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Clois, its not stroked, .030 351, 358ci motor. I am going to try and run the road america( 1 long trip per year) event with the northwoods shelby club. Thanks for the invite but it is a long way from scottsdale. Richard, I appreciate your comments on willow. When I come out of turn1, the cobra is in a full drift. As I pop over the top of the exit to turn 1, where it flattens, the rears are slipping just a little in the drift. I tap the brakes before turn2 to settle the front and then I roll back into it. At the exit to turn2, there is plenty of power at 6000 rpm in third, I would not want to do any shifting there as it is drifting hard and pushing a bit too much. I'll move the rev limiter to 8500 rpm for the next trip to willow. I leave it in third going up the hill. When I have tried second gear, it gets twitchy at the top before going into third on the way down. I agree with you on going into fourth before the top of turn 6, its much more stable when I land on the other side versus third over the top. I do go into 6 as late as possible. I know what your saying about turn 9, I had exit room. I had a hard time getting the car squared on a late entry to hit the apex and try to be almost flat out just past the apex. I like the way the back end behaves and the cobra overall but I would like to get rid of a little understeer at high speeds(turn9 and 2) with out changing the back half of the cobra. I am thinking about a chin spoiler or lowering the front of the car a 1/2 inch to see if that helps.Comments? My arms are still tired from the death grip on the wheel in turns 2, 8, and 9. I don't want to spend 2k or more on adjustable shocks. Besides I wouldn't know which end of the shock to adjust anyway. Next time there, I want to get some instruction and some balls for turn8 and 9. In the end its 10% car and 90% driver anyway. It sure was a blast. Scott