Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
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T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Until I get the tags and registration on the car, it will stay local and I can't make it legal until the sellers financial institution sends the title to me. If it comes by next Thursday, I am game to bring it Saturday. I just can't figure out why if the Z06 is so slow, Jeff feels the need to come after it with twin turbo's and AWD on a prepped track where everything is in his favor (except his driving skills) :dunno:. Ahh well, when you have a fast car and the wanna-be's know it, they all come out of the woodwork. Guess I'll just have to get used to it. If the Z06 isn't legal, I might venture up in the proto Sy if I am not busy doing other things. I need to work some bugs out of it anyway.....and I can always run Jimmy locally with the Z06 to prove a point since his Ty is probably a couple seconds quicker than Jeff's anyway.
Until I get the tags and registration on the car, it will stay local and I can't make it legal until the sellers financial institution sends the title to me. If it comes by next Thursday, I am game to bring it Saturday. I just can't figure out why if the Z06 is so slow, Jeff feels the need to come after it with twin turbo's and AWD on a prepped track where everything is in his favor (except his driving skills) :dunno:. Ahh well, when you have a fast car and the wanna-be's know it, they all come out of the woodwork. Guess I'll just have to get used to it. If the Z06 isn't legal, I might venture up in the proto Sy if I am not busy doing other things. I need to work some bugs out of it anyway.....and I can always run Jimmy locally with the Z06 to prove a point since his Ty is probably a couple seconds quicker than Jeff's anyway.
T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Have you ever been in the 11's? Last I heard, none of your stuff ran (or ran very good) so I don't know how in the world you climb up the ladder and think you are ready for me anyway in my factory stock car. At least you know who you real competition is if you can get your toy running right
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Have you ever been in the 11's? Last I heard, none of your stuff ran (or ran very good) so I don't know how in the world you climb up the ladder and think you are ready for me anyway in my factory stock car. At least you know who you real competition is if you can get your toy running right
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Daron
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Uh No. That is Jeff pointing out the fact that Cock can actually escape pants and not get into trouble...
Is that Jeff's prize Cock?
Uh No. That is Jeff pointing out the fact that Cock can actually escape pants and not get into trouble...
JSM
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
It runs ok for having the power turned down.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/9th-annual-Street-Truck_175183.htm
Have you ever been in the 11's? Last I heard, none of your stuff ran (or ran very good) so I don't know how in the world you climb up the ladder and think you are ready for me anyway in my factory stock car. At least you know who you real competition is if you can get your toy running right
It runs ok for having the power turned down.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/9th-annual-Street-Truck_175183.htm
T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Uh-huh....power turned down, eh. Hard to believe you would hold back on power running that 454 SS but heh, at least you are in the neighborhood of what a stock Z06 runs :tup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXw7XRws0NE
Jimmy would be easy pickins but since you have proof you are in the mid 11's, you would be a tastier treat so I will do my best to bring the vette but I'm not gonna be risking $600 in tickets to get it there illegally.
Uh-huh....power turned down, eh. Hard to believe you would hold back on power running that 454 SS but heh, at least you are in the neighborhood of what a stock Z06 runs :tup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXw7XRws0NE
Jimmy would be easy pickins but since you have proof you are in the mid 11's, you would be a tastier treat so I will do my best to bring the vette but I'm not gonna be risking $600 in tickets to get it there illegally.
Tooky
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Give me a break. That's no different than looking at any stock syclone and saying "Stock Syclones run 12.26 @ 108" because that's what I ran with the same parts. In reality it was my best pass, in the best conditions, with the best tune I had at the time, etc. It's safe to assume the same for this 11.0 427 Z06, unless you're claiming that it's typical for stock 427 Z06's to run 11.0s run after run? I've never seen it out of the ones at our local track.
If you think your stock Z06 (assuming you are truthful about it being stock) is going to run 11.0s you've got another thing coming. Jimmy's easy pickings? Don't count your chickens before they hatch. :tup:
Give me a break. That's no different than looking at any stock syclone and saying "Stock Syclones run 12.26 @ 108" because that's what I ran with the same parts. In reality it was my best pass, in the best conditions, with the best tune I had at the time, etc. It's safe to assume the same for this 11.0 427 Z06, unless you're claiming that it's typical for stock 427 Z06's to run 11.0s run after run? I've never seen it out of the ones at our local track.
If you think your stock Z06 (assuming you are truthful about it being stock) is going to run 11.0s you've got another thing coming. Jimmy's easy pickings? Don't count your chickens before they hatch. :tup:
JSM
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
How did you get the vette home? BG doesn't car about current tags.
Yep the power was turned down, but should be up slightly at BG. That 454 has more power on tap than both of us combined, sorry to say. He had his turned ALL the way down to 10psi from 22psi. He will be there if you want to race him.
