New Orleans - shreveport/bossier hang out!

Im in for the 24th. Im actually off when something has been planned hehe.

Same here, cant make it on the 24th. A week after that would be great, gotta have 2 weeks. :(

Week after is Superbowl Weekend and he is going to the track with his vette on Saturday. Anytime you can come up with 10 people he will hold a dyno day. $10 bucks a pull minimum of 2 pulls.

Any times on this vette?

Any times on this vette?

Not since the forged motor went in. he was running 11s with stock block and low low psi. He built it to go 8's so we will see. His goal was the fastest IRS in the nation. Boy has he shelled out money on this build lol. It is good to own your own shop. I am guessing he will run 9's this weekend then will turn up the boost.

Mine is out in the shop now.dum You still remember where I live?

Yes i do. I am leaving for Kansas tommorrow and I won't be back till Sunday. Are you going to be around then?

im in for the 24th at the discount price. what time of the day?

Noon at the shop, in my sig

Not since the forged motor went in. he was running 11s with stock block and low low psi. He built it to go 8's so we will see. His goal was the fastest IRS in the nation. Boy has he shelled out money on this build lol. It is good to own your own shop. I am guessing he will run 9's this weekend then will turn up the boost.

Keep us posted. I'd like to see what it does. Or even a vid if you can do it:nod:

Keep us posted. I'd like to see what it does. Or even a vid if you can do it:nod:

I am sure he will make a video. If he does I will be sure to have him post it here or I will link it myself :D

Yes i do. I am leaving for Kansas tommorrow and I won't be back till Sunday. Are you going to be around then?

Yeah. I should be home from work around 5:30, so I'd say 6 would be a good time if thats alright with you?

GTG for World of Wheels. I have to work this weekend, but I get off around 5:30 each day so I was thinking Saturday everyone meet up at maybe clyde fant park (where most of us used to race) around 6:30pm. Then we can caravan up to the civic center. Saturday is the best day for me since it will not close until 10pm, unless someone comes up with a better idea. Doesn't matter to me.

Ill be there sunday as Ive got to get the SFC's, and converter in the car saturday.

Yeah. I should be home from work around 5:30, so I'd say 6 would be a good time if thats alright with you?

That will work for me. I will see you then. Thanks.

Count me in for the 24th at ETMC.

Count me in for the 24th at ETMC.

I will start a new thread in this section. just state if you want to come and I will updated the list.

I'll be in New Orleans on the 24th.

hey chad i just wanted to say you have done a good job on your car man she looks and sounds awsome. and would you let me know when your friend is going to get that stuff off his car i'm interested

Anybody know a tuner that can come to my shop area and tune my car lol?

I'm not 100% sure if it's even going to crank once I get the 5.3 swapped in.

For those of you that do not know, I blew my LS1, opted to go with a cheap 5.3 while I buildup another motor. So basically I have no idea if it's going to crank with the LS1 computer and all of that. But hopefully we'll see on friday.

hey got 2 26x11.5x15 mickey thompson et streets for 250$ about 20-25 passes.

For everyone going to the dyno meet. We are meeting at the sonic in greenwood across from the flying j at 830 and leaving @ 9. Be there or catch up :D:drive:

For everyone going to the dyno meet. We are meeting at the sonic in greenwood across from the flying j at 830 and leaving @ 9. Be there or catch up :D:drive:

Wish i could go i have to work till 5

josh did you want to set something up to go to W of W saturday evening??

I should get off around 5:15, and I'm gonna change clothes and be right back out the door headed that way. If anyone wants to meet up and go together let's get a place and time set up to meet and convoy up there.

For everyone going to the dyno meet. We are meeting at the sonic in greenwood across from the flying j at 830 and leaving @ 9. Be there or catch up :D:drive:

Sucks. I wanted to go too. Maybe next time we can get more than a week and half notice for those of us who work weekends

Sucks. I wanted to go too. Maybe next time we can get more than a week and half notice for those of us who work weekends

I am sure he will have another pretty soon. Probably the 28th of February or on of the first couple weekends in March.

Lets meet at Flying J. Sonic would be too hard to get a trailer in

Chris there is plenty of room to park just use the Loves parking lot, we can all go inside at this sonic and sit have a coffee or breakfast while we wait to meet up. I know we can do the same at flying J, but just one time I would like to see us all on the same page without changing things. I'm good either place we meet, but when we change things some people miss the change as this is not the only site this is posted on.

Chris there is plenty of room to park just use the Loves parking lot, we can all go inside at this sonic and sit have a coffee or breakfast while we wait to meet up. I know we can do the same at flying J, but just one time I would like to see us all on the same page without changing things. I'm good either place we meet, but when we change things some people miss the change as this is not the only site this is posted on.

Are yall expecting anyone who is not on the list we made? If so I would like to give him a rough idea of how many more to expect. He also said he will be there earlier so he may start at 11 instead of 12.

If I park at Loves will I be able to see my car? If not I'll just meet you guys at ETMC.

You will be able to see your car & all will be safe Chris. ArklaTexan I really don't know how many are coming with us. I would just go by own list, Phil & Bob posted on another site that they would be there. I posted on forgedmotorsports & outlawdivision that we were going, but have heard nothing back.

Anyone going to the World of Wheels this weekend in Shreveport you can save $2/adult & $1/children tickets by getting your ticket at O'Reilly's.

Any idea on what we're doing for WoW? I should be leaving the house around 545 or 6. Any particular place anyone wants to meet up? Or just do a see ya when I see ya at the show.

Chris, his brother & I went tonight, car shows just don't do much for me.

Chris, his brother & I went tonight, car shows just don't do much for me.

not much to look at?? hey josh, cody was gonna meet me at my house at 5 i think, you want us to just meet you up there?

Thatll be fine. I should get up there around 6 or so and ill give you a call to see where yall are.

It wasn't very good. Same cars that are there every year. We did talk to Tom Brown about the track and is sounds like it's going to be a nice place when they get it opened up. "The Drag Strip at Thunder Road" is the new name. Web site should be up and running in a week or two

we got free tickets, so thats why we're going. figured it would be the same as every year.

^^^where's my free tickets:engarde::jest:

it was one of those know somebody who knows somebody. i tried to get more but two was the limit.

Well then is it worth going, guys? Nothing wrong with drinking beer all night...

Just got back from the WoW. I met with the owners who were extremely nice/ informative on alot of things. I talked with Tom Brown the most who told me he would be running the track for the most part. From what he also told me about the rennovations, the track will not look like the same track. Also for the guys who quit coming because of traction issues. This problem will be solved from what I was told also. One story he told me was when he was running it in it's first years of opening a guy pulled up to the line on a motorcycle and put his feet down for balance. The track was so sticky that when he left the line the soles of his shoes stayed there. So my advice to all the guys and gals "BEEF UP THEM DRIVETRAINS." Opening day should be on March 9th. Woohoo can't wait!!

