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Any sold axel regrets ??
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<blockquote data-quote="ac427cobra" data-source="post: 11455245" data-attributes="member: 6247"><p>Both cars are awesome! But it's not really a fair comparison. </p><p></p><p>My 2000 Cobra R is <strong>HIGHLY</strong> modified, it's lightened extensively, I've been driving it for 10 years and I'm <strong>VERY</strong> comfortable behind the wheel. The only piece of stock suspension on the car is the rear sway bar. It has about 450 RWHP and weighs 3,200#. I ran a 2:27 at Road America with my new aluminum block Ford GT dry sumped motor. But that was my first outing with the new motor and I really think the car honestly has a 2:25 in it or 2:26 at the minimum once I get a little more comfortable driving the car. It's quite a bit faster than the iron block wet sumped motor that went 2:28 for a best lap. </p><p></p><p>I shook down my new 2012 Boss 302S at Road America when I first got it and I had a set of old Nitto NT-01's left over from my Shelby GT500 I wanted to burn up. Lap times were slow and in the mid to high 30's getting used to the car. </p><p></p><p>After 9 years of driving three different cars at Road America, I've never had a single tire off of the racing surface. In my second session with the Boss, I went four wheels off in turn 8:</p><p></p><p>[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-dZfmZYxE&list=UUvEx0tzjOp3kmAyAQz0w6vA&index=5&feature=plcp"]Copy of GOPR00092 trim 2 - YouTube[/nomedia]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fortunately I wasn't going that fast but that sort of shook my confidence a bit. I'm still getting used to the car and I'm not very comfortable in it. Once I put some new slicks on the car and ran at the NASA event at Road America last October, I started getting a little more comfortable in the car. I ended up setting the American Iron track record in the first race which put me on the pole for race two with a lap of 2:32. The car is choked down 35 RWHP with a restrictor plate for American Iron competition and currently has 372 RWHP and weighs 3,535#.</p><p></p><p>Dean Martin was also at that event and for those of you that might not know Dean he's the 2009 Grand Am GS Champ and he's also the NASA American Iron <strong>NATIONAL CHAMP</strong> for the second year running. He drove my car at Road America and showed me the car was more capable than what I was driving and whacked 4 second off my record setting lap. (yeah, if he ever races there my record is history!) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Here's a video of Dean flogging my car during practice:</p><p></p><p>[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkC1APitgz8&feature=related"]Dean Martin drives my Boss 302S - YouTube[/nomedia]</p><p></p><p>:thumbsup::coolman::beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ac427cobra, post: 11455245, member: 6247"] Both cars are awesome! But it's not really a fair comparison. My 2000 Cobra R is [B]HIGHLY[/B] modified, it's lightened extensively, I've been driving it for 10 years and I'm [B]VERY[/B] comfortable behind the wheel. The only piece of stock suspension on the car is the rear sway bar. It has about 450 RWHP and weighs 3,200#. I ran a 2:27 at Road America with my new aluminum block Ford GT dry sumped motor. But that was my first outing with the new motor and I really think the car honestly has a 2:25 in it or 2:26 at the minimum once I get a little more comfortable driving the car. It's quite a bit faster than the iron block wet sumped motor that went 2:28 for a best lap. I shook down my new 2012 Boss 302S at Road America when I first got it and I had a set of old Nitto NT-01's left over from my Shelby GT500 I wanted to burn up. Lap times were slow and in the mid to high 30's getting used to the car. After 9 years of driving three different cars at Road America, I've never had a single tire off of the racing surface. In my second session with the Boss, I went four wheels off in turn 8: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-dZfmZYxE&list=UUvEx0tzjOp3kmAyAQz0w6vA&index=5&feature=plcp"]Copy of GOPR00092 trim 2 - YouTube[/nomedia] Fortunately I wasn't going that fast but that sort of shook my confidence a bit. I'm still getting used to the car and I'm not very comfortable in it. Once I put some new slicks on the car and ran at the NASA event at Road America last October, I started getting a little more comfortable in the car. I ended up setting the American Iron track record in the first race which put me on the pole for race two with a lap of 2:32. The car is choked down 35 RWHP with a restrictor plate for American Iron competition and currently has 372 RWHP and weighs 3,535#. Dean Martin was also at that event and for those of you that might not know Dean he's the 2009 Grand Am GS Champ and he's also the NASA American Iron [B]NATIONAL CHAMP[/B] for the second year running. He drove my car at Road America and showed me the car was more capable than what I was driving and whacked 4 second off my record setting lap. (yeah, if he ever races there my record is history!) :( Here's a video of Dean flogging my car during practice: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkC1APitgz8&feature=related"]Dean Martin drives my Boss 302S - YouTube[/nomedia] :thumbsup::coolman::beer: [/QUOTE]
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