How did you get the vette home? BG doesn't car about current tags.
Yep the power was turned down, but should be up slightly at BG. That 454 has more power on tap than both of us combined, sorry to say. He had his turned ALL the way down to 10psi from 22psi. He will be there if you want to race him.
T-Bone
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Problem for you and others to overcome is the fact that that isn't a one time, non duplicated run, like your claimed stock Syclone achievement (and you didn't run that time straight from the factory without some tuning). Here's a suggestion.....why don't you open the link I posted and look to the right. There is a black STOCK Z06 running a 11.0 and a couple links down, there is a blue STOCK one running an 11.3 so I don't know what kind of break you want when the visual proof is out there. Navigate around and you will find a stock 07 on DR's running mid 10's. Long tube headers, exhaust and a decent tune are placing guys in the high 10's hand over fist. Trust me, I was quite skeptical myself until I found one in my possession. According to my HUD with Joe in the car, I ran 126 mph in a 1/4 stretch in front of my house. The guy in the stock yellow one I have linked you to ran a 129 so I don't have to think my Z06 is going to run 11's.....I already know it will :tup:. Stop hatin and start believin!! I know we all love our Syclones and Typhoons but good grief, crawl out of your hole and see what is being marketed. The Z06, Nissan GT-R, ZR-1, and Viper ACR are all 11 second cars straight from the dealers lot and they can do a whole lot more than just go fast in the 1/4 mile.
Problem for you and others to overcome is the fact that that isn't a one time, non duplicated run, like your claimed stock Syclone achievement (and you didn't run that time straight from the factory without some tuning). Here's a suggestion.....why don't you open the link I posted and look to the right. There is a black STOCK Z06 running a 11.0 and a couple links down, there is a blue STOCK one running an 11.3 so I don't know what kind of break you want when the visual proof is out there. Navigate around and you will find a stock 07 on DR's running mid 10's. Long tube headers, exhaust and a decent tune are placing guys in the high 10's hand over fist. Trust me, I was quite skeptical myself until I found one in my possession. According to my HUD with Joe in the car, I ran 126 mph in a 1/4 stretch in front of my house. The guy in the stock yellow one I have linked you to ran a 129 so I don't have to think my Z06 is going to run 11's.....I already know it will :tup:. Stop hatin and start believin!! I know we all love our Syclones and Typhoons but good grief, crawl out of your hole and see what is being marketed. The Z06, Nissan GT-R, ZR-1, and Viper ACR are all 11 second cars straight from the dealers lot and they can do a whole lot more than just go fast in the 1/4 mile.
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T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
My response to Jer about the WV tags on the car:
"Hey Jer, what's up. Good to see you sill lurking on here . I was raised in WV and joined the Army. Since that was my "home of record", I could run either their plates OR the plates of the state I was stationed at. WV's Bronze Star plates look light years better than TN so I run WV plates on 2 of my vehicles and since we own property in WV too, I just kept my NISMO 350Z tagged and titled there after I retired from the Army. I just slapped the tags from it (traded in) on the vette to run it back here from IN. The guy I bought it from said it was legal for 31 days although I have my doubts but cops are pretty forgiving with that particular plate so I'll keep my fingers crossed until I get to the DMV. There ya have it!"
A friend of mine who is a cop has affirmed it is not legal in TN to be swapping plates around on cars and IF I am involved in an accident or pulled over for any reason and documentation checked (which is standard on any stop), he said I am looking at $600+ in fines for no tags, registration and court costs AND the car will be towed from the site and impounded until I either fix the document issue OR have the car flat-bedded to my house. I'd love to rush the seller's financing institution to release the title tomorrow but that is out of my control. Although I love ya like a brother, you are not worth that risk and like I already posted, what a stock vette can do is all over You-Tube for anyone to see.
I hope to bring it just to have some fun. Don't need any of the SS 454 the way he walked by you. I am old enough to have learned years ago, there is always somebody faster......and as originally challenged by Jimmy, I don't think he is one of them at this time (nor you OR Jeremy) :tup:.
My response to Jer about the WV tags on the car:
"Hey Jer, what's up. Good to see you sill lurking on here . I was raised in WV and joined the Army. Since that was my "home of record", I could run either their plates OR the plates of the state I was stationed at. WV's Bronze Star plates look light years better than TN so I run WV plates on 2 of my vehicles and since we own property in WV too, I just kept my NISMO 350Z tagged and titled there after I retired from the Army. I just slapped the tags from it (traded in) on the vette to run it back here from IN. The guy I bought it from said it was legal for 31 days although I have my doubts but cops are pretty forgiving with that particular plate so I'll keep my fingers crossed until I get to the DMV. There ya have it!"
