Ok Guys, it's about time the cat gets let out of the bag. A vast majority of you know about this, but for those of you that don't know, here's the straight scoop!
I approached Mark about the car, telling him that that car belongs on the track and the next thing you knew, I was driving to the North side of Detroit to pick up the car. Man that trip kicked my ass!!! Over 700 miles in one day! But the good part was, the car now has a new home and it will be taken care of the way that car should be taken care of!! A bunch of die hard Ford guys built the car and a die hard Ford guy will make sure the car is represented the way this car should be represented!
My plans for the car are an additional 200 RWHP for starters. This is at the minimum. The weight will also drop somewhere between 50 to 100#. Obviously I will be relegated to the AIX class of NASA if and when I decide to run with them. I may run with Dan's AV8SS series before I do the NASA group. Obviously, very limited with either. Only time will tell.
Pic of car is attached.
Stay tuned for some serious C6-Z06 and ZR-1 Corvette ass kicking with this beast!!!
I'll reserve the Cobra R duties for the slow stuff now!
____________________________________ Bruce
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FIX IT!!
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Starting with post #102. You'll notice the car color has changed from the color that my R obviously came!
My plans for the car are a nice and easy schedule, well for an old guy. Maybe a race here and there and an OT event thrown in for good measure. I'm no spring chicken you know!! There are NO plans for a complete schedule of anything! Other than one Summer of fun!
I was hoping to have the car done for my invitation to Auto-Bahn October 17th of this year. But it just won't happen. Too many complications to the equation. Primarily due to the install from hell for the R motor and my indecision on aluminum or iron block for this car. Needless to say, this car won't hit the track until next year, with an iron block SBF pushrod motor. If any of my other projects are any indication of what's to be expected, thanks to the help of Marv at C and M Performance, this 'Stang will No Doubt, bolt out of the gate like a thoroughbred ready to strike like a hungry Cobra at any given moment!
So it looks like the car's debut will be 2009 with a minimum amount of pressure on the preparation crew. The motor is now officially in the works and I hope to have the install and dyno shakedown completed by the end of the year. So it will sit with maximum anticipation waiting for Spring to break out of it's shell! With a new look of course!!!
if you don't mind me asking, what the hell do you do for a living?
you must be banking pretty decently to have two race cars in the garage and a gt500 for a daily???
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1999 Rio Red SVT Cobra
-SOLD-
2001 Mineral Gray GT 5 speed
a work in progress...
Congrats Bruce. I looked at that car (photo's anyway) before I had a clue. Very, very, very nice. Looks like a near perfect AIX vehicle. Of course, the cage may need some reinforcement, but otherwise you should be OK ;)
if you don't mind me asking, what the hell do you do for a living?
you must be banking pretty decently to have two race cars in the garage and a gt500 for a daily???
I'm just a starving bottling and canning manufacturer. Oh wait, sorry. I actually stole that line from Brian.
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Originally Posted by b4409
Congrats Bruce. I looked at that car (photo's anyway) before I had a clue. Very, very, very nice. Looks like a near perfect AIX vehicle. Of course, the cage may need some reinforcement, but otherwise you should be OK ;)
Bruce
Thanks Bruce. I think I can get away with only adding about 50# of cage in the weak spots!
if you don't mind me asking, what the hell do you do for a living?
you must be banking pretty decently to have two race cars in the garage and a gt500 for a daily???
I saw the bio on that car when I got my T2-R. The attention to detail on that build is exceptional. Good news that it found it's way into your garage. More marauding SN95 fight video's
We'll need to see some pics of yours soon! Unless it's too "far out" at this point!!??
I don't think much has changed since the last pictures I posted of it. I've been too busy to work on it much and the next step is putting a cage in so I need to save up some money for a tubing bender and welder
It still aggravates me that after all of the tech that was delivered throughout the build of this car, the silly people at Nasa banned the car from AI because of a small technicality.
I will state that they only reason that it was banned from AI is because many of the other politically-connected AI competitors that were simply frightened by it. Their little panties got in a wad.
Congratulations Bruce. That car (less engine) would cost $100,000 to build if you hired a professional race shop to build it.
Nonetheless, you should run a few races (while sandbagging) in your region of Nasa. Then take that monster to Utah for next year's Nationals and kick some butt.
In the final awards ceremony, please do your best Schumacher salute.
I will state that they only reason that it was banned from AI is because many of the other politically-connected AI competitors that were simply frightened by it. Their little panties got in a wad.
Looks great Bruce!!!!!! Can't wait to see you racing it.
Doc,
Just curious, would be love to know who these politically connected competitors are, if you can't say here, pm me.
2005 NASA American Iron Midwest Champion.
2006 NASA American Iron Midwest Champion
2009 BMW M3: Interlagos blue, SMG
2009 BMW X3
1994 Cobra,The race car. (For sale)
2000 Cobra R 131 of 300 Built 3/15/00
1995 Cobra R #23 (NASA AI Midwest & AV8SS #23)
2008 Corvette Z06
2010 Camaro SS (The new racecar, build in process) carriagehousecustoms.com
My braking point entering a corner is when I see the corner worker raising the yellow flag for me
I think that most of you can probably guess my opinion on whether or not this car should be legal in AI. I will not go into detail on it as that was hashed out years ago, but I will say this.
I find it very interesting that this car was disallowed because of the rear suspension (the notches could have been addressed but the modified IRS carrier was the nail in the coffin) while the series has started allowing some things which in my personal opinion, are far beyond the intent of the rules; i.e. carbon fiber body work, Chevrolet engines in Ford chassis', awful looking "body work" which adds 2" of track width, 18" wheels ect.
I feel that had the rules stayed within the intent of the original concept of AI that that car would be running out front at the national level. But it was not to be per the "leadership" of the organization. It's a damn shame, in the brief time the car ran in AI it was certainly competitive and with development time it would have only gotten faster.
A truly worthy Ford aficionado now owns one of the most well thought out SN95/new edge race cars I've ever had the privilege to see, although only via the internet.
But the good part was, the car now has a new home and it will be taken care of the way that car should be taken care of!! 
A bunch of die hard Ford guys built the car and a die hard Ford guy will make sure the car is represented the way this car should be represented! 
Maybe a race here and there and an OT event thrown in for good measure. I'm no spring chicken you know!! 
There are NO plans for a complete schedule of anything! Other than one Summer of fun! 
Can't wait to see BLUBYU on the track 
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