Funny how people can't leave well enough alone. :D

Congrats Nick and Wade. You're looking at the 8's and I'm still looking to get into the 10's and then retire. Hopefully that will happen this year. Tom Garland is going through the car to get it ready as we speak.

Nick, are you guys coming down to the Cruisein this year? I hope that you do!

Snowman


[Modified by Snowman, 4:27 PM 4/28/2002]

 

WOW!!! Great run!! :cheers:

At this rate by the time my vette gets back it will be one of the slower ones ;)

 

CONGRATS!GREAT NUMBERS!HOW MUCH SPRAY 250 PLUS? :cheers:


[Modified by NORM KOERNER, 10:10 PM 4/28/2002]

 

Cold weather is good for makin' HP! And since you said that the power was being put down to the ground I take it that the car was hookin' up good.....that said, seems like the conditions were optimal :cheers:

I know all of my best runs were on very cold days......

 

Air conditions great, track "conditions" not so great!, putting the power to the ground; we had some trans issues the week before and were driving through the trans(it's fixed now).

All in all the conditions of the track itself were about as bad as I have seen them due to the cold temps and early season for the track here locally as they havn't preped it propoerly this year yet, only been open 2 weeks.

The temps did help the good MPH though!!

Hey Doug, we are considering comming to the cruise in if it fits in the schedule; it is a bit of haul and were ther last week! I will let you know what is going on, does anyone know who else is showing up to T&T that weekend?

 

any videos of romans car? 6spd 9sec fbody is a dream of mine...........i would love to see it on tape!

 

Nick, I don't know amongst the ARE cars if that's what you mean. I know that Mike Hefner is coming. We both lost clutches doing a high testosterone burnout and race last Cruisein. :D

I have heard nothing of the tuner shootout variety. BPP will be there but I don't know if Ernie will race. Tom Garland will be there with his car but now an MTI motor. Tom Hall usually comes down but I don't know about this year.

Would be great to see you guys and I'd appreciate the support my first time out with the spray.

 

Awsome #'s Nick! Hopefully I'll have your solid roller package in and tweaked in time for the cruise-in but I doubt it. anyway, check your mail. :cheers:

David

 

Exactly!
:cheers:

 

Awsome Runs!! Congrats!!! Nick how did you "fit" 15" rims on the car? What brakes are on it? What tire is on the car? The limieting factor has been the 16" wheels & tires, and trans life, good to see a fix on the horizon. Congrats again!!!! Ric

 

Actually quite a few ARE LS1 customers are running in the 9's. On the weekend I watched a new style Camaro SS with a 432 and direct port setup run 9.92 on the juice and 10.89 N/A. Also, Tom Hall with a 422 ARE setup ran DEEP into the 9's at Bowling Green.

As for a John Force Idle, I am not sure what car you are referring to, but Wade's car has no more agressive of an idle than my ARE 436 motor that I drive as my spring-fall daily driver.

And as for it not taking a rocket scientist to run with Nitrous, do you know what is involved in holding an LS1 together during a huge nitrous shot like they run? This car's engine is not tore down on a weekly basis, trust me. It went pretty much untouched all of last season.

It's amazing the people that have come into this congratulations post with all their derogatory comments.



[Modified by MattG, 4:09 PM 4/29/2002]

 

:smash: Amen brother! I was there and everyone at A.R.E deserves a hardy congratulations for making a kick butt C5 that is a STREETABLE car. Without the wheels and tires, it's just a bad **** sounding C5 until you let it loose. All these naysayers need to reevalute whatever sad reasons they have for coming into a congratulatory post to start verbal wars. Any C5 tapping on the 8's should make everyone happy.

Congrats boys! 8's are on the way :cheers:


[Modified by The DBK, 3:15 PM 4/29/2002]

 

It's not all that amazing Matt. Some people are just like that for whatever reason.
I personally cannot fathom how someone would have to try and pick apart something such as that, something as impersonal as someone else's car running fast...but to each their own.
Fortunately for me, I'm about 10 minutes tops from ARE, so I'm going to have to come and check out Wade's car sometime soon as I think that is quite awesome!
I saw your car too at a car show a month or two ago, and it is extremely nice! (I think it was your car, next to another ARE car?).

Mike T.

 

Besides the awsome streetable performance ARE is getting, when they start offering there drag package that lets you run 15" wheel on the rear were going to see a big drag strip performance leap from all that take advantage of the much better tire selection. Hopeing the cost will not be out of sight. A-arms, brakes+the wheels,tires? Ric

 

Not bad first time out this season ;)

Congrats, and 8's are on the way!

Bob

 

We have mod. front and rear spindle butt. that alows the use of the 15" rims with the addition of a diff. caliper on the front with the factory stuff on the back. We also have a custom upper rear controll arm that gives the clearance needed to fit inside the 15" back rim. We are using the aluminstar's just because we like the look(many options here). One more set of runs at the track and we will sell the complete kit for the drag racer, the car stopped no prob. @ 155 mph with no laundry on the back(for those wondering about being able to stop with the smaller front calipers?) The rear controll arms are also fully adjustable.

We did have a few things diff. when in BG like some new clutches sent by the man. for us to try(they were supposed to be the "sh**") and a fair size cam that didn't make anymore power than the one we ran last year, this is what R&D is all about and the only place we get to test this stuff is at the track on our own car!! We did return to the "street cam" and old trans setup that didn't let down all last year(this stuff was in the car for the latest runs).

Just a note: we ran all last year and this year so far with the exact same engine internals including bearings! and only put in a set of rings over the winter because it was out and appart for inspection. Some of the pro-mod/super street engines we do are a more consumable program but that's the nature of those classes, this engine is the base hyd. 422 we sell with LS1 heads to anyone with a headbolt and gasket upgrade.

It is good sometimes when we get "questions" on the cars setup as I get to explain a bit about how standard the package is! This is no one off engine and is reliable in the low 9's, as for not doing anything special going fast with No2; your right nothing special we are just doing it(we never said anyone else can't!!).

After the rims are changed it is a daily driver on 94 octane, about 12,000miles last year; to bad we only get 8 months of usage due to weather up here.

 

What a class act :yesnod: Nice responce to the negg coments some idiots make on this forum. Great Job Nick :cheers:

 

*****-YA! I wanna see a VID!! please... :reddevil I wanna see this thing tear butt! :eek:

 

Like I said Nick, it is a shame that some people can't leave well enough alone. :D

Nick is a friggin gentleman. He goes OUT of his way not to knock other people's rides, other tuners, that is just not his way. He's in it for the racing, for the fun of it. He likes to win like the next guy. Why all this poopie?

Nick, thanks for being a standup guy. I hope you come to BG in May.

Doug


[Modified by Snowman, 2:45 AM 4/30/2002]

 

Doug and Mike, Are you guy's saying I am an idiot because I wanted to know how nick got 15" tire on the C5? Or that I wondered how much it would cost? Or some other reason? Ric