One of my friends who works in DMV told me I had a twelve month window of opportunity...man what a lot of pressure that put on me to get it done! AND I wish I didn't have the body all riveted on now....so much yet to fine tune and so much harder to get at anything. Took me an hour and a few busted knuckles to finagle the low pressure return fitting off of the steering rack. Yesterday I removed the hood and it's much easier to get at now...but still the radiator / fan combo is not handling the engine heat at idle at all. I've troubleshot the other parts of the cooling system and it's working fine, including the gauge. I'm looking to replace the fan alone to increase flow through, as the one I have on there is just 8 flat blades and some of the curved bladed fans are claimed to pull more cfm. Otherwise I'd have to remove the shroud which won't come through the bottom due to frame members and might only come out the top if I remove a TON of installed goodies to make room. It's that or remove the body.... ergo if it's true I had no time limit I'd have proofdriven the thing til no improvements were required before getting the body on.... Haha! On the other hand, without the pressure to get the project done it might still be sitting in the garage wistfully awaiting my attention! I have yet to begin on the interior installation.
Anyhow thanks for the posted replies...like most Cobra owners I'll just do whatever it takes to get 'er up and running....the two times I had it on the road were a BLAST
Dirk