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08-08-2005, 08:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: N Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2102, s/n 32 of 50 Anniv. Ed. Rousch 427R -- It's HERE!
Posts: 93
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Spun Out!
Scared myself tonight! Driving home from work amongst all the North Scottsdale Whackos, jockying for position, made me want to take a short drive in the Silver Bullet, ostensibly to get gas. Told wife "I'll just be a few minutes, getting my karma back." Out of the turn from Scottsdale onto Lone Mountain, I guess I punched it a bit too much before the car was straight. You know the rest. Just stopped shaking! No damage that I'm aware of yet, but a few muddy spots acquired from leaving the road.
Sheesh! Is this one of those things that "there are those who have, and those who will?"
Steve (Now Mr. Conservative)...
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I've never done that before, and I'm never doing it again!
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08-08-2005, 08:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wickenburg AZ- PHX, Cinci, Indy before,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Mk 3 408 530 - 585 T- mustang Dyno at B&R
Posts: 1,836
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Check your pants! With all the noise you may not have noticed!
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08-08-2005, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Florence,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: RCR GT 40 & 1966 Fairlane 390 5 speed
Posts: 4,511
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Do it again
You need to do that trick in a large parking lot. No light poles or pot holes! It can be fun.
Dwight
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08-10-2005, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: none
Posts: 547
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Did the same thing in the neast valley in the middle of an intersection at Val Vista! They just re-surfaced the parking lot that I pulled out of and whenI went to turn the corner at the intersection I spun right in the middle of the road... Everyone stopped and let me get the car going straight.. What a rush! All I saw was the tail comming around out of the corner of my eye.. After that it was off to the race track for instruction, these cars will get away from you if your not carefull.
keep the shinny side up
Brian
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08-10-2005, 11:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Durban,
KZN
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft Racing Cobra
Posts: 227
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Man Thats a scary one, happened to me too in SA, backing off the throttela bit too much going into a right hander that wound up on itself................heheh thanks to the track and training day i managed to keep it out of the armco.....no damage
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08-11-2005, 06:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Kansas City,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars 289 FIA
Posts: 711
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As NASCAR legend Buddy Baker once said, "It's amazing what you can do with your eyes closed"  |
08-11-2005, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Glastonbury,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 1,387
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Had that happen to me in a Vette once. Taught me a good lesson about screwing around on public highways. Came into a hard off-camber right hand turn and started to bring the rear around. In a moment of slight panic I completely lifted my right foot, bad idea. The car swung hard in the opposite direction and went around twice. It stopped dead in the middle of the road. Good thing nobody was coming through that same corner. Glad to here you made it though the spin!
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08-11-2005, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
Posts: 2,567
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It will only happen a couple more times before you get it dialed in.
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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08-11-2005, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tucson,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemp Classic #3318/ 428/ toploader/Blue w/ white stripes/500 horse... Yee Haa
Posts: 115
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Ahhhh, memories of Tortilla flats......too much throttle..........pitching sideways......almost taking out the road sign......filling my shorts......the ass pucker.......oh yeah, and the whole phx group watching me !!!!!!.......it will be awhile before i can show my face up there again............
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Scott
"its not real......but, its real fast"
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08-12-2005, 11:14 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Gilford,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 302 carb
Posts: 8,121
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Scotty,
It's not your face we are worried about. 
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08-12-2005, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Jose,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic, 351W, Holly throttle body fuel injection, Doug / Nash 5 speed
Posts: 20
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Ditto, shortly after getting my road rocket I took my daughter for ice cream. On the way home I thought I'd make the tires squeel around a corner on a quiet street, you know the rest. That car spun around so fast within it own wheel base I was facing the wrong direction. My daughter got a kick out of it but I learned a little more respect from thoes too many horses under the hood. Since then I practice spins where practicle just to get the feel. Need to really spend a day with a good teacher on an open track.
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