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Ford Mustang Cobra II IMSA
In order to bring the Ford name back into IMSA racing, and to give Chevrolet some American competition, Charlie Kemp built the Kemp Cobra II in 1976. Due to various rules infractions, however, the Kemp Cobra II first raced in the Le Mans GTX category. Charlie and his crew eventually made the changes to satisfy the inspectors, and was allowed to run in the IMSA class.
This car was mostly manufactured to compete only against the Chevrolet Monzas that were running in the IMSA class races. But with all the different components used, Kemp felt he had a dominant winner with this Cobra II. It was independently built, with no backing from Ford Motor Company, so Kemp called it the Kemp Cobra II. After 5 races of resistance from IMSA in 1976, Kemp's car managed to get the pole in it's sixth race, but could never get a win. Though it was one of the fastest cars out there (achieved 212 mph at Daytona), it never placed higher than second place, mainly due to mechanical troubles in the last few laps. One such trouble was with the engine. Kemp started off using Ford's 351 Cleveland engine, which tended to be prone to constant sidewall blowouts from extreme power output. Eventually, Kemp obtained Australian-built 351s, which could handle more power and were used by NASCAR racers of the time. Once the new engines were in, and a new cross-ram intake manifold was installed, the car could produce 635 hp @ 6800 RPM (compared to the 585 hp @7200 RPM from the previous setups).
Eventually, Kemp had had enough of IMSA's resistance to his radical racer. He pulled the car out of racing in 1980, after an incident that really steamed him. The Cobra II he built qualified 20th, but IMSA said it wasn't fast enough in it's class, so it wasn't allowed to start (but a Ford-built Mustang didn't even qualify, and was allowed to start). Charlie Kemp wrapped up racing with the Cobra II after much static from the IMSA, mainly because he was an independent.
There are 3 physics sets
-MUSTANG_COBRA_76.HDC : 1976 (chassis#1)
-MUSTANG_COBRA_77.HDC : 1977 (chassis#2)
-MUSTANG_COBRA_GTX.HDC : GTX (chassis#2)
- the mod is linked to GTC-TC-76 class and the Chevrolet Corvette.
Credits :
- papag21 : 3d, mapping, file structure, skins
- greg7 : physics
- kiwisteve : template, skins
- jandri : sounds
- hpiracer : skins
- rallymaster : testing
Installation instructions:
- extract folder to X:/GTL/
Enjoy
Ford Mustang Cobra II IMSA
In order to bring the Ford name back into IMSA racing, and to give Chevrolet some American competition, Charlie Kemp built the Kemp Cobra II in 1976. Due to various rules infractions, however, the Kemp Cobra II first raced in the Le Mans GTX category. Charlie and his crew eventually made the changes to satisfy the inspectors, and was allowed to run in the IMSA class.
This car was mostly manufactured to compete only against the Chevrolet Monzas that were running in the IMSA class races. But with all the different components used, Kemp felt he had a dominant winner with this Cobra II. It was independently built, with no backing from Ford Motor Company, so Kemp called it the Kemp Cobra II. After 5 races of resistance from IMSA in 1976, Kemp's car managed to get the pole in it's sixth race, but could never get a win. Though it was one of the fastest cars out there (achieved 212 mph at Daytona), it never placed higher than second place, mainly due to mechanical troubles in the last few laps. One such trouble was with the engine. Kemp started off using Ford's 351 Cleveland engine, which tended to be prone to constant sidewall blowouts from extreme power output. Eventually, Kemp obtained Australian-built 351s, which could handle more power and were used by NASCAR racers of the time. Once the new engines were in, and a new cross-ram intake manifold was installed, the car could produce 635 hp @ 6800 RPM (compared to the 585 hp @7200 RPM from the previous setups).
Eventually, Kemp had had enough of IMSA's resistance to his radical racer. He pulled the car out of racing in 1980, after an incident that really steamed him. The Cobra II he built qualified 20th, but IMSA said it wasn't fast enough in it's class, so it wasn't allowed to start (but a Ford-built Mustang didn't even qualify, and was allowed to start). Charlie Kemp wrapped up racing with the Cobra II after much static from the IMSA, mainly because he was an independent.
There are 3 physics sets
-MUSTANG_COBRA_76.HDC : 1976 (chassis#1)
-MUSTANG_COBRA_77.HDC : 1977 (chassis#2)
-MUSTANG_COBRA_GTX.HDC : GTX (chassis#2)
- the mod is linked to GTC-TC-76 class and the Chevrolet Corvette.
Credits :
- papag21 : 3d, mapping, file structure, skins
- greg7 : physics
- kiwisteve : template, skins
- jandri : sounds
- hpiracer : skins
- rallymaster : testing
Installation instructions:
- extract folder to X:/GTL/
Enjoy
