Any Dallas area meets? - July 22 (Thread Retired)
12-15-2002, 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by Hanzie
mantis, you could have posted it here, in case anyone here wants to see my terrible attempt at a burn out hehe
mantis, you could have posted it here, in case anyone here wants to see my terrible attempt at a burn out hehe
12-16-2002, 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by InfernoTLS
I don't think I said it earlier, but congrats on your (soon to be) air ride. Do you get it back from the shop this week? That is going to be one sweet ride. You and Bluesman need to hook up and compare notes, btw. Cheers, Inferno
I don't think I said it earlier, but congrats on your (soon to be) air ride. Do you get it back from the shop this week? That is going to be one sweet ride. You and Bluesman need to hook up and compare notes, btw. Cheers, Inferno
Supposively, I should have it back tomorrow. Normally an install like this doesn't take this long, but I took care of them on some stuff, so they are hard lining my whole setup, using 2 3-gallon tanks, 2 remote quiet compressors (installed under car with filter in the trunk) and custom LCD 4 corner gauges.
I am going to go by there today around 11 to see how it's going, and to apply a little pressure
12-16-2002, 10:44 AM
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Originally posted by danny25
The burnout wasn't so hot, but that was a nice scratch you left. It looked like you could have even gone longer.
The burnout wasn't so hot, but that was a nice scratch you left. It looked like you could have even gone longer.
Yeah i know it sucked. I could have gone alot longer, its just i wasnt trying to go for distance, hehe, I was actually trying to get the car to stay still, if you notice, my brake lights are on when i'm burning out. The problem was, my foot slipped on the brake the instant I started, so that didnt help, and by the time i hit the brakes again, it wouldnt stop. Oh well
12-16-2002, 12:51 PM
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Well I went by and checked on her. The wiring is getting finished up, compressors are mounted, cylinders are in. With all the air out of the cylinders, shes about an inch off the ground! Full, it's back to factory height. They still need to run the hard lines and install the tanks. ETA, tomorrow afternoon.
12-16-2002, 01:01 PM
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Oh, and while I was there, there was a guy making an appointment to have his Comptech springs installed on his '02 CL-S for tomorrow AM. Someone from around these boards????
12-16-2002, 02:04 PM
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Originally posted by chrisbpickering
Danny, in looking at your night pics, i am thinking you have a nice SLR on a tripod with a remote shutter release? Those are some extended exposures
Danny, in looking at your night pics, i am thinking you have a nice SLR on a tripod with a remote shutter release? Those are some extended exposures
Thanks Bluesman.
12-16-2002, 02:06 PM
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Mantis, where did you get your wheel fixed? David curbed one of his chrome bullits yesterday in Dallas and he was wondering. He's heard of Wheels America, or something like that, I don't remember the one he said. But he was just looking for a second option.
Thanks.
Thanks.
12-16-2002, 09:46 PM
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Motorsport Ranch
Rootbeer and I had talked about this road course weekend during the dyno day a while ago.
http://www.thedriversedge.net/
I met some of the instructors when I was at TMS which is how I heard about it.
It is expensive--like $260-275 for the weekend. That is actually pretty good dollar/hour for a closed road course given you have two days and maybe 8 hours of real track time plus instruction.
If anyone is interested, post up. If it is too expensive, no problem. Rootbeer and I may decide to go and, if so, some folks may just want to come by and check it out.
Thoughts?
Inferno
http://www.thedriversedge.net/
I met some of the instructors when I was at TMS which is how I heard about it.
It is expensive--like $260-275 for the weekend. That is actually pretty good dollar/hour for a closed road course given you have two days and maybe 8 hours of real track time plus instruction.
If anyone is interested, post up. If it is too expensive, no problem. Rootbeer and I may decide to go and, if so, some folks may just want to come by and check it out.
Thoughts?
Inferno
12-17-2002, 12:27 AM
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Any of you ever stray over to http://www.thedfwscene.com? A lot of gett ogethers and what not get set up there.
12-17-2002, 07:07 AM
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Re: Motorsport Ranch
Originally posted by InfernoTLS
Rootbeer and I had talked about this road course weekend during the dyno day a while ago.
http://www.thedriversedge.net/
I met some of the instructors when I was at TMS which is how I heard about it.
