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05-05-2009, 12:37 AM
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| Moderator Paid Member  | Will be there. Trying to run the whole series at both tracks though I don't think I'll mak'em all. Checking the points standings at Bremerton via the CCCA website I'm tied for 6th (a 4 way tie) after the first two races so not only wanna win a race I think I'm getting that "hunting points" syndrome.  |
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05-05-2009, 12:41 AM
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05-07-2009, 10:03 PM
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| Registered User Paid Member  | I think I might have to work this weekend  .........So Corey why dont you take my truck.........unless you wanna work on the SC. Either way I dont think I will be racing this Saturday. Have fun guys.................... |
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05-09-2009, 12:40 AM
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| Super Moderator Paid Member  | Scott and I went to test and tune and had a blast tonight, we both had personal bests. The air density was pretty fair and 50-55 degrees didnt hurt us either. You guys that are going to the car club challenge have fun tomorrow, I'll be supergliding it around the hood canal.  |
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05-10-2009, 01:50 AM
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| wallet hit by lightnings Paid Member  | Well, weather was near perfect, and Skritch. Cruzen93svt and I got a bunch of runs in. Even the elusive wizard of tuning stopped by to visit for abit,  here's a few pics my Ace crew member / photo guy took.(aka James)       We all had a great time, hope more of you guys can come out and play. |
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05-10-2009, 06:21 AM
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| Moderator Paid Member | Yeah, well here's the whole story from beginning to end ! I asked the Wizard if he could be available Friday afternoon/evening to come out to Bremerton to "fine tune" Moody Blue. Yep, said he could accommodate me and he'd see me out there. I was set up in the Ford Drag Team area when he eased in the gates. Gave me a quick call to find out where I was on the grounds then took a "shortcut" down the dragstrip to meet me (we set up next to the return road close by the timing shack). I was in the process of changing out the wheels and tires to which the Wizard promptly lent a hand. He was rollin' the last of the street tires over to the pit area while I was gettin' ready to move the truck back over (I'm changing the tires NASCAR style jackin' up one side of the truck to get both front and rear at the same time). I was parked on this strip of asphalt backwards from how I normally park and started to back up. Looked out my drivers rear view to see one of the four corner posts that hold up the chain around the weight scale and stopped as I was just a bit close to the one I could see. Pulled forward and jockeyed around to get the truck parked in the pit area. Steve comes runnin' over and asks, "Did you hit that post ?" Nope, don't think so, didn't feel anything. He sez, " I think you did." We both have a look see and yep, sure enough there's around 4 scratches on the left rear quarter just behind the wheel well. SunofaB.....well that looks kind of nasty but there's no cracking (remember the outer skin is NOT metal) and no distortion, just 4 kinda ugly scratches, the longest about 4 inches, the shortest about an inch. No use cryin' over split milk, and any other cliches ya wanna think of, what's done is done. Just another attack of that "old timers disease". So with that lets make some passes and see about shaving some hundredths off this truck. He starts wavin' his wand around, presses some buttons, mumbles some spells over the TwEECer box and proclaims, "Give that a try !" Ooh, the truck sez yeah and pops off a 12.65. Back in the pit area he asks for the critical info (timing and AFR) to which I reply with some unintelligible gibberish. He goes back to his lab, waves his wand again, presses some more buttons casts yet another spell over the little black TwEECer box and sends me out for another run. Truck is even happier and coughs up a 12.58. Again, he asks for the all critical information and again I reply with some unintelligible gibberish. Back he goes to his lab, waves the wand one more time, with the attending button pressing and appropriate spell casting for one last pass. Truck is smiling ear to ear now and hangs a 12.51 on its tailgate. The Wizard has just made a consistent mid 12.7 truck into a 12.5 truck ! Scratches on the left rear quarter, eh I'll take care of'em. Fast forward to Saturday and Corey appears on the landscape along with John (Cruzn93SVT). The Wizard had written one more tune for me to try and I did Saturday late