New gal from TX

[snakewench]

Originally Posted by Racer_X

Welcome to the board, SnakeWench! There's a Houston Cobra Club on yahoo groups you ought to sign up on also. They usually meet once a month for a get together (just met yesterday) and do some fun events together. Usually have a lunch meeting in different spots around town to hopefully make it somewhat convenient.
The heat can be murder down here as you well know. might check the thermostat, make sure the water isn't flowing too fast thru the radiator (doesn't have a chance to cool off), try adding some water wetter for heat conductivity increase. A fellow Houston Cobra Club member James Yale has a shop in Tomball and specializes in the Backdraft Cobras, but they are all the same under the hood.

I'll second making sure the front area is sealed to force the cooler air thru the rad. What temp thermostat is in the engine? a single 16" fan might be too small for our climate.

Thanks, Racer_X! Great info! The car has a 180 degree thermostat with 16" electric puller fan, which was the largest single fan available from MS when the car was built. She runs aluminum heads w/10.5:1 compression, so I should get by on 93 pump gas, but just in case I have been adding a bottle of Lucas octane booster with each tank fill. Never heard detonation, but then again that's pretty tough with those sidepipes blaring away!

You mentioned the Houston Cobra Club yahoo group, but I can't find it...did a yahoo group search, but nothing close came up...do you have a link by any chance?

Thanks!