Oh yeah and they're thinking of having TnT on thursdays, but that's unofficial at the moment. Fridays are going to be for weekly events. Like street king shootouts, and so on and so forth. Should be interesting.

I think I could make it down on thursdays :devil:

I was next in line when the guy on the motorcycle tore the sole of of his left boot. That was the 2nd or 3rd weekend the track was open. That is a true story

When I told them about my media background, they seemed interested. They want word to get out to about a 150 mile radius and I told them I could definitely help them do that.
I'm so excited that they're going to do something nice with the place that I may have to take the HHR out. :lol:
WoW was once again not very impressive. Seen most of them before and still haven't figured out what the hell that Toyota pick up was doing there.

I also talked a little bit about efi with Tom. He said for us to get with him on what we are looking to do. He said anything that will keep the track entertaining he is interested in doing.

Thank all you guys for stopping by and giving us some suggestions. I hope ya'll signed yourselves up for the tech card drawing while at the show. The open date has been moved back to March 8th for now, could change again. The phone will be turned on tomorrow and the number will be 318-296-4505 and look for www.thedragstripatthunderroad.com to be online sometime in the next week or two. Thanks for your support and hope to see all ya'll at the track.
Scott

Guess I missed something during our chat at WoW, I was not told anything about signing up for a tech card drawing.

Guess I missed it too??

It was a box on their table. I got so caught up talking I forgot to sign one lol.

Hey blue I stopped by at about 6:15. I must have missed you.

Sorry about that. Honestly, I had quite a few things going and completely forgot. What other day would be good for you?

Just anytime you are available. I am about ten minutes from your house now and I am usually close due to my job.

Thank all you guys for stopping by and giving us some suggestions. I hope ya'll signed yourselves up for the tech card drawing while at the show. The open date has been moved back to March 8th for now, could change again. The phone will be turned on tomorrow and the number will be 318-296-4505 and look for www.thedragstripatthunderroad.com to be online sometime in the next week or two. Thanks for your support and hope to see all ya'll at the track.
ScottGlad to see someone excited about the track. Ken and Molly ran alot of us off with there track prep and lack of interest in our EFI street cars. They wanted to listen to us AFTER everything was falling apart and sinking.

Are you planning to work with some of these guys on here about the EFI races? Also it would be nice to see a few full blown F body shooutout again like the old Hallsiville days when we had the "Texas Shootout",that was alot of fun.

What or if you can give us hints,are you planning to change at RRR? I'm meaning from track prep,ground level changes,1/4 or 1/8th mile bracket program,What sanction are you going to go with,How long are you planning to run events?

One thing that pissed alot of us off was the time frame RRR was run in. It was almost like we were on the clock at work,at 11:00 p.m. the work whistle went off and everyone had to go. We would loose 1-2 hours on some nights with oil downs and Bikes jumping people to get more runs in that some of us felt lucky to get 2-3 runs in. That is a major deal breaker for me and what i mean by that is that with today's economy i pay $50-$75 to race i want my money's worth.

I'm not trying to come off like a whinner or bitching but after the last few years or being raped by ken and molly we have a lot of question on what your going to do differently.

Scott

^^^^^^^^ http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/southern-members/1029630-red-river-raceway-closed-forever.htmlRRR is not the name anymore, it is now The Dragstrip at Thunder Road.

The track is NHRA sanctioned. We planning on running 1/4 and 1/8 mile races. As far as track changes, the bump where the asphalt and concrete meet got flattened out today. We also plan to use real VHT and actually spray the track, so traction hopefully won't be a issue any longer. Also getting a completely new timing system for Compulink. We are talking with diffferent organizations to try and organize a few shootouts and such. We are concentrating right now on just getting a working race track right now. And then we will go from there. Thanks for all your interest and hopefully your support. Without the folks like you coming to race, we know there would be no track to race at. Thanks

We have a nice group of efi guys that are really good bracket racers. We set up 5 points races last year and had a nice turnout for the first race but we got no support from Ken and Molly. We were more or less treated like we were in the way.

We'd really like to set something like this up this year with one points race a month. This would bring 20-30 cars a race if it were done right. They didn't even put it on the damn season calender! If you guys would be interested in do this you can contact Caddobass (Wayne) or me. We put a lot of time into this last year and we were starting to get some good racers showing back up to the track. Some of us are interested in doing some points racing (just for bragging rights:)) without running in No/E or S/P and there has never been anything like this for the street guys.

I called the track today to see if the number was working and also to stop by just to talk. Like cainsw was saying we started having some races a couple of years ago as LS1tech Racing at Red River with the hope of starting a points season. We were getting some great turn outs for the three or so races we ran that year with cars coming from Arkansas, Texas, & Louisiana. Well last year we tried to open our races up to more brand names by changing to EFI Racing and allowing any EFI car to run with us. At the same time we wanted to have two classes (bracket & heads-up). We ended up just running a bracket class, for yearly points. This year we would like to work with Thunder Road and run a points race each month for nine months. Just as soon as we could set down and talk myself, Josh, & Chris would really like to dicuss this. I would really like to see our old friends from Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana back together at The Dragstrip on Thunder Road.

I know theirs a vehicles classified section, but I want a local buyer from the ArkLaTex area. I'm not messing with shipping. I have a NBM 2002 Camaro SS with 30,00 miles, A4, 3:23, American Racing Headers, SLP dual-dual catback, tinted windows, new tires for $15,000. The reason for selling, my wife and I just found out she's pregnant. So we need money for a down payment for a bigger house. PM me, E-mail me or call me. Our E-mail is FantasticFour@netscape.com. Our # is {318} 549-4918. I have no pics because I don't have a digi camera or equipment to take pics with.

^^^i could meet you somewhere and snap some pics for you...

How strict are these guys gonna be at tech inspection at the track? I dont know how fast the car is gonna be. Next time i come out there i am gonna be running some convopros and some hoosier qtp's. I dont really want to put any kind of cage in the car. It went 12.70's with the flowmaster exhaust and before i had it retuned by greg. I dont know what its gonna do now. Wayne, Chris, what do yall think?

You will need a driveshaft loop, approved helmet and make sure you have a good battery hold down then you should be ok. Chris did have a rule list reference on the efi live site I sent him last year. 11.50 is the magic number for the roll bar.

^^^even with the convertible?? i think chris should be running high/mid elevens.

