OK dudes, December will be the month this time around. Every weekend is open for this, Saturdays open at 9AM and ends at 3PM.

We will do another vote on which day would be the best for everyone, chime in here for the results.

Jeff K, Troy, Anthony, Rick, Beaux, Alan, Jay, Ray, RON, Chris M, Jeff M, and other area TCer's that want to attend that weekend chime in (Sac Chevelle guys...) And of course myself as well.

Get ready for tire smoke and maybe a couple of inches under some right side tires :D :cool:

this is gonna be sweet, ive got all the weekends in december free so im definitly in, i guess im the only elky driver so ill be haulin slicks up if anyone doesent have room, with the air in my airbags ive had my drum set, 2 big heavy PA systems and a big tool box in there without rubbing so i imagine a few sets of wheels and tires will be just fine.

Cool, I am planning on it...

Heck I just covered the 66 for the winter! Guess I may have to uncover it. The rollcage is going in the 65 in the next few weeks, we pulled the seats and carpet today. Bought an 8 point cage at Chris Alston's last week. Craig, what days do they race, either Fridays and Saturdays are good for us as long as we have a date so we can schedule to be off.

I'm in, I'll bring the Chevelle, and my good friend said he'd like to bring his beautiful roller-motored '65 Nova (which, btw, is going to be at Pleasanton indoors coming up).

My friend Marky (the TAD racer) said he'd like to come along too, and while they won't let him run his TAD car at a TnT night, I might be able to convince him to bring his '57 VW Bus, complete with a blown 454.

We've got lots of time, so whichever weekend works for others should work for me. And we should have a contingency plan as well for poor weather on the #1 choice weekend. Sac is a pit after rain, lotsa mud.

And, if anyone's wanting to carpool or ride, I'll have a few extra seats on the way up... graemlins/hurray.gif

I might be in also. I will get the 66 out and get out there for my first time at the track. Let's hope the weather is nice. I can hardly wait. How's it going Jeff?

Damn you people and your running cars! tongue.gif Sounds like fun I will try and make it up there, even if all I do it get to watch.

joe,

lets get crackin on your car.. you got 6 weeks to get your motor, tranny paint and interior done.. no prob right, i mean hell overhaulin doese it in 10 days..lol

I'm sure we could do it... if I was rich instead of a poor slob. I'm hoping to have her on the road by next summer, we'll see what happens. Heck it will probably take me 6 weeks just to get my floor pans in LOL!

Alright, great to see all of you guys willing to make the trek and get the cars out on the track for the first time. This will be my second time, still nervous, but it is so much fun. And after you make a couple of passes the fever kicks in, especially if your beating Mustangs over and over :D

I am trying to still swing tires, and I want to get adjustable uppers installed by the time we go as well. My pinion angle is off a bit, maybe Al could help me out here, did not you do this with your Impalla Alan?

Tony, see your post over in the performance section. Are you going to plan on having the cam swap done by the time we get to go? I would like to see your car out there again.

That's it, I'm putting super in the Silverado. I might not break 15 seconds but damn if I cant outrun a few ricers ;)

Originally posted by sobever066:
I might be in also. I will get the 66 out and get out there for my first time at the track. Let's hope the weather is nice. I can hardly wait. How's it going Jeff? Hey Erwin, we can carpool if you want, that would be cool. Your ride is sweet dude, I'd like to see that Fab9 in action! Did you make it to the Hot Rods at the Beach show a few weeks ago? I was back east and couldn't go :( but I heard it was a good show...

Originally posted by 70 Elco Joe:
That's it, I'm putting super in the Silverado. I might not break 15 seconds but damn if I cant outrun a few ricers ;) And that it will. I went to Carlsbad raceway once a couple of years ago and saw this ricer being towed in on a trailer that was gutted, fiberglass front ent (full tilt) and a turbo engine. I was waiting for this car to run, figured he would pull off an 12 second run easy, nope 15.5 and could not get any lower. So....based on that 'full race' ricer car, you could tow one there, beat it , and tow it home.

Or just run Beaux's Tahoe. http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage22/16.gif

On a side note, wonder how many pages this thread will reach, any bets? http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/dontknow.gif

Originally posted by THORSS70:
My pinion angle is off a bit, maybe Al could help me out here, did not you do this with your Impalla Alan?
I can help you out Craig. I did this to the Chevelle after I installed the 9". I'll have to get another angle finder as I poached the magnet to score my keys out of the Delta Sunday ;)

I'm in for the TNT as well. I'll drag my POS Chevelle up there to blow the dust off it. Dec 4,11,or 18 all look OK at this point.

Tony, see your post over in the performance section. Are you going to plan on having the cam swap done by the time we get to go? I would like to see your car out there again.
I don't know how far I'll get... Two babies really limits my free time... Doh! what was I thinking...

If its not running, then I was thinking that maybe I'd get you guys to stop by here after the TNT and teach me how to degree the cam... I hope I don't need to pull the whole motor (main problem is an oil leak)...

I was thinking of having a BBQ here (not sure if that would be a good idea because the TNT is over late, compared to the usual swap meet at Craig's, and it gets dark early, etc)... I do have plenty of room for trailer parking on my street though...

Of course, I really should run the BBQ idea by my wife first, before inviting a whole lot of people over... Think Ron will show? I'll start pumping up my legs now... I want the title...

Im in

I acquired an enclosed trailer and might be able to swing a trip south for some track time with Old Blue. Only got one day in this last summer due to my schedule. The new trailer should get me through the siskiyous
without too much trouble. Sacto is ony 8-9 hours smile.gif I won't commit until I can see the weather pattern....

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
Think Ron will show? I'll start pumping up my legs now... I want the title... Yes, he is plannig on showing. Get to gold's gym and start the training workout Tony. Ron's calves looked larger last time he was over, you may be in trouble here...he can dead lift the front of a 77 Cadillac Deville, it's serious.

Wonder how long it would take to do the actual cam swap Tony? I was thinking if you could get the parts, and a few of us showed up a couple of weekends prior we could smack this down in a morning/afternoon session if there was some willing participants? I think Al has a degree wheel, (oh man I still need to buy him a piston stop, oops) then once done, it can be fired up a couple of hours later. Just a thought, don't know your finances or time plans for the next month or so.

what cam? Solid maybe? I need to check your post up top for some answers.

Originally posted by Midnight Marauder:
Im in Dangit, you better be.

ide help with a cam swap im no ase mechanic but i can pull a top end pretty quickly, not that its a huge task..lol

Originally posted by ACE841:
I acquired an enclosed trailer and might be able to swing a trip south for some track time with Old Blue. Only got one day in this last summer due to my schedule. The new trailer should get me through the siskiyous
without too much trouble. Sacto is ony 8-9 hours smile.gif I won't commit until I can see the weather pattern.... Sweet Jeff, it will be nice to see you again. the only holdback will be the weather for you as you said, Ashland and Shasta can get bad on occation.

Hope to see you here, and your car ripping some 1/4 passes :cool: Hey, what are the rules for a passenger riding along with someone down the track? I have heard it was anything under a 14.00 dail in it was a mandatory solo, anything over, a passenger could ride. Would be nice to give a ride to a couple of the guys, but we would have to hold back if so...just launch hard, then ease off smile.gif

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
ide help with a cam swap im no ase mechanic but i can pull a top end pretty quickly, not that its a huge task..lol Any extra help is way cool so let's see what Tony says.

I figure if Beaux shows he could strap on a pair of those mechanics gloves and hold a ratchet on one hand and a phillips in another, run around like he knows what he is doing (his idea) :D

Is anyone going to the Pleasanton show on November 13th and 14th? Just looking at True Connections site and saw that it was coming up.

Craig If I come I'll bring my extra slicks and drag radials. I scooped up a pair of 29x11.5 mickeys for $100 mounted on rallys. need to move them to other wheels due to back spacing but for the price I'm not complaining. I'm pretty sure no passengers 13.99 and quicker.

Originally posted by ACE841:
Craig If I come I'll bring my extra slicks and drag radials. I scooped up a pair of 29x11.5 mickeys for $100 mounted on rallys. need to move them to other wheels due to back spacing but for the price I'm not complaining. I'm pretty sure no passengers 13.99 and quicker. :cool: Jeff, thanks for the offer I will use them for sure if you can make it. I am still trying to swing some myself but funds are low this and next month for my escrow closing. I will keep my eye out for used as well.

Joe, don't plan on going to that one, maybe the bay area guys will post about it?

Originally posted by ACE841:
Sacto is ony 8-9 hours smile.gif I won't commit until I can see the weather pattern.... Alright Jeff! Hope you can make it, what about bringing the blown 540 car? How's it coming along? graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Well,

The wife said a BBQ/get-together it would be fine... I only have a gas BBQ though (I do have a small webber), so not sure on the flavor of the BBQ though...

Head to Golds Gym... I think not! Ron's got nothing on me (maybe I'll go squat some more Muncies and BBheads just to be sure)

The Cam swap: Thinking of going with a small solid, but we'll see. For those that didn't see the post, my Compression ratio is about 8.9:1, but with my HUGE cam, my DCR is down around 6.22... Not good (I'm just a poser anyway :D ). Just something cheap though, because I want to build another motor in the next few years (and something well though out).

Not sure when the cam will be done. I have plenty of money (don't tell the wife), its just the lack of time (and I need to drop the grill/front bumper to get the cam out). Hopefully I will at least have the tear-down completed by then...


I ran my old Dakota R/T at Sac with my wife riding shotgun and I think the cutoff was 14.00, but that was almost 6 years ago, don't know if track rules changed...

Jeff, if you are planning on staying at a hotel, let me know... I can give advice on some areas to avoid...a few hotels near me are pretty nice and not too far from the track (don't know prices though).

Jeff,

The orange crate got put on hold due to work and buying a house. The motor is at the machine shop and hopefully I can get back on it this weekend and get them some money, so it can be finished out. Just picked up the full manual TH400 last week. Then I had to put a new transfer case in the burb, a TPS in the Monte, pay more closing costs, pay for the TH400, pay for new tires for the burb.Been just hemorrhaging money it seems lately graemlins/clonk.gif . About ready to get back on track though. Prolly be spring when the crate becomes a driver. Still needs:
Moved to new home
Russ Francis harness installed
Gauges installed
Interior put together and installed
Needs Denny's Driveshaft*
Needs rear window chrome*
Needs brake master cylinder/booster installed
Engine/tranny/cooling sys installed

* only parts I don't physically have yet.

Anyways hoping for a clear Siskiyou pass smile.gif

I was sick during hot rods at the beach. I got bronchiatas. I'm all good now though. I really wanna go though. It would be cool if we could carpool.

im going to try and have slicks by then, might be doing full track burnouts still though, either way ill be there. hey craig.. i should probably post this but the elky that stans dad owns is for sale $10k.. stans dad got tired of tinkering with it and wants it sold so he can get a gas getter truck.. i suppose i understand where hes coming from but if i owned a 70 454SS for 22 years i probably wouldnt sell it.. i think 10's not too bad of a price considering what it is, if i hadnt dumped 5k into my car i could probably get it.. oh well .. mines faster..muah ha ha ha ha ha :D

Jay, that's too cool to hear. I know that Elkie had some electrical issues when he owned ut but overall it was in awsome original shape.

For those who don't know, my older neighbor owned an original 70 SS ElCamino LS5/TH400 and 3.31 axled car. It had factory A/C and it was Cranberry red/black stripes and vinyl roof.

the engine has never been apart either.

its a pretty cool car, ide feel bad for hacking it up and making it fast though..lol

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
its a pretty cool car, ide feel bad for hacking it up and making it fast though..lol Never feel bad for making what the general gave us fast, just don't start cutting things up and all will be ok by our standards.

I am getting pumped about going soon, going to get the car up on a lift soon and drop that trans pan. I hope it is something simple...Either way I will try it out and see what it acts like with slicks :eek:

its either gonna hold or die..lol, mines back in shape and after $100 for a new dipstick/tube and install ( as well as fix a couple other leaks) its doing great. i ran a few times the last few days and it hasnt skipped a beat. the only thing i plan on cutting up is the road i do burnouts on :D if i had 10g's layin around ide get that car, but ide rather put another 6 grand in mine

For those who don't know, my older neighbor owned an original 70 SS ElCamino LS5/TH400 and 3.31 axled car. It had factory A/C and it was Cranberry red/black stripes and vinyl roof.
Is that the car bigblockelky was talking about, for sale for 10K?
Is it a bucket seat/console car?