It is expensive--like $260-275 for the weekend. That is actually pretty good dollar/hour for a closed road course given you have two days and maybe 8 hours of real track time plus instruction.
If anyone is interested, post up. If it is too expensive, no problem. Rootbeer and I may decide to go and, if so, some folks may just want to come by and check it out.
Thoughts?
Inferno
Rootbeer and I had talked about this road course weekend during the dyno day a while ago.
http://www.thedriversedge.net/
I met some of the instructors when I was at TMS which is how I heard about it.
It is expensive--like $260-275 for the weekend. That is actually pretty good dollar/hour for a closed road course given you have two days and maybe 8 hours of real track time plus instruction.
If anyone is interested, post up. If it is too expensive, no problem. Rootbeer and I may decide to go and, if so, some folks may just want to come by and check it out.
Thoughts?
Inferno
12-17-2002, 07:08 AM
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Originally posted by danny25
Mantis, where did you get your wheel fixed? David curbed one of his chrome bullits yesterday in Dallas and he was wondering. He's heard of Wheels America, or something like that, I don't remember the one he said. But he was just looking for a second option.
Thanks.
Mantis, where did you get your wheel fixed? David curbed one of his chrome bullits yesterday in Dallas and he was wondering. He's heard of Wheels America, or something like that, I don't remember the one he said. But he was just looking for a second option.
Thanks.
12-17-2002, 07:09 AM
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Originally posted by chrisbpickering
Any of you ever stray over to http://www.thedfwscene.com? A lot of gett ogethers and what not get set up there.
Any of you ever stray over to http://www.thedfwscene.com? A lot of gett ogethers and what not get set up there.
12-17-2002, 12:40 PM
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Yawn . . . uumm huunn wassup?
Yep, it's me. Ruf Van Winkel just waking up to what's going on.
Anyway, it's that time of year and I've been busier than you know what.
Unfortunately none of it has had to do with my car.
Just a few battles with City issues and education issues at my kids school to name a few things.
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
Yep, it's me. Ruf Van Winkel just waking up to what's going on.
Anyway, it's that time of year and I've been busier than you know what.
Unfortunately none of it has had to do with my car.
Just a few battles with City issues and education issues at my kids school to name a few things.
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
12-17-2002, 12:55 PM
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Track Weekend.
Count me in!! My friend Murphy to. Sounds cheep for that much track time. Oh got my wires on looks good but I would have to Dyno in order to tell any differance. Do you think my ECU needs time to recalibrate? Im guessing I can't expect more than 2-4 HP anyhow. Looks good.
12-17-2002, 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by RUF87
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
Nice summary
12-17-2002, 07:26 PM
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About the Motorsport Ranch:
1. I think it is a great deal (at least at first blush).
2. This will require prepayment and they may run out of room so we need to act with all due haste.
3. I don't know how to turn this into a meet we can all participate in regardless of finances (that is a lot of scratch). Ideas are welcome here, folks!
About things in general: is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this right now? :pfawk: :pfawk: :pfawk:
Too much candy at the office these days.
And no, RUF, I said candy, not Candy. :-*
Maybe I just need a beer!!!
1. I think it is a great deal (at least at first blush).
2. This will require prepayment and they may run out of room so we need to act with all due haste.
3. I don't know how to turn this into a meet we can all participate in regardless of finances (that is a lot of scratch). Ideas are welcome here, folks!
About things in general: is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this right now? :pfawk: :pfawk: :pfawk:
Too much candy at the office these days.
And no, RUF, I said candy, not Candy. :-*
Maybe I just need a beer!!!
12-18-2002, 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by RUF87
Yawn . . . uumm huunn wassup?
Yep, it's me. Ruf Van Winkel just waking up to what's going on.
Anyway, it's that time of year and I've been busier than you know what.
Unfortunately none of it has had to do with my car.
Just a few battles with City issues and education issues at my kids school to name a few things.
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
Yawn . . . uumm huunn wassup?
Yep, it's me. Ruf Van Winkel just waking up to what's going on.
Anyway, it's that time of year and I've been busier than you know what.
Unfortunately none of it has had to do with my car.
Just a few battles with City issues and education issues at my kids school to name a few things.
So let's see.
Mantis is doing Vegas,
Chris is on cloud nine,
Casper is taking it in, or is that tokening it in.
