The jinx has happened. Please excuse me while I vent. On February 10th I took my Cobra to Rob at Ford Speed Racing in Largo, FL because the car was running rough. He was busy but could fit me in around some other jobs. When I called them someone only answered 1 out of 5 calls. Left many messages only got one call back in 9 weeks. This should have told me something but what the hey maybe he was just busy working on customers cars. He told me that he was having trouble getting the ecu to take and hold changes. Then February 24th he tells me that the hard drive on MY laptop computer has crashed and he is having to wait for an adapter for his computer to come in to finish the tune. May 10th Rob tells me that the HALTECH ecu still won't hold the changes and he thinks the unit is bad and needs to be replaced. I then contact Bob Ream at Imagine Injection who recommends that we replace the Haltech with a FAST EZ system that he is now using on most of his FE systems. May 23rd the new FAST system arives and Rob installs it. April 1st Rob calls and tells me that the FAST ecu has failed. While on the Dyno the car just shuts down and hand held input screen is blank. The unit is sent back to FAST and tested. Test shows a burned mother board usually caused by by power surge. People at FAST and Bob Ream tell Rob what to look for so there are no further electrical problems. April 12th the replacement ecu arrives and Rob installs it. Puts the car on Dyno and notices amp guage is jumping arround. Shuts the car off and replaces the voltage regulator. Amp guage is now steady and he goes for test run. Car shuts down again and he pulls the car back to shop. Rob calls Dick with bad news. April 14 Dick has car towed from Rob's shop to our home. I then buy and install winch to pull the Cobra into our stacker trailer. The 17th of April we will leave Florida and stop the 26-30th in Memphis (the home of FAST) and link up with Toney Duncan who is a expert at trouble shooting the FAST ecu. Hopefully that will be when this story turns good again. The cost of this part of the adventure: new laptop $380, FAST EZ ecu & wiring harness $1,269, Ford Speed Racing bill $1,723 ($880 is Dyno time), replacement FAST ecu $586, Tow home from shop $125, winch for trailer $100. $4,083 worth of fun and car still doesn't run. At least it was running when it went to Rob's shop. Would I recommend Ford Speed Racing?
I think not. Sorry to vent but I do feel much better just getting this off my chest. I will let you know how things go in Memphis.
Dick