Right @ the 95 and Lake Mead Blvd - Rebel Gas. They've never been out that I know of...

That's where I live...:unibrow:

Awesome, Awesome car Steve!

Is your Dynamic around 8.75? Estimated it by looking at your specs..

Intake closing is?

The magic number for 91 octane is what under 8.25?

Wheels
 

You guys nailed it with these wheels.

Wow plz dont change those wheels i realllllllllllllly like those real nice!

Bump!

I love Penny, but why I haven't seen her or heard anything about her in a while? And I think I miss the old Forgelines... Updates please Steve! I think it was you who said that ''a car is never done''! ;)

I second the old wheels....Looked a lot much more 'Business'...

Lead.

Lead knows what I'm talking about, it looks awesome tough :hail: Bad Penny

I was wondering the same thing.
I think Steve has been busy with some events.

I would have to look.. static is about 11.5:1 -- which isn't bad at all. After talking with Mast we think it just needs a better tune.

Or we could put in the more aggressive cam which would lower the dynamic

And our 91 here is crap in the summer.. (and winter really)

I would agree.. the grey had a nice look.. I am enjoying the variety though. In a year I might get these done with grey centers. I think I prefer the polished hoops though, looks better with the orange paint.

Yea, actually real busy with work.. lots of stories lately. Plus I was pretty burnt out after Optima.. might have been a tad bummed over the broken sway bar deal. That's two years in a row I'm broken something there.. sucks.

Anyways, working on the car. Not many mods left to do besides install my fire system and maybe get some various hard lines done. Baer wants me to install thier new floater.

As for events, here's one I just did with a local group:

Not much done since Optima, fixed the sway bar and did a bolt check. Working on the little stuff. In January we will be making the DSE radiator closeout fit the new core support and finishing the install on the fire suppression system. Project is definetly getting to the point where everything is done. The tune is still a bit off, good at WOT, bad at idle and around town. Mike Norris will be fixing that when he comes out.

Will all the building done it's time to do some driving. People think "wow, that car's been done so long it must be all sorted out." but the fact is that the current form of BP is NOTHING like the car built back in my PHR days. Finally I will be able to get use to the car in its current state and get some track time (needed more for me than the car.. lol)

First up was hitting the local PCA autocross:

It was a very well ran event and I knew it would be that way when I arrived for tech and there was starbucks coffee and donuts set out. The PCA has a killer timing system that let them always have 4-5 cars on track at any given time. Because of this they were able to run around 90 cars 11 laps each!

Drove the course in 2nd gear and I could still break the tires loose easily. Had a great time and the others there liked seeing the "old" muscle car. I think it was a first time PT experience for most of them. On course worker said mine was the only car that scared them when they were working hte course since it was so loud and mean looking coming down the straight twords thier station. lol.. I took that as a compliment.

Anyways, if any of you have the chance to go to one of these specialty car events you'll have a blast and meet a lot of great people.

Oh, top speed was 72+ mph and my racepak showed lateral g's (sustained) of 1.2g+ in each direction. I ran in the 63.x range whereas cars with race rubber (A6, etc) were in the 58,59 range and all out track cars were in the 56 area. Next time I need a "pit bitch" to help me check tire temp/pres between runs since it's too hard to unbuckle and get back in quickly. :)

Here's a video.. if you go to YouTube there's a high-def version.. clouds look cool (rained in the afternoon which made for fun track time)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsRlpxqeew



Lateral Data showing speed and later-g
http://i53.tinypic.com/714v9u.jpg

One of these cars is not like the others...
http://i55.tinypic.com/5ocw2s.jpg

Steve I love that you have kept working on penny making it better.Have learned alot reading your posts.:thumbsup: Scott

"I would agree.. the grey had a nice look.. I am enjoying the variety though. In a year I might get these done with grey centers. I think I prefer the polished hoops though, looks better with the orange paint."

that car looks better and better everytime i see it!!!!

Cool video. It is good to see on a cold rainy winter day in Missouri. I like the new wheels. Thanks for the post Eric

Steve any update's on Penny.Are you and Penny ready for RTTC-II.Scott

Great thread, brilliant mods and a well appreciated enthusiam for the sport and all things Protouring.....

The last photo is extremely relevant to me. I'm always comparing my Porche 996 to my '77 Camaro after mods. The major competition for the Camaro in the UK when it comes to hill climbs and street are cars like you have just posted. LOL!
Most UK American classics are either just that...Classics or dragsters.
This I believe is historically due to 1st and 2nd Gen Camaro's dominating the British Touring car championships (BTCC) from 1967 - 1972 and being effectively banned from competition by the "no engines over 3000cc (183 Ci) rule". Hence many European enthusiast assuming there is no such thing as a great handling American racing car. But we know better.....!

Frank Gardner Brands Hatch 1972

http://shop.simonlewis.com/ekmps/sho...1972-195-p.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/4...bgp72lrqc6.jpg
Wishing you and Bad Penny all the best.

Bad Penny a feature at 'The Forza Experience' Forza 4 launch? I spied her in some coverage on another site. :D

http://www.stanceworks.com/wp-conten...6/IMG_0340.jpg

Man thats a great picture of Bad Penny

Such a good lookin car:thumbsup:

WoW! Loving it! :thumbsup:

Steve,
What kind of gas tank/fuel setup does penny have now?

Awesome shot Steve Penny looks wicked.

any chance you can do me a favor and put black tape on your chrome window trim and side glass? Pretty please, lol. Im trying to see what it would look like all black more like a modern look without the high expense of a flush mount glass kit.

Steve, your 460 build was a big influence in my 4th gen bullet. I just added a few twists ;)

Incredible car....:thumbsup:

...Never heard of the paint program huh??(standard in every windows system) Just save a picture, open it, paint the trim you want (or do anything else you want- cut, lower, change etc etc) ....there you have it!

Have fun.

Lead.

THis damn mac book is making it hard for me lol.

Macs are a graphic arts dream! Seriously, it should be a snap!

ever think about adding racing stripes to your car? If so what would you have done?

What size is your exhaust?

reviving an old post cause I haven't seen updates and wondering whats up with Penny..

Been watching and enjoying "Penny" a long time.

I'm glad Steve still hangs in there with "Penny".

I have had many unexpected thing in my life that have slowed my Car progress down, but such is life, but since I don't quit, I still move forward abet slowly. (obligations to loved ones always move to the front of the line)

That said, to the situation. (Not the Loved ones)

"Illegitimi non carborundum!"

Between the New product developement, and my Car(s), life is still good and focused.

I hope someday when I get there, I can meet Steve, and run some laps with him and others on this board.

Steve what is the latest on "Penny"?

I hope you both are well.

Best Regards,

Ty O'Neal (Now member of SEMA):yes:

Bad Penny was sold long ago......

A "bad Penny always returns"...as told to me by my pops in the 80's

did not know he sold it other than swapping it back and forth with yancy.

Last I heard, that's what happened. It was swapped, then swapped back and then swapped again...or something like that. Pretty sure that's how Steve ended up with the wagon.

so technically its on "loan". :lol:

Who knows with those two. :EmoteClueless:

Though I would suspect it may be a done deal this time and Steve is focusing on Track Rat.

This car was so cool back in the 2000's. :sarcasm_smiley:

I think the Track Rat is a really good looking build... well, up until he gave up on the "rat" part of the idea....

is there any pics of it anywhere ?

should be somewhere, it was at sema last year