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11-17-2010, 07:19 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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I still don't have my video of our car on the track at Hutchison Island downloaded yet but here is a video link to the track.
http://vimeo.com/8088834
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04-12-2011, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
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The Cobra Adventure Continues
Well some of you might be wondering what has happened with the cobra adventure. After settling into snowbird life in Riverview we went to cruise nights, a Christmas car show and a Deeper South Cobra Club cruise to the Nav-A-Gator restaurant. Enjoyed the warm winter weather and cruising in the Cobra. 
I kept putting off finishing up the details of the cars history with her past owners that I promised. In January I started to work on it and my computer hard drive crashed. It had all my recorded conversations, notes and pictures on it. The local computer guy said it was all gone but my computer wizard at home says he can retrieve it all for me. When we get home I guess we will see. I can recreate most of the info but it will be a royal pain. 
On our way back from the Nav-A-Gator the car started running rough at freeway speeds and acted like it was running very rich. I found a tuner that was a EFI expert and took the car to his shop the 10th of February. He was very busy but promised to work on it as time allowed. When he got around to working on it the ECU wouldn't seem to hold the changes he made. He played with it for several days and finally talked to the folks at HALTECH and they felt that the ECU unit was probably bad and needed to be replaced. I had been having trouble finding someone that could tune the system so was reluctant to put the same one back in. I called Bob Reem at Imagine Injection to see what he recommended. He told me that they now were using a FAST EZ ECU on his injection system and had had no problems. So I ordered the FAST EZ and wiring harness from Bob and had it shipped to the tuner in Florida that was working on my car. He installed the new FAST ECU and started the car up on the Dyno and it ran for a few minutes then everything went dead. He calls FAST and they tell him to send the unit back and they will test it. It is now April and we have no car to take to the 24 Heurs de Florida but more importantly we are scheduled to leave for home April 16th.  FAST puts a rush on a new ECU module (the original was fried) and we get it April 11th. The tuner puts it in the car and I'm supposed to pick the car up the 13th. Wow 3 days to spare. I don't want to say anything more as I'm afraid that I might jinx this.
On our trip home we are looking forward to doing some Cobra cruising in the cities that we are stopping in. We will be in Atlanta April 18-21, Birmingham April 22-25, Memphis April 26-29, Little Rock April 30-May 2, Branson, MO May 3-6, Colorado Springs, CO May 11-14 and be back home in Idaho the 18th of May. We would love to meet any of you along the way home.
Dick & Jo
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04-12-2011, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
Posts: 3,478
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Dick......after leaving ERA/New Britain CT, what route did you follow heading South to FL ? Would you use the same route again or ? Hopefully, you cleared the normally heavy traffic in Southern CT into NY w/o difficulties.
.......thanks
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04-12-2011, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
Posts: 3,861
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Dick,
I tried to get a picture of all the cobras that attended the Nav-A-Gator run. Yes the snowbirds are leaving, I-75 is a parking lot heading north and a trip to a restaurant for breakfast this morning meant an instant seating and no long lines. Have a safe trip home.
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I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
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04-12-2011, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
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Don the route we took down to FL was I-84 out of CT through NY and into PA, then I-81 to I-83 into MD and I-695 around Baltimore to I-95 and I-495 around DC. We then stayed on I-95 into FL. We didn't have any traffic issues but were not in any of the bigger cities at rush hour. Our rig with trailer is large enough (65+) that we have to plan our travel pretty much like we were truckers on the road.
Dan we really enjoyed our winter in Florida and meeting cool Cobra owners. When your summer temps get up above 95 with 90% humidity bring your Cobra up to Idaho for a visit. Cruising through the forest on mountain roads will cool you off.
Dick
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04-12-2011, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
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Dick,
When you know where you are going in the end, I figure the hotter the better now so I will be ready. At the end of the month I’m heading north to stay at my cousins Pensacola Beach house and then the following weekend for the car show at Fort Walton Beach.
http://burningupthebeaches.com/
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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04-13-2011, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Hayesville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #1058
Posts: 148
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Great stuff!
Thank you so much for sharing this great adventure with us. I am now sure that getting into the Cobra culture is the right thing for me. Again thanks ..... |
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