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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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i love seeing stuff like this i didn’t have stuff like this when i was a bit younger, i only hope some day i will be able to do stuff like this with high school kids... I’m a thankfull recovering addict and i don’t want any younger person to have to go through what i have... so i only hope i will be able to do stuff like this so they will have goals and to get them interactive with something fun outside of school...
very cool build!

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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Jason got his first shot behind the wheel Friday.....


.....and ran a 7.29 @ 92 mph on his fourth pass!! (with a .047 reaction time!)
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Awesome :d
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AChotrod
....I cant find black face GMPP Auto meter gauges. Where did you buy them?
I got them a few years ago. I think that the new ones all have white faces. You could try getting your dealer to look for old stock.

12361392 - Oil pressure

12361394 - Water temperature

12361395 - Voltmeter
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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Thanks!! I pray to God to find those! They are exactly what Im looking for.
Man that car hauls ***. So how did Jasons face look after the first pass? Ill bet it was teeth ear to ear!!!!
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Caleb got to drive the car Friday!



Burnout.



Wheels-up!!



With proud father Bret.



He ran a best time of 7.29 (.031 reaction time) on his 4th and final pass!

Yesterday we changed the injectors and are hoping for better sixty foot times. Next test session is Thursday night.

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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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build it and it will run ..Good job.
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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this project is awesome
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GIZMO
Yesterday we changed the injectors and are hoping for better sixty foot times. Next test session is Thursday night.
Well, Stephen drove the car for the first time tonight. I guess the new injectors worked out pretty good.



1.518 (60')

4.598 (330')

7.258 @ 91.96!



We removed the stock 24 lb injectors and replaced them with Ford Racing 19 lbs. Of course, we adjusted the tune for the new injectors. That's a good .04 gain from matching the injectors to the engines needs!

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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Impressive!
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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A couple of weeks ago we changed out the valve springs and lifters for a few more useable rpm.

New GM Racing lifters.


New Manley valve springs with dampers (380 lb).


The car has been running so good that we decided to check the cam specs. while we had it apart.


Jason having fun (LOL!).


We made a couple of passes at Union. It looks like we picked up about .02.
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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This thread is full of win!!!! Sweet job with the car and the kids!!
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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Saturday the kids came over...


...and installed new light weight Strange brakes.


We were going to test in the afternoon, but got rained out.

These will be for sale soon...(SOLD)


...to help pay for our new project!

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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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Gizmo you should build an all out LTx based car.. I'm calling 7's lol
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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Very nice build! I am in the military supporting a family and also doing my first lt1 build on a budget. Any help is awesome! Thanks for the thread.
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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^ this was not a budget build by any means. Stock eliminator can become quite costly
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 1badzee
Gizmo you should build an all out LTx based car.. I'm calling 7's lol
I am pretty confident Gizmo can get pretty deep into the 9's all motor with enough budget and desire if he wanted...but for some reason he likes to play with those silly SE cars . Maybe he just likes pulling on cars with twice the hp at the track?

Awesome thread, I have been reading it since the first post but it has been so long that one of these days when I have some free time I gotta go back to page 1 and read it all together.

I hope those kids realize just how lucky they are to have great mentors and responsible adults to look up to.
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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subscribing so I can go back and read the whole thing
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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VERY COOL..CONGRATS

The boys have to be having a great time.
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Sure would kept me out trouble when i was there age.Way to go gang Congrats
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