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Cobra rear end rebuild


decided to beef up my cobras suspension and widen the rear end 10 inches here are some before pics will put progress pics up as i go



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choped old torsion housing out  started making new one and bought a few bits and pieces



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bit more done this arvo



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put the barwork for the floor in today and started boxing the arms in



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got a bit more done hoping to get to warialda



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few more

 



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buggy needed a x put in the rear hoop as it only ever had one diagonal  but fuel tank was in the way so got warren irons to cut another cross in the tank for me



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I have hit a spot of motivation more pics soon

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few pics from the last few months



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Getting close



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Well there was a bunch more pics but phone decided only to load one ill put more up later

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coming along good mate ,much needed upgrades for old car

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thanks mate cant wait to get it finished and start racing again as soon as its done prob start building a new car from scratch


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just looking at your latest photos ,what coils rates are u intending to use .
i think u need light coils your car is light,small arms,shock PSI and u mounted the shocks fairly upright .
dont wont to see u go over first jump at colo and one bounce and end up at first corner lol

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Haven't figured that out yet but was thinking something like 350/450 or something like that going to weigh the car before I do anything any advice? Yeah shocks are fairly upright couldn't get anymore angle on them

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Try using the below to help start.

 

http://www.swayaway.com/calculators/swayawayCalc.php#step1

 

And then see if you can borrow springs to test before buying them.



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Thanks for the help mate will have a look got to start somewhere

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