Inferno is going AWOL
Danny is taking in the night lights
Hanzie is smoking more than his tires . . is that a clutch burning that I smell?
Bluesman got wired . .
Civic is still trying to find his way home
and Ruf has been in a rut, but I do have my Christmas shopping done.
Did I leave anything out? :P
Ruf
And yes I'm shoving a lot more up that pipe
And on a side note, if things go as planned I'll be low ballin and handling all kinds of curves better...
12-18-2002, 06:31 PM
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LOL, I gotta wash it in the morning. Accumilator in the rear needs to be connected in a few days, but damn! We had to choke the exhaust valves down to 1/8" cause it dropped to fast to make moderate adjustments. Slammed it's rubbing the fron fender plastic a bit, but it's only a inch off the ground.
I think I will be going with different switches, these are too hard to press and I get to much air movement.
Regardless, it's bad ass, and with the accumilator not connected in the rear, I get 2" of hop on a full pop to the rear. However, I don't want it to do that. My goal was adjustability, not fast movements
Well, if any of you are in the Arlington area and want to grab some lunch and chat, give me a holler here, through email, my IM's or call me 817.456.1995 (mobile)
Later :-)
I think I will be going with different switches, these are too hard to press and I get to much air movement.
Regardless, it's bad ass, and with the accumilator not connected in the rear, I get 2" of hop on a full pop to the rear. However, I don't want it to do that. My goal was adjustability, not fast movements
Well, if any of you are in the Arlington area and want to grab some lunch and chat, give me a holler here, through email, my IM's or call me 817.456.1995 (mobile)
Later :-)
12-18-2002, 11:46 PM
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Originally posted by InfernoTLS
About the Motorsport Ranch:
1. I think it is a great deal (at least at first blush).
2. This will require prepayment and they may run out of room so we need to act with all due haste.
3. I don't know how to turn this into a meet we can all participate in regardless of finances (that is a lot of scratch). Ideas are welcome here, folks!
About things in general: is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this right now?
Too much candy at the office these days.
And no, RUF, I said candy, not Candy. :-*
Maybe I just need a beer!!!
About the Motorsport Ranch:
1. I think it is a great deal (at least at first blush).
2. This will require prepayment and they may run out of room so we need to act with all due haste.
3. I don't know how to turn this into a meet we can all participate in regardless of finances (that is a lot of scratch). Ideas are welcome here, folks!
About things in general: is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this right now?
Too much candy at the office these days.
And no, RUF, I said candy, not Candy. :-*
Maybe I just need a beer!!!
Seriously, I'd love to do the Motorsport event, but sales have been slow this qtr. I'm not sure what kind of commision check I'll get and with my wife's and 2 kid's birthdays and Christmas all within weeks of each other I'm a poor old man.
I'm actually glad the icebox has been delayed for now.
Ruf
12-18-2002, 11:48 PM
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Originally posted by chrisbpickering
All I can say is oh my f**king gosh.....
You guys have got to see this...
All I can say is oh my f**king gosh.....
You guys have got to see this...
Stop that teasing and post some pics.
Ruf
12-18-2002, 11:58 PM
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Chomp, slurp, smack, aaah. 
Volvo S70 T5 taste like chicken.
Some goofball in a S70 T5 thought he'd jack with me today. I ignored him for a while, but when we got to a redlight at a 3 lane road, I just has to smack him around.
I only took it to 55MPH because I tore him up off the line and pulled easily. I didn't even run it up to redline in first.
They are fast, but can't hang with the Type-S
My first race since Ennis and boy do I miss that night. It was great time.
I can't wait to see what our times will be after a few mods. Maybe a 14,4??
Also, my little brother wants to join us with his 66 Chevy II. He got it fired up the other day and boy it sounds SWEET!
He should be running mid 13s, maybe even low 13s with street tires. Man I miss serious sounding engines. 
Ruf
Volvo S70 T5 taste like chicken.
Some goofball in a S70 T5 thought he'd jack with me today. I ignored him for a while, but when we got to a redlight at a 3 lane road, I just has to smack him around.
I only took it to 55MPH because I tore him up off the line and pulled easily. I didn't even run it up to redline in first.
They are fast, but can't hang with the Type-S
My first race since Ennis and boy do I miss that night. It was great time.
I can't wait to see what our times will be after a few mods. Maybe a 14,4??