Hmmm...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />For those who don't know, my older neighbor owned an original 70 SS ElCamino LS5/TH400 and 3.31 axled car. It had factory A/C and it was Cranberry red/black stripes and vinyl roof.
Is that the car bigblockelky was talking about, for sale for 10K?
Is it a bucket seat/console car?

Hmmm... </font>[/QUOTE]Yes, the only thing that I remembered about it, the original wheels (SS) were long gone. He had some western wheels on there, something one would have to ditch ASAP. And I believe the car was a bench seat car with a column shifter, but cool otherwise. I don't recall seeing any rust either, it has always been sitting in a garage as well out of the elements.

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
its either gonna hold or die..lol, mines back in shape and after $100 for a new dipstick/tube and install ( as well as fix a couple other leaks) its doing great. i ran a few times the last few days and it hasnt skipped a beat. the only thing i plan on cutting up is the road i do burnouts on :D if i had 10g's layin around ide get that car, but ide rather put another 6 grand in mine Sweet, then I will see you on Friday then to do some tuning? I should be up by 4-4:30 after work. It gets dark about 5 or so, we will have to pull it n the garage to see what we are doing, no big deal. We can throw a few beers back, and talk about the drags.

yup, on for friday. i got my new tach today and im gonna put it in tommarow, itll be nice to have a working tach. i want to go to the dyno shop in oakdale but lost their contact info, i heard that theres a dyno next door to valley balancing in ceres but its a mustang dyno.. i dont want to know all that other crap that they figure in.. just what the power is at the wheels and where to shift. anyone know of the place in oakdale?. ive never seen inside that 70, stan just says over and over how well taken care of it is, never really gave my much info on it. if anyone is interested ill get his # to you , i could even take pics of the car and email them to you.

Jay, I will see you tomorrow afternoon then. If something comes up, just give me a call if you get the chance to.

Let's see if we can get your car running right :cool:

TTT

Well, did some work the the Chevelle this weekend with positive results. I did some light work with the TV cable on the trans with much firmer shifting where I was having difficulties at part throttle. But full throttle has not been tested yet for the problematic full throttle 2-3 shift, maybe Sunday :D

The main problem I was having on Sunday, if I tightend up the TV cable where it wanted to be at idle and part throttle, when I go WOT, the slack adjuster would click to a more open position and my sweet part throttle setup would go back to where I did not want it. Maybe it is a geometery problem, I will look more into it this weekend.

So, aside from having to go to the dealer and pick up another oil filter adapter to try and fix my leak at the filter I am pretty much ready to go :cool:

thats where my damn oil leak is.. the filter, that and a small one where the mech. oil pressure gauge taps in, i hate leaky oil pressure gauges ( read cheap sunpro pieces of crap). i want to have a 2800 stall in by track time, depends on funds and spare time though. im going to the dyno shop next weekend to get a baseline and possibly do some fine tuning if needed. my buddy with his 01 ss is coming along with us, as is our friend with an 04 mach 1 that runs 12.80's on the motor and 12 flat on the bottle, might have Doug Betts bringing his mid 11 second skylark too.

I dusted my chevelle in the garage this weekend. Then I put all the boxes, door panels, old rugs and chrome trim back on the roof and deck lid...on top of the car, where I store it.

Then I sat on my front seats that are stored in my office. Felt good.

No oil leaks, though. :D

Originally posted by Midnight Marauder:
Then I sat on my front seats that are stored in my office. Felt good. :D Now, the question is: did you pull out that super case M22 and bang some gears with your helmet on?

I dreamed of my Chevelle this weekend smile.gif . Took a ride in a friends solid-roller 350ci powered '66 Chevy stepside truck. Fixed a fuel leak on the ride, then we proceeded to get pulled over by the police tongue.gif . In my next life I want a solid-roller motor!

Originally posted by Midnight Marauder:
I dusted my chevelle in the garage this weekend. Then I put all the boxes, door panels, old rugs and chrome trim back on the roof and deck lid...on top of the car, where I store it.

Then I sat on my front seats that are stored in my office. Felt good.

No oil leaks, though. :D Did you put the woman in the other seat and pretend to smack talk and street race ricers in the area? I would have, this way she and you are ready for some serious action when your car does run.....

Then it is off for some sushi and wasabi (if I spelled that right)

Let's keep this one alive, the Turlock events need to hold the tradition of ruling this forum.

So, is everyone OK with the 4th for this? Also, if Troy is still up for holding a BQ at his place afterwards, any other suggestions if not?

Car should be ready, looking for traction will be my biggest challenge. I don't expect to ET very well, but should MPH OK if I have to use my BFG's. No big deal, it's all just bragging rights, right?

I vote Troy's car will MPH the fastest, unless Jeff K has the chohones to keep in his throttle, then it is up in the air to who will be the king of TC.

I'm in, checking with my wife to see if we have something already going for that weekend but I think we're good to go.

I'll also be extremely traction limited, and the first few runs will no doubt be 1/8 mile blasts until I trust the suspension and brakes smile.gif

Heck, I'll even run the mighty Excursion down the 1/4 if there's not too many people, and I'll try to convince wifey to bring the Cobra too.

I can bring brew for the after activities if folks are interested, and am open to suggestion on what to do after, BBQ at Troy's, or ...? Sounds good to me!

im almost positive ill have my cam, manifold and stall in for the track, so there will be another 12 second car in the mix, by the time i do that though the rest of you will be in the 11's.. ill never win..lol.

Also, if Troy is still up for holding a BQ at his place afterwards, any other suggestions if not? Craig, I think that was me, TONY that was talking about the BBQ earlier in this post (unless Troy mentioned BBQ at the Castle event this last weekend)...

I live about 10-12 miles from Sac Raceway, in Elk Grove, south of the racetrack and close to 99 and I-5 for those travelling along those routes...

I already okay'd a BBQ, etc with the wife... I have a fairly clean, roomy 3-car garage to hang out in, and some brand new patio furniture to break in... There are no houses across the street (undeveloped), so plenty of room for trailers... Only drawback, a gas BBQ (I do have a small weber though)...

I'd love for you guys to come over and BS for a while... with the two little babies, its hard for me to get away for more than a few hours (at least without getting nagged when I get home). I figure a few hours at the track is about it...

Doubt I will get my cam swap ready by then... But maybe have my other BB up on its stand by then...

I'll be the only guy in the 13s ;) , but if it wasn't for last place I wouldn't place at all tongue.gif . LOL!

Originally posted by Alan:
I'll be the only guy in the 13s ;) , but if it wasn't for last place I wouldn't place at all tongue.gif . LOL! No, that is held be an unspecified member already Al, no need to go there tongue.gif

Tony, Troy did offer up a BBQ hangout pad at his place when we were together this last weekend. I did mention your name when the topic came up, and said we could hit up your place but your wife mentioned that she did not want it going to late if I remember correctly (if I am wrong please correct me smile.gif ). I just know a few of us are 9PM'ers so don't know if she, or you, are up for that. Parking on the curb will be great across the street for all of us racers though. I am open for anything, majority rules on this one.

Jay, if you need some help with anything getting your car ready please don't hesitate to ask. I know this next couple of weeks will be extremely hectic for myself but I may be able to get something done with you for an afternoon.

A couple guys at work have some pretty trick cars, so I'm trying to convince them to bring them out to TNT.

One of the guys has a '36 Chevy truck, blown small block, tubbed, slammed, channelled, etc., best ET 9.88.

The other guy has 3 cars - A Mclaren F1, Enzo Ferrari and a Lambo Murcielago. He apparently takes the F1 to Infineon occasionally, so it's not a trailer queen smile.gif

I'm trying to get them to bring the cars for some quarter mile time smile.gif

Not sure if I'll be successful but I'll continue to try... :D

Originally posted by kinzli:
The other guy has 3 cars - A Mclaren F1, Enzo Ferrari and a Lambo Murcielago. He apparently takes the F1 to Infineon occasionally, so it's not a trailer queen smile.gif
You technology nerds have all the cool toys graemlins/clonk.gif :D . Too bad when I start buying the stock, Kinzli starts brewing beer and taking time off work to drink!! Couldn't resist Kinzli smile.gif

Dirt, the Duvel is kegged, I just sampled it, it's green but drinkable. It's at 9.5%, so a pint is going to keep your skinny butt on the couch ;)

So come on over and help me drink it :D

And to make you feel better, note that I don't have a Mclaren smile.gif

Originally posted by kinzli:
Dirt, the Duvel is kegged, I just sampled it, it's green but drinkable. It's at 9.5%, so a pint is going to keep your skinny butt on the couch ;)
That's what I want to hear! Damn, 9.5% is slightly potent. Kind of like Sierra Nevada Big Foot. Can't have but a few of them 9.5s before I feel kinda funny ;)

I'm having a Shiner Bock 22ozer sitting in my hotel room here in Austin, TX. Finally got me some Internet access this week. Oh, I'd rather have your '67 Chevelle than a Mclaren. Raw dogg.

Dirt, you're in TX? I'm sorry dude.

If you come back down to Scruz, we'll go for a ride in the '67, and drink a bit afterwards smile.gif I've got an extra couple of rooms you can crash in just in case graemlins/beers.gif

Originally posted by kinzli:


The other guy has 3 cars - A Mclaren F1, Enzo Ferrari and a Lambo Murcielago. http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/drool.gif O....M....G http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/worship.gif

Jeff, I would FREAK OUT if a McLaren F1 pulled up in our group to run. Gees man, pull some strings and get that car here, and knock the owner out as soon as he steps out of the car, grab the keys, and hand those puppies to me. Holy moly.

Is this friend of yours in the oil for food program? Dang, that alot of $$$ sitting right there....

Al, know what it's like sitting in a hotel room on a biz trip alone. Sweet, but at the same time lonely, beer is the best medicine at that moment.

See you soon, the Dec event ain't too far off....

Hey, speaking of lonley, where is Beaux????

Check in dammit.

Oops

well i had a blast yesterday, tranny popped after i did a few g-tech runs, the car was running real slow and shifting wiered, so i was going home to see what was up and BAM lost 2nd and 3rd about 2 blocks from my house, notice that it didnt do it during a run.. waited till i was almost home.. if it were a ford it would have left me out there in the middle of no where ( just kidding, i like anything thats fast no matter what badge it wears... for the most part and hondas excluded). so as of today its sitting on the lift at performance tranny in hilmar, they are building it to handle my planned power output and giving me a 3000 stall, fairly decent price too, should be pretty bullet proof when its done. it doese however throw a wrench in my cam/intake plans, at worst though the car will be quicker with the stall and the new fuel pump i have sitting here waiting for it ( the stock ones only putting out 2-3 psi.. thats pretty low isnt it?) who know how much the tranny has been messing up my et's. long story short i may still be in the 13's at the track unless i sell the blazer int he next few days and have parts waiting here to throw at the car when its done.

Craig, thanks for the offer on the help, if i get my stuff i might need it, chances are i wont though so if you need help with your car, i ll be more than happy to help ya, not that i know much but i can turn some wrenches or something.

Kinzli, tell your co worker well go a one round K1 bout for the keys to that f1 for an hour :D

Originally posted by kinzli:
Dirt, you're in TX? I'm sorry dude.
Yeah, TX blows everytime I come out here. I can't find any of those *HOT* Texas women I see on TV, magazines, or here about. I ain't found jack. Pisses me off!!!! Going to a bar solo isn't my thing, so I'm left searching business parks and restaurants :( . Can't wait to go home tomorrow evening. No damn women in Texas, it's all just a big freakin' MYTH.

Kinzli, I'll be around this weekend, and next weekend (most likely). Low on funds, but ready to drink smile.gif . HaHa..

Dirt, Erwin (Sobever66) and I were talking about making a little noise Saturday night down here in Scruz. You're welcome to come along.

Duvel is kegged but it's a little green yet. Not sure when it'll be ready. I might brew Sunday night, and of course will need to drink while brewing ;) Come on over anytime.

