Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown, MI
 

I work as a freelance photographer and a vendor for one of the big 3. I snapped a few images this week of the 2014 Cobra Jet build. Enjoy....

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Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Wow, that's really cool! Thanks!
Not sure about the green though...with the decals and stuff looks better but....



Love to walk through the place myself.

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Nice.

Thanks for posting !

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Very nice!

I think the green is COOL!

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

I just had them do the CJ mods and lightening on my BIW project. This place is amazing and all the guys there are great! They took me around and showed me all the little tricks they do on one of these builds. Definitely the Taj Mahal of race shops.

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Oops forgot to give you their link www.watsonracing.com

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http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/...psfca2f482.jpg

who made the wheelie bar? looks like a Ken Keir piece?and I really like the fabrication on the roll bar!

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Made by Watson Racing in house.

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

The wheelie bar was actually engineered by the Ford Racing development team and is built by Watson Engineering. It is NHRA Stock legal and mounts without requiring fascia modification.

We put it on initially as a means to cut down on aborted runs so we could do powertrain validation and it worked so well at making the 60' time consistent we decided to offer it as an option.

Putting 3 different drivers in the car on the same day we had 60' and ET's within a few hundredths of each other.

The wheelie bar option cost $1500 MSRP and comes as you see in the photos. We had 45 of the 50 cars take this option.

In addition to computer modelling we made in excess of 80 runs on the car with the wheelie bar and over 100 for engine validation (coincidentally at a smaller pulley and more power than we actually delivered the car at to guarantee an extremely durable engine). Although we do still recommend a tear down and inspection after 50 runs, and replacement of timing chains at that time. This is cheap insurance.

The parachute mount which is standard on the Cobra Jet also underwent rigorous testing. On track at stock weight, about 600lbs heavy, through computer simulation and finally lab testing including more than a lifetime of cycles. It is probably the most heavily engineered parachute mount ever.

I always like to say we're not building a race car, we're engineering a Cobra Jet.

Re: Live from the 2014 Cobra Jet Build - Brownstown Charter
 

Very nice!