Also, my little brother wants to join us with his 66 Chevy II. He got it fired up the other day and boy it sounds SWEET!
He should be running mid 13s, maybe even low 13s with street tires. Man I miss serious sounding engines. Ruf
12-19-2002, 12:48 AM
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allrite back on the baord at last... been job hunting the past few days and have two interviews tomorrow... so I'm really seriously BROKE now guys... this is gay... I decided to redo my warddrove and starting over is expensive... that combined with xmas shopping for family and friends and I'm down to $500 in the bank. I REALLY need one of these job interviews to go well b/c I need some incomign cashflow... I've been just drivin' around in my car laltely, haven't found aynthing worth racing or playing with... was gonna go to the races tonight but I'm too old for that I think plus I'm too lazy... and gas costs money which is one thing I don't have right now...
12-19-2002, 07:18 AM
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Originally posted by civic4982
allrite back on the baord at last... been job hunting the past few days and have two interviews tomorrow... so I'm really seriously BROKE now guys... this is gay... I decided to redo my warddrove and starting over is expensive... that combined with xmas shopping for family and friends and I'm down to $500 in the bank. I REALLY need one of these job interviews to go well b/c I need some incomign cashflow... I've been just drivin' around in my car laltely, haven't found aynthing worth racing or playing with... was gonna go to the races tonight but I'm too old for that I think plus I'm too lazy... and gas costs money which is one thing I don't have right now...
allrite back on the baord at last... been job hunting the past few days and have two interviews tomorrow... so I'm really seriously BROKE now guys... this is gay... I decided to redo my warddrove and starting over is expensive... that combined with xmas shopping for family and friends and I'm down to $500 in the bank. I REALLY need one of these job interviews to go well b/c I need some incomign cashflow... I've been just drivin' around in my car laltely, haven't found aynthing worth racing or playing with... was gonna go to the races tonight but I'm too old for that I think plus I'm too lazy... and gas costs money which is one thing I don't have right now...
12-19-2002, 07:54 PM
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Now wouldn't that be some shit! LOL, I com ehere and suddenly there are pics of my car!! HAHA.
ACtually Danny, if you want to get some photos together, we could meet up at the Park. I just washed it today, so I need to get some photos and video anyway.
ACtually Danny, if you want to get some photos together, we could meet up at the Park. I just washed it today, so I need to get some photos and video anyway.
12-20-2002, 08:37 AM
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Originally posted by chrisbpickering
Now wouldn't that be some shit! LOL, I com ehere and suddenly there are pics of my car!! HAHA.
ACtually Danny, if you want to get some photos together, we could meet up at the Park. I just washed it today, so I need to get some photos and video anyway.
Now wouldn't that be some shit! LOL, I com ehere and suddenly there are pics of my car!! HAHA.
ACtually Danny, if you want to get some photos together, we could meet up at the Park. I just washed it today, so I need to get some photos and video anyway.
Me wanna see!
12-20-2002, 05:37 PM
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Bah, the one day I am at the movies for three hours (yes, LOTR2).....
I PM'ed you Danny. I am going to get some pics with my neighboor too, he has a jacked up silverado. We are going to see how far under his truck I can get my car.
I PM'ed you Danny. I am going to get some pics with my neighboor too, he has a jacked up silverado. We are going to see how far under his truck I can get my car.
12-21-2002, 09:31 AM
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wooohooo! two good things
a) we are finally gonna see Chris's ride soon (always a plus)
b) I ordered my springs yesterday and they should be here in about 1 - 1.5 weeks
wow, i'm getting TWO things for my car for xmas! This is gonna rule.
(good xmas presents = acting like i'm 3)
CasperTL
a) we are finally gonna see Chris's ride soon (always a plus)
b) I ordered my springs yesterday and they should be here in about 1 - 1.5 weeks
wow, i'm getting TWO things for my car for xmas! This is gonna rule.
(good xmas presents = acting like i'm 3)
CasperTL
12-21-2002, 10:25 AM
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LOL, it's great to be excited about xmas. We scraped the "real" tree this year and went artificial. That alone triple the holiday enjoyment....
That's awsome Casper, I can't wait to see the Max sittin lower!
That's awsome Casper, I can't wait to see the Max sittin lower!
We just finished taking pics and a short vid. I'll post the pics when I get home and upload them.