A friend of mine who is a cop has affirmed it is not legal in TN to be swapping plates around on cars and IF I am involved in an accident or pulled over for any reason and documentation checked (which is standard on any stop), he said I am looking at $600+ in fines for no tags, registration and court costs AND the car will be towed from the site and impounded until I either fix the document issue OR have the car flat-bedded to my house. I'd love to rush the seller's financing institution to release the title tomorrow but that is out of my control. Although I love ya like a brother, you are not worth that risk and like I already posted, what a stock vette can do is all over You-Tube for anyone to see.
I hope to bring it just to have some fun. Don't need any of the SS 454 the way he walked by you
. I am old enough to have learned years ago, there is always somebody faster......and as originally challenged by Jimmy, I don't think he is one of them at this time (nor you OR Jeremy) :tup:.
JSM
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
And I knew that 454 was going to blow by me on that race like I had stopped the car, gotten out and put it in park. What was cool though is I can launch with 4 tires so I pulled several car lengths on him at the start. I knew from the start I would be beat, but it was one of the most thrilling races I have run in a long time, trying to beat him out of the hole in an attempt to keep him at bay at the end. He still went faster and I turned on the red doing it. But it was a blast and the 454 guy is a great guy that lives nearby and is making the trip with us to BG.
But the point is, all my racing is for fun. Some cars are faster, some slower. I will win some, loose some. But the look on your face if as you thinking it will be a cold day in hell when my ty wins will be priceless. Heck if I can wave at you directly across from me at the finish line it will be fun.
Is your car capable of going faster than mine, sure. 2 different animals with 2 different purposes. Will it run faster than me at BG on sept 13th. Depends if you show up, and if you can get it to come out of the hole. All the you tube videos you post, I post, Jimmy posts, etc. won't prove that point. Lets move from bench racing to some real racing and laughs.
Some of us are REAL racers, others sit at home and race.
:tup::tup:
And I knew that 454 was going to blow by me on that race like I had stopped the car, gotten out and put it in park. What was cool though is I can launch with 4 tires so I pulled several car lengths on him at the start. I knew from the start I would be beat, but it was one of the most thrilling races I have run in a long time, trying to beat him out of the hole in an attempt to keep him at bay at the end. He still went faster and I turned on the red doing it. But it was a blast and the 454 guy is a great guy that lives nearby and is making the trip with us to BG.
But the point is, all my racing is for fun. Some cars are faster, some slower. I will win some, loose some. But the look on your face if as you thinking it will be a cold day in hell when my ty wins will be priceless. Heck if I can wave at you directly across from me at the finish line it will be fun.
Is your car capable of going faster than mine, sure. 2 different animals with 2 different purposes. Will it run faster than me at BG on sept 13th. Depends if you show up, and if you can get it to come out of the hole. All the you tube videos you post, I post, Jimmy posts, etc. won't prove that point. Lets move from bench racing to some real racing and laughs.
Some of us are REAL racers, others sit at home and race.
:tup::tup:
T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
I would hope with 2 aftermarket turbo's, 4L80E, A/A IC, meth injection, your tuning ability, AWD, and a prepped track, you could eeeeek out a win against a stock Z06 but you'll have to run a few 10th's faster to do it. IF the title comes in so I can make a bee-line for the DMV, I'll be there with the Z06. Otherwise, I am not chancing a fine and impoundment to drive 250 miles with weekend traffic to play tag with you, and every other SyTy owner on steroids. I just love it though how you guys have honed in your attention on the Z06. Like it or not, it IS one bad ride!!!!
I would hope with 2 aftermarket turbo's, 4L80E, A/A IC, meth injection, your tuning ability, AWD, and a prepped track, you could eeeeek out a win against a stock Z06 but you'll have to run a few 10th's faster to do it. IF the title comes in so I can make a bee-line for the DMV, I'll be there with the Z06. Otherwise, I am not chancing a fine and impoundment to drive 250 miles with weekend traffic to play tag with you, and every other SyTy owner on steroids. I just love it though how you guys have honed in your attention on the Z06. Like it or not, it IS one bad ride!!!!
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JSM
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
I wouldn't matter if you just bought a VW Rabbit Diesel I would still be giving you a hard time and wanting to see some others come out for a fun day of racing.
Jimmy has made a request with his Parole officer, Joe said his "boss" might let him out for a few hours, us northern boys were just wondering if the TN people still knew what a drag strip is and how it works.
Plus last time I was there, I didn't see any real fun competition. Trailered in S10's, no exhaust running 13's with primer falling off the sides all the way down the track just isn't that fun to watch or race against.
This time we are bringing in our own rivalry and entertainment.
I wouldn't matter if you just bought a VW Rabbit Diesel I would still be giving you a hard time and wanting to see some others come out for a fun day of racing.
Jimmy has made a request with his Parole officer, Joe said his "boss" might let him out for a few hours, us northern boys were just wondering if the TN people still knew what a drag strip is and how it works.
