Cobra replica donors
 

Hi all,

Been thinking after the roadster, I'd like to build a Dax or Pilgrim Sumo. They suggest using a V6 Sierra donor, finding a 2wd V6 is abit hard. I was thinking about using a 4cyl Sierra for the IVA and then swap it for a beefy V8 after.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Try asking robo, I know he's built one the past but I don't know which one but will probably know which route is best to take.

please please please dont use a sierra as a cobra donor! and deffinately not a 4cylinder engine in one, i assure you , you would be deeply disapointed :)

FMB that was 25+years ago and the only company up and running then was autokraft, dax were still messing with the demo car so I went with autokraft. I am not sure but I think I might of had one of the first or very nearly the first cobra kits on the road < chassis 003> Poxy things are everywhere now. Anyway they were all built on jag running gear with the biggest most powerfull yank engine you could find , dont put a four pot in there unless you kit the thing out with lightning conductors :eek: If you dont spend a fortune building it you will never sell it, I dont think you would get much change out of 20k if you build to a decent spec and thats without shed loads of time. If you got the calculator out you probably wont bother. Just my humble worthless opinion and thats special cos its worthless:p

Bob

Why wouldn't I want to use a sierra donor?

It's just for the iva, then I'd rip the 4cyl out and put my v8 in. Is the jag gear much better?

Not really concerned with the resale price as I'd hope not to sell it.

In my honest opinion yes the jag stuff is much better! are you planning on designing your own chassis or are you going with some one like ak sports cars or gd or dax etc ?

Michael

The jag rear end is designed to handle the power and torque out of the V12. The Sierra is not.

The Jag Independent suspension is superior to the Sierra.

TT

if i were to build a cobra i think it would have to be a hawk or a gd simply because they are not compromised by donor parts and look very genuine especially the hawk's.

I was thinking of using a dax, pilgrim etc chassis. Need to see a few in the flesh before I decide which one. It has to look right for the amount they cost to build.

Ash how are the others compromised?

Just need to find out which donor would be best. Jag is sounding best now. Oddly the websites for this replica don't tell you much!

Dont get sucked into "the body/chassis from" prices. These are quite a complex kit and something as simple a door or front suspension fit will normally be associated with a door fitting kit or a suspension fitting kit, It just goes on and on. My advice would be to join the cobra forum and plug them as they will be more aware of the rip offs and pitfalls. They are basically a road legal dragster and poser wagon. I miss the one I had <500hp>:cool: but thinking back to the times when fuel was a lot cheaper I once got through a gallon of squirt in less than a mile:eek: I only know that because I was having a tinker and it ran out of fuel so I tipped a gallon in and never made it to the garage a mile away. Mind it was fun:D

Bob