[Shotimes] Lapeer

Mon, 5 May 2003 15:05:57 -0400

Bolt on Driver eh? lol. I figured your car would run well but, I didn't
think it'd run like my '95 did. Great running car! All you have to do now is
get it looking half-way as good as it runs and you'll have one helluva tight
'91!  :P Too bad I didn't have the '95 still - would have been a fun 'grudge
match'!

My '99 ran a little better than I expected. My average over 15 runs was
15.22 @ 93.1. My best was 15.19 @ 93.5 (2.23 60', 9.94 1/8 ET, 76.09 1/8
MPH) my worst was a 15.47 @ 91.75. I went in thinking the car was a solid
15.3 car so, I was pleased considering what little I've done to it. It was
fun racing Porter in his '95. Seems whoever redlighted won! I think that was
the first time I redlighted more than I slept at the tree. But, the car that
really impressed me was the 2002 Maxima 6spd John brought. I turned a best
of 14.46 @ 100.02 with that car! And the truth is, I was still figuring out
how to drive it! I'm 100% positive that with some more practice I could get
a 14.00 easily and probably a 102 -104 trap (my best 60' was an 'average'
2.26). Amazing. 15 or 16 inch street slicks and it's a high 13 second car.

Anyway, it was a total blast as usual. We need to get more guys/gals coming
out to Lapeer when we get together like that. The racing, hangin' out with
everyone afterwards and getting to race whatever car you want makes for a
fun weekend. Next get together is scheduled for the fall so, hopefully we
can get more people to go racing with us!

Dave Garber
Pittsburgh, PA
'99 White
VOD Mark I Intake
$20.00 Turbo's
15.19 @ 93.5

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Staley" <sulu16@attbi.com>
To: <v8sho@v8sho.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:07 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Lapeer

> Hey all, whoever of you that didn't go to Lapeer Saturday missed out.  I
> had an AWESOME time, the weather was great, the people were cool, and
> all you really had to wait for was bracket racing, if you want to call
> going to a drag strip and getting 20+ runs in while still bs'ing on the
> sidelines all day waiting.  At any rate, Porter was kind enough to give
> me an old (but still decent) motor mount so I could race (THANKS
> PORTER!) and let us use his jack.  I was surprised at myself because
> even though I didn't think I'd run a damn 16.5 (thanks for the optimism
> Porter..) I sure as hell didn't think I'd pull a 15.087 @ 94.85 my first
> and slowest run, so my head has swelled a bit. ;0)  At any rate, my best
> runs ET wise were a 14.810 @ 97.77 with a 2.263 60' time and a 14.807 @
> 97.91 mph, with a 2.283 60' time.  My best trap speed as I found out by
> a time slip I didn't see until I got back to the hotel was a 14.939 @
> 98.12 with a weak 2.36 60' time.  My last 5 runs which I took
> consecutively after 5pm (they were closing at 5:30) were all in the
> 14's.  I was really starting to catch on I think about how to launch
> better at the end and I think I could have gotten into the 14.7's with
> more time, oh well.  Garber's car ran strong as we both figured it would
> and he ran the hell out of John's Maxipad, damn does that thing haul.
> On a run where I ran a very low 15 he ran a 14.67 I think and he was
> just walking away from me the whole time.  Garber is the "bolt on
> driver", who the hell needs UDP's, just spend the money for a case of
> beer and have Garber get you 2-5 tenths.  My car needs a good bit of
> work and the engine still twisting a good bit didn't help any, but she
> ran great and I couldn't be happier with how she ran.  As far as power
> goes, I did think when I drove Ron's car that his felt stronger out of
> the hole although mid range I think we're around the same, but I
> remember going to third gear and waiting for his speedo to start
> climbing like a bitch but it just wasn't happening (of course my speedo
> jumps from around 80 to 100 in a split second b/c my speedo cable needs
> cleaned so that doesn't help) while my car LOVES the top end.  Ok, done
> rambling.
>
> Ryan Staley
> 91 Burgundy (147k miles)
>
> Mods:
> Removed outer airbox
> "Free Flowing" Hole in 1 muffler due to major corrosion =0)
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