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09-04-2006, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF#0760
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September 16 - Byron Dragway - Reminder (Reprint)
Just a reminder - Is there a plan yet?
"....On Sept. 16th, some of my "Cobra" associates are going to Byron Dragway & participate in the "test & tune" runs. We'll be there early & among the first to run @ 10:00 AM. The Fox Valley Corvette Club, who wimped out in May, are rumored to show up & the really daring among them might perchance line up opposite one or two of our cars. Most likely, they'll show up to watch again. I think they're skeeered of snakes.
Seriously, it's a great time to see how your car runs, they are pretty informal at Byron & you can run 1/4 miles on a straight, level course with no driveways or cops. Great fun."
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09-04-2006, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: WEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 1454
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I'll be there if I get my car running again...
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09-04-2006, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sterling,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1507 427 Dart Block Windsor
Posts: 1,192
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You guys...That's the weekend of the vintage races at Elkhart Lake...
Lowell
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09-05-2006, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Carpentersville,IL & Maricopa,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ACE, 351W, 3550 Tremec, Raging(?) Red W/ White Stripe.
Posts: 2,082
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Borrow Mark's!
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Originally Posted by CHRIS DAMSCH
I'll be there if I get my car running again...
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Chris, ask Mark P. or Mark T., either one will let you run their's at the track! 
Crash 
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SPEED WAS HIGH - WEATHER WAS NOT - TIRES WERE WET - X MARKS THE SPOT
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09-05-2006, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Can I run yours Ralphie. I'll keep it on the pavement not like someone else I know.....................
P.S.
Why would I want my car to move down the ranks more?
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09-05-2006, 08:44 PM
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Chris, Are you up and running?
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09-06-2006, 06:01 AM
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Not yet. Mike is coming by this evening to make me faster....................................Than HIM
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09-06-2006, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Chicago,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR - Blue W/ Silver Stripe
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Chris
You know you are the 'Great Blue Hope'; what can I do to help?
Rich
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09-06-2006, 11:03 AM
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Location: Saint Charles,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 5013 - Warmed up & enlarged 302, carb- Painted RED
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I'm coming by to make Chris faster than I WAS! First step, engine needs to run.
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09-06-2006, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: North west suburbs Chicago,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster
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Hmmmmmmmmm....
Well one of my front calipers is not working at all.
So I'm basically stoppin on three pads.
Hopefully I can get it squared away by the 16th 
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The older I get, the faster I was........ 
So now I'm so fast apparently I appear to be standing still. 
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09-06-2006, 11:31 AM
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Mike,
Good job with the sabotage to Chris’s blue car.
But I thought you said you fixed it so the intake gasket would blow AT the Byron drag strip?
Something about just a little bit more humiliating having it blow and seeing it in your rear view mirror smoking…easier to see the smoke when it so far back on the track.
Red Rules......
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09-06-2006, 11:57 AM
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The older I get.... The faster I was!
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The older I get, the faster I was........
So now I'm so fast apparently I appear to be standing still.
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09-06-2006, 02:28 PM
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Location: Crystal Lake,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shell Valley 351 Cleveland
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Rich,
If you give Chris some Blue and I give him
some Blue,.......well ...........it COULD happen!
Ed Paz
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09-07-2006, 07:27 PM
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Location: Cortland,IL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance,514BB
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Chris,
Did you get your car running?
Al
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09-07-2006, 08:37 PM
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No,
We may have major problems. I think we have to pull the passenger side head and see. Replaced the intake gasket multiple times. Still no good.
1 blue car down for the count.
Sad day in my life.
Does anybody want to buy a house?
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09-07-2006, 08:42 PM
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Location: Chicago,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #177 Carbed Ford Small Block
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Chris, say it aint so. What is the problem turning out to be? What are the symptoms?
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09-07-2006, 08:55 PM
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Location: Carpentersville,IL & Maricopa,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ACE, 351W, 3550 Tremec, Raging(?) Red W/ White Stripe.
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Sell the house to fix the Cobra?
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...1 blue car down for the count.
Sad day in my life.
Does anybody want to buy a house?
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WOW, Chris, didn't know Blue cars were THAT expensive to fix!
Crash
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09-07-2006, 09:52 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 5013 - Warmed up & enlarged 302, carb- Painted RED
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Jeff:
Symptoms- enough coolant getting into the #4 cylinder to cause hydraulic lock with the engine just sitting there for 30 mins. Any ideas??
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09-08-2006, 06:56 AM
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There are only a few ways that can happen and they all involve removing the head. Cracked cylinder or head, warped head or blown gasket.
I would get the head off and take it to a machine shop for checking warpage and/or have it magna fluxed. However, since the cylinder gets enough water in 30 minutes to stop the stroke you could try some dye penetrant and quite possibly find the crack yourselves.
Let's hope it is the head so Chris can get the new ones he has been wanting. If it is not the head, well let's just say that Chris will be on his knees begging for an engine instead of curtains. On the other hand you could pull the plug and still have one more cylinder than Arcy. Actually I think I recall Chris claiming 370hp so running on seven will still leave him with 324hp and that's enough to race Sid and Ralphie. 
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09-08-2006, 07:36 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1507 427 Dart Block Windsor
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Mike and Chris,
Did the car ever get badly overheated? Does it have aluminunum heads? A whole cylinder full in 30 minutes is a big leak and should be pretty obvious when you get the head off.
Jeff has a good point, though. You still have more cylinders than Arcenio, and John, too, for that matter, so what's the prob? Just pull that plug and tell him all the extra noise is a new supercharger induction system. Maybe you'll scare him off...
Or...here's an idea: No, I don't want to buy a house but I'd be willing to trade you my car for the house. My car has beaten Arcenio's.  Then you could just show up at Byron, collect your trophy and go...well...somewhere and you wouldn't have to fool around with your motor.
Anyway, if you're going to rip into it this weekend and want some help, give me a call or email.
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