morn. Only clicked off a 12.57. Thought sure I would have a 12.4 on the time slip. No such luck though. We had ourselves a headwind to run into and that caused a loss of the hundredths needed to crack the 12.4 barrier. Changed back to the previous tune and the timers showed a pair of 12.68s. Man oh man, hundredths are so hard to come by ! Corey was a HAPPY camper as he made that SuperCab dip into the 15s ! He worked and worked at it Saturday morn/afternoon and was rewarded with a 15.99. Keep in mind that motor is not a Lightning motor but a 5.8 truck motor and stock from the factory Gen 1s were advertised at 15.7. His truck has some extra pounds from being stretched and without the benefit of the GT40 heads and intake. John hisself was a smilin' as well. His truck just kept getting quicker. It seemed every run became a personal best for that black '93. Last run he made stopped the clocks in 14.74 seconds. Steve rolled in on Saturday on his two wheeler after makin' a run around the local area since it was nuttin' but sun for the whole day ! He gave John a couple of tricks to try which certainly helped John to get those new PBs. Meanwhile the CCCA racing was not good for Corey and myself as well as the Ford Drag Team in general. I red lighted first round. Corey seeing that red bulb in my lane insisted he would NOT red light. He didn't, but that .526 reaction time of his cost him the race ! So we're out first round. When the smoke cleared there were only 5 Fords left for second round. Ford Drag Team gets two lanes assigned to its members as there are so many Fords that show up for CCCA racing ! Crumby day this time. Great pics James ! Last, but certainly not least, thanks to Steve for making time to come tune my truck and for helping the "old guy" with tire changing on Friday eve. A big thanks to Corey, James, and John for helping the "old guy" get the street tires back on and helping pack up the back of my truck with all the junk I think I need to bring. Last edited by Skritch; 05-10-2009 at 06:43 AM.. |
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05-10-2009, 06:35 AM
| #101 (permalink) |
| Moderator Paid Member | So about them scratches. Steve said he was just sick about'em. Kept him awake all night feelin' bad. Saturday he commented that he woulda had to go to Schucks or somewhere and buy some stuff to rub on them to try to make 'em disappear. Nah, I got a bunch of junk at home that should ease the pain for ol Moody Blue. So's I get home and get the truck unpacked and look at them scratches. Well, out comes the buffer, and numerous polishes and pads. A quick wipedown of the offending area and the polishes and pads start workin' their magic. 45 minutes later they are all but gone. Can't even see them unless you look at the just the correct angle and then they look more like a factory paint defect than the severe scratches they were. Yep, Wizard you know where they are and you'll have to look hard to find them. I can't see them until I catch the reflection of the paint at just the right angle. Standing next to the truck and looking at the area in question, they just aren't there ! I love my buffer ! |
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05-10-2009, 01:44 PM
| #103 (permalink) |
| try'n to keep up  | saturday was a great day had allot of fun my runs went as follows run 1 14.809 at 90.78 run 2 14.804 at 90.58<-- .001 reaction time best ever for me  run 3 14.759 at 91.25 run 4 14.745 at 91.89 that old truck was just cruz'n down the track, run 4 was steves little tricks thank you Steve for that and it was fun to see you at the track  , got a queston why was my upper hose going flat as a pancake after each run?? anyone know why that would happen?? anywayse had a great time yesterday with Scott, Corey, and James and Corey on your dip into the 15's with the super cabJohn |
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05-10-2009, 02:51 PM
| #104 (permalink) |
| Super Moderator Paid Member | Good times John Sonic, he will probably leap right past 12.4 to 12.3- with that heavy tonneu gone. Glad we could get the Mafia finally shook out Scott and the best part the scratch in the clearcoat is gone If it were me I would of packed my stuff and went home after doing that but you dealt with it very well and didnt let it bother you too much. Maybe time for a six lb lower now.  |
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05-10-2009, 04:25 PM
| #105 (permalink) |
| Super Moderator Paid Member | Another thing at the test and tune Friday night, I was feeling pretty good after bagging me a new C6 Corvette. I flew high for about an hour until I got kicked to the curb by a jacked up 4X4 Diesel Dodge Extended Cab. He was probably putting down north of 600rwhp to run a 12.0 like he did. I gave him the definate thumbs up for that kind of performance. Boy where is the red truck when you need it  |
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