Mardave Cobra Stuff / Discussion

[adey]

that cobra venom site. I have seen this site and dont want to be rude but the modifications shown i personally wouldnt do. Its just my opinion. I would just like too add, if anybody out there knows the whereabouts of either, kristian wiles, steven poles or lee romangs cobras, please let me know. Thanks

[Tomo]

Nice cobra, my B4s still faster tho

[soggytomato]

i bought my cobra 2nd hand about 8mths ago from a racer at our small club who also does the regionals. after spaeking to chris wilkinson about some spares a while ago i mentioned my cobra and who i bought it off and he said theres a very good chance that its an ex steve pole team car!

[adey]

a steve pole car would most probably have a carbon chassis made from flat carbon and a alloy nose piece depending as he had a few different chassis at the time. If its a steve pole car i would be interested in buying it if it was for sale.??? I know a little about this as i spoke to glyn ward who was involved with the mardave team and he gave me useful info on their team cars and what mods they did.

[soggytomato]

yeah glyn lives bout 1/2 a mile away from me and i used to race at the same club as him at sharley park. also been running some of his cells and motors before we went lipo/brushless. the cobra is one that glyn had and was passed on to one of his drivers and i bought it from him.
its a standard blue chassis cobra but with fibrelyte shock towers and a different slipper/spur/layshaft combo(changed back to standard after the layshaft broke) and washers under the front of the gearbox. the front has also been tweaked by removing some of the kick up by straightening the chassis
oh, and sorry but its not for sale-wotever it is!

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by adey

that cobra venom site. I have seen this site and dont want to be rude but the modifications shown i personally wouldnt do. Its just my opinion. I would just like too add, if anybody out there knows the whereabouts of either, kristian wiles, steven poles or lee romangs cobras, please let me know. Thanks

Lee Romang's Cobra was the only one ever to make a national A final. It had an all metal geared gearbox and Option House gold shocks. I sprayed his later colours (blue with yellow, white, pink strps at the front) (awful) .......... I know exactly where that one is

[adey]

i would like lee romangs car. If for sale, let me know.lol. I was wondering how much mine is worth. I worked out how much i spent on it (alot)and thought its probably worth pennies.

[MOGGIE XL]

I would like to see some of these team cobra cars.Please can you post some pictures.I would love to see the Lee Romang car.

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by MOGGIE XL

I would like to see some of these team cobra cars.Please can you post some pictures.I would love to see the Lee Romang car.

I'll have a word with Lee and see what I can do

[adey]

what electrics did lee romang use ?.

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by Smartalec

I'll have a word with Lee and see what I can do

Alright Alec..... remember me? Dan Wooster - back from the days of the Irchester & Burton clubs

I'd be interested too, to see Lee's car/hear more about it

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by DerbyDan

Alright Alec..... remember me? Dan Wooster - back from the days of the Irchester & Burton clubs

I'd be interested too, to see Lee's car/hear more about it

Yep, I remember you Dan ............you coming back to do some proper racing?
I've had a word with Lee and he's not interested in selling either of his Cobra's but he'll try and sort out some pictures for me and when he does i'll post them up on here

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by adey

what electrics did lee romang use ?.

He definitely used the M-Troniks speedo (big green thing with zero brakes), KO servo's were the norm then and 27meg radio gear.

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by Smartalec

Yep, I remember you Dan ............you coming back to do some proper racing?
I've had a word with Lee and he's not interested in selling either of his Cobra's but he'll try and sort out some pictures for me and when he does i'll post them up on here

Alec, yeah i've been racing 'Boring' cars for last ten years or so... been keeping it 'casual', just racing at Kettering on a Fri night with the occational trip to Milton Keynes or Hinkley at the weekends. However, I have an old RC10 that i've restored... all ready to go with brushless etc, so going to try & get out & give that a try

I've seen your name at the top-end of the leaderboard of some of the big meetings (Worksop etc) So your obviously back to your old good form.... just hope you've stopped wearing your vests

[adey]

i am keen to see pics of lee romangs car and the colourfull bodyshell he used aswell.

[Smartalec]

Originally Posted by DerbyDan

Alec, yeah i've been racing 'Boring' cars for last ten years or so... been keeping it 'casual', just racing at Kettering on a Fri night with the occational trip to Milton Keynes or Hinkley at the weekends. However, I have an old RC10 that i've restored... all ready to go with brushless etc, so going to try & get out & give that a try

I've seen your name at the top-end of the leaderboard of some of the big meetings (Worksop etc) So your obviously back to your old good form.... just hope you've stopped wearing your vests

Ha Ha, the good old vests ........ they don't make them big enough for me nowadays LOL
Come on over to Stotfold or Silverstone and have a go with the RC10 or Taplow on a Friday evening if you fancy a change from the snoring cars

[Welshy40]

Ont forget Kristian made 7th at the indoor uk finals at Ellesmere port with his Mardave and there was quite a few national A finalist in the B and C finals.

[adey]

i take it no pics of lee romangs or kristian wiles cobra yet. lol

[mattybucks]

I've got a Cobra TQ for sale if anybody is interested.

[mattybucks]

Mardave Cobra on ebay
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