Kit Car Builder Magazine

It is with humility that "La Bomba" was profiled in the October 08 issue. A friend of mine called who knows what I went through to get this thing built. I want to thank Intermeccanica, Henry and the crew, for keeping the faith. I have close to 4k miles with only some minor teething issues that Henry has addressed admirably. Now I have to run out and get an issue, maybe several. Its cool to have your ride profiled. Happy motoring!!!!!

Howard - I'm heading out the door to get my copy of that mag! Congrats to La Bomba!!

I'm proud to say that my butt briefly occupied the seat of that lovely car at Carlisle. Now that La Bomba is enshrined in a magazine, I think I'll have my butt bronzed.

Nice little write-up by Dusty on the Morro bay event also

I agree, both the Morrow and the IM BBQ tour were profiled very well. Its cool to see, but also for Matt my 12yr old who came to Carlisle with me. He couldn't believe we made a publication. Cool stuff to be sure. Now if the Giants can beat the Redskins tomorrow night, I'll sleep very well this weekend.

From our experience with him at Carlisle, Matt's a pretty cool young man.....you should be proud!

My copy of KKB is lost in space, somewhere between Beaufort and Grafton as both ends try to catch up with mail hold and forwarding changes on both ends as we swap locations, yet again. I should probably see it next month or so.

Unlike Lane, I have no butt bronzing to look forward to, as I never had the opportunity to allow my butt cheeks to grace Howard's Roadster's seats. I will say, that it has a pretty cool exhaust note when it's taking off....

I did, however, park next to it at one time in Carlisle, although I think I was in the Truck at the time and I doubt if the truck would look all that good bronzed....

Thanks for all the kind words. Matt and I will be there next year for sure. I would like to make a small but significant correction to the article. I had the motor Dynoed at a local Porsche shop. At 6250 rpm, Rear wheel HP was 202hp. The Steve Wong chip allows the redline to increase to 6750. I gave Steve the readout of Fuel/O2 mixture and its running somewhat rich at high RPM. He's remapping a new custom chip which should squeeze out another 7-10hp. I should be at around 220 at the rear wheel. Not the 210 at the flywheel that the article suggested. Flywheel HP should be around 250. I just NEEDED the world to know that!! At 2250 lbs, its truly a ROCKET!!!!!

I'm not certain that Lane should have his butt bronzed, but I think maybe the SEG should be. Howard, congratulations. Your car is stupendous.

That second photo should read:

"Now Lane, keep those cheeks squeezed real tight, you don't want to stain the seats, eh!" sayeth Mr. Reisner.

And the third, "You almost poked my eye out with that damn touque!"

Congratulations. I'll have to buy a copy of the magazine on my way home tonight. BTW -- 4000 miles already? Wow, you must really love that car!