LTX Shootout
06-05-2009, 12:44 AM
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Im actually thinking about making very few passes this year to avoid any over the winter work. This is 2 years in a row Ive paid my registration and not made it. Im not missing next year.
06-05-2009, 04:53 PM
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Come hell or high water I'm making it there next year, even if I have to use Tapouts registration.
06-16-2009, 07:30 AM
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06-16-2009, 02:35 PM
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I had a great time as well.
My motor was not running right with an intake manifold gasket leak at the bottom of the ports, causing it to suck up hot air and oil from the lifter valley... a front tire blew the night before leaving home and so I showed up to the shootout exhausted after dealing with that episode... and I broke the carrier in my Strange 12 bolt part way through eliminations... and I still had a great time!!!
I am looking forward to next year already but certainly hope to have the car running right and have a lot less hassles and just more pure racing fun. If I can cut it down to just 50% of the problems I had this year, I will have an absolute freakin' blast.
Every LTX racer needs to try and make it in 2010.
My motor was not running right with an intake manifold gasket leak at the bottom of the ports, causing it to suck up hot air and oil from the lifter valley... a front tire blew the night before leaving home and so I showed up to the shootout exhausted after dealing with that episode... and I broke the carrier in my Strange 12 bolt part way through eliminations... and I still had a great time!!!
I am looking forward to next year already but certainly hope to have the car running right and have a lot less hassles and just more pure racing fun. If I can cut it down to just 50% of the problems I had this year, I will have an absolute freakin' blast.
Every LTX racer needs to try and make it in 2010.
06-16-2009, 03:41 PM
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I had a great time as well.
I am looking forward to next year already but certainly hope to have the car running right and have a lot less hassles and just more pure racing fun. If I can cut it down to just 50% of the problems I had this year, I will have an absolute freakin' blast.
Every LTX racer needs to try and make it in 2010.
I am looking forward to next year already but certainly hope to have the car running right and have a lot less hassles and just more pure racing fun. If I can cut it down to just 50% of the problems I had this year, I will have an absolute freakin' blast.
Every LTX racer needs to try and make it in 2010.
Next year I hope to have it all done and tested b4 the tracks close here for the year.
06-17-2009, 08:16 AM
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10.91 - Off the trailer (1st round of qualifying)
10.89 - After changing the tune for the 3000 + DA
10.83 - After a few tweeks (final qualifying)
10.87 - Competition bye
10.86 - Against the Engineer
10.87 - Against TWS
(Could be a little different, but this is from memory)
10.89 - After changing the tune for the 3000 + DA
10.83 - After a few tweeks (final qualifying)
10.87 - Competition bye
10.86 - Against the Engineer
10.87 - Against TWS
(Could be a little different, but this is from memory)
06-17-2009, 10:11 AM
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Texas still had more racers than any other state except Missouri.
There is a core group of friends here in central Texas that includes the organizers of the Shootout. The organizers choose KCIR to be a "fair" and somewhat central location. If we were to hold the event in Texas, it would be easier on a lot of us, but we make the drive to support the event and support our friends who run it.
Hope you can make it next year.
06-17-2009, 01:22 PM
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Texas still had more racers than any other state except Missouri.
There is a core group of friends here in central Texas that includes the organizers of the Shootout. The organizers choose KCIR to be a "fair" and somewhat central location. If we were to hold the event in Texas, it would be easier on a lot of us, but we make the drive to support the event and support our friends who run it.
Hope you can make it next year.
There is a core group of friends here in central Texas that includes the organizers of the Shootout. The organizers choose KCIR to be a "fair" and somewhat central location. If we were to hold the event in Texas, it would be easier on a lot of us, but we make the drive to support the event and support our friends who run it.
Hope you can make it next year.
06-17-2009, 03:20 PM
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Did outlawZ's car make it? last I heard he was out of the states..
What's terrible about the whole thing is that my car NOW and when I was on my deployment and my chief was driving is running AWESOME!!!!!! It went 10.65 on motor recently in testing. We solved some electrical issues and the car went ballistic on nitrous picking up 5 mph from a battery swap....
We only ran 150 shot jets and went 9.72@143.6 mph..... moderate leave, barely touching the wheelie bars and went 1.42 60'... it's got a savage tune in it right now and is ready to go for some shots across the bow to claim the nitrous record.... we're going testing soon for 300 shot passes, then 350 shot passes and then if all is well we'll attempt the 400 hit....
Sorry I couldn't make it this year. I wanted more than anything to attend but sometimes what makes me money has to take priority. especially in these economic times....
06-17-2009, 03:30 PM
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AS IF people don't already respect you and the SWEET car you've built. Sometimes you have to do things you don't necessarily want to do, but you got to do them to get by.
06-17-2009, 03:38 PM
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They definitely did. I think there were 5 or 6 cars from the Chicago area. Great representation there.
There were 7 from central Texas I can think of just off the top of my head, but that might be all of us.
Ironic as I am from the Chicago area originally.
I think there were 5 or 6 cars from the Chicago area. Great representation there.There were 7 from central Texas I can think of just off the top of my head, but that might be all of us.
Ironic as I am from the Chicago area originally.
06-17-2009, 03:54 PM
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10.91 - Off the trailer (1st round of qualifying)
10.89 - After changing the tune for the 3000 + DA
10.83 - After a few tweeks (final qualifying)
10.87 - Competition bye
10.86 - Against the Engineer
10.87 - Against TWS
(Could be a little different, but this is from memory)
10.89 - After changing the tune for the 3000 + DA
10.83 - After a few tweeks (final qualifying)
10.87 - Competition bye
10.86 - Against the Engineer
10.87 - Against TWS
(Could be a little different, but this is from memory)