Well, you'll hear a lot of people say they did not like Tom Brown, he is the manager of Thunder Road, he was the man in charge when RR first open back in 98 and he believed in following the rules then so I figure he will be no different now. I can't tell you he will run you off for running 11.4's without a cage but I would think they will really start looking hard for a cage in a convertible running mid 11's. If I remember correctly a cage is required in a vert if it's faster than 13.49 but they will probably let you slide. We'll have to wait and see

My bad I forgot it was a conv. 13.49 is correct

All that is required is a 4 pt. :)

Well hopefully when Chris and I are done tuning, I'll be needing that 6pt. We'll see soon enough though.

We need to work on it some more. I need to talk to Professor McBride

We need to work on it some more. I need to talk to Professor McBride

Is something stumping you or just wanna get it as close as possible?

No, I just don't understand how change the gear ratios. It isn't like LS1 edit. I have your tune ready to go

As easy as everything else looked, I figured it would be rather easy to change for the gear ratios. When do you want to finish the tune? I'm not doing anything friday or we can wait until saturday. Doesn't matter.

We can do it Friday morning. Going fishing Friday afternoon then going to concert Friday night

Ok. I'll call you around 9? I'll probably be up around 7, but don't want to disturb the neighbors that early lol.

I'll call you after I drop the kids off at school

That'll work.

I'd be happy running a low 12. I dont go often, so i am not exactly a professional at this stuff. I just want some decent slip for me

Low 12's will be easy if you can drive a 6 speed

I don't like the idea of possibly having to get a cage at all just to get a run in. I stii have to buy the ds loop, subframes, and the back tires. i'll be getting hiltons wheels in a few days. buying a cage would just be too much for me to spend just to be able to race the damn thing at the track

I've ran low 11s at all the local tracks and no one has ever mentioned a cage to me. Just go to Prescott and they'll probably let you race with the top down... I love it there.

Chris:

Despite the misfortune of having to spend more money, just look at it this way:

You'll totally look like a badass in a TA with a cage :pimp:

its not the $$ that bothers me. its the wife. shes not crazy about me dropping $1k for all the stuff I need. its not like last year when I got lt's, all the cam stuff and the 9" all in a pretty quick time frame. now I have to "talk to someone about it". I hate to get all this stuff and still have to buy a cage to use it

^^^^dont tell her about the cage....order it to my house.

Or, explain to her how she too will look like a badass in a caged TA :D

heard a clinking noise the other day on the way home. i checked it out tonight and there is a k member bolt GONE. must have been the one josh tightened.:engarde: so anybody got some laying around??? its the longest one in the front. would like to get it before the trip sat.:chug:

Powder coated cage would look bad ass in a vert ;)

I've ran low 11s at all the local tracks and no one has ever mentioned a cage to me. Just go to Prescott and they'll probably let you race with the top down... I love it there.

lol. the elusive clint:secret2::secret2:

I've ran low 11s at all the local tracks and no one has ever mentioned a cage to me. Just go to Prescott and they'll probably let you race with the top down... I love it there.

You wouldn't have got away with that long at RR back in 98-00 when Tom Brown was running the show. Back then 11.99 or faster required a bar and 14.99 or faster in a vert.

heard a clinking noise the other day on the way home. i checked it out tonight and there is a k member bolt loose. must have been the one josh tightened.:engarde: so anybody got some laying around??? its the longest one in the front. would like to get it before the trip sat.:chug:

I had been :chug: it wasn't my fault. If it was I apologize though. Tack weld it :D

Just weld that puppy and quit crying ;)

ok post edited. the clinking i heard was the bolt falling out while going down 3132. its gone. guess im stopping at fastenal tomorrow unless somebody has some laying around.

lol. the elusive clint:secret2::secret2:

Yeah, I'm still around. I just don't get to go out and play nearly as much as I did before the new baby. :bang: I keep telling the wife that babies love to ride in fast cars, but I can't seem to get her full support.:eyes:

You wouldn't have got away with that long at RR back in 98-00 when Tom Brown was running the show. Back then 11.99 or faster required a bar and 14.99 or faster in a vert.

Does that mean that I'll only get in one pass at Thunder Road? If 11.99 is the cutoff, they'll lose a lot of business. I run with a bunch of 11 second cars from down south and they were all looking forward to trying the new track up here, but I guess I'll see what they say to me before any of them drive up. No Problem Raceway has never said anything to us about cages and I think they run a pretty tight ship there.

It might be different this time. They might have been really tough on it in the beginning because they didn't know any better? We'll see

ok i got a 10.9 grade bolt from tri-state fasteners for free. the girl gave it to me. everything is all good for tomorrow. and josh the oil leak is completely stopped. but trans fluid slightly leaking from the bell housing...:bang:

This came in today

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g289/jd17825/IMG00222.jpg

647 lift? Went a little crazy on that one didn't you? ;) This is going to clear stock pistons?

Yeah with that cam and 5.3 heads your gonna have to flycut the pistons more than likely.

thats a big cam. I went with a .598 and was worried about that. I was told it wasnt the valve lift that caused the problem, its the duration along with the lift. They stay open for too long is where people start having the problems.

647 lift? Went a little crazy on that one didn't you? ;) This is going to clear stock pistons?


yea i know its big
yep i talked with texas speed it will clear i think there gonna recess the valves. with this grind they said you dont loss low end tq like you do with the ms cams and the power band stops at 6600 so it pretty close to where i shift. they have a post were a independent shop with that cam an the prc 215cc heads put down 480at the wheels so i know mine are a little different so we will see

I still don't see that monster clearing! I don't believe it will stop making power at 6600 either. My 228/581 was still pulling @ 6800 on the dyno back when it was in the TA. Maybe I'm wrong but I'd be scared to run that big monster with out cutting. Not only is it big lift but that is some huge duration when you combine it with that much lift. Guess we'll figure it out

i mean i asked them an they said it would. i know they recess the valves with the heads im getting to clear the ms4 cam so it should be fine

I'm against big cams with small cubic inch motors after i went through the MS3 and T Rex with my smaller motors. To see the full benifits of them you have to shift to high for the stock rod bolts to hold together for a good amount of time.

My MS3 got me the best results shifting it at 7K,greg and i moved the shifts points all night long and kept getting faster. Greg warned me of twisting it too high but i did not care i was already looking for an excuse to build a bigger motor anyway. My 232/.570 lift cam shifted at 6500 and with the MS3 cam at the same shift point all i gained was a half mph :eyes:

Watch your milage on the springs i would not trust them for a long peroid of time with little clearance with that duration and lift. If you float them much at all you could risk touching the pistons but if you have enough valve relief in some aftermarket pistons i would not sweat it. For a stock ci motor i would go with a cam that with a tad lower duration,lift in the .590-.600 on a 110LSA. That will make up for the lose of lowend tq. and enough lift to flow what the heads need without having to shift it to the moon to see anything.

