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redbird1
post Jan 28 2005, 12:58 AM
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I KNOW I SURE AS HELL DIDN'T! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

But I still love Michigan (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

It's actualy more like this (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Or this (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif)

I just miss my car. I can't wait for spring. I never know how things will go but I hope I can create the chance to get my car on a track this year. Maybe see some of your cars run. Or at least sttend a race. i would love to see a nasa weekend. AI and AIX.

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post Jan 28 2005, 01:55 AM
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I did.

EDIT: I should probably mention that it was raining, and the only reason I drove it was to get it home from a trans rebuild.
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post Jan 28 2005, 01:56 AM
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Well, today it was raining and my girl is scared of rain unless she's racing - so that should make you feel better.

......but Wed, I drove her and took the T-tops off after work (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jan 28 2005, 02:03 AM
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I opened the shop door and noted it was still in there ...
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post Jan 28 2005, 02:19 AM
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QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 27 2005, 08:03 PM)
I opened the shop door and noted it was still in there ...

Both of them ? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Jan 28 2005, 02:25 AM
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Can't find mine. It's buried under the snow...
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post Jan 28 2005, 02:48 AM
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I drive mine every day to work and back.

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post Jan 28 2005, 03:32 AM
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I drove mine yesterday, and again today (any dry day in the NW, is a good day)

Actualy went for a nice easy cruise up towards Mt St Helens with a friend of mine.

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post Jan 28 2005, 03:44 AM
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Well I'm not from Texas and didn't drive mine today but I am planning to drive it to work tomorrow. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 28 2005, 04:57 AM
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I'm in cleveland, but I DID drive my car today,

took me 30 minutes to dig it out of the snow and the snow around it, and also get out of my driveway (damn thing kept wandering off into the fence). anyways, i think the t2r helped me get it out of the driveway opposed to the stock torsen? it was much easier to drive over the snow in the driveway than i remembered before the torsen was in there.

btw, it felt GREAT to drive my car today.

too bad on the way back from work the starter didnt turn over for some reason, i think i've developed a deadspot in the windings.
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post Jan 28 2005, 05:30 AM
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QUOTE (bowtieboy @ Jan 27 2005, 09:19 PM)
QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 27 2005, 08:03 PM)
I opened the shop door and noted it was still in there ...

Both of them ? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

If he leaves those locked up too long, I think they'll mate. He'll have a litter of them soon.


I drove mine today. I should post pics of the salt infested machine. It's almost white right now.
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post Jan 28 2005, 09:32 AM
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Drove the truck (THE 01 TA) today running errands.

Also put some shakedown miles on the SS. Only a week remains until MSR!!

I've been chasing a strange noise from the rear of the driveline, sort of a heavy metallic rattle coupled with alot of drive lash at low, low speeds. I swapped out the acpt driveshaft for an Al one in my haphazard process of elimination. Man! I had forgotten how much of a difference the carbon fiber driveshaft makes at high speed: It's like getting from behind the wheel of a 1969 Valiant into an 2004 500SEL! And this Al driveshaft has been rebalanced!

The mass of the AL driveshaft revealed a harmonic vibration or resonance above 115 that I hadn't detected with the carbon shaft. It may be an imbalance in the shaft, but I will recheck the pinion angle tomorrow anyway.

(Before the flames start, this is at my "High Speed Testing Facility" - a seven mile stretch of arrow-straight blacktop farm road without any cross streets or houses. It's VERY lightly travelled, due to nearby freeways and a general lack of anything worth exiting them for.)

I have a T2R on the shelf, but I've been waiting for my moser axles to arrive before tearing into the rearend. On second thought, I should get that rear end set up ASAP in case of unforseen complications coming down to my track day.

Lets see: five working days to mount and balance the Nitttos, bed in my spare set of C5/Z-06 brakes, do the axle/diff install, find source of oil pressure guage malfunction, swap Turn-One pump from TA BACK to the SS, pass tech inspection, run over to Houston for a retune on the dyno and p/u my new hood (that'll kill a whole day), replace caster bushings & realign, have this damned root canal, move out of my apartment by Tuesday and into the RV on my construction site, find a car hauler and a truck to pull it, round up a pit bitch,...Oh, and I probably should get some rest! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Sounds like I'm right on schedule.


Tony
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post Jan 28 2005, 11:17 AM
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drove all day long......
yes it was in the rain....
yes this is my only car...
yes my tires are near bald...
no, it wasn't much fun.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 28 2005, 04:36 PM
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QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 27 2005, 08:03 PM)
I opened the shop door and noted it was still in there ...

Me tooo.... but I did work on the dirt track car a little.
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post Jan 29 2005, 01:21 AM
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(IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I saw mine burried under a few inches of snow tucked away in the back of the driveway. At least it's still there, I thought to myself as I ran into the house to avoid frostbite.
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post Jan 29 2005, 01:42 AM
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(IMG:http://bervickbradstreetracing.com/cricketss/wreck/pict1414.jpg)

...Last time I tried to drive in the rain. 45 mph + water + coming down a hill. Remember kids, don't let off the gas with bald 315 Nittos and a T2R in the back. The rear end will not stay behind you.

Be careful out there!
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post Jan 29 2005, 04:28 AM
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Drove mine to work today (wife has the truck in Chandler); also drove it in the LA rainstorms a few weeks ago - and was looking for the "periscope" option button. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post Jan 29 2005, 05:41 AM
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I never drive it really,even when its 60 degs out no rain in CA (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool2.gif) Ok on the weekends if its nice it a parts runner :drive:
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post Jan 29 2005, 11:34 AM
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It's freezing here in NJ.....like -2! I should get my shocks and springs on today, but with all of the salt on the roads, and no heat.....I ain't going nowhere!! I may have to trailer it to the shop to get the alignment. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Jealous of the wamr climates! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jan 30 2005, 03:32 AM
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The B4C is in the garage right now. We have the SVO in the driveway, getting it ready for our Houston Region annual Championship Runoffs. Did pretty well last year, and don't have Kuhmos for the Camaro yet. Maybe next year. Otherwise, I would have driven the Camaro to the parts store today, instead of our 88 TII. :-)
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