Recent content by Hammer

I've been dealing with lots of trials and tribulations with my Kenne Bell tune - making sure it's safe and right for the WICKED power levels that my car is producing. The other day, I put a test chip in the car and it was defective. It zapped the whole computer! Game over, out of...

For those interested: Amazon Rick and Chris Winter of Crazy Horse Racing have teamed up to offer a dyno day for Mustangs and Cobras. Amazon will be at Crazy Horse Racing on Saturday January 11th to install and tune Diablo chips. Chris Winter and Crazy Horse Racing will be available all...

It should be good! Let's all help Jimmy to get it off the ground: http://www.superstallions.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24 Hammer

JT just called me from his cell phone. He's at Atco and ran an 11.84 @ 121 (I believe that's what he said). His short time was a 1.87 I believe. Great job, bud! I'M JEALOUS! Has anyone run better than that on stock F-1's?

A toast to Jimmy Vaccaro on this day, his 60th birthday (September 19th). What can I say, Jim? 60 and younger than most of us...but you know that. Please raise your dixie cups for Jimmy. He's the most animated character this scene has ever seen. He's both a madman and a gentleman all...

I read the past posts on throw-out bearing issues. My symptoms seem slightly different. In the past two days, the car started developing this nasty "dolphin" sound. It happens after getting on it hard a few times. At idle, there is a slight vibration and the dolphin squeal. It doesn't...

I don't know if it was a mistake or because they went Chapter 11 but I got an incredible deal on Mobil 1 at K-Mart: Each case (6 quarts per case) for $4.99! I even asked the checkout clerk to verify the price because single quarts were $3.99. They said it was correct so I cleaned the...

Boy, tonight was GREAT for street racing. I was out looking to practice my launching for the B/G event. Met a bunch of really nice guys out in Toms River. And I raced all of them. 2 LS1 Firebirds were a complete joke. They had NOTHING for the 03! But they were really awesome guys so I...

OK, the Amazon Racing / DiabloSport fellas (03 Matt, John T, Amazon Rick, Jimmy V and the DiabloSport crew and myself) are reserved at the University Plaza Holiday Inn in Bowling Green for the race. Let's all confirm here anyway. They still had a fair amount of rooms available when I called...

Kenne Bell is coming out with a bolt-on replacement blower specifically for the 03 Cobra. It is due out in Dec or Jan 03. I spoke at length with a couple of reps at Kenne Bell. According to them, it will be a true bolt-on replacement; requiring NO modifications whatsoever. It is a...

There's one thing that's bothering me about the NMRA 03 Cobra plans. I am not positive that I have this straight but, from what I have read and been told, one class will be for slicks and drag radials and the other for street tires. I think that the slick class will have a tremendous...

I was told by a couple of reputable performance Mustang mechanics that the NGK TR6's are too cold for our cars. I know that a lot of guys were talking about the TR6's for their 03 Cobras. Any thoughts?

I went to the NMRA Atco qualifiers yesterday. It was unbearably hot but a great race day. Good turn-out for all classes. Full fields is what makes qualifying runs exciting! And WHAT ACTION!!! FOUR Outlaw cars in the 7's (but Job Jr. is still the Outlaw king after years of retirement)...

Has anyone done anything to change the look? I have a black coupe and just had mirror tint done. Man, it looks INCREDIBLE...EVIL!! And, from the inside it is almost non-existent. It doesn't darken the windows much at all! The reflective tint is illegal but I did it anyway. I just...

Just got home from Crazy Horse Racing. It's been a long day!! First of all, let me say that today was an EXTREMELY bad day for dyno pulls. What's worse than 96 degrees? 96 degrees and intermittent rain. Yes, it lightly rained twice while dyno'ing. And the humidity was FAR BEYOND BAD...