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Mar 16, 2005 | 04:15 PM

madpwr1

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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

Mar 16, 2005 | 04:37 PM

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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 :-/

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

Mar 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.

Mar 16, 2005 | 04:51 PM

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Heres a website that might help you with emissions Oregon DOT

Mar 16, 2005 | 04:53 PM

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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.

Mar 16, 2005 | 05:06 PM

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