Anybody got some M/T's and some skinny fronts I could borrow so I could join the fun?

 

 

Every time my car was at the track you were mysteriously absent. Why was that? But when I say I wasn't racing that night Mike and I would go and end up seeing you in the staging lanes. Interesting. When you think you are ready, and in top form, the blue bunny will show you how much further you still have left to go to come out on top.

 

You are welcome to discount both Rusty and myself all you want, however if you decide to run I thing everyone would like to establish these two rules for Futura Man:
1) BRING YOUR SLICKS - ie no more stories about how you could get an awesome 60' it's just your 'Pep Boys' tires slowing you down

2) Fix your clutch!

 

FACT: Vincent like to impress and play the the underdog because he says he went XX.XX @ XXX.XX MPH using only his street tires and that if had slicks or ET Streets he would be that much faster.

FACT: The truth is he still gets the same 2.0 60' whether he has slicks, ET streets, or cheap tires. So it doesn't matter what tires he has because his launch and 60' times are the same regardless.

FACT: Vincent has a set of ET Streets. So why doesn't he run them at the track??? Especially when he has failed to meet or beat the blue bunny results.

 

That's why I stated for him to bring them, I've seen his set of slicks on his Z28 at least once Just making sure he preps them for the show

 

What's with the OJ treatment of Vincent, Mike? Here is the a better shot of the guy who does so much work just to have it be not quite enough....

 

Vincent doesnt run his slicks because he's still using a stock T5. Maybe by Randy's September deadline we'll all be ready. Then again, that'll be enough time for us to break something again.

 

Sept. 18, my birthday and the day of reckoning. Hopefully i'll have my car nice and fast by then with the LO3 in its new home, buried in my backyard.
What a nice birthday present it would be to have my baby running some 12's.

 

How appropriate it would be for you to get "spanked" on your birthday...and by half a dozen other guys aiming to dip into the 12's.

Getting 12's here in CA in a full interior car, with smog legal parts, and with NAWSSSS is a lot harder than you read about on the internet.

 

I would be happy to supply them....only don't have skinnys for the front

 

Don, you have an xtra set of M/T's?

 

No....If I loan mine I might get a ride

 

Cool, If you don't run your car you can run mine. Maybe you can get some good numbers.

 

I dont need to be the fastest, just respectable.

And i dont mind being spanked if its done in a classy manner by a classy stripper (now u know what to get me)

 

The only spankings you'll get are by big greasy guys with hairy backs and questionable hygiene habits who won't take "no" for an answer and have taking a liking to your plumbers crack.

 

My car is still pretty high 14ish, but you guys are so funny, I would like to show up just to see the smak talk fireworks...

Troy
So Cal

 

Vincent's ET streets suck. Ask my dad.

While you guys are busy flappin your jaws, you're wasting build and tune time.

 

What a coincidence James. Isnt that the same plot for that stag film you starred in. Dont cast me in your prison fantasies.

 

I mean no disrespect, but either your making too much torque or your suspension is not set-up. James's tires give give a 1.7, 1.8 60' with almost no spin. On my car the best was 1.99 with all kinds of spin. So I figure it not the tire but how it is set up and how it is driven.

 

 

Hey, Raul, did you get a different intake setup for your TA yet?

 

Can I join the faster guys club if I run N/A or do you have other rules that I have to find about after the fact.
My car is now daily driven, full interior, Nitto tires ( no more slicks at the track or on the street ) and the Nitrous has been removed. The next meeting at the track I will have a super ram on a small block just like most of you guys so please tell my any other rules you have for this.

Jerry

 

C'mon Jerry you have extensive mods to reduce the weight of your vehicle. All the other cars have little to no weight reduction.

Rules:

must have...

* Stock k-member
* Steel hood, unless you have the fiberglass x-fire hood
* cast iron engine block
* vehicle must weigh more than 3300 lb w/out driver
* manual gearbox

how about them rules

Honestly, even if you made the same power +/-30 HP as the rest of us, if we weren't done in by your 60' time, your weight advantage definately would leave us behind. Nothing quite leaves the gate like a high stall auto.

 

C'mon.

Mike get's consistent 1.8s on my tires that I usually get 2.0s, and I rarely get anything related to mikes times. I light up my ET Streets just like everybody else.

 

How about Red Vs. Blue for a small contest? We can have the red camaro's vs. the blue camaro's and put an end to see what color car is faster And then a Black vs. White.

 

What did you do with the NOS

 

Vincent's ET streets suck. Ask my dad.


If the Grand Prix had a 28 to 3000 stall converter in it, he would have been singing a different tune

 

Whats your best 60' on those particular tires Vincent?

Converter wouldnt have mattered. He was blowing them off as it was. Just what we needed... put it even deeper into the powerband.

 

Not yet. I'm still not sure what I'm going with.

 

Vincent couldn't 60' to save his life. At one track event Mike bet him $20 he couldn't cut under a 2.0 60'. After he sweated a couple pounds of fluid hi managed to squeaked by with a 1.998 or seomthing. Yessiree, our boy Vince sure was proud that day



not that I can 60' worth a sh*t myself.......

 

Oh, never mind... I guess there really aren't any other colors racing, are there?

 

You color would be more like a british racing green...

You can race too. Maybe Mike will bring the 14.3 second RedRocket for you to chew up on and spit out

Maybe That dude with the fuscia-colored camaro (Danny P. ???) and Russ's purple bird can go at it. I'm not sure what would be more painful to watch....the cars or the race

Thanks ladies and gentleman, I'll be here all week and don't forget to tip the waitress...

 

Stealth Ram or Mini Ram - heck I'll come to the intake swap party every two years - especially if there is food

 

And seeing as how we've used those tires and didnt improve our 60' at all, I say his ET streets suck. Now you guys get it?

 

All I get is that Both your dad and Vince have trouble launching. I get 2.0 60' (99.9% of the time) while Mike gets consistent 1.8X 60'. Same car. Same tire. Different driver.

 

That's my problem as well, bad launches

Maybe we should see if we can get Jerry to give a launch clinic

 

Since Jerry has an auto he'd be good for you to learn from. Since I have a manual trans Mike or Don would be one to learn from. Mike being a pal of mine wouldn't be a problem for me but at lessons costing $400 minimum and only getting 3-4 runs it's financially prohibitive for me. Not that Mike charges $400 for the lessons, it's just that's what it ends up costing in broken parts

 

It's all in the chasiss boys and girls
But then......ya'll don't need me to tell ya that

 

 

So you mean to tell me I won't be doin 12's just by changing my driveshaft.

 

Depends on the driveshaft, you talking about the one that comes with a 100 NOS Shot kit?

 

Vincent's ET streets did not improve my 60fts at all.
Grand Prix rear suspension is not set up for any kind of performance. In fact, we have discovered that the stock suspension alignments actually lifts the rear end off the ground instead of pushing down.
The GNX on the other hand has a totally diff rear end assy.

But more to the point, correct geometery or not the ET streets did not improve my runs over the street tires.
As far as knowing how to launch, give me five runs with any car and I bet I can come within 5% of the owners times.