[decooney]

Great going on the new forum addition for Butler/Arntz Cobras! I'm a huge fan of Butler/Arntz Cobras. I've helped work on two of them and making improvements over the last three years...

One of my good friends (Alan) here in the Sacramento CA area is just finishing up his 6+ month long upgrade to his engine, engine compartment, and accessories on his Butler Cobra. He basically had it under one year and then we started tearing the car apart almost immediately to begin major upgrades, starting with the engine. Alan's been extremely busy trying to get it ready for the August trip down to Monterey this year. I know he'll be real interested to keep in touch with you guys on this new forum once it's more completed and driveable again. He's been missing out on some nice drives lately, and anxious (almost frantic now) to get it running again. We installed the all new roller motor and trans last week. Re-wiring and some custom billet gadgets were installed today, and he hopes to have it running by this weekend. He fired the motor today... so far so good. We'll know more this weekend on how it all turns out. I think he's going to have more power than what he can use now, and with those slippery BFG 295s on back will make it interesting to say the least.

I originally found the car for him and (sort of pushed him to buy it) and try to keep track of what you Arntz/Butler owners are doing so I can continue to help Alan make other upgrades to his car. I think once winter sets in, and we have a few good drives completed, we'll be tearing out the jag/irs and possibly the front end, doing some maintenance, adding front/rear sway bars, and possibly converting the front end to a newer coilover setup... Just wanted to let you know about another fellow Butler/Arntz owner out that that's excited about his car. I can't wait to see how it all turns out this weekend with the new motor and all... Take care.