I'll keep those two events in mind Kinzli (the cruising and beer drinking the next night). Once I see what the little woman is doing this weekend I'll figure out what rucus I'll be getting myself into ;) . We're both coming off a week on the road, but I'm always ready for partying. She's probably got housework to do..that's too bad tongue.gif

Jay, man sorry to hear about your trans woes. I know the feeling, but you will notice a positive increase in performance with the new trans and converter. Depending on how tight the thing is, the engine should 'flash' up to the advertized stall speed from a heavy footed stop or low speed punch. Then the tires go up in smoke, and the quest begins for traction and wanting to go faster and faster smile.gif

I noticed a huge difference in the way my engine reacted to power input against the stall converter compared to a stock type setup, and the way the chassis reacted to it as well. It made the largest improvement in how well the car performed around town, idled in gear, and soon to be tested at the track. You will be able to power into the engine at low speeds in any gear, and put the powerband of the engine in it's sweet spot and off ya go in a hurry. Before, your car at low speeds had to wait for the engine to reach that RPM before the car started really moving. Now, no more waiting, I think you will love it.

2-3 lbs of fuel pressure is quite low. Is that at idle or under power? If it is under power/full throttle at speed, it might not be the pump.

Originally posted by Alan:
[QUOTE] No damn women in Texas, it's all just a big freakin' MYTH. I don't know Al, last time I was in Dallas the local steak houses and breweries had some FINE looking women in there. Not that I was looking (right hon?) but my co-workers sure did.... :D

Oh, and has anyone decided on where we will be going afterwards? I have not seen any posts from Tony or Troy yet.

man, im gonna have to try this beer kinzli, im hearing alot about it, also lookign forward to this raspberry i hear about as well, im all for the one off type beers ( ie: not coors or bud), but when it comes down to it ill pretty much drink whatevers in my hand at the moment..lol
Craig,

im hoping for the performance gain, the stall wont be too loose but it wont be too tight either , he said ill flash to 3000-3200, i dotn want to swing too high since i drive the car alot every day, i remember that my caprice felt like it lost a few hundred pounds with the 3k vigilante that i got, so im hoping for the same type of thing, it went froma 14.9 to a 14.6 with the stall ( first thing i did... or had done rather) do any of you guys use yahoo instant messenger or anything?

elky, I'm on YIM as 'jeffkinzli' and AIM as 'jeffkinzli4' - and almost always on graemlins/angry.gif

Jay, hope you get your ride back on the road in time for Sacto. Sucks you might not get the cam and manifold upgraded in time. At least you'll have a fresh tranny and converter to beat on!

I think the women are intimidated by me, so they all go and hide when I walk in the door ;) . I'm not looking to hook, just looking to be looking :D

Here's my deal for the races: I got a Bank Holiday dinner/party that starts at 6pm. Meaning I gotta be home by 5pm Dec. 4th to clean up and get pimped for the party. That leaves me with blowing out of Sacto at 2:30pm. I think it's doable. I can't hang around for the after race B.S. though :( . Nothing has or will be done to make my car faster than what I did at Redding in April. The $$$ just isn't available at the moment. It'll be fun though!

Oh, and has anyone decided on where we will be going afterwards? I have not seen any posts from Tony or Troy yet.My place is far from ideal (compared to Craig's "on the strip"), but roomy enough for a get together... I have a 3-car garage (tandem with the convertible in back) thats mostly empty.

I think Troy will be 20-25 minutes further than my place, based on him being about 30 minutes from Jody's( I think thats what he said in a previous post). That means I'm closer to Sac Raceway (get to my place sooner, which is nice with limited daylight), but Troy's will be closer to home for most of you (so maybe more convenient).

Craig, Staying at my place until 9 PM??? Probably not a big problem, although I have to give my daughter a bath and usually watch the new baby while the wife showers-between 7PM and 8PM (doesn't mean everybody has to leave, just that I need to go in the house for a little while to help, but I can come back out after)...

Going to try to find a space heater for my garage this weekend (need that anyway)... I have nice new patio furniture in my garage right now, so comfortable seating for 8-10 at least... Need some speakers and I could have a nice stereo setup in the garage.

I am in a subdivision (with speed bumps), so no racing like at Craig's (I guess thats gonna be missed with Craig moving)... But a large, fairly empty 6-lane divided Boulevard is only a block away (for any beat-runs anyone wants to make)... Stores are close by for necessities... Refridge in garage, lots of room for beer... Undeveloped land across the street and I have a wide lot (for a subdivision), so plenty of parking, even trailers...

Not trying to "sell" my place as the better place, its just more convenient for ME, thats all... After a few hours at the race track, I don't think I could make it to Troy's (trying to keep the wife happy so when UPS drops off "packages" she doesn't freak out). My wife is really very nice. At least if I am home, I can help my wife/watch the daughter as needed...

I have been out of the scene for the last several meets, so many guys might not know me (Jeff, Troy, Rick, Shane, etc). Troy is more familiar to most of you... I have a few local "new" Chevelle guys that want to check it out.

Where does Troy actually live? Lodi? Stockton?

Troy does have a killer car to drool over (my convertible's okay, but no blower, no EFI, etc)...

Yeah, so I'd like to host, but thats because I miss/crave the socialization that I have been lacking, and hosting would allow me to get my fill... But its alot of work, so it really doesn't matter, whatever everyone else decides...

Lets hear what Troy has...

Tony, is your garage refrigerator big enough for 2 soda kegs full of beer? :D

(you can see what I'm concerned about and where my priorities are)

Just kidding. Sounds good to me, either place works. How do your neighbors feel about loud cars and louder, aging TC folks? We wouldn't want to make ya look bad! :D For me either place is a long drive, so either place is good.

Most neighbors don't mind... Immediate next-door neighbors; one has Flowmasters on his newer pickup, and the other used to before he sold it... A few others have friends/family with hot rods... A few neighbors are a little conservative (safety minded with kids), so burnouts and racing aren't really acceptible (even though I have done a few myself), but maybe when leaving... Pretty big spacing between houses (20-30 feet), so a good noise buffer anyway... I also have a few buddies usually stop over here on their way to Hot August Nights, so my neighbors know me...

About accomodations: it really doesn't matter much to me where we meet up afterwards.

I do have clearance from "the rents" for people over at my place if that's what everyone wants to do (in fact, my Dad is largely in support of more horsepower sitting in the driveway...) For those of you wanting to check mileage/distance, I'm basically at where Hwy 99 and 8 Mile Road intersect, which is about 35 miles or so from Sacto Raceway.

I do have plenty of parking, ample "lounging area" and a BBQ, and a swimming pool (if anyone wants to freeze their you-know-whats off, or better yet I could just throw Jeff's kegs in there to keep them cool, LOL), and I have some very good "test and tune" roads just a few minutes away.

Troy

Sounds like we found a place to drain the vein and check the liquids in the system on the way to the track.... smile.gif Just kidding but it is a long drive from Madera.

Alan, itll definitly be back by track day, should have it back by tuesday of this coming week,case was cracked and everything inside thrashed, the main support was snapped and wedged into the case so i needed a whole new core, they found one from their supplier, those damn 350's are getting harder to find since everything is all electronic now. i could have gone with a 400 but i spent a little more to have a 350 built to handle some power, they are offering the same warranty because they have been building 350's like the one im getting for a number of years they are a bit lighter and i didnt want to change my drive shaft lenght since i will be going with a 200-4r in the future. manifold and cam wontbe done but fuel pump, new 3" exhaustand stall/tranny will so it should be a hair quicker hopefully anyway , Jeff i added you to mybuddy list well chat it up some time.

Hey guys, tomorrow night (Sunday) I'm going to be brewing the beer for the Sac weekend. Dirty Al's coming over for the brewfest, and others are welcome as well...just thought I'd throw it out if anyone wanted to see the beer they will be drinking in the brew process. graemlins/beers.gif

so when exactly is the date for the races????

I am wanting to go, but not sure when it is planned for????


thanks guys
Kevin
'69 chevelle

I think we are looking at December 4th...

Whatever everyone wants, lets just decide soon so we can plan it out... My wife wanted to marinate some meat if we are going to have a BBQ here, and plan some more... Despite being a bunch of "Chevelle" guys, she was still getting excited by the prospect of a get together. Kind of still wanted to return the favor for Craig's get togethers too..

Hi Tony, sounds like a lotta fun to be had. I finally got my Chevelle running. No more flat cams! Maybe I can bring it to the drags to see what it'll do, probably 13 something but I sure need to do something about the factory shifter. Any more details on the drags? Best, Raymond

Great... just great. Things are not looking good for me to be there on the 3rd. A few big issues have happened in the last few days:

1. Started tuning the heavy throttle parts of the car today, and at 5000 rpm and not even at wide open throttle I'm already at 82% injector duty cycle. I don't really want to push them over 90%, and with more throttle left and another 1700 rpm to go I think I'm going to need bigger injectors. I wanted 65 lb/hr units when I had the intake made, but the guy talked me into 52# injectors. He's built more blown EFI motors than I have so I trusted him even though the math on my end said 52# probably wasn't going to be enough. Hopefully he'll swap them for free. Still gotta tear the intake apart though to change them. :rolleyes:

2. I think something in the rear end is letting go. It's behaving very oddly at low speeds, especially in turns, popping occasionally. And I have a "surging" vibration at &gt;70 mph that is getting more noticeable every time I drive it. I have a hunch it's a pinion bearing. So time to yank the rear end out for a teardown/inspection. Last thing I want to do is have it grenade on me at an inopportune time. The sucker only has about 16,000 miles on it... albeit hard ones. :D

Troy

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gokou:
[QB] Great... just great. Things are not looking good for me to be there on the 3rd. A few big issues have happened in the last few days:

[QB] [QUOTE]

Oh no you don't! Get that car up there weather you run at half throttle or not tongue.gif

I am moving into the house tomorrow, I am very distracted so forgive me. I will pay more attention very soon. Till then, tata :cool:

well unfortunatly, I will not be able to go this time, I have to do our annual inventory at work that weekend, which will probably go into sunday!!!!!

well cant win em all huh!!!!

I was looking forward to possibly going to see what my car could do, the last time I went was like 3 years ago, I did a 14.7et, with only the first two gears, I have a 2:73 open rear, so not much go at first!!!!

oh well, you guys have fun like always, and I will be thinking of it when I am busy counting my brain out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin
69 chevelle

troy, man if you need any help let me know, turlock isnt far from stockton and ill be glads to get my hands dirty helping you do whatever, im not going to be doing much with my car so ive got plenty of time, pm me or something and ill send you my cell number, craig hope the move has been going well.. i hate moving man, i only want to do it one more time ( i dont even want to do it then) aside from all the house stuff, all my birds and reptiles have to go too.. loads of fun.

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
i hate moving man, i only want to do it one more time ( i dont even want to do it then) aside from all the house stuff, all my birds and reptiles have to go too.. loads of fun. Improvise, man. Tie your reptiles to your birds, give the birds directions off mapquest and let them move the reptiles to the new pad.


Geeze, you guys would be lost without me. ;)

I'll be there. No car, as usual, but will be up there for the gig.

Well, I decided I'm not going to race my 'Velle. I always have cash flow issues around the holidays and this year is no different :rolleyes: . Having not been able to upgrade the parts on the Velle to make it faster, there's no point in paying $45 and not make any improvement.

I'll drive up in my S-10 to cheer you dudes on and take pics and video. I'll have to leave around 2pm so I can make this year's Holiday Party for work. I know I'm lame. But I'm not totally backing out!! smile.gif

Oh, the beer Kinzli is bringing is going to be great. I stood around and watched him brew it Sunday night. Whooo Hooo!!!

*wishes Kinzli would let me try some*
i really want to go...
i just hope i dont have work that day

So, it is Jay, Rick, Anthony, Jeff, ACE841 and the Mellows? and myself then doing the quarter mile dance this time then? Hope to get a few runs in, unless I end up in the same boat as the others here with a broken car graemlins/angry.gif

I am still planning on attending with the jalopy, I still need to do some tuning with the car though. I will possibly see a chance to the Friday before we go. Talk about cutting it close eh? Maybe I can get the car on a lift this weekend and pull that trans pan and see what I find.

I am beat, moving does suck :(

I was gonna see what my truck does at the track, but if I get the day off, i'm gonna have to hitch a ride with one of you guys. The front end is munched pretty good on the driders side. :eek: :mad: :(
David

I'll be there, my friend Mark will be with me, and I'm still trying to convince my wife to come along with her Cobra...and the beer is brewed :D

yup im definitly in, cars not back still ( wont be till this coming tuesday due to lack of a rebuildable core and them not getting one till 4 pm yesterday) my friend with his 01 ss is coming and more than likley our other friend with an 04 mach1 running in the low 12's, if he can get the day off another friend with a 12 second 67 skylark will be coming along too.

