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Old 01-28-2009, 10:13 PM
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Should be great weather for some good times.

According to the weather a high pressure area should be over the south Texas area with a temp. range of 36-63. Should be a great negative DA.

Down here in Houston, you've got to get while the getting is good. We won't have too many days with this type of weather.

I will be there at 5pm.
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won't be there on the 30th but will be on the 31st.....? not running of course cuzz my ride is still under construction...lol naw but my boy's are running a grand national for2,000 sat. night he's all motor n they are big boy n n.o.s, so we'll seee what happens...
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ill be there but ust to watch..u running the vette??
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i will be leaving tonight to head to Houston. i will be there in my TA and my dad will be testing the Fresh 88 yellow short wide he just built.
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Originally Posted by old_goat
Should be great weather for some good times.

According to the weather a high pressure area should be over the south Texas area with a temp. range of 36-63. Should be a great negative DA.

Down here in Houston, you've got to get while the getting is good. We won't have too many days with this type of weather.

I will be there at 5pm.

i would love to go back and try and break the 12's on street tires, but i have to get a sitter for the kids, to cold to bring them out in this weather.
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Originally Posted by 2K1WS6400
ill be there but ust to watch..u running the vette??
Yea, just check out my signature. I will try to be in line early, then let the car cool down. LSx engines don't like hot.

I want a sub 12.10 run. I am real happy with the 12.15 run for a car with just 1400 miles, but I still want that sub 12.10. I think it would be too much to expect a 11.99 until the car gets a couple thousand miles on her.
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Hey Jim

I'm gonna try and make it. I dont get off of work til 4:30pm, I will drive the
ZO6 to work and leave from there. I just hope like heck that IH-10 is not backed up around Anahuac again like it was Friday before last

If traffic is good I should be there around 6:00pm. Hopefully we can get some decent runs in early.

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im going
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so its baisiclly more vettes than fbodys going huh...lol
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I'd call first to make sure the track is open before you make the haul. If the track temp is too cold they won't open for safety reasons. It happened a couple of times last year.

Hopefully it'll work out. I'd like to try to make some hits myself.
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Originally Posted by no_more_z28
a grand national for2,000 sat. night he's all motor
Did he pull the turbo off? Then that wouldn't be a GN would it?


P/S. I should have the blazer out there doing some chassis tunning. Found out that after last friday I took the rear to Pyle Brothers and what I thought was the brake hats hitting the axle brackets turned out to the a broke Pinion gear... So since the rear was pulled its time to adjust, and try out the new ratio.


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Ouch!!!

If they are open, we should see ya there!
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Yea, It was a little unexpected but I would have been REALLY PISSED if I would have made the haul to LA or Dallas and it broke... OR if when it broke locked the rear up and tore up my 1.80 straight cut gear set.

See ya there...
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Originally Posted by GreenS-10
Did he pull the turbo off? Then that wouldn't be a GN would it?


P/S. I should have the blazer out there doing some chassis tunning. Found out that after last friday I took the rear to Pyle Brothers and what I thought was the brake hats hitting the axle brackets turned out to the a broke Pinion gear... So since the rear was pulled its time to adjust, and try out the new ratio.


well, yes he did but it's still a g.n smartt ***.... anyways u know the peeps who dont know **** and think all they have to do is put a big block in it and bam it's a race car..... well thats the case here
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I was simply asking a question to make sure the race how the race was going to be. N/A vs Nitrous
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I'll probably be there. I'm in Houston now & I'll have to go home & get the car after work. I'm probably going to hot lap & work on getting the 60's down. Sure wish I could launch like I used to.
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i'll be there as well, going for 12.9 on the street tires.
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I'll see if I can get a yard pass. I put drag radials on the vette this morning, so hopefully it won't shred the tires when the converter locks.
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Originally Posted by INVISIBLEZ
I'll see if I can get a yard pass. I put drag radials on the vette this morning, so hopefully it won't shred the tires when the converter locks.

dude i'm loving your avatar.
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