just wanted to see if anybody was going out there

 

i'm goin'

 

I'll try and make it out there.

 

I plan on bringing the '69 as soon as the gates open (4pm?)

 

Im going to try and be there.

 

sweet, be there too!!!

 

man that sucks, im in Dallas for thanksgiving Berto

I hope you have a great time at work ahahahaha

 

HMP or HRP?

 

im going to HRP

 

ill be there i also know a good number of guys from houstonperformancedriving.com will be there to should be a great turn out

 

those of us planning to race do not want a great turnout. We want like 10 cars to show up so that we can do laps.

stay home! racing sucks! nobody is going!

 

I'll go do some laps.

 

Supposedly, we have some isolated t-storms tonight. Everybody keep their fingers crossed.

 

I finally made it to the track tonight with the new slicks on the '69. Its been raining on every track day for the last two weeks, and tonight was no different.

Car: 1969 Camaro SS, 6-speed manual, 348ci LS6, stage 2 heads, 232/232 cam, Magnacharger. 3.73 gears, Hoosier slicks on Pro Stars. I'm not sure on the raceweight since the scales didn't work. I'd estimate 3450 lbs though based on the last visit.

Weather conditions: 70F, 29.79 barometer, 92% humidity (drizzle)

My last series of hot laps went like this:

60'=1.69 (15 psi tires, low rpm dump, bog city)
1/8=7.26
mph=98.37
1/4=11.25
mph=123.85

60'=1.67 (15 psi tires, higher rpm dump, bog then spin)
1/8=7.20
mph=99.22
1/4=11.19
mph=124.63

60'=1.62 (12 psi tires, higher rpm dump, some spin)
1/8=7.15
mph=98.68
1/4=11.15
mph=123.52

Then I let the car cool down for about 40 minutes and got back in the staging lanes. I was going to try a rev limiter dump on 12psi tires. I made it all the way up to the front of the staging lanes and then it started raining. Damn! It always happens that way, right?

Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for my 10-second timeslip. I have a few more things to iron out on the car before my next visit. The tune feels like crap in the higher rpm, since we only dyno tuned it up to 5500 rpm due to fuel system issues. Those issues are fixed now, but I need a re-tune. The car has absolutely zero weight transfer. Since it is slammed down and on a road-racing type suspension setup, it launches like a brick haha. No wheels up this time, but it was close. 3rd and 4th are still grinding, making it impossible to speed shift quickly. But hell, it still goes in gear. Add that to the rebuild list.

People at the track got a kick out of seeing someone abusing a "showcar"

Tony

 

Tony is your car gonna be at Autorama this year??

 

BTW Tony good times.

 

Yeah it was fun seeing you out Tony. Maybe you will see that 10 sec time slip soon.
I had a good time talking to Michelle and Rusty thanks for letting me borrow the helmet. Met more people from tech out there again two Fridays and rain suck.

 

nice times tony. Ya it was kinda strange seeing a show car haulin *** down the track. Better luck next time with the 10's!!

 

Thats awesome Tony, your showcar is faster than our racecar lol

 

I think I'm giving up on the showing at Autorama thing. It was a major pain in the ***. The only way I'd consider it is if we had a group of 10 or so cars and someone could always be there to watch over the cars. Too many people out there that have no respect for other people's property.

Jeff, save up for the 12-bolt and slicks. Your car will run mid 10s with your trap speeds!