Hey gang. Chris and I won't be able to make this one. Really too far to drive then race, might break something. We don't have a trailer or a good tow vehicle either. So rock on and have a blast! Guess we'll make the swap meet in January. Happy Thanksgiving! Jeff

Originally posted by Chevyboy62:
The front end is munched pretty good on the driders side. :eek: :mad: :(
David What? Tell us more man, hate to see your truck munched up :(

Jeff M, sorry to hear you won't be attending, but I do understand why. I am even skittish and I am only 1 hour or so south. Too bad you and Chris won't be able to wax some stang this time, see you at the swap meet in a couple of months. Till then :cool:

Jay, your cutting it close man, you still driving it up? And your other buds are very welcome, the more the merrier i say. But one condition, your Mach 1 buddy will have to bring up the rear on our caravan, can't have no darn Ford leading the way.... tongue.gif The quarter miler club guy with the skylark? The purple one? :cool:

Jeff K, awesome you still are planning to come, and trailering the beast. Is this the first outting with a trailer and the car? If so, can't think of a better place to bring it. Tubbed blown big block Chevelle and a dragstrip go hand in hand. that car belongs on the track man....

The beer is brewed? Sweet, I need to get out to you, we can get Al, listen to heavy metal and stir the magic potion of beer brewing.

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
I think we are looking at December 4th...

Whatever everyone wants, lets just decide soon so we can plan it out... My wife wanted to marinate some meat if we are going to have a BBQ here, and plan some more... Despite being a bunch of "Chevelle" guys, she was still getting excited by the prospect of a get together. Kind of still wanted to return the favor for Craig's get togethers too.. Tony, I am up for a BBQ at your pad anytime bud. It is up to the rest of the gang to decide what we wanted to do. Kind of in a pickle here, Troy was offering up as well. Let's chime in and see what everone else wants to do :confused:

Originally posted by Rain Man:
Any more details on the drags? Best, Raymond Well Raymond, first it would be great to have you and your car there next weekend. Everytime we hold a BBQ or go racing the group gets bigger and bigger and that's what it is all about. Great friendships have formed doing exactly this, would be nice to have someone we all have not met yet attend with us.

The gates will be open by 9AM (racing by 11AM-3PM), to get setup, and I think the earlier the better for most of us bringing cars in to run. This gives us a chance to unwind, and get tech'ed in for the day. Us southern guys will be caravaning up, and would be glad to meet up with anybody for breakfast, or just to join in.

As it gets closer we will take a head count on who is driving together, who is needing a ride etc. I think David needed a ride up (lives in Modesto), so I may have a seat for him if nobody is coming from the area (Elco Joe?).

I will post and let you all know what time and places to meet up and hit the hwy if we wanted to get a group going. I will probably have my wife follow me up in the family cruiser to make the rice comfy for the kids and her, so if anybody wants to tag along with me, don't be shy to ask.

Can't believe it is next weekend already :eek:

definitly cutting it close, im drivin it up too.. not fast enough to be a trailer queen, ill trailer it when it runs 11's.. untill then it walks..lol., ya the purple skylark, his name is Doug Betts.

Since I've got a lot of room, I can pick up anyone who wants to ride, or caravan as well. Since I'll have a trailer, I can also tow anyone's car to Troy's or Tony's if need be until plans can be arranged to fix them, or wherever.

Craig, I'm going to be brewing the Oktoberfest Lager Sunday or Monday most likely if you're interested. I've also got to move the Sac beer to the secondary and get it kegged this week also. You're more than welcome over here anytime to hang, drink, BS, whatever.

I'm thinking about spending the night also, but haven't decided yet.

Tony or Troy, I'd like to drop off the keg of beer and ice on the way in, so it might be around 9:30 or so, is that ok?

Well the 65 won't be going as it is in the middle of the cage installation. I am schedould to work the 4th but I will try and change that.

Shoot, it's going to be raining all week. Let's cross our fingers for the weekend.

I've got the car here at work today too, to do a trans service and hot blast all of the oil under the car off today, and it has to rain. I just better watch out for those nutzi mall shopper driving women out there on the way home today. Things could get dicey tongue.gif

Originally posted by kinzli:

I'm thinking about spending the night also, but haven't decided yet.

Tony or Troy, I'd like to drop off the keg of beer and ice on the way in, so it might be around 9:30 or so, is that ok? Spending the night in the area sound like a decent idea, I may kick the idea around with the wife if we do any late partying afterwards. It would be cool to get a hotel room in the same place to have a block party. Just watch out for those gold teeth wearing mofo's thinking our cars are 79 Camaros.

Jeff, if you would like to, depending on what route you take we could meet up around the 120 and 99 and follow in from there by 9AM or so. I would like to get to the track about 1 hour before the first tire is spun, it's about an hour or so from the Manteca area if you are interested.

Would love to come out there this weekend and brew some beer with you Jeff, but I still have tons of stuff to do around the house and cannot get away.

ya craig watch out for those whackos.. the rains got them doing stupid things, we almost got nailed 2times today and were only out for an hour. i really hope the 4th is going to be dry, its not looking too good. i need to find a plae to blast my under carriage at soem point, from the plethora of oil leaks its gotten a bit dirty, i have all of them fixed but one ( at the filter) should get the car back tuesday morning, evertyone keep your fingers crossed for the weather this weekend!

Honestly, I'm hoping it IS raining next Saturday and we have to delay a week. Because there's no way my car will be ready for next Saturday. Here's the rundown:

I yanked the rear end out today to try and find my bad vibration problem. I found the following:

1. One of the spherical joints on one upper rear control arm had worked loose. While you can tighten it back up, you need a 4-pin drive tool to adjust them which of course was not provided with them. (Thanks Edelbrock!) I'm going to have to make my own tool because I'm not sending the arms back to Edelbrock every time they need a little tightening, which they will need as they wear.

2. One of my lower rear control arm mounting bolts was just a tiny bit loose. It was on with a locknut so it wouldn't back completely off, but it was just a bit loose. Time for new locknuts!

3. The upper rear bushings on the rear end (rubber) are TOTALLY shot. They're cracked all the way through. Not good for holding the rear in position or maintaining pinion angle. Definately have to change those.

4. I haven't disassembled the rear end yet, but there is some play in the yoke. I can rock it up and down and forward and back slightly, so the yoke obviously not bottomed out against the crush sleeve. As such I'm sure the pinion bearings are shot since they didn't have proper preload on them. I'll know for sure tomorrow when I disassemble it completely. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the gearset is OK, otherwise there's an "easy driving" 500 mile break-in of a new gearset.

If the 4th looks good, I'll still run up there to check things out, but I won't have a fast car to bring. DOH!

Any decision on where the "after race festivities" will be?

Troy

Craig, if you decide to spend the night, let me know where so we can keep an eye on each others cars. I haven't decided yet myself though.

Troy, come on man! smile.gif My rear bearings are about shot too but I'm waiting til after the event to pull the axles, etc. Just razzin ya man, hope you can make it, car or no car.

Craig, I'll probably take the 152 over to 5 I guess. I'm happy to meet ya anywhere if we can. I'll probably be leaving around 6 or 6:30 am to get to sac by 9:30 hopefully.

Weather is reporting partly cloudy for the weekend, looks like we're home free! :D

LOL Jeff!

Actually, if it was just the pinion bearings I would still drive the thing, but it's the shot control arm bushings and the one loose upper control arm joint that scared me. I would hate it if the car stranded me at the track and I had to arrange a tow or have a friend come up with his trailer.

The vibrations were so bad when I drove the car on Friday that as you hit 75 mph it only took about 10 seconds until all the rear view mirrors (inside and outside) were pointed towards the ground from the vibration! It was that bad. It really felt as if the car was going to totally shake apart. So I had to call it quits and tear it down.

Oh well, I'm going to go clean the rear end then pull the gears out and see what kind of carnage is inside...

:(

Troy

well.. who says we cant have another track day when your all done, ill be game for any track days and im sure most of the rest of us will too.. thats the whole point ( or major one anyway) of having our beasstly machines. new years races are cool but theres too many cars to get any good runs in usually. last year my friend had some tranny trouble so he rented a mazda 6 and took it to the track.. that was fun, nothing like running a 15.40 every time all night long into the finals.. sure pissed alot of fast cars off..lol

I just finished fabbing a tool and tightening the one loose Edelbrock upper. Woohoo!

The bad news is my pinion bearings are SHOT. I'm amazed they weren't making any noise. There was no metallic debris in the oil (odd, but good) and the gears look very good so I get to re-use those. I can't blame anyone but myself for this one, as I obviously didn't tighten the new 1350 yoke quite enough when I installed it; it was just barely not pushing the front bearing against the crush sleeve. Oops! :rolleyes:

It'll be a rush but if my friend who helped me set the rear end up last time is free this week I should be able to get the thing ready for Saturday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

Troy

Tony or Troy, I'd like to drop off the keg of beer and ice on the way in, so it might be around 9:30 or so, is that ok? Jeff, No problem for me...

Spending the night in the area sound like a decent idea, I may kick the idea around with the wife if we do any late partying afterwards. It would be cool to get a hotel room in the same place to have a block party. Craig,

There is a Holiday Inn Express nearby (about 2 miles from my place), at 99 and Laguna Blvd (Stockton Blvd) in Elk Grove...


My wife was going to marinate some meat for the BBQ, but we need to know if its gonna be here or not, and about how many people... need to plan...

Anyone know if Ron is showing? Trying to decide if I should pump the calves up for a little extra :eek:

Hi Tony, sounds like a lotta fun to be had. I finally got my Chevelle running. No more flat cams! Maybe I can bring it to the drags to see what it'll do, probably 13 something but I sure need to do something about the factory shifter. Any more details on the drags? Best, Raymond Ray,
I'd love to see how your car looks... If you get the chance to come over to my place after, you can check out my projects...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
[QUOTE]
Anyone know if Ron is showing? Trying to decide if I should pump the calves up for a little extra :eek: Dirty, get on this stat ;)

Tony, I will consider the Holiday inn, depends on Jeff K that the decision will be made. Let's make the cutoff by Friday on this Jeff. Thanks for the heads up Tony smile.gif

Also, I would like to see Tony and hang out with him, and the wife (my wife loves babies too) so I guess if it dos not bother Troy too much, Tony's place is OK with me. If it works out that way, we could do Troy's rents place the next time or whenever we feel like getting the road crew together, if the consensus is Tony't this time around.

Troy, sorry to hear you are having problems. I know what it is like rebuilding one of the 12 bolts, it's alot of work period. Even though we all would like to see your car there, I will fully understand if it does not work out. Keep us updated...

Originally posted by THORSS70:
[QUOTE]Dirty, get on this stat ;) I talked to Ron yesterday about the drags. He wants to go, but needs a ride to/from. I offered a roundtrip, but he'd have to miss the after party since I gotta leave by 2pm. He said he could stay the night up there and get himself a hotel room. He'd need someone to drop him off in Cupertino on Sunday. Anyone else here want to help Ron out? I'm sure he's good for a little gas $$.

Troy, using trick aftermarket parts is great huh? Works awesome, but sure needs TLC here and there!! I hope you get it all sorted out soon. I want to ask you some questions about your A/C setup and the steering intermediate shaft. Maybe we could chat at the races.

Craig,

There's also an Extended Stay America ($68+, about 1/2-the-price of the Holiday Inn) nearby too, about 2.5 miles away... Its fairly new.

There are two "Motel 6's" a few miles away, but they're not in an area I would have my car overnight...

I guess I will try to get a final count on Thursday/Friday, and make a Costco run Friday evening for Tri-tip and ???

I think the automotive gods are trying to send me a message... In addition to the problems with the Chevelle this weekend, my daily driver 'Vette decided to eat a headgasket today! All day today the low coolant light would come on when I got my foot into it, then it would go away if I drove it nice and easy for a few minutes. Got home, popped the hood, revved it up to 4000 and sure enough, TONS of bubbles and coolant out the overflow tank, plus a smell like exhaust. :mad:

It does NOT look like fun pulling the heads on that thing. Close quarters plus tons of 17 year old plastic stuff like connectors and vacuum lines that I know are gonna break on me when I try and take them apart.

