Time for some updates to this thread - its been a crazy couple of weeks.

This past weekend I particpated with my local SCCA club - and autocrossed @ Zmax dragway again.

I got 4 runs in on Saturday - and my first run was an 84.xx, and my last run was a 76.xx - not a bad way to drop almost 10 seconds.

I do not think there where any photographers there - but I got a couple pics - and vids.

Run 1:


Run 2:


Run 3:


Run 4:


Some pics:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse6e8f6d5.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps170ee58e.jpg
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Second update - since I have the Hot Rod Power Tour coming up - and I am long hauling to Dallas TX and back to Charlotte - I have decided to rebuild the seats in the Vette.

They only have 40k miles on them - but after 5 Power Tours - they are showing there age and trust me after 8 hours the padding starts to suck horribly and gets uncomfortable.

So I ordered new 2013 seat leather skins, and foam from GM. I also ordered a seat rebuild foam kit that I am going to put in that adds a bit more padding as well.

The seat skins are black leather with Alacanta black suede inserts - also these have titanium stitching to match the rest of the interior - and have the C6 flags on them.

Pics:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps4bbd58d7.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps72c1087b.jpg
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Third update - I have decided that this car will not be see boost in the immediate future - those Edelbrock blowers are in no way affordable - and are too rich for my blood.

So I am going to build up the LS2 that I have with the following:

CNC ported L92 heads.
LS9 camshaft.
GM LS3 intake manifold.
Lunati upgraded trunion bearings on brand new LS3 intake/exhaust rockers - on order.
LS3 intake valves - still need to order these.

The intake just came in - I ended up ordering it from Amazon - and got it for about 200 to my door.

More pics:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps90dabfd6.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps4bd12795.jpg

I also ordered this - not sure where I will use it - but this is the new Chevrolet Performance badge that comes on the new 2013 Camaro ZL1.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psac19ce00.jpg

It has been a very very BUSY spring!

I actually found a guy that took some pics of the Auto-x @ Zmax Dragway:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps2bb8a0ba.jpg

A few weeks back was the Food Lion Autofair @ Charlotte Motor Speedway - its a huge car show that encompasses the entire speedway.

I entered my car with the Corvette club that I am in - and brought home some bling.

A few select pics:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps6d69d016.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps166e5209.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psfbffcb34.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps4fbd0f6c.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps290fe235.jpg

Link to the rest of my pics:
http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...ir Spring 2013

I also went to the Detroit Speed Southern Slam last week - and talked to a number of folks on here at the event. I had a blast hanging out with everyone and seeing all of the cars hit the road course.

Some select pics:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps340913a1.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa3a23ae7.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psb5932ad2.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psf9e06034.jpg

Rest of my pics are here:
http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...ern Slam 2013/

As for the Vette - the interior is currently in pieces.

I am 50% done with the seat swap - and doing upholstry work is a total PITA! Between the airbags, the heated seat element, lumbar support - these seats are stupid complicated - and it doesnt help that I am putting in upgrade/rebuild kit all in at the same time making it even more complex.

I am probably 40% done on the second seat - but I am going to have to take a break for awhile as I am going out of town this weekend and headed up to Nashville TN for some vacation time.

Seat pics:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psc6b9594e.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps6a246db3.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psd1abda1e.jpg
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So after starting on this seat project for what seems to have been a month ago - I finally got the last seat installed tonight.

I picked up some 3M 90 adhesive from my local Lowes to glue the seat heating elements to the new foam.

I also used it to glue the fabric and new extra cushion pads to the bottom of the seat foam as well.

Overall I would rate this project an 8 just because I have never torn apart seats before - and getting everything back together was kind of a pain.

Now for teh pics!

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps11db47aa.jpg
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Very nice. New seats look killer!

Nice upgrade
 

You will be riding in style on the power tour.

Very nice job on the seats. Seems to be an excellent upgrade.

Thanks guys!

The seats are a ton more comfortable! I actually look forward to driving the Tour in them!

Another update for the Tour - I finally got those 345's mounted last night.

I'll tell you what - these tires are much beefier then even the 325's and not having bald a## tires is nice!

Now for the pics:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps32d0f964.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa2326d4b.jpg
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A few updates here - I was in Austin TX a few weeks back for the V8 Supercar race.

It was pretty cool seeing the Holden race cars drive around the track.

COTA is a real nice facility - only problem was the heat - the weekend we went to Austin it was the first weekend it got hot and it was 100+ degrees the entire weekend.

Here are a few pics:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps6c5a591a.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdec6745e.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse75993ce.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse1c3dbac.jpg

One video that I shot:



Rest of my pics are here:

http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...?sort=3&page=1


Last week they had a festival in uptown Charlotte called 'Speed Street' its to celebrate Nascar and all that jazz - they had a new Chevy SS in person, and the 2014 new Silverado.

Here are a few pics:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps533091c5.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps084843e7.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...pscc635929.jpg

Rest of the pics: http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...eedstreet 2013

Car updates:

The roller rockers that I ordered like 2 months ago FINALLY arrived!

These are LS3 units that I need with the new CNC ported L92 heads that I have. They are have the upgraded trunion bearings since I have seen multiple posts with messed up rockers.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse29b0c25.jpg

I had the car re-aligned and man was that thing off - took them over an hour to get it corrected. The swaybar install might have had something to do with that.

Also I leave for the Power Tour in the morning - so look for updates and pics next week!

Power Tour update....

Power Tour was awesome - had a great time - lots of miles, lots of beers, lots of rain, and lots of cars!

We drove out to Dallas TX - and back to Charlotte where it ended.

I had no breakdowns - but my buddy Matt ended up with a steel lag bolt in the back tire of his grand sport - after some real redneck patching at a near by service station - we got back on the road to Birmingham AL.

Overall it was a good time.

Now for teh pics:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/9...0c7556f7_b.jpg
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Link to the rest:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9790342...7634277187722/

Vids from my runs @ Zmax Dragway - no times as the timing system was f'd.

Not really much of a car update - I really haven't had the time to drive the car. I have been swamped with work and I am regularly pulling 80 hour weeks here the last few months. I won't be making the RTTH's event this year - as I will be working all that weekend. Which really sucks - I wanted to go back up to the dragon and drink some apple pie. I am glad that I made it out to the DSE event down at Carolina Motorsports Park at least this year.

Time for a shop update - I have been looking for an oil can catcher that would work with my mid rise 2 post Max Jax lift.

I picked up this unit for 50 bucks @ Harbor Freight - pretty cheap - but I know what I paid for - the construction honestly isn't all that great - but I will have no problems cutting this thing down since my lift only goes up to 44" or so in height and the lowest setting of this thing is around 38" - I will adapt it to fit my needs.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/9...41d8f317_h.jpg

This is only my second time uploading pic's to Flickr - let me know if you think its too big. I am on dual 24" monitors at home so its not all that huge for me. I used to use Photobucket - but after 5 years of taking pics - I hit their storage limit - and I refuse to pay those morons for cropped pics and degraded resolution.

The one thing i will say about PB is that there sharing is super simple - flickr - not so much - but I work in technology so its no big deal for me to figure it out.