Houston Meet this Saturday!

scr11 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-10-2003, 06:27 PM

Dust off those cars and fill up your gas tanks!
This Saturday's meet will be at Joe's Crab Shack in Humble. We'll meet at 10:30am. Remember, this is a rain or shine event.
See you all there!

Scott, SPF#1230

kountzecobra · #2 (**permalink**) 09-10-2003, 08:12 PM

If I get my Cobra back together, I'll drive it, if not, I'll drive something else.

Pete Gibbs · #3 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 08:15 AM

Scott,got my gas tank dusted and plan on being there,Pete.

ERA600hp · #4 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 12:08 PM

Don't forget to collect money for Brents ticket. I'll need names and amounts!

The Royal Rhubarb

JRC3 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-13-2003, 07:39 AM

Scott,

Planning to come along to meet some of the Houston folk... I have a few questions which I hope some of can answer!! I won't be bringing the new SPF though, as I haven't registered it yet though.

James

kountzecobra · #6 (**permalink**) 09-13-2003, 05:57 PM

We had a pretty good turnout considering the weather we have been having. The weather was perfect for a nice drive (190miles in my case). Good to meet some new folks and see a couple of fresh Cobras. Murdered a bunch of bugs too!

Admiral · #7 (**permalink**) 09-14-2003, 04:36 PM

Robyn and I had a blast meeting many of you, it was our first outing in the Cobra since it's aquisition from Renman and the car worked flawlessly. We didn't realize how many people would pull up beside a Cobra on the freeway or on 1960 to check out the car and give us a "thumbs up"! Also, we now have added sunscreen to our list of items to carry along with us when we take the car out for a spin.

Saturday night was real "top-down" weather as we took the car up to the Lake Conroe area and had some dinner with friends. Driving the car at night was another shot of adrenaline and although I have had many cars over the years I can definitely say this was the most enjoyable driving experience I've EVER had in any car.

kountzecobra · #8 (**permalink**) 09-14-2003, 05:57 PM

Mike, it gets better. You are only at the tip of the iceberg. Pleasure meeting you and your much better half!

How about a road trip to Tony Mendez's "Cobra Stock" next weekend? We will have a large time!

Admiral · #9 (**permalink**) 09-14-2003, 06:12 PM

Yeah, married above my level for sure

Weekends are getting tight around here, Soccer coaching and we have season tickets to the Texans' games. Also, I have been working on my race car trying to get ready for the 2004 NASA TX season, we had some competition that came along in 03 and raised the bar on me pretty high so the car is on a diet and the driver is looking at a much steeper learning curve.

Oh yeah, and if I don't get some adjustable seat rails in the Cobra soon the wife is going to start retaliating on me.....it is her car after all!

kountzecobra · #10 (**permalink**) 09-14-2003, 07:30 PM

How about a few details on the NASA car?

Admiral · #11 (**permalink**) 09-14-2003, 07:43 PM

I'd love to! Not sure how much info you have on NASA, so I'll put more in here than is probably needed:

I race in the NASA TX American Iron series (AI) where it is a Weight/HP ratio limited class which allows 9.5lbs per 1 rwhp. Car is an Ebay purchased 95 Mustang GT with 115K miles, I put the full Maximum Motorsports race suspension under it (panhard bar, Torque Arm, new K-member, coil-over shocks, new springs etc.) and did a front brake upgrade. We stripped the interior, welded in a full cage, took the stock 302 and just bolted on new heads/intake/TB/MAF while also installing a Ford E303 Cam, got her up to 298rwhp from 197rwhp stock. Right now it weighs in at 3160 with driver, my class and my HP level will allow me to get down to 2800lbs with driver post-race so I have some trimming to do. Rear gear is 3.55 which seems to work well at TWS but not enough for MSR, but I'm on a steep learning curve so the driver is the limiting factor right now

AI/CMC (Camaro-Mustang Challenge) is just getting started in TX, in the March race I was the only AI car and at the August race we had 5 AI cars, next year it is projected at 22 cars based upon responses we got at the August event. Soi far it's been a great experience for me. I looked hard at SCCA racing but was overwhelmed with class rules and NASA worked with me so I went there for my racing fix. I still carry my SCCA membership as I do the occasional AutoX (Solo II) event in the Mustang, but I get my rear handed to me in the CP class!