I'll still be there Saturday though, just in a borrowed vehicle. :D

Troy

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
and make a Costco run Friday evening for Tri-tip and ??? BEER, well if we decide that Kinzli's is not enough....then it is food. I guess it is
tony's place then? Good for me, then it is off to Extended stay america. Jeff, if we are to party even a little bit,we might want to stay in the area for the after party and take out pizza :cool:
I will wring the car out this Friday, and see if it is worthy of a trip down the 1/4, engine is on it, gotta test the trans under power.The other day with the Camaro did not get into the 3rd gear, my main goal but did not present itself :cool:

I will check in tomorrow after I get all of my responsibilities done and over with.

Craig, I won't be spending the night. I'll be bringing my friend Marky along with me, and he needs to be back in Scruz before too late (he's a new father).

I'll also ask him to bring his fire jacket (for anyone that runs 11.99 or faster). Don't forget your SFI-approved helmet guys, and also depending on speed, you may need 3 inch harnesses with crotch strap (don't get any ideas, Ron) smile.gif

So, we'll probably leave around 6PM or so get back at a decent hour, my guess is that the keg will be drained by then anyhow graemlins/beers.gif

Oh, and Ron, where are you going to need a ride to/from? Likely we can help...we'll be going 152 over to 5 and up 5 most likely...

Tonys works for me, glad to meet another TC guy, and i gotta see that car!. im on pincs and needles here, the elky should be done in the morning and i am feeling the need to floor a big block and try out my new tranny and stall. craig, do you want to g-tech your car friday when you test it out?, man seeing that race was pretty cool.. what a coincidence huh.

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
Tonys works for me, glad to meet another TC guy, and i gotta see that car!. im on pincs and needles here, the elky should be done in the morning and i am feeling the need to floor a big block and try out my new tranny and stall. craig, do you want to g-tech your car friday when you test it out?, man seeing that race was pretty cool.. what a coincidence huh. Yes, g tech would be sweet Jay please give me a call friday afternoon for the details...I will need a passenger to show mw how to use it ;)

Jef, that's fine no problemo I will make the trek back here that night. Ron I believe lives in the San jose area, check with Al on those details.

Watched the weather channel this morning and shows rain coming in above the Sac area. I will keep an eye on the local weather, let's hope this does not spoil the fun :( But the weatherman is not to accurate until a couple of days out, so?

If it does, the 11th would be fine with me as well.

Here is Weather.com's prediction for this weekeknd up there:

Today
Dec 01 Mostly Sunny 54°/32° 0 %
Thu
Dec 02 Sunny 54°/31° 0 %
Fri
Dec 03 Sunny 54°/33° 10 %
Sat
Dec 04 Partly Cloudy 52°/40° 20 %
Sun
Dec 05 Partly Cloudy 52°/34° 10 %

52* and partly cloudy. Chilly, but so far so good :cool:

Looks like we're on! Weather.yahoo.com also says partly cloudy. WooHoo!

Now, we only have 8 pages of posts on this topic, we're slacking, we should be at 10 or 12 pages by now, show some TC spirit ;)

Craig, I'll keg the beer tonight and get it carbonating graemlins/beers.gif

We'll arrive at Sac probably around 10 or 10:30AM.

Tony, can you email me directions to your house?

Originally posted by kinzli:
Looks like we're on! Weather.yahoo.com also says partly cloudy. WooHoo!

Now, we only have 8 pages of posts on this topic, we're slacking, we should be at 10 or 12 pages by now, show some TC spirit ;)

Craig, I'll keg the beer tonight and get it carbonating graemlins/beers.gif

We'll arrive at Sac probably around 10 or 10:30AM.

Tony, can you email me directions to your house? Ya man, let's get it on! Smell the tire smoke, and the 7000rpm shifts gettin sideways!

Lets hit 10 pages, start post whoring now.

Yeah Craig, 7000rpm, sideways for sure!

I was thinking of running the hippy-mobile (Excursion) down the 1320, anyone willing to guestimate the ET? I'm guessing 17 smile.gif

Jeff,

I sent off some directions...

Anybody else?

I am planning of printing directions to pass out at the track, just so no one gets lost...

52/40 degrees... Hmmm, I might not be driving my Chevelle, as the heater delete and non-sealed windows aren't really a good idea in the cold...

Maybe I'll catch a ride from my house with Jeff, if he has the room...

Craig and everybody,

Howmuch Tri-Tip should I pickup? I might go to Costco Thursday or Friday... There are a few regular stores really close to my place, so not a problem for incidentals...

See you all around 10 AM at the track. Me and Shane are rolling up in the Yukon. I might run it, not sure yet.

I would like to see what the pig of an SUV will do but I fear it may pull the front tires and I might hit the wall coming off the line. :rolleyes: :D Raw power, man....just raw power.

Anybody got a 200 wet shot kit I could bolt on for the day? See if'n we cant get the Yukon deep into the.......17's. smile.gif

Beaux, you and I can run the battle of the SUVs ;)

Diesel vs gas

Hippy vs "normal"

I'm sure there's more graemlins/hurray.gif

Tony, I got the directions, thanks.

No problem on the ride, I have lots of room. I'll plan on stopping by your pad on the way. Do you have a lot of ice nearby? Any liquor stores, etc.? I'll bring a garbage can to keep the keg in but we'll need a few bags of ice to keep it cool (or a refrigerator) smile.gif

Originally posted by kinzli:
Beaux, you and I can run the battle of the SUVs ;)

Diesel vs gas

Hippy vs "normal"

I'm sure there's more graemlins/hurray.gif :D the diesel would walk away from me and leaving me choking on exhaust.

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
Craig and everybody,

Howmuch Tri-Tip should I pickup? I might go to Costco Thursday or Friday... There are a few regular stores really close to my place, so not a problem for incidentals... Well, lets take a head count here and guess maybe a 1/2 to 3/4 pounds per person. So, we can add it up as soon as we get the counts in.

I need to do a couple of minor things to the car, and on the way in going to purchase about 3-4 gallons of 100 octane fuel, load it up in the plastic fuel container and fill it up a few miles from the track. I plan on leaving the house about 8AM, that puts me up there between 9:30-10:00AM. I will be driving solo, and the wife in the newer car following me up. Anybody want to hitch a ride up with me, speak up before we leave so I know who is up for the loud ride there. No sissy music and in depth convos in this cabin :D

And unless someone gives up their sticky tires for the day, my beast is going in on street tires (there goes my ET, but who cares) It's all about blinding speed and having fun. Hell, maybe there will be another Mustang club there? It's time to hunt some pony....

Oh, and troy check in man with any details....

I'll line my S-10 up at the line and SMOKE you all with a one-legger launch and smoke show all the way through third gear tongue.gif

Beaux, dude, what up with the no call back? Damn, I called you Saturday Nov. 20th. Hook a homie back on the string and cup smile.gif

Originally posted by Alan:
I'll line my S-10 up at the line and SMOKE you all with a one-legger launch and smoke show all the way through third gear tongue.gif

Beaux, dude, what up with the no call back? Damn, I called you Saturday Nov. 20th. Hook a homie back on the string and cup smile.gif AND with the mystery cooler in the back, and Jeffs keggers. Plus Ron holding it all in while you are blasting down the track. Your S-10 needs to be called out.....

Oh, and while you are smoking crack the whole time.

Originally posted by THORSS70:
AND with the mystery cooler in the back Ain't got no mystery cooler anymore :( . Gave the silver one with wheels to the Salvation Army a few weeks ago. Ice melted too fast. I'm going to purchase a new 5-day Coleman with wheels and trick it out with some headers, TT II wheels, and wheelie bars!

Kinzli, will you be going through San Jose? I'm thinking you won't. If Ron goes, It'll only be for the races, as it doesn't look like he as a ride home after the beer/tri-tip fest.

Dirt, I'm thinking I might go 152 -&gt; 5 but I'm not sure yet. I can give him a ride home but we'll be leaving around 6PM probably...

I'll line my S-10 up at the line and SMOKE you all with a one-legger launch and smoke show all the way through third gear Maybe I'll bring my S-10 and line up against Alan...

4.3L baby!!!

Jeff,

We have a Safeway right around the corner, so ice should be no problem...

I have lots of room in the fridge (not for a keg, but...)

Not alot of freezer room though...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
Maybe I'll bring my S-10 and line up against Alan...

4.3L baby!!! I got a VORTEC 4.3, pumping 175hp at the flywheel (plus the K&N air filter giving me an advertisted 5-10hp ;) ) . With the 5-speed it fries the 235/75/15 BFG Mud-terrains! Beat that Tony :D . LOL!!

Alan,

Extended cab or regular? Mine's extended, so that adds some weight... Got me one of them third-leg thingies that adds alot of weight... err, I mean third-door, yeah thats it, third-door... :D

I got me a rare console-shift automatic... Makes it easy to manually shift the thing... 700R4 with a lockup convertor, 1400 RPM stall speed...

K&N huh? I was going to do that, but debating selling it next year (maybe getting a Colorado)...

Mine's all stock, but 107K on the motor, so she pretty loose... I wish it had the tach option though...

Maybe I'll remove my bedliner and child-seat to lighten it up a bit...

Tony, about how far are you from the dragstrip? Just trying to get an idea of timing...and how much time we need to account for in transit to/from.

Tony,

Extended cab 1997 model. Third-door delete option smile.gif . Got the tach on mine for keeping tabs on those high rpm shifts! Got 143k on mine, but had a three-angle valve job done on the heads at 90k due to a problem (you could search Bench Racing for my reply in some other S-10 topics). The bigger tires killed acceleration. Tows my '71 Sanger boat fairly well, but the clutch has problems pulling the boat out of the water.

You've got a PM Alan!! ;)

Yeah, 10 pages! That's what I'm talkin about smile.gif

graemlins/hurray.gif graemlins/thumbsup.gif graemlins/beers.gif

Kinzli, if you come back 152 over to Watsonville then bringing Ron back to my place to get his bike would be out of the way for you. I'll call him tonight and explain the options to him. Maybe he'd rather spend the night in Santa Cruz as I think he has a friend over there. I'll figure it out!! But, can you let me know if you're willing to drop him at my place for the return trip? Then I should have all the options on the table for him. Good thing he isn't taking his goats ;)

Hey Dirt, Yeah, I think we can drop him off on the way home barring anything unforseen, we'll probably just need to leave a little earlier. Since I'm an idiot when it comes to trailering, the closer to the highway, the better ;)

Good thing he isn't taking his goats Mmmm, Goats...

Beaux, is this Shane-dude gonna be in charge of the grilling???

Alan, doesn't the one-legger have trouble pulling the boat up the wet ramp?


Jeff, I am probably about 15-20 minutes away. Only about 10-12 miles or so, but through town...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:

Beaux, is this Shane-dude gonna be in charge of the grilling???

Only if we ask him. Otherwise he'll stick to drinking. :D

Dirty - Sorry bud, I am just swamped with work and the house stuff. Ask Ron, I forgot to return his call too, I was out last week on family festivities.

Apologies, it was NOT intentional, just a fried brain lately. I'll give ya a ring soon.

Tony, one-legger has no problem pulling the boat up a ramp with the BFG Mud-Terrain tires. Have you seen the meat hooks on them bad boys? The clutch has it's issues. My cousin and I are fabbing up a hitch for the Chevelle this winter smile.gif

Kinzli, I'll let Ron know the options and get back to you ASAP.

Beaux, just making sure you got my message! Not a big deal. I know you're busy with your miget conventions in S.F. and all :D . We'll catch up at the racetrack.

Originally posted by Alan:
Beaux, just making sure you got my message! Not a big deal. I know you're busy with your miget conventions in S.F. and all :D . We'll catch up at the racetrack. Cool.

Hugs and kisses.


Peace out.

:D

Ok Gentlemen and Ron, Beer is kegged and carbonating smile.gif

Dirt, did you get any news on Filthy and the ride stuff?

Originally posted by kinzli:
Dirt, did you get any news on Filthy and the ride stuff? Man, I called Filthy Ron and he said he talked to Beaux last night and is riding with Beaux and Shane back to Beaux's house. I think it's the crack, Beaux's been hittin' the crack. It's obvious with his stories of moving snakes and such with birds. Come on Beaux put down the crack! :D . So, I guess Ron is riding up with me and with Beaux on the way home.