Plus last time I was there, I didn't see any real fun competition. Trailered in S10's, no exhaust running 13's with primer falling off the sides all the way down the track just isn't that fun to watch or race against.
This time we are bringing in our own rivalry and entertainment.
T-Bone
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That's no surprise but rather a huge thrill for $10-15,000 investment!!!! Personally, spending that kind of money to beat someone for 60-100 feet would do nothing for me. I want something that does it all well; accelerate, brake, drift, slalom, transverse, cut through the air, provide comfort, provide fuel economy when driven sensibly, look mean.....nothing meets those demands like the Z06 and without a doubt, it is the best performance vehicle I have ever owned.
That's no surprise but rather a huge thrill for $10-15,000 investment!!!! Personally, spending that kind of money to beat someone for 60-100 feet would do nothing for me. I want something that does it all well; accelerate, brake, drift, slalom, transverse, cut through the air, provide comfort, provide fuel economy when driven sensibly, look mean.....nothing meets those demands like the Z06 and without a doubt, it is the best performance vehicle I have ever owned.
T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
Yeah, I hear ya. I'll do my best. Worst case, I can bring the red Sy. It won't be trailered and it has a nice ATR exhaust but it would probably be in the 14's. I am in possession of a brand new PLX wideband system which would be helpful in dialing it in but remember, it has that wireless ignition which posed a challenge.
Yeah, I hear ya. I'll do my best. Worst case, I can bring the red Sy. It won't be trailered and it has a nice ATR exhaust but it would probably be in the 14's
. I am in possession of a brand new PLX wideband system which would be helpful in dialing it in but remember, it has that wireless ignition which posed a challenge.
T-Bone
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
The plan is to run on the same track which every other local will be testing/tuning on, correct? I know last time I was there, the track was privately rented for SyTy's only (excepting the pizza delivery driver in his 22 sec. ride) :tup:
The plan is to run on the same track which every other local will be testing/tuning on, correct? I know last time I was there, the track was privately rented for SyTy's only (excepting the pizza delivery driver in his 22 sec. ride) :tup:
JSM
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
The DIS system it has isn't as much as a challenge as it is having more knowledge about what was done and how. Not like just any truck has that mod.
That truck really has the potentional to be quick. Just lacked fine tuning from what I saw and a few minor bugs which may have be worked out, or just things I didn't catch onto in the few hours I looked things over.
As far as Z06, if funds allowed I would have one in my garage also. But you do have to admit running low 11's and maybe even a 10 if my new ideas work out well in a s10 blazer is different and unique.
All cars have good and bad things to them. I have a back seat for 2 more people and an ugly luggage rack I can throw a bunch of crap on and strap down. We might have to make a few extra stops for gas though.
The DIS system it has isn't as much as a challenge as it is having more knowledge about what was done and how. Not like just any truck has that mod.
That truck really has the potentional to be quick. Just lacked fine tuning from what I saw and a few minor bugs which may have be worked out, or just things I didn't catch onto in the few hours I looked things over.
As far as Z06, if funds allowed I would have one in my garage also. But you do have to admit running low 11's and maybe even a 10 if my new ideas work out well in a s10 blazer is different and unique.
All cars have good and bad things to them. I have a back seat for 2 more people and an ugly luggage rack I can throw a bunch of crap on and strap down. We might have to make a few extra stops for gas though.
dgoodhue
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Re: Bowling Green, KY - Beech Bend Dragstrip
I wouldn't expect 10.9's or 11.0's, but most of them with any decent driver can be driven to runs 11's bone stock. Every random Z06, I have seen at the track seem to run 11.6-8's.
I wouldn't expect 10.9's or 11.0's, but most of them with any decent driver can be driven to runs 11's bone stock. Every random Z06, I have seen at the track seem to run 11.6-8's.
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Spending $50,000 or more to beat a 1g blazer by a few tenths is obviously a much better investment
In all reality you only have a close idea of what your car will run. Might be 11.3's, might be 11.7's......Knowing the capabilities of both (one from reviews, and the other from first hand experience) I can tell you it's a drivers race at this point. You both better be on your game if you expect to win.
Please keep in mind this is all in fun. Don't take anything to personally, we'll still drink a beer with you at the end of the day and laugh about the shenanigans!
Spending $50,000 or more to beat a 1g blazer by a few tenths is obviously a much better investment
In all reality you only have a close idea of what your car will run. Might be 11.3's, might be 11.7's......Knowing the capabilities of both (one from reviews, and the other from first hand experience) I can tell you it's a drivers race at this point. You both better be on your game if you expect to win.
Please keep in mind this is all in fun. Don't take anything to personally, we'll still drink a beer with you at the end of the day and laugh about the shenanigans!