That is the new Tsunami cam isn't it?

That is the new Tsunami cam isn't it?

Yep. I know everyone says its to big im super hard headed lol

the two vids i got

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/01ssreda4/th_dyno1.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/01ssreda4/?action=view&current=dyno1.flv)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/01ssreda4/th_caddobassdyno.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/01ssreda4/?action=view&current=caddobassdyno.flv)

ok to those who went post your final/best numbers or all.

my first was 378/387 uncorrected
my second was 382/366 uncorrected
second run 365/350 corrected

i didnt get a corrected for the first run and i dont know why the tq was so high on it either.

EDIT: vids on previous page for whoever didnt see them

Mine was the pooch of the bunch. Mine dynoed 343.8rwhp and 318.3 rwtq. I think mine was uncorreted. My 98 dyno 343hp and 359tq with just bolt ons! I started thinking about my tire psi on the way home so I checked them when I got home and they only had 9psi in them. I think that might have had something to do with it. Mine lost 141 hp to the driveline according to the dyno. The black GMC was a mean SOB. My 2800# TA would be one bad mofo with that setup!

I had a great time putting some names and faces together, and I would also like to thank Greg "The Professor" for giving the student some schooling. You don't know how much I appreciate you sharing some of tuning knowledge with me! Thanks.

Josh we will finish getting your car lined out soon.

Man I wish we could get half of the people that was there today interested in our little efi thing. We could have a whole field of racers.

First pull was uncorrected at 391/385
Final pull corrected was 385/375
The graph shows it planing out, but I'm sure it's nothing some fine tuning and fixing some possible fuel issues won't fix.

Chris, I'm gonna change the fuel filter again just for some assurance and get a fuel pressure gauge to check the fuel before we assume the pump is bad. I know the car has 400+ in it once we get the bugs worked out.

I can't load the video because photobucket won't take more than 5 min. I was at 5:01 lol. Gonna play with to see if I might can shave it down some, but I've already finalized the disk so I don't think I will. I'm still learning this camera so it may take a minute to figure it out. Had a great time, but before today I said I was through with the car then that 408 truck showed up and now I gotta beat Chris to it :engarde:

I pulled off a 390HP/369TQ uncorrected and 384HP/358TQ so I was very happy with my numbers for whats done :).I'm uploading the video of Broz's (408 GMC) pull.

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/th_100_0196.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/?action=view&current=100_0196.flv)

I had a good time yesterday, it was good meeting up with old friends and making the drive over to ETMC for the Dyno Day (thanks for the $10 pulls & pizza). Josh, Steve, Chris, and myself met at around 9 at Sonic for coffee & war stories. We fell in behind Greg when we got to Longview. Those five Camaro's looked good pulling into ETMC, Phil & Bob were already there with the Impala's. It was great seeing the EFI Racing turn out, hell we were looking for a track. Looked like we were at a goat meeting over there, lots of Texas GTO's over there. I saw alot of good numbers on the Dyno and my dirty headers only 124000 mile vert put down 1st pull 316.51 rwhp/329.94 torque, 2nd pull 326.55 rwhp/355.13 torque

Whats bad is I couldn't even put 20 more down than you Wayne! I had the only car on a trailer and I put down the lowest numbers!!! What a turd. I need to run some of you guys that put down right at 400 ( Josh Steve) so I can see whats up ;)

I didn't need to see Broz truck, that thing is a beast! Now I need to get me a new motor and 343rwhp is a great excuse ;)

Still a gets me excited :lol:

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/th_nbk.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/?action=view&current=nbk.flv)

Still a gets me excited :lol:

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/th_nbk.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/?action=view&current=nbk.flv)

Dammit broz,that makes me want to slap the nitrous on mine and make some pulls. I'll be looking to make the next dyno meet to see if i can crack 500 NA.

Congrats on the numbers now the hard part begins on getting that monster to hook at the track. Brad said he still has the bags of concrete if you need them when we head to the track ;).

Sounds like everyone put down some stout numbers with some of the setups that i see in the signatures.

Chris,remember about 8 years ago i put down 311rwhp/340rwtq then headed over to RRR imediately after the dyno and busted off a 11.96@113 with bolt ons :D I had the weakest HP numbers of the day but laid down a killer ET for the mods.

Chris you know your car does much better on the track, then a dyno can say. I looked at your rear tires when you were on the dyno and they looked very low on air and with high stall you are running I think you are giving away alot of lost there. The black pick up just made my day, what a beautiful sounding & running truck.

I had to do some touch ups on the video ;)

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/th_1d12e051.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/77vega77/?action=view&current=1d12e051.pbr)

Holy shnikies! What did Broz put down on motor? How big of a shot was it? And why the f-body elbow? With a truck engine bay he could have put a MUCH better flowing elbow in there! Sick numbers none the less.

And Blaine, are your heads stock or ported? Pretty damn good numbers you put down as well! And the car is so freakin quiet you wouldnt know what its got!

Maybe nextime Ill be able to bring the turd out and really show you guys what a low dyno number looks like!!

Holy shnikies! What did Broz put down on motor? How big of a shot was it? And why the f-body elbow? With a truck engine bay he could have put a MUCH better flowing elbow in there! Sick numbers none the less.

And Blaine, are your heads stock or ported? Pretty damn good numbers you put down as well! And the car is so freakin quiet you wouldnt know what its got!

Maybe nextime Ill be able to bring the turd out and really show you guys what a low dyno number looks like!!Were working on fabing up a better elbow for his setup as we speak :D

Sounds like everyone put down some stout numbers with some of the setups that i see in the signatures.

Chris,remember about 8 years ago i put down 311rwhp/340rwtq then headed over to RRR imediately after the dyno and busted off a 11.96@113 with bolt ons :D I had the weakest HP numbers of the day but laid down a killer ET for the mods.
Damn, 8 years ago! It's been that long? I was telling everyone about that. Dan was killing you about the low numbers then you went and laid down the 11.96. We knew back then to run 11.96 it took way more than 311rw and I know it takes a lot more than my numbers to run 11.4x's. I'll be axing the Hoosier QTP's for a set of MT DR's now that I have an auto. I'll for sure be ready when the track opens up.


Lol, I'm ok with the crappy numbers as long as it keeps running mid-low 11's. Things never change though, dynos can be very misleading both ways! I know tons of people who put down big numbers but their cars won't run at the track and I know others who put up low numbers but run et's their dyno numbers do not support.

