www.race-car-replicas.com/rcr40.html
I think there is a guy who advertises in one of the UK kit car mags, supplying the RCR cars now.
They have a great rep and Fran posts on here as well!
http://www.race-car-replicas.com/rcr40.html
I think there is a guy who advertises in one of the UK kit car mags, supplying the RCR cars now.
They have a great rep and Fran posts on here as well!
rpicker said:
I have just completed a Gardner Douglas but have gone for 383 stroker chev cos I want that lumpy tick over you get with well tuned motor.
Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
When equally well designed the difference between a ladder frame and a spaceframe is nowhere near what some would have you believe. Many spaceframes are designed by people who don't really understand the principle or make many compromises along the way. As a result there are plenty of spaceframes out there that would be improved if the same ammount of metal was put into a simple X braced ladder frame.Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
If the GD handles better than a ladder frame rival it is probably because of its suspension set up, not the chassis.
GD make some lovely cars but don't assume that the ladder framed rivals can't be good as well.
Dave Dax Builder built me a Dax Tojeiro in 2006,this has proved to be my greatest fun car yet, LOVE it, if you take a ride in Dax's De Dion demo car you'll be stunned by this 500 horse monster's near-Caterham chuckability, and it has surprised the GD's on trackdays, speak to Dave,these cars are good value for money and retain residuals.
Paul/runt
Paul/runt
Here you go Andy, mine now for sale, and you'd have £10k left over for gas!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/910459.htm
and
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/910459.htm
and
rpicker said:
I have just completed a Gardner Douglas but have gone for 383 stroker chev cos I want that lumpy tick over you get with well tuned motor.
Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
A lumpy idle is easy to achieve with the right cam... it's the cam that dictates how lumpy/choppy the idle is (and where the powerband is in the rev-range). I totally agree that a stock LSX lump would be, IMO, far too smooth for a Cobra rep. Swap the cam and you've got that old-school choppiness, but mucho money needed to do a custom map (unless you convert to carb, which is now possible as Edelbrock do a kit, I believe). If you're on any kind of budget, engine-wise, it's hard to beat the Edelbrock Performer RPM package (or similar)... IRO 400BHP. Stick a better cam in it (I'm running a Comp XE274 stick) and you could be knocking at the door of 450BHP with the stock stroke, or close to 500BHP with a 383, which isn't far from stock LS7 output for about half the dough. For 'normal' use, you don't need to spend loads on all the fancy rotating bits, either... stock rods and crank are strong... just ARP bolts and decent pistons required really. Just a thought.Gardner Douglas had a car in their workshop last week with LS7 motor which they had just finshed for a customer , maybe if your quick you could take a look at it before it goes.
They handle pretty good with a very trick chassis unlike the ladder chassis of most reps.
Ray
Ian.
Edited by ian_uk1975 on Wednesday 8th April 21:25
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