WOW ! When the hood comes up and the eight individual throttles show, the reaction is almost always “WOW!” The FE with a set of Webers or ITB’s (Individual Throttle Bodies) is a very impressive setup, especially when its in a vehicle as small as a cobra. The first useContinue Reading
Until you’ve owned and driven one, you don’t realize and appreciate how much the car is an instant carshow, no matter where you go. Stopping for gas is never a quick in and out. Everyone wants to admire and see more. To the average admirer, it’s the car and theContinue Reading
Today, it finally clicked and I’ve figured out the tuning secrets of the Borla EightStack. I knew how important the linkage settings are and how sensitive they are. I was spending all my time to get the idle right but had overlooked the importance of checking at higher RPM’s. WithContinue Reading
It’s gotta be perfect -or you’ll have issues forever I learned with the Weber setup the importance of good linkage. It’s important to get all four to work together, in sync and at the same position. With the EightStack systems, this is even more true. If the linkage is offContinue Reading
The Over-Riders bolt up to the quickjack mounts with the same bolt spacing, but the back of the overrider is angle and the back of the quickjack is straight up and down. Takes a little tweaking of the mounting hardware to get all the pieces to line up. The angle ofContinue Reading
So, what’s different with the new car? A commonly asked question, HM20203 is very similar to my first car, HM1078. So why and what? Why? Everyone talks about the concept of “if I had it to do over again, what would you . . .” There were few if anyContinue Reading
The rollbar has a third leg that extends into the trunk, attaching to a frame point to provide triangulation strength. The originals had an adapter socket that bolted to the rear framework. The Hurricane Motorsports design has a tube welded to the rear frame extension that the strut slides over.Continue Reading
On my first build, HM1078, the car came with a Lokar #EHB-7000F, flat-mounted eBrake handle. The originals angled up and there was definitely room for improvement. My first pass was to modify the mounting of it and the way it attached to the cables. The Ford TBird IRS eBrake systemContinue Reading
Choices I have often commented, “the most difficult part of building is selecting a color” The choice is often a spur-of-the-moment inspiration. For my second build, that inspiration came at a car show years ago when I ran across a Saleen 302 painted a bright red called “Lizstick Red”. NamedContinue Reading