I can't wait until the 21st. That reminds me, I still need to call and RSVP so I can race. I hate to run some shake down passes on a new setup then enter a race cause I know I'm gonna be very inconsistent. Still will be fun though. I'm very curious as to what it will run. I figure at the very least a 11.99 would be possible on the second pass. I'll get faster as I get used to it so I'll have to guess on my dial in times and hope I get close.

Holy shnikies! What did Broz put down on motor? How big of a shot was it? And why the f-body elbow? With a truck engine bay he could have put a MUCH better flowing elbow in there! Sick numbers none the less.

And Blaine, are your heads stock or ported? Pretty damn good numbers you put down as well! And the car is so freakin quiet you wouldnt know what its got!

Maybe nextime Ill be able to bring the turd out and really show you guys what a low dyno number looks like!!

Nah my heads are bone stock 243's with comp 918 springs. I'm hoping to get them CNC'd soon after I get my job going..and it needs a better tune so I called up Greg :D. Still haven't got the damn converter in, just the cooler is holding me back :bang:. So I'll have it in next weekend. I love how quiet the thing is :lol:

And Broz....man lets just say it was a big shot, low bottle pressure, and needing a little more tweaking ;). He put down 480 on the motor with it running a little rich, it should put down closer to 500 on the motor after some tuning.

Why doesnt he just go with a 4bbl carb'd style TB? That would be the best setup no?

Ive got to get my EFI Live setup and going so I can get the car driving better. Its throwing a missfire code, and throwing the trans out of OD and lockup. Only thing is I have been messing with it here on the home PC, and theres soooooooo much crap to go through, hell even getting it setup with the drivers and crap is proving work against me. Its making my head hurt. :bang:

I have no idea about any kind of tuning, I'd like to learn some of it one day...Yeah he was talking about going with that set-up yesterday. I'm trying to get rid of my Vega so I can get a nice F-body set-up for the strip. I found one I can get, I just need to get my car sold..:bang:

I got a motor sold to a guy here locally, well he said he was going to buy it anyway..that will get me the money to do some more stuff to the camaro :D

Had a great time yesterday Stephen has a nice shop just wish he was a little closer. A 4 bbl carb tb would be nice but like scott said we are looking into something a little different with Broz's setup the real trick is going to be sticking it to the track I guess we have to use a few 10.5 outlaw tricks.

Why doesnt he just go with a 4bbl carb'd style TB? That would be the best setup no?

Ive got to get my EFI Live setup and going so I can get the car driving better. Its throwing a missfire code, and throwing the trans out of OD and lockup. Only thing is I have been messing with it here on the home PC, and theres soooooooo much crap to go through, hell even getting it setup with the drivers and crap is proving work against me. Its making my head hurt. :bang:

A 4 barrel setup is the best TB to run on a single plane but with his throttle body setup being a drive by wire it's a little more crap to do than what he wants to do for now. Were going to try a different elbow setup that will be a custom peice that will have zero restrictions.

Here is something to think about: a 90mm TB setup will flow 1000-1100 cfm of air where a 4150 style TB will flow 1250 cfm of air. Not enough gain in air if your elbow is already flowing what the motor can handle. Now a 4500 style TB will flow 2000 cfm of air but your looking at a $800+ TB not counting having to change the air induction to fit this style of setup.

I almost did it to mine but i would have to lose the passenger windshield wiper and sell my hood for a sunoco outlaw to cover the TB from the weather. Just too much money for that RIGHT NOW ;):D

A 4 barrel setup is the best TB to run on a single plane but with his throttle body setup being a drive by wire it's a little more crap to do than what he wants to do for now. Were going to try a different elbow setup that will be a custom peice that will have zero restrictions.

Here is something to think about: a 90mm TB setup will flow 1000-1100 cfm of air where a 4150 style TB will flow 1250 cfm of air. Not enough gain in air if your elbow is already flowing what the motor can handle. Now a 4500 style TB will flow 2000 cfm of air but your looking at a $800+ TB not counting having to change the air induction to fit this style of setup.

I almost did it to mine but i would have to lose the passenger windshield wiper and sell my hood for a sunoco outlaw to cover the TB from the weather. Just too much money for that RIGHT NOW ;):D

Ok I see what your saying, I completely forgot about his TB being a DBW...

Ok I see what your saying, I completely forgot about his TB being a DBW...

Yup, same here. I see said the blind man......:hijack:

Elky you heard anything new about "thunderroad"? I'm ready to hit the track, especially since the law is getting the way it is..

Same old first of march is what Im hearing. I may hit up the ETMC Track day in Lufkin before that. Too bad we cant find somewhere over on the other side of town to run, at least they just give out tickets instead of revoking licenses!

Yeah I'd love to go to that track day deal...I'd have to come up with the money and time and not have any idea of what my car would run or if it would even hook with just the DR's on it. I may just have to wait it out until March :eyes:

It was nice meeting you guys! If any of those who missed the dyno day want to go out for the same price you can crash the imports dyno day on the 7th LOL :D

That might work out for me cause we should have mine completely tuned by then.

That might work out for me cause we should have mine completely tuned by then.


Hey Josh, if you go i will....:rotflmao:might be fun....

A butt load of ricers at a dyno meet, there's no way I'm gonna sit at home and not crash that party. I might be the lowest horsepower car there, but I bet they'll still be hatin :engarde:

I called about doing some pulls on the 7th and he told me it depends on how many imports he gets in for the 7th. Sounded like he did not want to many cars because of how late they ran the dyno this past saturday.

I guess i'll call back later next week to see if some of us can come down to do some pulls.

A butt load of ricers at a dyno meet, there's no way I'm gonna sit at home and not crash that party. I might be the lowest horsepower car there, but I bet they'll still be hatin :engarde:

I seriously doubt you will be the lowest:D. Hell i might not even be able to get off that soon

He was talking about starting at 9am this time LOL. I dynoed my sons powerwheels right before he closed the shop at 10pm!

FOUND OUT TODAY! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOY!

HOOTIE HOOOOO! Gonna have a little wrench turner!

well i know i already told you but congrats again, i know you are excited...


the pre-life and life of hilton III goes as follows

hey we are pregnant..:secret:
its a boy...:angel:
first born...:zzz:
1 year old...:cry:
terrible twos........:scream:
3-4 years old getting into stuff...:nono:
5-6 years still getting into stuff...:boiling:
7-8 years starting to put him in check....:whip:
10 years and still trying put him in check....:twak:
12 years and still no check.....:buttkick:
13 years and lots of puberty.....:hump:
14 years and dad gets caught in the bathroom...:playboy:
Swears they arent his magazines..........:rolleyes:
15 years and hilton has an idea....:thinker:
Introduces hilton III to guns.......:aug2:
Introduces hilton III to cars........:drive:
16-18 years Hilton and Hilton spend lots of quality time together...:thumb:
18 1/2 years time to get out......:wavey:
Hey honey wanna try for another one......:naughty:


No need to Im already pregnant......:eek:

ROFL!!! EXCELLENT!!! :rotflmao:

Congrats!

