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Old 07-22-2018, 09:24 AM
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So ran yesterday at Portage HIgh school parking lot. It was a slippery and sometimes wet asphalt surface which has been sealed numerous times. Wildly in appropriate for the Cobra. If I let off the gas quickly it was like I had just hit the rear brakes only and the back wanted to come around. The track dried as the day progressed. As I got more aggressive the handling got trickier and trickier. I spun 4 times in nearly the same place. I think I was getting the brake pedal just as I wanted to hit the throttle to plant the rear and accelerate to the next corner. Embarrasing. the car did look and sound great though!

I think I'm gonna put in a whole new pedal cluster. This is not a car you want to be hitting the wrong pedal on. The carb worked fine but needed to be very very warm before it really acted right. It needs to show about 200 degrees to work right.

It was a bit frustrating but nothing broke or fell off and I did not do any damage to the car or myself so it was a good day!
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