THATmanMANNY
Well-Known Member
Did you find the scoop on that?
Does your friend hate life?
Metropark. A little odd but to each their own.
Does your friend hate life?
Metropark. A little odd but to each their own.
Car-spotting thread
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rick81721
Lothar
I got the cover for the shelby but it's still in the box. I've read you're better off not using it unless the car is completely clean underneath
the covers are also prone to chafing the paint if there is air movement around them (dont use them if you park outside is the idea as i understand it)
TJYeti
Knows about bikes
Plenty of kit cars out there but not this one. Roughly $1.5mil original Shelby Cobra. Every summer he has what's call the "snakes on the mountain" meet at his estate. It's cobras and vipers, but he lets some FGTs show up.
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THATmanMANNY
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Delicious photos of that purple drank RS on autotrader.... gaaaaaaaaahhhh 
rick81721
Lothar
How could you tell it was on race gas? Speaking of which, I've been reading that some guys fill up their GT350s occasionally with Sunoco 260 - there's a station nearby that sells it. They claim they can feel a difference. 9 bucks a gallon tho!
there is currently a push in the general aviation industry to develop an unleaded alternative to the current standard 100LL (low lead) - it can't be run
in the current cars, cause the lead will screw stuff up - the aviation fleet is big bore, short stroke, low rpm, (ie 360 cuin 4 cyl producing 200ish crank hp @2,700)
research here should spill over to automotive - everything from full synthetic fuel to additives for unleaded to prevent pre-detonation at the edges of the operating envelope.
couple years into a 5 year plan. we'll see.
rick81721
Lothar
Sunoco 260s are unleaded, why can't they use it in planes that need high octane, but don't need lead?
Smell is unmistakable
When sunoco 100 was only $2-2.50 a gallon I used to run my mustang on it exclusively, but now, forget it. Made a huge difference.
excellent question. quick scan says avgas is has a lower vapor pressure to stabilize it at altitude. but i don't fly above 10,000' and usually i'm in the 6,500-7,500, which are front range altitudes in colorado - do they mix the gas there differently? racing fuel is efficient over a wider rpm range too - however that works. rate of burn maybe?
currently 100ll is about $5.50/gal in the northeast - it is illegal to run on the street, even in older cars, because of the lead, it was not hit by the gasoline tax increase.
Interesting, when I looked at this again on my PC and not my phone...That cobra has street sunburst wheels, street bumpers, later round tail lights, but side pipes, stripes and hood scoop from an S/C version.....Unusual. Like the hood and stripes you could just put on there, but did someone outside the factory actually cut holes in the body of an original cobra? Would be interested in learning the history of this car.
StayHydrated
Swedish Chef
DAT STAAANK
TJYeti
Knows about bikes
No idea here. I know nothing about cobras, I'm a Viper guy.
gtluke
The Moped
Rogan was complaining that your Porsche leaks oil on the mma podcast
rick81721
Lothar
Can't get past that catfish face front fascia.