Heh, in 18 years I'll be 50. Don't think I'm going to want to start fresh then.

magazines? In 14 years? Even now, who has magazines? The interwebz is where it's at!
Guns and cars... yeah. Probably lots of those.

We just got home from our celebration dinner at Outback. Mmm, 9 oz fillet.

congrats Hilton!!!

Congrats Hilton

Congrats from us also Hilton.

GRATZ man

well we are doing a rear end swap on Cody's car sunday morning then BBQing for the game sunday evening. anyone who wants to help is welcome, beer and BBQ and the game on a flatscreen....:nod: the big tv is going to service so we will have to settle on the 42 plasma.:D

Hey guys,

Just to gauge what the interest might be, up FOR SALE soon:

- 3'' FlowTech Y-pipe
- Cutout
- Hooker cat-back with SLP quad tips

I'm ordering my X-pipe, bullets, and turn-downs soon. Let me know if anyone is interested in the above items!

I want the tips!! Lol. I hate mine:disgust:

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:thumb:

josh you still coming over today???

Yep. Probably be around 630ish. You need me to bring anything?

Nope, beer, food, flat screen all accounted for....just bring yer ass :D

lol will do

Bought me a new toy today

http://www.hobartwelders.com/products/wirefeed/handler187/

Very nice.

is anyone planning on crashing the Ricer/Import dyno day at ETMC this weekend LOL

Kick ass. Thats something i wish i always had learned how to do. Oh, by the way chris, give me a couple more days and I'll be wanting to get those tires from you. Shouldnt be any longer than a week i am guessing

is anyone planning on crashing the Ricer/Import dyno day at ETMC this weekend LOL

Im off and we should have my tune finished up this week. I know I was just there, but I just wanna see how well we did with the tune more than anything. I'll get with my tuner and see what he wants to do.

Is it too late to RSVP for the ETMC race on the 21st?

Im off and we should have my tune finished up this week. I know I was just there, but I just wanna see how well we did with the tune more than anything. I'll get with my tuner and see what he wants to do.

Is it too late to RSVP for the ETMC race on the 21st?

I don't think so, send a PM or call Stephen

Bought me a new toy today

http://www.hobartwelders.com/products/wirefeed/handler187/

very nice, hobart has a loyal following.....but, do you know how to use it???:jest:

Steve, what are going to do with your stock injectors when you get Hilton's from him? Greg said the Accels are hard to tune and I know the 28's will be plenty. I don't want to wait any longer being as close as we are to finishing the tune.

well i wasn't really planning on putting them in until i knew for sure i was gonna see greg somewhere. figuring that was gonna be a couple months off possibly i wasn't in a big rush. but if it happens sooner you are welcome to mine as soon as they are in my hand.

heres what i did with my week off. Just got bored...
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/037-1.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/039.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/041.jpg

All done with duplicolor wheel coatings. I always liked the look of a black rim on a black car. I'll slap them on tomorrow and take a pic

Thats gonna look good chris.

Steve, Hilton let me borrow his 28's for now. I'm mainly borrowing them so we can complete the tune. No rush though, cause knowing how I am I'll end up buying yours from you and another set just in case.

Does anybody have a spare an fbody oil pan laying around? I need one ASAP to complete my car, either that or I need someone that can weld holes closed in my old one. Lol.

Forgot to say I have a few things to trade plus cash or just cash.

98 Trans Am LS1 Heads and valve covers.

Parts off of an 04 5.3:
- Intake manifold
- Throttle body
- Exhaust manifolds
- other misc parts

Also have 8 LS1 coil packs.

I'm desperate to get my car back on the road! D:

I hope they look good on the car. Just get tired of the same ol look. I am gonna tear off the door emblems, add a small slp decal under the left tail lamp, and was thinking about getting some small f14 decals for the hood where the ram air decals are. Just to change things up. David there are a few resident welders around here if you can talk em into it

Well i'm not even sure if my fbody pan could be welded, don't know much about welding so I dunno.

When my motor blew, it really blew lol. One hole on each side of the block and each side of the oil pan. I'd have to get some pics up of the oil pan I suppose.

thats cast aluminum and depending on the quality of the casting it might be a bitch to weld. plus im not set-up for aluminum. i will be one day though....:D

Hell yeah Chris those wheels are gonna look great... black on black :nod:

^^^so cody how is the rear holding up?? the swap seem to be a huge success. all in all we had about 4-5 people working on it. correction, we had about 1-2 working, 1-2 supervising and one that retreated in to watch the football game. i think Cody learned a lot about rear suspension disassembly, i learned a lot about e-brake cables, and chris cussed while trying to figure out which socket he thought he needed. josh watched us act like bumbling idiots. hey we got it done though....cheers fuckers..:chug:

Rear is holding up great! Still quiet as a mouse. I got my front wheels balanced today. Got it up to 60 on the highway and no shimmy, I'll get on the interstate tomorrow and go look at head units at Circuit City (20% off going outta business sale) and see if it vibrates at 70+...either way I'm still getting up early Wednesday morning to get the alignment done before work. Big thanks to Steve, Chris, Josh, and Futch for making that swap happen. Was a learning experience and a great time! :chug:

Took me awhile but I finally found the right site and found other shreveporters on here.
Props to Houston for letting me in on this place.

I've got a friend looking for a place that does really good decals - money's no option. I only know of AdSign in Minden. Any other suggestions?

I think LASigns or Shreveport Signs something like that will make you some decals. What exactly are you looking for?

I really have no idea it's for a friend's boyfriend's Harley. She just said "custom decal." Probably something really simple that any idiot shop could do - they just have no clue where to go and don't trust the internet.

Here are some pics with the wheels on the car. I know, its dirty, i really need to throw some wax on the paint. I am pleased with the outcome.

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/IMG_0483-1.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/IMG_0481-1.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/taws6m6/IMG_0478.jpg

Dammit....pics no worky on the city's network...will have to wait till I get home to check 'em out. I'm sure they look great though, Chris.

Hey anybody know who drives the red SS with what looked like the Borla quad tip exhaust? Suppose he lives in Southwest S'port like me... I was side by side with him on Walker Rd. early this morning on my way to work.