Good to hear the brew is kegged graemlins/hurray.gif . Are we sampling Friday night ;)

Dirt, thanks for the info.

You can bet your skinny butt I'll be sampling the brew Friday night as soon as the car is loaded on the trailer! Come on over if you want to help test smile.gif The Belgian Strong is starting to come out of it's sleep as well ;)

Now, just tell the rain gods to sleep an extra day. graemlins/angry.gif

Craig,
I'll ride up to Sacramento with you. :D I'm usually quite anyways. lol :D How much is the entrance fee up at the drag strip? :confused: Will give you some gas money too. :cool: Want to make sure I bring enough money with me. smile.gif
David

Originally posted by kinzli:

Now, just tell the rain gods to sleep an extra day. graemlins/angry.gif Looks like we will get our wish, weather.com says rain is only forecast overnight into the early Sunday morning hours, starting up north of us. I say let's go for it. The high for Saturday is only expected to be 51* so bundle up (Al no more tees and flops in cold weather, unless you are on the crack)

Car is going as is, bald BFG's are going to get the job done this time again for me. The only thing different this time around is more power, and a hit from the converter off the line. Gees, good things are not going to happen on my end. Eh, I will be in the same boat as Kinzli, maybe we can line up Jeff if the opportunity presents itself tongue.gif Ya know, just for shish and giggles and to get my arse whooped. Unless one of us are being called out be a competitor, then hats are off smile.gif

The after party will be sweet as well, we can bench race, eat some fine tri tip and sample some of the finest home brew this side of Watsonville....Jeff you are the man again, thanks for the beer.

Have to say, you guys are awesome, banding together to get the one and only Ron out with us. Can't say enough good things about the teamwork at play here and I am sure Ron appreciates every bit of it.

At Tony's, Shane and I will get to gloat about the Raider win Sunday night against the Bronco's graemlins/hurray.gif so be prepared 49er fans (1-10 yikes)

Uh, where is Troy and Jay??

Originally posted by Chevyboy62:
Craig,
I'll ride up to Sacramento with you. :D I'm usually quite anyways. lol :D How much is the entrance fee up at the drag strip? :confused: Will give you some gas money too. :cool: Want to make sure I bring enough money with me. smile.gif
David Hey David, the enterance fee for the car and driver is $45, not sure about a passenger. If my memory serves me right, it was $10 a head to watch so plan on at least that much for you. But you know what they say, beer kills brain cells so....

David, what do you want to do about where to meet up? Anything works for me, I do have Jay, and a couple of friends of his caravaning up together in thier cars (I think a late model Mustang and Camaro). I think we are all meeting up at my house Saturday morning by 8AM unless they chime in here for another suggestion. All I need to do is get race fuel, maybe I can get that done Friday night beforehand so we have no stopping. Unless everyone want to stop for breakfast?

Cool weather is good, air is more dense, more horsepower! graemlins/hurray.gif Like that's just what we need with limited traction, eh Craig? graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Ok, glad to see we were able to get up to 10 pages of posts, maybe we can get to 12 by the event? smile.gif

This is gonna be fun. Looking forward to it gents.

Oh shoot, does anybody have an extra DOT helmet? I got away with it last time, but if the car is faster, they may call me in it. Remember my head is large tongue.gif

I may be able to score one from a local friend, but if not I don't think I can afford to buy one so close to the event. Dang, poor planning I just plain forgot.

Originally posted by kinzli:
Cool weather is good, air is more dense, more horsepower! graemlins/hurray.gif Like that's just what we need with limited traction, eh Craig? graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Ok, glad to see we were able to get up to 10 pages of posts, maybe we can get to 12 by the event? smile.gif

This is gonna be fun. Looking forward to it gents. Ya, exactly more power is all we need bud redface.gif

We will hit 12 pages no problemo, we still have lots of post whoring going on and 3 days left.

And you are right, this will be tons of fun. I just wish there were more attending with cars, but I do fully understand. Hey speaking of, does anybody remember if Rick from Madera will be taking his 66?

I think Rick said he had to work Saturday, but was trying to work the schedule in his favor ;)

I have a helmet, but it's a size Medium. Probably won't work for Craig's monster head (although I could bring the helmet with me - Just in case I need to be a substitute driver for one of you guys :D ).

Hey Craig,
I got a early 1970's Harley Davidson full face helmet that's DOT approved (I think). :confused: I dig it out tomorrow when I pull the truck out of the garage to get things down for christmas. smile.gif Will PM you with what it says on it. smile.gif It was a little loose on my head earlier this year when I put it on to see if it still fit (for my CT90).

Anyway you can come into town? :D I live approximately 5 mile into town, going east on briggsmore from hwy99.
David

Sorry I haven't said anything lately guys, I'm still up in the air on if I can make it or not. I hate this time of year too much crap to do, and its too dang cold out. I'll try and post one way or the other by Friday. Just rather ask for permission than forgiveness tongue.gif

Originally posted by Chevyboy62:

Anyway you can come into town? :D I live approximately 5 mile into town, going east on briggsmore from hwy99.
David OK with me, but I have 3 other guys following suit. Jay, is this OK with you and the gang?

The helmet, bring them all, which ever one fits well I am in like flint. My co-worker also has one, but not sure if I can get it in time for the racing. Thanks so much guys for the helmets, mucho appriciation going out.

Hope Rick can make it, would be way cool to see that car taking a couple of trips down the 1320.

Originally posted by 70 Elco Joe:
and its too dang cold out. Wuss tongue.gif

Hope to see you Saturday morning Joe, it would be nice to have you there for motivation to get your car done :cool: Keep us updated.

Unfortunately I hit a snag for right now. It's called the dang county hitting me with almost 3k in taxes. Sometimes being a homeowner just doesn't seem worth it. Really suck too cause I'm only missing a few things for my suspension rebuild going too. Plastic is tempting but I have to get the tax monkey off my back first.

Awesome.

I will bring my tools and timing light since I know that my tuning expertise will be greatly needed in the pits. :D

OH, that reminds me - Did I leave my Craftsman dial back (shiney chrome lookin) timing light with any of you's guys?

I can find the sucker anywhere.

See you at the track, fellas. I am looking forward to rooting for the big dogs and watching the hammer drop on them suckers. graemlins/hurray.gif graemlins/hurray.gif graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I have a dial back timing light and tools if needed (and if Beaux doesn't find his)... Should I bring the light to the track?

I invited an old friend last night, but unfortunately he might have blown his tranny the other day (72 El Camino supposedly in the mid-9's and 11s off the bottle)... Another friend will probably bring his 66, but probably not race...

Looking forward to this...

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Lots of talk about crotch straps,goats and tying reptiles to birds.Last week the calves were upgraded to steers. I will be there Saturday if I dont get picked up by the S.P.C.A. There is a no-bail warrant out on me.And me with a pryor. PS Dirty nose..

Filthy

Man ... all this sacramento chevy fun and mine has to be down. Great timing guys!

Sorry guys I have to work and can't swing the day off. When your in retail December is gold and we put in alot of hours. graemlins/sad.gif

I'm out graemlins/angry.gif . Got a meeting at work too late on Friday. Also wussing out due to weather through Siskiyous isn't looking to nice either. Need more wheel time with the new traveling setup before I risk the hardware in inclement weather. I will be in San Jose on the 15th. Got a source inspection for a new tool on the 16th and then fly back.

I'm planning on being to the track around 9:30-10am. Craig, maybe you could peel off 99 near my place so we could caravan up?

As far as battle of the SUVs, maybe I'll run the 4-Runner and show you guys what a REAL vehicle can do. tongue.gif

There's a slight chance I may have my Chevelle there, all depends if the rear end gets finished tomorrow. We'll see...

Troy

Originally posted by ACE841:
I will be in San Jose on the 15th. Got a source inspection for a new tool on the 16th and then fly back. Hey Jeff, if you're down this way, will you have a car? We should do a little mini cruise while you're down :D

kinzli can I ride with you?

Sure thing Erwin, I'll probably bail out of SCruz around 6:30AM or so...Marky will be going too. We'll hopefully be back in Scruz by 9PM or so...Wanna come over here Saturday AM? Or we can pick you up somewhere on the way out of town but remember that I have a big trailer so hopefully we can meet somewhere easy ;)

Originally posted by Midnight Marauder:

OH, that reminds me - Did I leave my Craftsman dial back (shiney chrome lookin) timing light with any of you's guys? Beaux, that would be me. It is safely tucked away in the tool box, I will bring it along with the ear muffs smile.gif That way you can time our cars, we are trusting you to make it right.....

Troy, 10 foh, just let me know what exit and time and we will be hanging out near there causing trouble with the locals tongue.gif Hope to see the car, but no sweat.

ACE841, totally with you on the weather, it can get nasty and don't want ot see you or your cars hurt. Maybe for the Turlock swap next month if you can see a window to make it down.

Rick, I am in the food industry as well. Holidays suck, hope to see you in January and have a good holiday man smile.gif Maybe we can schedule another track day with your and Anthony's ride, think about maybe Febuary or March?

Ron, SPCA? Al, what's up with this? tongue.gif

Santa Cruz guys, see you at the track by 10 or so. Jeff get that doggy warmed up and do some shakedown runs :cool:

I am excited as hell, this is gunna be fun graemlins/beers.gif

Phil, can you make it out for the day, just to hang and watch the cars run down the track?

Let's make it to 13 pages, keep post whoring.

Originally posted by kinzli:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ACE841:
I will be in San Jose on the 15th. Got a source inspection for a new tool on the 16th and then fly back. Hey Jeff, if you're down this way, will you have a car? We should do a little mini cruise while you're down :D </font>[/QUOTE]jeff,

Yep I'll have a rental :( and (an Engineer I don't kow very well in tow). I am at the Hyatt in SJC&gt; I should be there by 4pm if you want swing by, first round's on me.
At least maybe by Spring the orange crate will be ready to pound the pavement....
I'll keep an eye on the weather and lurk on your Sacto/Turlock threads smile.gif

Some more basic info:

Saturdays November to April
No Testing November 27 or December 25
12:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. - Gates open: 9:30a.m.

Car/Driver: $45 - Spectators: $10
Open Exhaust Permitted
Note: Street Legal vehicles may be limited to no more than 3 passes

I was wrong, I guess it starts at noon istead of 11AM. No biggie, I will be there by 10AM and get teched in, plus maybe this gives us a chance to eat.

Looks like I have permission to go. So I have to pay 45 bones if I drive the truck in? She's might as well take it down the track and see what it does then :D Who needs a ride still, I have room for 4 comfortable, 5 if 3 guys wanna get cozy in the back seat ;)

Joe,

I would imagine they allow spectator rigs on the site without having to pay the racer fee. usually spectating is $5-10 Still might be fun to pay and play smile.gif Have fun guys graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Originally posted by ACE841:
Joe,

I would imagine they allow spectator rigs on the site without having to pay the racer fee. usually spectating is $5-10 Still might be fun to pay and play smile.gif Have fun guys graemlins/thumbsup.gif Jeff's right, you can get in as a spectator but not sure 100% if you can get in the 'pits' area with the cars. I wonder if that you followed me or the gang in that they would be cool if you had tools or something as support? If that needs to be even said.

Joe, do me a huge favor and grab David over there and take him if you don't mind? He lives off of Briggsmore and Oakdale? Not totally sure but I know he needs a ride up. I hope he checks in here soon and sees this and gives you the address/directions to him.

Anyhoo, glad to see you are going to make it Joe. It will probably not even hit 50* most of the day so bring a jacket.

Last time I was there as a spectator (last time us TC dudes got together there) I drove right into the pits. Actually, I think Beaux was driving his Super Fly Monte. Just drive up, pay the $10 to spectate and drive through the pits while revving your engine smile.gif

Originally posted by kinzli:
You can bet your skinny butt I'll be sampling the brew Friday night as soon as the car is loaded on the trailer! Come on over if you want to help test smile.gif The Belgian Strong is starting to come out of it's sleep as well ;)
Kinzli, what time shall I be at your place for the beer tasting ;)

If anyone wants to stop by my house on the way in, let me know... I think Jeff might be dropping off the keg and a few other guys might be meeting at my place...

I am going to print some directions to my place to give to everybody (just us TC guys) at the races... but I could sent directions to anyone that wants them ahead of that...

