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| Comments: 15 (Read/Post) Favorites: 0 (View) |
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on: 01-14-2005
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Shelby Cobra |
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| #3 |
1-14-2005 @ 02:59:42 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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Hmmm... What do I spy just in front of back wheel? Looks quite prone to grinding itslef to nothing against tarmac.
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| #4 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:25:55 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#3, I think it's part of the suspension, like a part of a swaybar or something.
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| #5 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:28:49 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#4, It looks pretty fragile and out in the open... remind me never to get into a Cobra :)
By the way, I've seen something sled-like around rear wheels of Chargers. Some kind of tie rods???
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| #6 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:37:13 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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Most likely ladder bars. They help control axle wind-up on rear ends that use leaf springs.
edit: and I seriously wouldn't worry about a low-hanging swaybar or something. It moves with the suspension, doesn't really get any closer to the ground, and is made of pretty thick metal. Remind me not to post a picture of where my rear swaybar has moved thanks to aftermarket control arms. :p
[Edited by Lemming on 1-14-2005 @ 03:38:44 PM]
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| #7 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:41:18 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#6, Where, where? I'm a suspension freak (uh... my car doesn't have much of an engine) and love my two sway bars :)
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| #8 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:44:46 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#6, Just to clarify that, http://www.magnumforceracing.com/ma...rs_fourlink.htm Scroll down a bit for a picture of the part I'm referring to.
On a car with a solid rear axle, the axle wants to rotate on launch. Specifically, the top half of the axle likes to rotate towards the back of the car, and the bottom half likes to rotate towards the front (if I recall correctly). If the rear end is supported on leaf springs and no other suspension members are used, this tendency becomes severe. The purpose of a ladder bar or traction bar is pretty straightforward--one end bolts onto the bottom of the axle and the other end more or less lines up with the front of the leaf spring. When axle wind-up reaches a certain point, the front end of the bar will contact the bottom of the car (again, either far forward on the leaf spring, or perhaps on some reinforced part of the car) and stop wind-up.
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| #9 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:46:57 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#7, It was originally designed to fit into a channel that was molded into the lower control arms (they were made of stamped metal). My current control arms are tubular, and the sway bar mounts onto a bracket on the bottom. The end result is that it sits about 2" lower, and all the funny bends (originally designed so it could fit into the stock LCAs) are visible. It looks like a giant mangled paperclip hainging under the car. :D
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| #10 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:52:24 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#9, Guess youre up for finding a lot of strange things getting caught there...
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| #11 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:55:49 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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Nah, it's still far enough off the ground that it shouldn't give me too many problems. I don't drive it off-road. :)
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| #12 |
1-14-2005 @ 03:58:37 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#11, I still can't look at the Cobra. How far off the ground is that thingie? 4cm? 6cm? Let's forget daily driving and all kinds off different thing on the road and imagine just racing and cutting a curb deep. *snap*
Gee, looks a lot like one of my wheels... [/driver]
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| #13 |
1-14-2005 @ 05:33:11 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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I assume the picture was taken from a Cobra replica. It has the 427 wheel flares, but no sidepipes, and also has headrests on the seats and a passenger's side roll bar, neither of which the real thing had.
Great pic, though, and I'd still sport the car.
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| #14 |
1-14-2005 @ 06:43:54 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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#13, The car was RHD, also. I omitted the rearview mirror.
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