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COBRAVIC10
02-17-2011, 03:08 PM
I just purchased the Bondurant Cobra Vic # 10 & have tentative plans to track day the car this season. :banana2:

Hope to post pics this weekend.
CWright
02-17-2011, 03:17 PM
Welcome to the site!:beer:
SC Cheesehead
02-17-2011, 03:35 PM
Nice!

:welcome:
MOTOWN
02-17-2011, 03:47 PM
:wave:welcome bud!
LANDY
02-17-2011, 03:50 PM
Welcome to mm.net. did you get a Track only car?
COBRAVIC10
02-17-2011, 04:31 PM
Welcome to mm.net. did you get a Track only car?


Thanks everyone for your welcome. :)

Most of the vic's are titled, as I am about to go through the process. They all have vin #'s, each state has different inspection requirements. So it is a paper work & emissions test process.
guspech750
02-17-2011, 04:41 PM
Welcome. Pics. Pics. And more pics!!!


Sent from my iPhone
Go White Sox
Blk Mamba
02-17-2011, 04:43 PM
If you don't mind me asking, how much, we've seen them advertised for up to $20,000?
SpartaPerformance
02-17-2011, 09:05 PM
Welcome to the site! Please post pics as soon as you can.
visionmercury
02-18-2011, 11:28 AM
welcome man , pic please and enjoy the site
massacre
02-18-2011, 01:12 PM
Nice!
Those cars are pretty sweet.

Welcome to the site.
BODYMAN
02-18-2011, 01:26 PM
Welcome!:up: Enjoy youre new ride they are nice cars.
ctrlraven
02-18-2011, 03:47 PM
Welcome and congrats on the new ride!
Jesse
02-19-2011, 03:32 PM
Welcome! :banana2:
COBRAVIC10
02-19-2011, 05:31 PM
Thanks again for all the welcomes. :beer:

I was able to do a test session today & found the car to be very compliant. Stiff ride on the bumpy back roads at low speeds, but very smooth on the highways. Car handles & turns in very nicely. Drive train is super smooth & quite. Roush did a nice job when he built these. All features work, even the cassette player. :)

Amazing what a black vic can do to part the seas while driving in the left lane & holding traffic back driving in the right lane. :D

My files are too big to post here, so you will have to hit my flicker account.

Enjoy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59567047@N03/
LANDY
02-19-2011, 05:51 PM
Is that two Nitrous bottles I see in the trunk?
COBRAVIC10
02-19-2011, 09:08 PM
Is that two Nitrous bottles I see in the trunk?

Wouldn't that be sweet!!! :burnout:

Those are the halon tanks for the on board fire system. These cars were built for safety, cage, harnesses, racing seat, nets, fuel cell, fire system.
visionmercury
02-21-2011, 11:00 AM
thats bad ass i want one now , or at least a manaul in the marauder :) nice ride man
2,4shofast
02-21-2011, 11:06 AM
Pretty awesome find, congrats and welcome!
CBT
02-21-2011, 05:17 PM
Wouldn't that be sweet!!! :burnout:

Those are the halon tanks for the on board fire system. These cars were built for safety, cage, harnesses, racing seat, nets, fuel cell, fire system.

Hopefully the windows are up when the car is on fire or that's a waste of money. Cool car, though!
COBRAVIC10
02-21-2011, 06:00 PM
Hopefully the windows are up when the car is on fire or that's a waste of money. Cool car, though!

Thanks, car is awesome.

Halon works on the principle of inhibiting the chain reaction of fuel, heat & oxygen. The suppression effect of halon is due to its interference in the fire chemical inhibition. Windows need not be closed for a halon system to be effective. Most notably in formula & sprint cars that have no windows to close. :flamer: Couldn't resist :)
freakstatus
02-21-2011, 06:19 PM
Nice. Love the front bumper cover...very Cobra-esque. Is that a Police Interceptor badge on the trunk?
COBRAVIC10
02-21-2011, 07:43 PM
Nice. Love the front bumper cover...very Cobra-esque. Is that a Police Interceptor badge on the trunk?

Bondurant sent 18 Police Interceptors to Roush for the Cobra conversion. The front fascia is built just for these cars. Records show that the conversion was 40K for each car, plus the cost of the vic, brings the initial investment for each Cobra Vic around 70K.
CBT
02-22-2011, 10:32 AM
Thanks, car is awesome.

Halon works on the principle of inhibiting the chain reaction of fuel, heat & oxygen. The suppression effect of halon is due to its interference in the fire chemical inhibition. Windows need not be closed for a halon system to be effective. Most notably in formula & sprint cars that have no windows to close. :flamer: Couldn't resist :)
I used to tell fire fighters I trained that Halon worked on the principle of P.F.M. (Pure ****ing Magic). It is a suppression system, one of its disadvantages is that it is not a cooling agent, so the possibility of a re-flash is high if you dump it out in the open where it can dissipate quickly. Neat car tho, I guess a system is better than no system for peace of mind.
CameronVic
02-22-2011, 03:12 PM
Dear god get the salt off that thing!!!!
SMOKE
02-22-2011, 04:11 PM
Amazing what a black vic can do to part the seas while driving in the left lane & holding traffic back driving in the right lane. :D



Yes, they do have that affect in these parts :). Driving lights, chrome wheels....window nets (!)...it doesn't matter....its all about that silhouette I suppose.....can hold other up traffic for a mile (or surprise the ones who aren't paying attention and then all of a sudden they notice you and WHAM, lane change/brake tap/you-name-it...)...I can only imagine for some CSP and locals its fish-in-a-barrel for infractions based on the amount of unintentional "wake up" calls my non-cop car has passed along to distracted drivers....

Congrats on the ride....be interesting to see how DMV handles you bringing it to the roads...

Best,
Jonathan