I will go to Costco on the way home tonight and get some tri-tip, salad (potatoe? green? both?), and maybe a pie... There is a Safeway near my house, so we can load up on other stuff later...

My wife was asking me if everyone was bringing a side-dish, but I told her how it usually goes, usually pick up supplies along the way...

I will probably be leaving the drags for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, but will return before we head to my place...


So, is anybody bringing their wives, kids, friends, girlfriends (not including sheep), etc...

I will check-in here about 2:30PM today to get a better count of who will be coming to the BBQ so I can figure out how much meat to buy...

Tony, does beer count as a side dish? smile.gif

I'll be there, and I'm bringing Marky and Erwin as far as I know. We probably won't be able to stay too long though, not sure if we'll be there for the Q or not.

Dirt, you're welcome to come over, I hope to have the car loaded by 6PM or so, but I promised Toni I'd take her out later so I don't have a lot of time for "testing" tonight, but between 6 and 7:30 or so is definately fair game graemlins/beers.gif

Erwin (Sobever66), let me know if you're in for tomorrow...

Tony, that's not a bad idea meeting at your place and go in from there. This way if anyone wants to eat or hang for a few we will have the opportunity to before going in. Either way you want to get the directions, mail or here, it's up to you. I will have the car, and the SSEi with the kids.

Jeff, if you are not making the Q, are you leaving the liquid gold? I imagine one of the guys (Al or Ron) could bring the equipment back for you? Must have homebrew.....

Still no Jay, don't know if he and his buds still plan on going or not. I will call him later I guess to ask if it is still the plan.

I picked up a few gallons of 100 octane fuel, and a couple of safety items missing from the car now. I was out this morning to try to locate some ET streets or drag radials with no luck. I will just have to burn my BFG's hot and hope the VHT is fresh for traction. I will be experimenting tomorrow with launching techniques, I DO want a 12 second timeslip dammit. Anyhoo, other than the helmet, I am for sure going to pass the most astringent tech person.

Looking very forward to this, can't wait :cool:

Originally posted by kinzli:
"testing" tonight, but between 6 and 7:30 or so is definately fair game graemlins/beers.gif
If I roll over, I'll give you a ring. With traffic, there won't be much time to chill and have a beer. I may just do some *domestic* chores around the house, since I haven't been home much and won't be for the next month. It's crazy :eek: .

Craig, the way you guys drink, the keg will be run dry by 5:30pm - If that :D . Bunch of alkies!

Yeah BABY!!! Lucky number 13 ;) YAHOOO WHOOOO!

This is who I am counting right now:
Craig (4)
Jeff (Erwin, Mark )(3)
Beaux,Shane, Alan, Ron, Troy, Joe, Jay (+2), David, Ray... And a few other locals

Anyone besides Alan NOT eating at the BBQ after?

Sure you want that floating around the web in a public forum Tony?

Might be better to edit out and send off some emails.


OH - And since Tony edited it out, for those of you that missed it, it was a GIF image of Ron hula hooping in a seal fur thong and a santa hat.

:D

Good point Beaux...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
Good point Beaux... Too late. I have sold your info to PETA and informed them that you sell Goose liver and are active in force feeding to produce Foi Gras.

They are sending a blood bucket brigade toyour location. I will call them off for a set of Moser axles. 30 minutes to comply......


:D ;)


See you cats tomorrow! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Tony, there's a good chance that myself, Mark and Erwin may have to leave before the BBQ is pulled together. We'll probably need to get on the road at 6...

Okay, fired off emails to Craig, Alan, Troy, Joe, Jay, Ray,(already sent to Jeff)...

Personal message to Beaux...

Anybody I missed? I will be off-line about 2:30 today, and probably won't be back on-line before tomorrow...

See you all then...

Just whorin along to roll us over to 14 ;)

Tony, if all goes well, we'll probably come to your house between 10 and 10:30 to drop off the keg. If you're not there, will someone be there to "receive"? smile.gif

I have sold your info to PETA I hope thats "People Eating Tasty Animals"...

Whorin, whorin, whorin.......keep them posts a whorin.....Poor Ron, his arse is swollin', WhorrrrrINNNNNNNN

Jeff,

Shouldn't be a problem, My wife or Ishould be home... Takes about 20+ minutes to get to Sac Raceway, not sure what time we will leave my place...

*shaken the dice*


Come on 14....daddy needs a new pair of shoes!

Dammit!

Thanks Beaux...

I was hoping to be the one to make it make it 14...

Originally posted by 1966_L78:
Thanks Beaux...

I was hoping to be the one to make it make it 14... BAH, SONOFA!!!

typical for me. Do the work, someone else scores....yes, this applies chicks in bars too. I get em drunk and they leave with someone else.

One day I will break this curse.

:D

OMG, my bad luck continues.

Get this, the guy who has my rear end just called me... HIS HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE TODAY!

Consider this a warning. Everyone had best keep 20 feet away from me at all times tomorrow unless they want something to break/explode/catch fire/fall into a sinkhole/or any other type of calamity, because "the curse" is in full effect this week.

Lucky for me, my rear end was in his detached shop and is OK. However, the pinion gear is heavily scored. So there's no chance of having my Chevelle there tomorrow. And now I have to do an "easy 500 mile break in" on the new gears. ARGH!

I'll still be there tomorrow. With the 4-runner. I'm going to take on the role of "ricer of the day" bragging how my mighty overhead cam V6 "makes more hp/liter" than everyone else's old POS lowtech American V8 pushrod motors. LOL.

Troy

Originally posted by 70 Elco Joe:
Who needs a ride still, I have room for 4 comfortable, 5 if 3 guys wanna get cozy in the back seat ;) I do, I do. :D
I'm gonna PM you. smile.gif
David

Now this is some funny stuff. Just got of the phone with David and he lives about 3 blocks from my house. Talk about a small world. We will be on the road at 8am is anyone meeting for a caravan up to Sac?

Hey, can I be #200? Looks like I'm going by Alan's in the AM and will see you guys sometime tomorrow... graemlins/beers.gif

Man Troy that really bites! You got worse luck than I do. Did you recently stay on the 13th floor of a hotel (if there is even a hotel with a 13th floor)?

So what's the plan tomorrow? Are we all meeting at Tony's place first and then heading to the track, or are we all just meeting at the track?

Erwin, we're leaving at 6AM. I don't have your phone number so I hope you read this before then...

I'm having a pint of the RazWheat (Hefeweizen) and it's mmmm good. I'm teesting for you guys, I hope you realize how hard I work to make sure this beer tastes good. I might have to test some more tonight. Ahh, the work never ends :D Seriously, it's pretty good and it's carbonated now, and all ready.

Dennis, glad you're coming along!

My wife (Toni) decided she wanted to go and bring the Cobra, so she'll be there with us. She and Marky were helping get the trailer down the driveway tonight (I'm too much of a tard to back the trailer down the driveway), and she decided she wanted to go smile.gif

Hopefully we should pull in at Tony's to drop off the beer around 10 or so...

Car is loaded, we're ready!

Damn, this is going to be the sweetest Sac drag day evar!

The car s as ready as it's ever going to be so I am going to run it as is....


Troy, keep 20 feet between you and the fenders of the car, this is my ride home as you all know. Drive it 100 miles one way, pull off 12 second timeslips (hope to) and drive it home. Pure street car I say.

Beaux, sweet post whoring, you may hold the title.

Dennis I am really looking forward to seeing you agian, thanks for attending.

David/Joe I will be travelling up the 99 about 8:30AM tomorrow AM. If you want to caravan to Tony's home by 10AM. Call me at the house at 667-2955 before I leave to get a more accurate location...

I am going to call Jay now, wish me luck.....

Originally posted by Gokou:
So what's the plan tomorrow? Are we all meeting at Tony's place first and then heading to the track, or are we all just meeting at the track? Troy, do you want to meet us off of the freeway around 9:00AM? Call me at the house before I leave by 8AM. If you don't get the chance to, get to TOny's place by 9:30 or so and I will be there.

Troy, I just talked to Jody, he's gonna look you up and ride in with you.

Craig, I sent ya an email asking for your cell number just in case...

I'll be ready to go tomorrow morning. Jeff, I'll be at your house at 6 sharp.

hopefully i am going
hopefully you will see me there
look for the orange chevelle
the only asian there

Got the meat marinating (hope I got enough), the garage cleaned up (pretty much), just about ready to go...

I am so excited, I don't know if I'll sleep much tonight...

Craig, if I forget to call tomorrow morning (which is very likely given my usual "zombie stupor" I typically suffer from anytime I'm awake before 9am) I'm planning on being at Tony's by 9:15-9:30 or so, hopefully with Jody. Let's just plan on meeting there.

Troy

I'm not gonna be able to make it, sorry guys. graemlins/sad.gif (Just wanted to get in this post.) :D

Originally posted by marooned:
I'm not gonna be able to make it, sorry guys. graemlins/sad.gif (Just wanted to get in this post.) :D Hey, you said you would be there, what gives? :D

It's a big thread, lots of post whoring going on and info exchange.

I am up, it's 7:30AM graemlins/sad.gif and getting the kids ready to go.

I will just go to Tony's from here and see you all there graemlins/beers.gif

nice seeing you guys out at the track
sorry, i was just very very tired and
cant make it to tony's... and my light
was out, so it would of been interesting
if i drove home at night...

Well...............How'd it go boys??????

Yes, yes we all want to know how it went. Any pics? If so, please share!

well, to start, i didnt think jeffs car got any traction anywhere down that 1320...

Originally posted by EkS:
Yes, yes we all want to know how it went. Any pics? If so, please share! I do. :D Will get them up asap. graemlins/beers.gif It was awesome!!! :cool:
David

Hey Guys, Here's a link to some of the pics that I took. :cool:
David
Raceway Pics (http://community.webshots.com/album/227225274vHFpNP)

Cool David. How bout some times?

Thanks everyone for showing up, I had a great time, and the food was great, Thanks Tony for hosting all of us and Thanks Shane for Q'ing the meat, it was excellent. Beaux, thanks for making the store run, too.

As for times, well, I hang my head in shame, I couldn't seem to keep the tires from roasting. The best I could do was 12.45 I think, spinning the tires hard out the whole, trying to grab traction through 2nd gear, and finally being able to get on it a little harder through 3rd gear. I think another run that was reasonable was 12.56 or something, that one I was able to hook a little bit in first and second, but lifted at about 1000 feet or so. Either way, it was a blast, and next time I'll try to have some traction, and less problems with excess crankcase pressure.

Toni had a great time, too. Thanks guys for showing her the friendliness of TC. Her best time in the Cobra was 13.45 I think with a .432 light! She smoked my butt in RT's, that's for sure graemlins/hurray.gif

slpin, your car ran great, congrats.

Craig, I'm really sorry bud about the problems. Next time will be better. The planets must have been lined up wrong yesterday or something, but I was pulling for ya each run. You were doing everything right, the car just wasn't cooperating.

All in all it was a fun day.

Yep, it was great to put a face with the names of you guys yesterday. Had a good time!

Jody

I also had a great time, it was cool to meet up with everyone. Here's a few more pic's, digital zoom isn't the best though...


http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image1.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image2.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image3.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image4.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image5.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image6.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image7.jpg

http://www.camaros.net/pnwcc/DjD/sac/Image8.jpg

Way cool guys to see all the posts this morning, great pics as well. Awesome to see all of you there yesterday, I did have a great time despite all of my problems I was having.

Nice to meet a few new faces as well, slpin, Jody, and a couple of Tony's freinds at the track and at the house afterwards. Jeff, the beer was as good as ever, Troy and I will make a trip out there next month with Troy's car to get a little road time in on it.

Chris and Anthony, you guys have a second on my car right now and 6MPH. My best time was 13.1 at 106. My best 60' was 2.1, and best 1/8 was 8.5 at 85. A few mistakes on my part (here comes the poor excuses :D ) was my inability to add more power and do nothing to the stock fuel system. And on top of that, Troy pointed out a pinched rubber line off of the fuel pump making the problem even worse. This would explain the only 21MPH increase the last 1/2 the track. I am ordering 1/2 inch line from Summit tommorow, and some a-n fittings to get this done with once and for all. Next was traction, hands down the most frustrating part of the runs. I could not even go over 3/4 throttle from the start and through low gear (even then is was right on the ragged edge), if I did the car would lose traction and go out from under me. The only strong part of my runs was second gear to the start of 3rd, pulled quite well but not good enough. Tires, period. Next was the need for some good lower bars. The car at times felt like jello and washed/shimmied the car from side to side under power/traction.

