03 cobra vert handling help?

[mktbull]

03 convertible w/whipple, i need to improve my handling of this car, and it will make it feels solid, i already have MM full lenght subframe connectors, but it's not enough, do they make a tower brace for the front that will work with whipple?. i want to keep this car for a long time and it's getting looses and looser with age, when it hits a small bump the frame whobbles, please help with any recommendations. thx. cage is not an option...

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[hj16]

I know Kenny Brown used to make some additional bracing that attached to FLSFCs, but I forget the name.

Besides a cage all you're really left with are front and rear tower braces, additional underside bracing or infloor subframes

 

[Ear Rak]

i'd cage it...verts with cages look bad ass

 

[batman]

ummm a cage

 

[Bigturbonotch]

cant do anything for the car unless you cage it, I recommend a 12 point cage at the least..........jk. Put a roll bar in there and you should be dandy.

 

[01GTvert]

Rollbar is a good suggestion but it still didn't eliminate the front end shake when I go over bumps. A front strut tower brace is what you need. I have no idea which one's clear the whipple. Someone must make one...

 

[mktbull]

cant do anything for the car unless you cage it, I recommend a 12 point cage at the least..........jk. Put a roll bar in there and you should be dandy.

lol,

that light bar is a good idea, i dont know if thats gonna do any good? I was looking al over net for the front tower brace but I can't find anything that is ok for kb or a whipple applications.

 

[Ear Rak]

lol,

that light bar is a good idea, i dont know if thats gonna do any good? I was looking al over net for the front tower brace but I can't find anything that is ok for kb or a whipple applications.

not a light bar, a roll bar as in a 6 point with hoop, cross bar, door bars, and trunk bars

Something like this, only welded in:

 

[jvert]

I know they make a front strut tower brace that clears the stock S/C. If the whipple and the eaton are the same size i dont see why it wouldnt clear the whipple?

 

[hj16]

If the whipple and the eaton are the same size i dont see why it wouldnt clear the whipple?

They arent the same size, the Whipple is much larger

 

[SLASH]

strut brace will not help, i have full kb subframes, "rollbar", rear shocktower brace...and it is still like driving a coleman camper...the only way to improve the stability is a full welded cage, and then...its still a vert..if you want a solid driver without the cage sell the vert and buy a coupe..

 

[Dewalt03cobra]

strut brace will not help, i have full kb subframes, "rollbar", rear shocktower brace...and it is still like driving a coleman camper...the only way to improve the stability is a full welded cage, and then...its still a vert..if you want a solid driver without the cage sell the vert and buy a coupe..

I have the MM strut tower brace, rear tower brace, Kenny Brown full Matrix subframe setup, and rollbar on my vert. Of those I'd have to say the biggest change I noticed was with the front stut tower brace. It did not stop the body from twisting, but it did make the entire front end act like one solid unit. Cornering is amazing. :headbang:

 

[01GTvert]

Of those I'd have to say the biggest change I noticed was with the front stut tower brace. It did not stop the body from twisting, but it did make the entire front end act like one solid unit. Cornering is amazing. :headbang:

Agreed. The vert will not be as solid as a coupe with equal mods but the front strut tower brace will get rid of all that front end shake you get over RR X'ings and pot holes. He just need to find one that fits over a whipple.

 

[mktbull]

I need to find one fast before i sell this thing.... It's a awsome car, looks and performance, its just when i hit a small bump it's pissing me off...

 

[01GTvert]

^^^^^^ Why mod a car just to sell it??? Just sell the damn thing and be done...

 

[The Pun]

Look in my Sig, I have jacking rails and a matrix brace for sale :biggthump

 

[mktbull]

I’m not selling it… hell no. just kidding… I just need to brace it with some better sub-frame connectors or find that front brace. And if that doesn’t work, I will find a guy to put me one of those fancy chrome cages in.

 

[Mustang Matt]

Here is a cobra with a 4 point bolt in chrome roll bar.

 

[rdsnake]

two words..................... Driver Mod





























:joke:

 

[mktbull]

how much and where can I get this installed? thx

 

[Mustang Matt]

http://www.autopowerindustries.com

Above is where I purchased the roll bar. I had Speed, Inc send the roll bar out for chroming and then they did the install. Total was around $1400.
I had to do some modifications to the seat which consisted of removing the cover, cutting the frame and re-welding so it would fit around the roll bar. It was pretty easy if your handy guy like me.