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Old May 29, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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I'm going Friday night to get a few runs on the new convertor before the shootout June 9th. If anyone is going and you see me by the Lake You may be able to get a real good deal on a sightly raced Red '96.

I have my doubts :confused:


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Old May 29, 2003 | 09:39 PM
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Please tell me your kidding?

Anyway, isn't tomorrow MOPAR VS The World? or some kind of Viper shootout? I know it's MOPAR Weekend(I'll be in Heaven).
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Old May 29, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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:yesnod: :yesnod:
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Old May 29, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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Well good luck anyway
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Old May 30, 2003 | 01:54 AM
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We're going. I imagine it's going to be a zoo though. I plan on getting there early.
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Old May 30, 2003 | 06:31 AM
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We're going. I imagine it's going to be a zoo though. I plan on getting there early.
ya, I just need to make a few time runs. I know right away if the car is any good.
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Old May 31, 2003 | 10:58 AM
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We're going. I imagine it's going to be a zoo though. I plan on getting there early.

ya, I just need to make a few time runs. I know right away if the car is any good.
The place was a ZOO :crazy:
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Old May 31, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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how'd the car perform john? :cheers:
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Old May 31, 2003 | 11:36 AM
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if the car in the lake :confused:
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Old May 31, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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THE CAR IS IN THE LAKE :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Old May 31, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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I watched him two times.

The car launches REAL hard. I am sure that the front tires were off the ground but I was not close enough to tell. But then just after launch it noses over big time. If he gets that worked out, I am sure the new converter will be fine.
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Old May 31, 2003 | 12:13 PM
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I watched him two times.

The car launches REAL hard. I am sure that the front tires were off the ground but I was not close enough to tell. But then just after launch it noses over big time. If he gets that worked out, I am sure the new converter will be fine.
Thanks Eric, it launched harder than it ever did, I could feel it carry the tires and set them down but then it nones over so bad it almosts put me into the windshield, I sure Julio can figure it out. It a great ride for 30' ;)
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Old May 31, 2003 | 01:24 PM
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Eric is correct, it jacks the wheels then noses down HARD........Im sure you'll figure it out :)
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it's always somethin' huh John M? :crazy:
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Old May 31, 2003 | 03:52 PM
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Hey Eric, how did your dads car run last night? Do you guys use a weather station? My rig was running almost a tenth and a 1/2 slower than my TAG was predicting. I'm wondering if anyone else was running unusually slow or do i have a problem.

Mackey, what were your trap speeds on those runs, and were they unusually slow? BTW, you shoulda joined the "world" with us...you would have been home 2 hours sooner.





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Old May 31, 2003 | 04:12 PM
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Hey Eric, how did your dads car run last night?
It went a best of 11.83 @ 115 with a 1.68 short time. It's a new combination, so I couldn't tell you if it was off its normal pace. It would be nice if it was 2 tenths off though!

Was your nephew's car off it's usual pace?
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Eric, what did you guys do to the car?
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Old May 31, 2003 | 05:28 PM
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Hey Eric. Nice times on your Dad's car. I guess you finally did a set of heads?? What other mods did you add?
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Old May 31, 2003 | 05:38 PM
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Eric nice times on your dad's car. what did you do to it now that the cats outa the bag.

My nephews car doesn't really have a baseline. We've changed some stuff and haven't really got many runs on it. But he wasn't running anywhere near what we were expecting :(

My car is usually fairly close to the TAG. At the first Challenge it was off about .05-.06, but so was Bob Sebrowski and our cars run almost identical. But this time it was off a ton. Starting to think something is wrong with it.
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Old May 31, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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Eric nice times on your dad's car. what did you do to it now that the cats outa the bag.
Get that cat outta here! :jester

Ported and polished heads LT4 heads. Ported intake. Holley 52 mm throttle body. The hot cam, and stock exhaust manifolds remain...

There may or may not have been some other changes as well :D

My nephews car doesn't really have a baseline. We've changed some stuff and haven't really got many runs on it. But he wasn't running anywhere near what we were expecting :(
Too slow or too fast? Mackey's MPH was way off too but it could have been because of other problems.
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