So there it is, I was dissapointed, plus the fact that the most bizzare breakdown in the history of this event: the water pump to block gasket failure graemlins/clonk.gif Tony, thanks so much for the help, made things lots easier for me to get the car back together and back on the track. Oh, and the belt problem, need to get that fixed before I go out again. Will I do this again, HELL YES, but I need to make progressive changes for improvement before that happens again.

Enough about my car, silpin's car was running great. I believe he was in the high 12 second range, not sure about MPH, but congrats man, nice running car and very quiet as well.

Cheers to a great day graemlins/beers.gif

Hey guys great pictures. Anyone wanna tell us who's car we are looking at?

Jeff stuck the high res versions of the pic's I took on the web if you want to see them...

http://www.kinzlicoils.com/sac/

EkS - the first pic is Craigs, the next one is Jeff going up against his wife, the third shot is slpin's with the vinyl top I believe. I included the VW shot because I saw someone set down their bong in it's engine compartment!! ;)

definately a great day
craig, thanks for the good words
hey, try a thinner belt, so it sits deeper into the groove, my alternator is not aligned with the waterpump at all, but it still doesnt throw... it sits really deep down in the groove though....

yup, that would be me in the orange car...

Hey Everyone, Toni wanted me to post for her and give her thanks to everyone for being so supportive of her at the track. She had a blast!

She said special thanks to Reta for capturing some of the vids smile.gif

I'll post some of the vids in the near future.

Well guys sorry I couldn't make it this time around to Sac's TNT tried to get the cage in on time but ran out of time :rolleyes: . Should be in and ready to go in a week or so. All the original seats went good bye and racing buckets and five points are now in place. Next plan is 4.11 gears, 260 dur. @ .050/ .629 lift cam ( a bit larger than now) and maybe a little more stall, and 28 x 11.5 slicks, hoping for 11.50's and better :confused: .Sorry Craig I should have let you borrow my ET streets i wasn't using them. Wish i could have been there. Craig i have faith that your car is good for 12's, it felt bitch'n at Turlock, sorry to hear about fuel problems. Jeff i think it's time for some slicks and the use of a certain trans brake! Jeff what was you MPH, curious to see how the car went after (some) traction. Next time I'm there guys. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

wow.. im pissed i couldnt make it, the pc';s been down since the 1st too so i missed alot of the thread as well.. what sh!tty timing huh. no matter how much you plan something, if murphys law wants in your screwed. im back online now though. and i wont miss anymore cool things. was my friend in the mach1 there? looks liek a fun time was had by all. now i just have to wait till the end of january for our swap meet oktoberfest.. thats gonan be sweet huh.. mayeb we should see if we can hit 20 pages on that one.. buncha california post whores smile.gif hey Craig ( and troy) if you guys run up to kinzlis i wanna go too, craig you got 2 inches on me so ill sit in the back ( both seats..lol)

Hey Anthony, sorry you couldn't make it. Traction was my downfall, I couldn't get it to hook to save my life. The best run I made I was able to get into it once into third gear, and ended at about 118mph. I was slow out of the hole and the tires were out from under me through 1st and 2nd though :( So yes, slicks or ET Streets or something better is on the list.

Jay, you're more than welcome to come over too for a brewfest. I'm going to be brewing the Oktoberfest brew this week, but most weeks will have something in the plans, so whenever you wanna cruise over, it's all good. graemlins/beers.gif

Had a great time... Thanks to Shane for the grilling (and Ron for spilling beer in my garage a few times)... and a big thanks to everyone showing up for the BBQ...

If I ever change my cam, maybe I'll actually take my car back out, but the ride to the TNT and back to my place in Craig's car was pretty fun. From about 40-45mph, Craig's car just goes sideway when floored, even with both of us (well, that was on the street)... Pulls hard, but too much power for those tires...

Craig, no problem on the repair help... I actually enjoy being able to help buddies out (ironic, both TNTs its been your car that had the minor issues)...

Jeff, great beer... Even from a non-connisuer (sp?), I really liked that brew...

Filthy had me crying a few times (from laughing so hard, I still want to see the David Lee Roth pants), but I think I put him "on the trailer" when I whipped out my calves (hmm, maybe my clutch is too stiff)...

The rest, had a great time at the track and the BBQ... Hope to see you all again soon...

Ray, thanks for stopping by, sorry we missed you at the track (We were back in the pit area)

Originally posted by 1966_L78:


Filthy had me crying a few times (from laughing so hard, I still want to see the David Lee Roth pants), but I think I put him "on the trailer" when I whipped out my calves (hmm, maybe my clutch is too stiff)...

OMG, that was funny when the calf off went down in the garage. Tony, you are the king of calf! The look on Shanes face was priceless, he could not figure out why they were so uber large.

Tony, thanks again for the help. I think if there was an award for the weirdest problems at the track, I would win everytime. Just either bad luck, or my car is possessed? Either way, the car always had got me home without a hitch, very reliable beast I must say. And I beat that car up on a regular basis too.

Now, down for the upgrades and get this barge into the mid 12's. Thanks everyone for the vote of confidence it has the power that's a given but the rest of the package is not backing it up plain and simple. good lesson on how you can't just throw more power at it, and expect it to do what you think it should. Lesson learned.

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/Craigsmoke.JPG

Craig (ThorSS) cleaning the tires off before his race...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/gasket2.JPG

Craig's problem... Personally, I have never seen a water pump gasket blow out... It looked all "eroded" too (what was left anyway). Easy and cheap fix, but still probably an hour of downtime (run to two different stores to get gaskets, etc)...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/Jefflaunch.JPG

Unfortunately, Jeff was in the wrong lane for good photo op...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/Slpn.JPG

Slpin's 12.80's ride... 396 on radials


http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/CobraandSLPN.JPG

Jeff's wife's Cobra and Slpin's Chevelle...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/OMG.JPG

Mr. Kinzli's wild ride...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/1966_L78/ThorSS.JPG

I had a great time at the track. Thanks for the lift to/from the track Dennis. It was good listening to your stories of the "old days" :D . It was a bit on the cold side, but there was a good turnout for TC. Nice to finally see Kinzli on the track and cool to see his wife Toni having a great time! Craig and Kinzli got some way cool wives. Sucked that Craig had bad luck again. Damn. At least the problem was fixed in short order. Slpin's car was tearin' up the track. Nice work!

A lot of fast cars there. Made my car look like a CRX. Oh wait, that CRX was haulin' aZZ. I thought the track workers were operating the starting line unsafely for quite some time. People walking in front of cars that were to stage, and bad communication from the staging crew. For awhile it looked like a street race gone wild :eek: . Redding is a lot more professional than how Sac was being operated this past Saturday.

All in all, a great time. Sorry I had to miss the BBQ afterwards. I should have stayed as the function I had to leave early for wasn't nearly as fun.

Word for the race: TIRES

Oh wait, that CRX was haulin' aZZ. How about that Turbo'd Bug (in the picture back a few posts)... Sure its light, but I saw that thing run like 10.50's :eek: And I think its a bug motor (modified, but still a 4 cylinder...)

that crx sure did! it was NA too!
it has one of those ram tube like intake too...

thanks for all the good words guys! cant wait till the next get-together! smile.gif

Lots of fun everyone, good meeting the new people, and as said before:

Thanks to Tony for putting up with us.
Thanks to Jeff for the refreshments.
Thanks to Shane for the grillin'.
And thanks to Ron and Tony for the "calf-off." LOL! I think SOMEONE needs to be tested for steroid use. :D

Oh, and I hate to tell you Craig, but while you were out getting a new waterpump gasket I got within 20 feet of your car, and in fact actually touched it. I think that may be the reason you were tossing fan belts...

Craig, if you want to come up to my place (or me down to your place) we can play "fuel system swap" for a day and I can dig out my Vericom for before/after runs. I have a lot of good "test and tune" country road out by me, as do you.

Can't wait for the next one! I'll try to keep my car in once piece for it too. graemlins/clonk.gif

Troy

I had fun guys. My car will be ready for the next time out.

Originally posted by Gokou:


Craig, if you want to come up to my place (or me down to your place) we can play "fuel system swap" for a day and I can dig out my Vericom for before/after runs. I have a lot of good "test and tune" country road out by me, as do you.

Troy Troy, I would love to have some help on the fuel line swap that's for sure. And with your attention to detail, I know it would be done right. I will mail you when I get the things I need together. Now, I will kind of need an idea on what I actually need, things like fittings and what I can do to fit the 1/2" line into the tank using the stock sender unit.

Anthony, I did not even think to ask you for the tires thanks so much for the offer. Maybe if we do this again and the situation is the same I will give you a rig. Thanks man.

239 POSTS you guys are f#$@%n INSANE!!!!!!looks like the weekend was fun though. Craig.... let's get together. what are you doin new year's eve? ....oh crap this could be another 250 posts!!!!!!

Originally posted by SS66rag:
239 POSTS you guys are f#$@%n INSANE!!!!!!looks like the weekend was fun though. Craig.... let's get together. what are you doin new year's eve? ....oh crap this could be another 250 posts!!!!!! Ray, what's up my man smile.gif

New years eve? Shoot, nothing that I know of. I am off work this year too, maybe we could. You can swing over maybe and check out the new house, or the family and I can swing over there. I need a designated driver ya know....

Hmmmm...

My rear end is fixed (for the CAR, dummy!) but not re-installed yet, as I decided to upgrade to ARP 1/2" studs for future possible usage of slicks. Of course Summit is out of stock and I had to order from Jegs...

Craig, when were you thinking of cruising over to Santa Cruz to help Brewmeister Jeff?

Troy

I think we'll be brewing Thursday or Friday night this week (the brew for the Oktoberfest). I'll probably brew something the following week as well, just not sure what yet graemlins/beers.gif

You guys are welcome anytime, just give me a few days notice so I can make sure the yeast is readdy smile.gif

Jeff, did you find the source of your "windshield washer" yet?

Troy, I think after talking it over with Marky some that the problem is mostly excessive crankcase pressure, and we're thinking about getting rid of the exhuast evac setup in favor of normal breathers.

While watching the vids I also realized that I might have a rear diff problem. We're going to pull the pumpkin in the near future and see what's up with that as well. Lots of work to do but we haven't done anything yet smile.gif

You guys and your rear end problems :D

I have many of my own, I keeed I kiiid.

Maybe one of the best times for me might be having to wait until the 1st weekend after new years weekend. I plan on painting the SSEi next Sunday, so I am busy then.

I have out of state company in town for the
christmas week, so that for me is out of the question as well.

So, if I have to skip out so be it but if this could wait I would still love to hang out for the day...

After new years is good too. God knows I don't need an excuse to make more beer :D

hey guys guesse what i did today.. i blew my motor.. ouch huh.. i swear, its far better to just build a car yourself instead of buying from an unknown person.. were pretty sure it threw a rod, was runnin fine, i did a little tiny burnout in my famous area about 10 mins before and was just showing one of my friends how the car acted with the stall. a few blocks later ( fulkerth and golden state) leaving the light ( in drive granny style.. nice and easy) and it started sounding like marbles in the oil pan.. then just shut down, oil pressure was at 45 like normal. well it sucks but it will be just fine.. good time to build the motor i really want huh.. look out Fu@#ers here comes the 12's hehehe. whats the best machien shop in our area? in thinking valley balancing or tba in turlock.. maybe dizney and wise?

Originally posted by bigblockelky:
[QBwhats the best machien shop in our area? in thinking valley balancing or tba in turlock.. maybe dizney and wise? [/QB]Oh man, you can't be serious graemlins/sad.gif

Now, one thing I would do is pull the intake off and check your lifters out first. You said you had hyd rollers, I wonder if this is a problem, better to check out and see what's up before making a decision to pull the engine. If they check out fine, it's probably the bottom end if the noise is coming from the engine, and not something else like the trans/converter.

IF you need to rebuild, I would go out of my way and take a trip up to Manteca and pay a visit to "performance machine" on Yosemite and 99. I had my heads done there, pretty good work, and the place has a decent rap around the area.

If you need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask.