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03-04-2008, 08:39 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
Posts: 3,861
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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03-04-2008, 05:05 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lockeford,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, Genesis 427 S/O
Posts: 300
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Will a side oiler run on anything other than high octane gas?
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Ephesians 2:8
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03-04-2008, 05:43 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Crosby,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #621, Keith Craft 408
Posts: 476
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Alternative fuel
Ask Willy and ALGORE, maybe some recycled french fry fat, corn and soybeans.
Corn is food!
Gas made from crude is fuel.
Gasoline traded today -14 cents, diesel -4.9 and crude back under $100. Quick to go up, slow to go down.
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TCC President 2010
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03-04-2008, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Tucson,
az
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Daytona Coupe
Posts: 72
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They estimate drilling in ANWR alone would keep us in oil for decades to come. I wonder how much the price would come down, and how many jobs would be created drilling, and building more refineries while we're at it. the "greens" have the option of not driving, or using natural gas in any form if they want to protest it. |
03-04-2008, 08:36 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Claremore,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: RUCC, 289 c.i. with a T-5 "Living the Cobra Experience"
Posts: 994
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Won't stop me! Heck, I'm finally about finished with my build, getting ready to drive it this weekend!
I don't care what gas costs, I'm driving my Cobra! 
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"Living the Cobra Experience"
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03-04-2008, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Broken Arrow,
Ok
Cobra Make, Engine: RU Carcrafters / 408 Stroker
Posts: 100
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Hey Randy, did you get the idle and the clutch figured out?
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03-04-2008, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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When I put the filler nozzle back in the pump after infusing near 15 gallons (small tank) of Premium fuel into the car, I sometimes get a grin on my face, it could be that I realize I may be able to afford it, or that I'm getting ready to take a lengthy drive, then reality sets in and it feels like I just got freshly Phucked .
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As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way 
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03-05-2008, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Thousand Oaks,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster
Posts: 1,367
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Cobra gas is money spent on recreation and entertainment. The problem I see is the cost of daily driving, and the cost of fuel going up makes the cost of everything else go up. I am a contractor and a routine 70 mile day in my truck at work will cost me near $30 before I even start making money. Who do you think pays for that? The cost of lumber goes up who pays for that? The consumer eats the cost. Pay checks don't go up in direct proportion though. My son says "Dad the cost of gas isn't going up, the value of the dollar is going down". Man isn't that the truth. No holden back here atleast not yet.
John
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03-05-2008, 10:48 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine:
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Fortunately I don't have to drive a lot any more, but yesterday I did fill my car up and the price had risen from $3.29 per gallon for the low grade to $3.49 and they said it would be going up again next week. I did hear one person say they saw a some station that had a price of $3.19 for the low grade, so it does vary widely around here.
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03-05-2008, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Claremore,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RUCC, 289 c.i. with a T-5 "Living the Cobra Experience"
Posts: 994
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dlowe01
Hey Randy, did you get the idle and the clutch figured out?
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Darren,
I took your advice & swapped the carb with the same type, known good one last night. Idles great, so I ordered another carb from Summit last night & the scheduled delivery date is this Friday. 
I had to modify the slave cylinder push rod (lengthen it), it's not pushing the fork far enough forward to disengage the clutch. The modification is done, I'll be installing it tomorrow night (got plans tonight). Friday night I'll be installing the new carb & try again Saturday to get it out on the road. They say the third time is a charm!
Stop by Saturday if you get a chance.
See ya,
Randy
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"Living the Cobra Experience"
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03-05-2008, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR354/FMS392
Posts: 382
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It will not keep me from driving the Cobra. But my other summer hobby will have some changes. My Wakeboard boat goes through 100 gallons a week in the summer when I am using it. Time for the fellow boarders to bring some cash I guess. Or more Beer. Boat seems to run great on Beer.
Ray bigblk66 (gets a golden pass though for all his Cobra help).
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03-05-2008, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: Venom 427sc
Posts: 212
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I don't care about the cost, not because i'am rich, cause i am not, BUT it's a lot cheaper than a therapist. One ride and my mind is clear and my problems are gone.
joeg
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03-05-2008, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sunnyvale,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Racing MKIII Roadster 347
Posts: 1,053
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Quite frankly, it's global warming that has me worried more than the price of fuel. Seeing where Europe is today, I've already resigned myself to a future $5.00 per gallon gas price near the end of 2009 if not sooner.
But as some will argue, car's aren't the only polluters. It's the industries in other parts of the globe that don't even attempt to cut back (i.e. China!)
They are a throwback to our industrial revolution but with lousier quality control (I think that's an oxymoron in China). Actually, I take it back. There is no "quality control" in China because the quality is all EQUALLY ****TY so there's no need for controls. Keeps the prices down not having to check everything.
Ok, enough of that.
Thinking of the future when I retire, I figure the trade off will be no more daily commuting, increase my driving the Cobra until I lose my left leg... then maybe I'll convert it to an automatic. 
In the near term. It'll just hurt everytime I fill up regardless of which car I drive.  |
03-05-2008, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Cobra Make, Engine: A CSX Cobra,1966 GT350 and an '06 Ford Heritage GT
Posts: 1,829
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As little as the car is driven, gas price is irrelevant to me...at long as it's $3.49 and gallon! Look at it this way; if your car gets 7 mpg and gas cost $1.50 a gallon, you spent about $ 0.22/mile. At $3.50 it's still only $.050/mile.
Cheapest therapy you can get and a lot more effective! 
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03-05-2008, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
Posts: 2,616
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Didn't buy the Cobra to worry about gas prices.
Something else may suffer but NOT my driving time in the BEAST!
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03-05-2008, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Quincy,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique #9159 428 FE 614HP by FE Specialties
Posts: 257
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Didn't get the Cobra 'cause it got good gas mileage. It's all about how it makes you feel. If you're worried about the cost of fuel...that would be the time to sell the car! I don't forsee that any time soon or far off for that matter.
Tom
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03-05-2008, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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There is a crossover point where the cost of a gallon of gasoline can no longer be justified versus a gallon of pure methanol. We'll know we've reached that crossover point when we start reading about methanol conversions here on CC.
So with that logic firmly in hand, I'm not overly worried about the rising price of fuel. But only because there are viable substitutes at some point that may be more economical. It hurts me more in my daily driver than the toy would drink over its lifetime (or mine).
-Dean
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03-05-2008, 07:27 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lockeford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, Genesis 427 S/O
Posts: 300
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokingcobra2
I don't care about the cost, not because i'am rich, cause i am not, BUT it's a lot cheaper than a therapist. One ride and my mind is clear and my problems are gone.
joeg
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Isn't that the truth! Should I become a therapist, all sessions would be 0-60 in 2.8 seconds! That should pay for the gas. . .
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03-05-2008, 08:19 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Jupiter, Fl & Thomasville, Ga,
Fl
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR # 165 392 Ford Crate 430HP
Posts: 503
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Small block is starting to look good.. My diesel truck will be the one that hurts at $4.00 a gallon and heading higher, I rarely drive it at $150 per fill up gets around 9-10 mpg pulling trailer, use to be diesel was less than gas..not any more. I feel sorry for the folks with kids at home as all of these price increases hurt them the most, hopefully in the future someone in the Oval office will bring some sanity back as it seems everything is out of control now.
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Current rides GT500 & Backdraft
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03-07-2008, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bartlett,
Ill
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison LS1
Posts: 2,448
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At the corner CITCO overnite diesel went from 399.9 to 415.9
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