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03-16-2005, 04:15 PM
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Oregon people inside i'll be moving to oregon in early july, so i thought i'd see if you guys could tell me some things
are there emissions there, if so how strict?
how's the street racing scene?
how are the winters?
i'll be in the portland area, any 1/4mile tracks close by?
how bout LS1 performance shops?
anything else you'd like to let me know bout welcome
thanks
are there emissions there, if so how strict?
how's the street racing scene?
how are the winters?
i'll be in the portland area, any 1/4mile tracks close by?
how bout LS1 performance shops?
anything else you'd like to let me know bout welcome
thanks
03-16-2005, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by madpwr1
i'll be moving to oregon in early july, so i thought i'd see if you guys could tell me some things
are there emissions there, if so how strict?
how's the street racing scene?
how are the winters?
i'll be in the portland area, any 1/4mile tracks close by?
how bout LS1 performance shops?
anything else you'd like to let me know bout welcome
thanks
are there emissions there, if so how strict?
how's the street racing scene?
how are the winters?
i'll be in the portland area, any 1/4mile tracks close by?
how bout LS1 performance shops?
anything else you'd like to let me know bout welcome
thanks
Street Racing: Personally, Im not a big fan... so I can't help much. In Portland here theres a Starbucks out in Beaverton that folks like to hang out at Fri/Sat evenings. Thats from the Mustang crowd though. Not alot of F-bodies up here.
Winters: Normally long and rainy... but this year CA got all our rain (all the floods, landslides, etc... thats our normal weather, but we can take it)... so it's been a goofed up winter here this year. Its been beautiful and sunny. Kind of weird.
1/4 mile tracks: Two, one essentially in town (Portland International Raceway...PIR) and one south of here a few miles called Woodburn. PIR has weekend night test-n-tune that goes quite late. Loads of imports though. *I* personally dont mind the track.... I can run a 1.64 60 with a stock longblock Mustang. Some people claim Woodburn is faster. Whatever. Woodburn is open during the day on Weekends... PIR usually becomes a road course during the daylight hours (and a very nice one at that).
LS1 Performance shops:
Robert Judd ("Gen 3 Performance") is very good... and comes highly recommended from a multitude of people. And he is about it for the entire NW in my opinion. Fortunately, he is in Portland. On the other hand, there isnt much on these engines a person with a garage and some good tools can't do themselves, IMHO. For transmissions, clutches, etc, the guy named Ellis Groo on this board is the go-to guy. He is in NW WA though.
Good luck. Welcome to a really cool place
03-16-2005, 04:47 PM
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Yeah portland and seattle have both been cracking down on the street racing scenes. I used to go quite often up here but don't anymore mainly because it's mostly a bunch of kids in imports that just act stupid and bring un-needed attention.
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03-16-2005, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Visceral
Emissions: depends on the County, I think. With some computer programming or O2 sims, it doesn matter on our cars anyways. They just plug in. My exhaust was burning my eyes and they still passed it... then failed it for noise :-/
Originally Posted by Visceral
Street Racing: Personally, Im not a big fan... so I can't help much. In Portland here theres a Starbucks out in Beaverton that folks like to hang out at Fri/Sat evenings. Thats from the Mustang crowd though. Not alot of F-bodies up here.
Originally Posted by Visceral
Winters: Normally long and rainy... but this year CA got all our rain (all the floods, landslides, etc... thats our normal weather, but we can take it)... so it's been a goofed up winter here this year. Its been beautiful and sunny. Kind of weird.
Originally Posted by Visceral
1/4 mile tracks: Two, one essentially in town (Portland International Raceway...PIR) and one south of here a few miles called Woodburn. PIR has weekend night test-n-tune that goes quite late. Loads of imports though. *I* personally dont mind the track.... I can run a 1.64 60 with a stock longblock Mustang. Some people claim Woodburn is faster. Whatever. Woodburn is open during the day on Weekends... PIR usually becomes a road course during the daylight hours (and a very nice one at that).
Originally Posted by Visceral
LS1 Performance shops:
Robert Judd ("Gen 3 Performance") is very good... and comes highly recommended from a multitude of people. And he is about it for the entire NW in my opinion. Fortunately, he is in Portland. On the other hand, there isnt much on these engines a person with a garage and some good tools can't do themselves, IMHO. For transmissions, clutches, etc, the guy named Ellis Groo on this board is the go-to guy. He is in NW WA though.
Good luck. Welcome to a really cool place
Robert Judd ("Gen 3 Performance") is very good... and comes highly recommended from a multitude of people. And he is about it for the entire NW in my opinion. Fortunately, he is in Portland. On the other hand, there isnt much on these engines a person with a garage and some good tools can't do themselves, IMHO. For transmissions, clutches, etc, the guy named Ellis Groo on this board is the go-to guy. He is in NW WA though.
Good luck. Welcome to a really cool place
thanks for the welcome
03-16-2005, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rookiels1
Yeah portland and seattle have both been cracking down on the street racing scenes. I used to go quite often up here but don't anymore mainly because it's mostly a bunch of kids in imports that just act stupid and bring un-needed attention.
you can't stop ricers, that problem exists everywhere
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Originally Posted by krazzycowgirl
You will see a bunch of us Camaro owners racing down i-5 come july 31st lol all with washington state plates as we race down (90+MPH) to Reno for Hot Aug nights.
03-16-2005, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by madpwr1
care to elaborate? ... what's "Hot Aug nights"? ... i've heard of "Hot Import Nights", but that's not something i'd see a bunch of real camaro owners at.
03-16-2005, 05:48 PM
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Hot August nights is a huge hot rod car show in Reno Nevada. Tjwong is a great LSx tuner and has a mustang dyno. PIR also has 1/8 mile drags on Wednesday nights.
03-16-2005, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockin C Racing
Hot August nights is a huge hot rod car show in Reno Nevada. Tjwong is a great LSx tuner and has a mustang dyno. PIR also has 1/8 mile drags on Wednesday nights.
Its really kewl to go down & see streets lined with these cars. Also they have car shows all over the place. at Summit racing supply
(its kewl to go in there & order stuff & then have it shipped home) 
... and you got any pics from the back? ... i have never seen anyone put a T/A wing on a camaro 
03-16-2005, 11:02 PM
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That is my husbands car at Super chevy in 02 lol & NO there is NO Trans am hatch on that car lol. The hatch is slightly left open for judging as required for the show lol.
We have some rear pic of the car but not on our website.
We have some rear pic of the car but not on our website.
03-16-2005, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Nathan
good questions...
i'm moving up to portland next week.
from reno, NV... i still have pics from hot august nights last year if anyone wants them.
i'm moving up to portland next week.
from reno, NV... i still have pics from hot august nights last year if anyone wants them.
03-17-2005, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by krazzycowgirl
That is my husbands car at Super chevy in 02 lol & NO there is NO Trans am hatch on that car lol. The hatch is slightly left open for judging as required for the show lol.
We have some rear pic of the car but not on our website.
We have some rear pic of the car but not on our website.
03-17-2005, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Nathan
good questions...
i'm moving up to portland next week.
from reno, NV... i still have pics from hot august nights last year if anyone wants them.
i'm moving up to portland next week.
from reno, NV... i still have pics from hot august nights last year if anyone wants them.
thanks
03-17-2005, 10:30 AM
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all the pics i have are uploaded.. so i'll just list a few here.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1195.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1199.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1200.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1201.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1202.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1203.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1205.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1204.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1209.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1208.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1227.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1240.jpg
i took around 100 pics.. but mainly from the peppermill and hilton parking lots
there were about 7 locations where they had the car shows.
it's worth attending.. free to look at them.
but it's booked about 2 years in advance for spots (if you wanted to put a car in, good luck
)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1195.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1199.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1200.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1201.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1202.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1203.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1205.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1204.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1209.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1208.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1227.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/DSCF1240.jpg
i took around 100 pics.. but mainly from the peppermill and hilton parking lots
there were about 7 locations where they had the car shows.
it's worth attending.. free to look at them.
but it's booked about 2 years in advance for spots (if you wanted to put a car in, good luck
)
03-17-2005, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by madpwr1
lol ... from that angle it looked like it had a T/A wing and callin it "ZHAWK" ... well it's good to know you didn't massacre the car like that
Now the car has a little bit more meaning to it since it went in to the paint shop Sept 11th 2001.