If it's the same one I saw, it was a black guy in the military. Never seen him or the car before. He was lookin pretty hard at mine also, but with the thumpity thump coming from the exhaust who could blame him :D Not real sure it's a real SS cause it had the 16" five stars on it. :confused:

Wheels look good Chris. Now make the rest of the car look good :engarde:

yeah, I think on my next days off I'll go grab some wax. Its been well over a year and a half now

Oh, and welcome to DavidHouston and JohnnyLT1Runner. Y'all should come on out to one of our get-togethers sometime, meet the crew. These guys will bend over backwards (literally) to help with installs, etc. We're all cool here.
:cool: :burn:

Yeah i've noticed that you guys seem pretty cool. I'd like to meet up some time and hang out or something. Dunno how old you guys are, but i'm 20. :D

Also, anybody that didn't read my post about an oil pan, does anybody have an fbody oil pan!?

I'm 28. Most of us are in our 20s, but none of us are like.. "OLD".. hehehehe....except Hilton...he's like 62 and has 8 kids. J/K LOL

As for your oil pan, dude u might have to either hit up Ebay or the classifieds section on Tech. I know you're in a bind, but a 4 day shipping wait may be your only option...

Sixty two my ass! I'm eighteen! Well, I feel like I'm eighteen.

Josh has a small crack in his oil pan too. Maybe you can find someone who can repair both at the same time.

Any decent welding or machine shop should be able to weld up that pan, people cut and modify cast pans all the time.

$160 from the dealer the last time I checked. Not bad from the dealer on a NEW pan. Ebay or here is the way to go most of the time, but I have seen them go higher than the dealer on both sites.

A hangout sounds cool but I'm gonna have to wait a couple of weeks, I dropped my Z/28 off at the paint shop today to match the rims with the body.
So how often do all yall' get together to hang?

A hangout sounds cool but I'm gonna have to wait a couple of weeks, I dropped my Z/28 off at the paint shop today to match the rims with the body.
So how often do all yall' get together to hang?

as often as shit breaks....which seems to be pretty damn regular here lately....:bang:

:funny: :headbang:

Josh, hows the tune acting?

hey cody, you forgot to add !isolator to your sig.:nod:

Oops, there we go :D

very nice, hobart has a loyal following.....but, do you know how to use it???:jest:

I can gas weld but never spent much time running a mig. So I figured I'd buy one and get to it. I've just been screwing around with it but I'm starting to get the hang of it.

My dad and uncle had their own body shop from as far back as I can remember up until about 1990. I spent all of my summers there and most of the afternoons after school, and I also went to school for it for a while and work a few shops before I went to work for GM. I'm not scared to jump in and try thing out mot of the time :chug:

Josh, hows the tune acting?

Drove great on the way home. Ran it through the rpms pretty good but didn't go WOT. Mainly did half and 3/4 throttle on the way home. The way it pulls right now I can only imagine how it will pull when I put the 4.11's in. Thinking about swapping them in this weekend after we get done with what little tweaking we have left.

So you think we can tune one now? ;) Thanks goes to Mr McBride for being a great teacher. He is the man

With as much stuff as we learned on mine, everything else should be a breeze. Thanks to Greg cause we might have still been scratching our heads on some of that stuff lol.

I think we did good considering how your car wasn't exactly the ideal car to start with being a 98 model and all the little bugs we had to deal with. We did learn that 98's are very touchy. We need to do some WOT runs next.

On a side note, I'm thinking after I run the ETMC event, I will be swapping the black nightmare back over to street duty so I can spend my free time building the TA for some all out stuff. After riding around in your car all day and driving/tuning on my dad TA all week, I'm really starting to miss driving mine!!

I should be putting the 6 point in this weekend Chris and if things go right I hope to do the motor by the end of March.

wayne wasn't it you that told me a while back that you could get me a deal on a cage? wasn't sure if it was or not.

OK guys , there may be a light at the end of the tunnel on this roller coaster ride we have been on! I got word today that Ray White should have his funds by Friday. So, for now, we are back on again. As soon as I know any more I will let ya'll know. Thanks
Lets hope for this to go through.

This weekend shows to be t-top weather fellas. If you new guys want to meet up with some of us and hang out keep a watch out on here to see what's going on and of course, everyone else is also welcome to join in.

Chris, I drove the car this evening. Drove fine to the restaurant. When we went to leave I cranked it and let it idle for a minute and that surging started again. I popped the gas and let it come back down and it stopped and didn't do it any more. Think it could still be learning some of the new parameters or what?

Not sure. we'll see what it's doing Friday

I RSVP'd with Stephen today for the 21st. Are we all meeting up somewhere and leaving out together or what?

I ran it up to about 5k 2nd-4th on the way home and let it idle for a few minutes at the house and it never did it again. I'll drive it some more tomorrow and let you know how it does. Because it's not doing it all of the time I just figure it's some what normal for it to act up a little. I think I only put about 25 miles on it tonight give or take.

I'm up for meeting up somewhere before and driving down.

I might bring the black TA if you guys meet up somewhere this weekend. I have Josh car torn down with the heads ready to come off so I might not be able to do much this weekend. I had the intake, radiator, fans, coil packs, valve covers, rockers, push rods, water pump, fuel rail and injectors off in less than an hour today. I plan on knocking most of it out tomorrow so we'll see.

I would be there to hang, but like I said earlier (i thought i did), I recently dropped my Z/28 off at the paint shop, but will be gettin it back by the 18th.

Btw, does anybody have a Computer programmer tuner?
My check engine light has been coming on lately but going off a few minutes later or staying on till I turn the car off. I've checked everything but still can't figure out what it is.

Go to AutoZone and have 'em read the codes for free...will give you a good starting point.

That's pretty cool, I never knew that they could do that, for free none-the-less.
I guess I'll try that first thing.

Yep, well it's a starting point...cuz sometimes the code translation is rather generic...but more often than not it will pinpoint your problem pretty well.

Probably O2's. I got my own scanner from harbor freight for about $75. Dont like those idiots touching my car.

Probably O2's. I got my own scanner from harbor freight for about $75. Dont like those idiots touching my car.

thats true most of them are pretty dumb.....i bought my melling pump from advance. i say i need an oil pump, it comes up and its about $108. the guy looks amazed at how expemsive it is. i said no thats cheap, they usually go for 125+. so he says your gonna need an oil pan gasket, i say no the pump is crank driven off the front of the motor. he looks confused:confused: and besides that the gaskets are (supposed to be) reuseable anyway and i walk out.:bang: and he was still still standing there with a blank ass look on his face.:confused:

Dont surprise me. Went into Oreilly's the other day lookin for M1 ATF. "Never heard of it" was the answer I got. I left and went straight to auto zone. They had it.

