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1toolguy

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I won't bore you with details but some personal matters and work got me side tracked for a while (my last post was five years ago). I have been working on the Cordoba but, most of my "free time" has been on house projects and playing with gift that my son and daughter in law gave me (us): a now 3 and 1/2 year old ginger haired ball of energy named Avery. But enough about that, after all, this is a car forum.

So, here's what's been going on with the Cordoba:
1) Firm feel makes new torsion bars so those were replaced and adjusted to lower the front end about an inch
2) Rear end lowered 2 inches
3) FiTech fuel injection was installed which improved driveabilty and got the car running consistant 9 flats in the eighth mile (before Hurricane Irma put the final nail in the Lakeland drag strips coffin)
4) Upgraded the engine with Edelbrock heads, Comp Roller rockers and, Lunati hydraulic roller cam (easy and not that expensive because of the Magnum based short block). Car ran great but testing at Bradenton showed it was now slower (oops, forgot to upgrade the 2400 stall converter along with the much bigger cam swap).
5) Swapped in 3500 RPM Hughes converter just before lock down last March. Finally got a chance to take the car out and it ran "okay" but not well. Started trouble shooting and found a series of unrelated failures (ignition module, timing chain and, fuel pump). Car is now running great and I'm planning to hit the track next month.

That's all for now, I've got a few things in the works but will follow up with those later.
 
Firm feel makes new torsion bars so those were replaced and adjusted to lower the front end about an inch

Why did you change the front torsion bar and how much difference did it make? I'm always looking to upgrade factory parts but don't want to take away the comfortable ride of a Cordoba.
 
I changed the torsion bars primarily because they were old, worn out and the driver side bar actually had a bit on an "s" shape. Form feel makes the replacement bars in a few different thicknesses, I went with the 1.06 diameter for a little firmer ride and have been happy with the decision.
 
Welcome back. Congrats on the grandkid! Like any newbie, we need pictures.
 
I'll take some new ones when I get it out of the garage this weekend but will this one do for now?

Cordoba track.jpg
 
Lakeland 1/8 mile is officially/permanently closed now?
 
Lakeland 1/8 mile is officially/permanently closed now?

Yeah, they were struggling financially as it was, Irma pretty much trashed the place and they weren't able to recover.
 
That sucks.

Was hoping the guy from Stingray Chevrolet was gonna pump some money into it.

It's a shame about the roundy-round track on the property as well.

I thought that might get rehabbed with Steve Hurley's money.

That's a larger track than nearby Auburndale, which actually does good business.
 
As I understand it the whole property was owned by a trucking company, they turned the oval track into a storage lot and were leasing the drag strip to the operators. I had heard a rumor about Stingray Chevrolet buying the track but I guess that never happened.
 
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