Catch a Glimpse..

of the mighty SR20De-T @the 5:15minute mark.

 

Robbie The KING Cobra

Wait, you thought this was just a blog about cool Time Attack and road race cars? You are wrong dearest reader. What we have here is pure DETROIT muscle. Detroit is synonymous is with shitty sports teams and probably the most depressing city to live in. Aside from all of the positive things about Detroit, they did make some NASTY cars. One of my favorite chassis to date from Detroit is the Ford SN-95 aka Mustang chassis.

What I bring you here reader is a feature of a Chicago local who has one of the coolest street cars around..

This car is driven on the STREET and sees occasional track duty. As should EVERY car.

Me

Robbie

1. What made you choose this chassis?

I got a great deal and the car and to be honest I think it looks damn good. You don’t see to many fast convertibles. You just don’t see to many. 

2. What are your goals with this car?

Make a 10.90 pass or better and call it a day. The car is very streetable and I want it to stay that way so no cage work will be done to the car in the future. 

3. Worst Mod you did?

Cant say there are any, I’m happy with all the products on the car other than the “JDM” intercooler couplers. 

4. Best Mod you did?

Boost and meth combined.

5. What do you do for a living?

I work THMotorsports.com and Autoplicity.com selling automotive parts and dealing with customer service related issues. 

6. What was your inspiration for getting into the automotive industry?

Its something I was introduced to as a child due to my brother so I guess I was never inspired to do it, I just followed what I was introduced to and stuck with it.

7. It is obvious that you are in love with your Cobra. Have you ever contemplated making love to it?

A few times but I keep the car very clean and making love to it will just leave stains everywhere which wont be acceptable. 

8. As you already know, I am definitely a TOP DOWN type of guy..what do you prefer? Top up/down? Depends on the weather really, as you saw im not a HUGE fan of top down but when its hot it helps since the car has no AC. The problem is when its to hot outside it makes it even worse having the top down.

9. How long do you plan on keeping the Cobra?

If you had to replace it, what would you buy? Car wont be around to long considering I already have a Notchback that has been in the process of being built for over 6 yeas so once this is gone I will focus on that car and move onto a Turbo LS powered car. Thinking about a LS2 or 3 in a FD Chassis with a decent size turbo or blower on it. 

10. Give me 4 spots and the hit. You down?!?

I’ll give you 6 but I get the hit just to make things interesting. 

 

95 Cobra

5.0 .30 over 306CI of Furry

AFR 185 heads

Crower Springs and retainers

Hardened Push rods

Scorpion 1.7 Rockers

Scorpion Girdle

Trick Flow upper and Lower intake Manifold

90MM Billet TB

Pmas MAF

MSD 6AlL MSD Coil MSD Billet Distributor

Anderson Blower Cam

Probe Blower Pistons

Eagle H beam rods

Knife Edged crank blue printed and polished

Moroso Oil Pan

P600B Procharger

14PSI custom pulley

Procharged intercooler

Snow Performance stage 2 meth kit

C4 trans 4500 converter

TIC Deep aluminum Pan (Case Fill)

Aluminum Drive Shaft

B&M Shifter

Balanced Flexplate

4.10 Ford Racing gear

Full Race craft suspension

UPR Frame Connectors

UPS Upper and Lower control arm reinforcements

Granatelli Adjustable control arms

Tubular A Arms

Aem Wide band

Autometer Boost gauge

Autometer Oil Prossure gauge

Sct tuner with a custom chip (3 tunes 93oct, 110oct and 110 and meth)

On 14 PSI car made 546WHP on 110

On 10PSI Care made 498WHP on 93

 

Check out that Auto Trans!

The Heart of the COBRA

Just a lil’ V8….

And my favorite pic…too bad it’s not TOP DOWN

/FIN

My newest obsession..

I had the pleasure of driving an S-Type this past weekend. And while I have never really been into English cars, this Jag was FIERCE.

Everything from the interior to way the mighty Jaguar accelerated out of the corners, I was intrigued by its soul.

I have always wanted a nice 4-door car for sometime now, and I think I found exactly what I am looking for.

2003 Jaguar S Type R.

 

Obviously the exterior of the car looks fantastic. If you do not think so, go play in traffic. The long front end matched with the short prompt rear end, makes the S Type an instant classic in my opinion.

But, who drives on the OUTSIDE of the car? The interior is where an interested car buyer needs to feel “one” with the machine. And the JAG does not LACK!

 

Not to mention, this company is releasing a coilover kit for it…

 

The only thing I do not want to become is the guy that the Top Gear hosts are describing. It is quite entertaining though.

 

My search begins now…

RIP : Carroll Shelby – AN AMERICAN LEGEND IN MOTORSPORT

Today Carroll Shelby passed away at the age of 89 years old. In my opinion Carroll Shelby was one of the greatest automotive influences in the 20th century. With some of the greatest sports cars being built by his tuner house, he once took 1,2,3rd place at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.

RIP Mr. Shelby (1923-2012)

 

 

Project “Stay Cool” Pt.1 – 2012

Picked up some AMAZING DEI Titanium Header Wrap from Touge Factory, and had the madman RT at RCN-Motors work his magic on it to get it on my KA24DE Turbo Manifold. Turned out Great IMO!

Some unbearable underhood temps were seen last season, and this is one of the few cooling modifications that I had planned for this 2012 season.

Stay tuned for some functional hood/front bumper ducting!

GARAGE MAK Z33 – Driven By M.Orido – HKS Premium Day

Here’s a little treat..

Manabu Orido driving the now famous Garage MAK Z33 (supercharged)

HKS PREMIUM DAY 2012

Fuji Speedway

 

 

 

TEAM WIN RACING – 2012

Check out this cool video of my buddy Ryan Upham in his NASA Spec Mitsubishi EVO.