Dont surprise me. Went into Oreilly's the other day lookin for M1 ATF. "Never heard of it" was the answer I got. I left and went straight to auto zone. They had it.

Yea i worked there for a little while they didnt stock it. I had to order me and hilton some when we did our transmissions

Are we going to meet at Sonic in Greenwood for the drive down to ETMC event?

Thats fine with me Wayne. What time?

Does anybody know if I replace the 115 speedometer with a 150, will that also remove the governor?
I've been tryin to look that up for a while but cant get any straight answers.

Speed limiter is in ecm not speedo head.

Speed limiter is in ecm not speedo head.

If that's the case could the governor be reset or removed using a computer programmer once the new gauge is installed ? Or if worse comes to worst would it be feasible to buy a new ECM?

Anna (my 3 year old) and I just ate an ENTIRE Johnny's Sweep the Kitchen pizza. Just thought I'd make that known. I'm probably going to explode soon.

Oh, and why would you need a 150mph speedometer? Don't you have an LT1? 115 should be overkill!




I keed I keeeeeed!

Oh, and why would you need a 150mph speedometer? Don't you have an LT1? 115 should be overkill!




I keed I keeeeeed!

Well, I make alot of roadtrips over to dallas so I really need the speed to beat the traffic.
Anddddd there's no feeling worse than when the acceleration drops out during a good open stretch of road.
Besides, I wanna get the most out of that engine as I can.

that was cold blooded hilton

You cant swap gauges, you could used to send your 115mph gauge to Granatelli and they would recalibrate it, and throw their 200mph overlay on it, but I dont know if they still do that. The limiter can be changed with a tuning program like TunerCat.

You cant swap gauges, you could used to send your 115mph gauge to Granatelli and they would recalibrate it, and throw their 200mph overlay on it, but I dont know if they still do that. The limiter can be changed with a tuning program like TunerCat.

When I say gauges I mean the whole Gauge cluster panel.
Since my Z/28 didn't come with Z rated tires it came with a 115, I'm ordering a 94' gauge panel that is pulled from a scrapyard Z/28.

I'm pretty sure that they can be swapped out. :bs:

Ain't nutting to it, but to do it. That's how you learn. I honestly don't have any idea with the early LT cars. Doin that would be good starting point I guess. If it doesn't work you still have your old one til you find a solution.

Hey Chris how long will it take us to drive down to Pine Valley? What time should we meet up that morning at Sonic?

I think it's about a 2 hour drive. Let me check and see which way is the fastest before we set our meeting place in stone.

When I say gauges I mean the whole Gauge cluster panel.
Since my Z/28 didn't come with Z rated tires it came with a 115, I'm ordering a 94' gauge panel that is pulled from a scrapyard Z/28.

I'm pretty sure that they can be swapped out. :bs:

Thought you were talking about something else, that should work tho.

If you guys are coming down I20 Ill try and meet up with you guys and follow you down there.

Yeah, guess I should have specified that at first, it does sound pretty rediculous to try and swap only the speedo gauge. ahah:confused:

Hey LT1, don't let these LS guys hate on you. My LTX runs pretty good!:D

To answer your question, everything should work, when you swap out the gauge cluster. But, as has been mentioned, you will need to get a tune with TunerCat or LT1 Edit, and get the speed limiter changed.

Should be no biggy.:chug:

I am getting ready to swap the wheel studs on my 9" for some arp ones. Do i need any special size to run these 15 wheels? They need to be longer right? Same thread and diameter i am guessing is ok

My other car used to be a Camaro SS. I sold it to one of my race buddies in Shreveport. Anyway, I ran the longer 12MM stock size ARP studs on it. I used 15x9.5 Bogarts, with shanks, instead of lugnuts.

The studs had to be notched, on the backside, to fit properly.

Of course, with most fifteen inch wheels, you will have to grind the calipers.

The Bogarts didn't require grinding.

that's what I as thinking. just longer. and of course the shanks as well. I got some convo pros that already fit with no grinding. so I just need some longer studs

Now, I see you've got an aftermarket rearend, if you're using aftermarket axles as well, you may not have to grind on the wheel stud heads, like I had to, on the stock axles. HTH

Well guys i will be off this weekend if anything is going on, not by choice though. BTW anyone know if anyone is hiring?

AT&T is hiring right now. Don't know how you'd feel about a call center, but that's where i'm about to start working for a little while. Pay starts at a little under 500 a week, and that's fine for me right now.

on a side note. I got my frankenstein of a car running. Putting in the transmission this Sunday.

Fyi we stuck a 5.3 in my 98 Trans Am while I build up a new LS1. Thinking about sticking some turbos on it 'till it blows :devil: Should have the LS1 built by the end of March. :D

Chris, since you have to buy lug nuts anyway, I'd go with 1/2" rather than 12mm. I seem to remember them being much cheaper.

Hilton, if you don't have anything goin on tomorrow holler at me so you can get paid

Chris(Cainsw) I need to run by there tomorrow if your there and get Josh's injectors so I can get Hilton's back to him. Call me and let me know if your gonna be at your dad's working on the car and I'll swing by and pay you for them.

I'll be there just call before you come. I have his car about done, just waiting on some push rods

Ok. Everything goin good on it I assume? I would like to hear it run with that big ol bumpstick. Should sound pretty nasty. We'll all still beat up on him at the track :jest: j/k Josh :engarde:

Yea it's almost all the way back together. We just have to wait on the push rods to get here then I can try out my tuning skills on it. Might have to go back to GMTU (Greg McBride Tuning University) for some help on this one.

I wouldn't think it would be much different. Just more of what you already know and probably alot more time then it took on mine. If you feel like it we can finish up on mine tomorrow since all we HOPEFULLY have left is the WOT tuning.

Damn, I need to move to Shreveport.....

Damn, I need to move to Shreveport.....

Why do you say that? Not that we wouldn't be happy to have another F-body in the group.

Seems like alot more organization going on up there.. I have to drive 35 miles to Hammond, LA just to find another F-body willing to "have fun"..
Just a lack of action around here that dosent involve accords, and civics, and neons,....Not saying theres anything wrong with that!!! just sayin..

I know what you mean. There's definately alot more going on up here. What's funny is a few of us started modding heavy towards the end of last year just to hear our local track shutdown. Now we're waiting to see if it's going to get bought and re-opened.

I know! I heard, sorry to hear it... I hope something is resolved soon. But in the meantime I'll be happy to host anyone that feels like making the "long haul" to the BR area to race.... Lets just hope things get back to the norm in Shreveport.