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Originally Posted by DC COBRA
Slick61
I will have to commend you for not opening up that car yet. Yea she is kind of docile and sort of easy to drive, but she is toying with ya. She can be evil, just hit the rev limiter(shift point) in 1st thru 4th gear and try to keep her straight, that candy a$$ will soon turn to a puckered one with of course a big shtt eating grin on the old face. I can honestly say that I speak from experience and loved every bit of it. No seriously you have to respect big horsepower in little cars then evrybody gets along just fine.
DON
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Don-
... and I must commend you on doing such a nice job on the build. So far, the beast has been pretty flawless, mechanically. It's not too happy tooling around town, that's for sure. Bill had swapped out the Da Vinci for a Holley 770 & added Rhoads lifters. He also had mufflers welded in. Surprisingly, there was no significant loss of horsepower (according to the dyno sheets)- still running right at ~ 450 hp/tq at the wheels. I've toyed with the idea of toning down the cam a little, but will reserve judgement on that issue til after I get a driving course under my belt (October). The lack of sufficient vacuum for the brakes has freaked me out on occasion. May try adding a vacuum reservoir. A less aggressive cam, with a little less overlap would probably help that out a little?
Yea, so far, my fear of what the car is capable of has kept me out of trouble. I'm not the type to light it up at stoplights (not yet, anyways). The jog in the 1-2 shift has given me headaches. For some reason, it's hard for me to execute smoothly & quickly, so I usually don't hit the loud pedal til 2nd. The 2-3 & 3-4 shifts are cake tho.
BTW... how much do you know about the paint work (repair) that was done. I can tell that the front/passenger side has had some work done, tho the metallic seems to blend pretty flawlessly. Looks like the clear was partially re-shot, & is a little rough right on the top of the fender & you can see some blending right down the center of the headlight/turn signal. Have been wanting to buff it out a little, but would like to have a better idea of what was done, i.e. make sure the
clear was re-shot on the front corner. I started to get a little red on my rag (was working by hand to start), so freaked out & stopped there. Also, did it have the bubble on the rear fender (driver's side) originally? At least it LOOKS like a bubble, or a very heavy touchup.
anyways, sorry to get so far off-topic...
suffice it to say the car
can exhibit a Jeckyl & Hyde personality. Being aware of the car's abilities is the first step to avoiding trouble. Knowing the car's limits... well, that's why I'm taking a driving course. I doubt that I'll actually explore the car's limits, but at least will hopefully gain some skills in controlling it.