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    Anyone with an aftermarket limited slip?

    I tried doing a search which seems to be disfunctional, but has anyone put in an aftermarket limited slip or locker in their IRS 8.8? If so what are you using and how do you like it. I know the Trac-loc can be rebuilt with a new clutch pack, but I want something better, like a Torsen that would...
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    Finally made it to the drag strip

    After putting 10,000 miles on the car, I finally had it dyno tested and took it to the 1/4 mile. The car made 401hp and 371 ft-lb of torque, 65 degrees out with low humidity. It has a Magnaflow cat-back and drop in K&N with the snorkle removed. At the dragstrip, I ran a best of 12.91 @...
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    First Dyno Pull

    A local shop had a "Ford Dyno Day" special, so I took the Cobra up to see what it could do. 6 pulls for $60, you can't go wrong. They were having some computer problems so they could not read the A/F ratio, and computer decided to delete my first 4 pulls, but last one it kept. I remember...
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    Transmission Input Shaft Sleeve/TOB question

    The car went into the dealer on a flatbed last week Thursday due to a very bad noise coming from the bellhousing area. They pulled the tranny and the input shaft sleeve had sheared off due to a throw out bearing failure. Now here is the interesting part, they told me on the T56 that this...
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    Driveshaft balancing and gear changes

    This might of been posted somewhere on the forum before, but there is a lot of good info. on driveshaft vibrations and gear swaps in an IRS Cobra. http://home.hiwaay.net/%7Ectfrench/procedure.htm
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    Milwaukee Mile

    Just wanted you guys to know that the CART race here in Milwaukee is going to be run under the lights for the first time ever at the Milwaukee Mile. They fired up the lights last night for the first time and Al Unser, not Sr., the SON of Al Unser Jr. took the first spin around the track in one...
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    New member

    Hey everyone, Been lurking on this site for some time, finally decided to register because I have not seen any other Wisconsin Cobra owners. Picked up my Sonic Blue 03 in Sept. It's a second run car and I put 2900 miles on it by November 1st when it went into storage, no problems except for...

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