Ordered KC/Pond 482 today

[Jamo]

Good for you...they really sound good bouncing off the canyon walls on the Ortega Highway if you ever take that route.

Funny comment about staying alive. When I picked mine up in 2003 and loaded it into the trailer with less than 100 miles on it for the London gathering, I hadn't really floored it. By the second day, I found it necessary to do full burnouts down Main street throughout the day (first year we got to do that). Pulled a near 400hp reading on the mobile dyno while we were there...a little low but what did I know. Drove it all over the damn place for another year until Turk, Buckley and I drove up to Redding for Kool April Nights. I could always stay with Turk and Pat through the 1/8 mile, but they would both start pulling me after that by a little. Anyone who knew Buckley would tell you that once he sniffs a problem, he just doesn't let go. Our motors were basically identical, though he had a dry sump. Throughout the weekend he kept sticking his head under my hood.

Found out the linkage was stopping at about 3/4 travel by hitting the Lucas light relay on the firewall. He fixed that quickly enough, and soon the damn thing threatened to keep the seat of my pants full. Til then, it was probably the fastest 2 bbl Cobra around.

...but I always say that learning about the car at the reduced power levels that first year probably kept me alive.