This thing is starting to get serious!

Haaa thank's, yeah with a track car addiction and other responsibilities that is all too possible. He doesn't eat much. :D

15 alone from un-swelling his helmet filler.

We are still trying to be un-assuming to the naked eye.

Going at the dash.....sheesh...thats 7lbs right there. I think I personally lost 2 when I pulled it out. Its going to be a good week.

Thanks Buddy, looking good. Hope all goes smooth. :thumbsup:

Nice to-do list there Gaetano. What kind of rear shocks are you going with?

the slow kind.

Thanks Corey. I put a call into Ron Sutton for the task. I felt I needed the shocks because I thought the ones I were using were bottoming out and making me loose at entry. After Ron called Vince for some measurements and info turns out I wasn't bottoming the outside shock out, I was over extending the inside shock and picking up the inside rear wheel. Ron has a call into Penske right now and the plan is to go with the Penske 7500DA's last we talked.

HAHAHA.......Very, Very Funny :buttkick:

He's trying to make it fair for the rest of us

Good call Bro. :thumbsup:

Your giving me way too much credit buddy but I'll take it. :lol:

Thanks Ronny. I agree. Nothing better than having a suspension guru 5 minutes from home. :thumbsup:

Hey, so one thing I forgot to mention.......Joe Pecavar stopped by Vinces to check the tune on my motor and found two broken rocker studs.

damn CCS parts......thats why its nice to hand pick your parts. Car parts too.

Ahh...those special ones. :lol:

Very nice, thanks for the reply Gaetano.

Looking good GAE. Lucky you having the Ron man in the neighborhood. Those Penskes should make a big difference out back. :thumbsup:

Do you have traditional shackles on the rear of your leafs or sliders? I don't know if I've ever seen your set up.

HD shackles....poly bushed now. We will see if we can move him into a link set up.

Cell work this morning. I have 3 cars going together so im jumping around a bit.

Sending unit added. Nice clean set up.

Side bars will go in later.

Thanks Rob. I've considered sliders many times but never pulled the trigger. Like Vince says, shackles, pollies, and the Fays II Watts is what I have been getting by on.

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/a...ttsLink096.jpg

Vince, thats alot of extra space back there under the car that is going to trap alot of air. Were going to have to look into a way of keeping air from getting trapped in there. Time not being on our side might have to fill it with foam blocks cut to shape and cover with sheet metal temporarily and then build some sort of diffuser. Nother option could be splitter and side skirts.

Amen on the Penske's.....I couldn't believe the improvement and tune-ability when I installed a 3-way on my Ducati. Besides they're real purdy. :thumbsup:

Sliders! :sieg:

http://static.speedwaymotors.com/RS/...L_17173348.jpg

Embarrassingly enough I have never seen those! I've been planning on Global West or Hotchkis bushings on my GW L2 springs. Is the end performance result of the slider considering the price difference comparable.......for a pro-tinkerer on a tight budget?

Leave your blocks at home, we got it figured but it's a lot of tin work.

Gaetano didn't like the cell so far back so we pushed it up 5 inches.

Snip here snip there and its back in.

High maintenance customers FTW.

Would be nice to have PAYING customers....


Then the high maintenance would be worth the effort.


I agree with him though -- get that weight as near center as possible....


Oh yeah -- and all the re-work helps keep him off the track.

When Rudy brought his Pro Street Camaro up for a little R&R ----- one of the first things I noticed was that his rear end was in a bind.... the arc of the parallel bars was different than the arc that his leaf springs would allow... and the BIRD CAGE that was supposed to allow the rear to move (float) on the leafs was bolted down tight.... NO MOVEMENT ALLOWED.... So the two arcs where fighting each other - therefore noting was moving much. UGH!

Amazing what a little movement will do for a guys suspension... LOL

There was a little misunderstanding with the inlet placement and deck lid center but you know wrong or right the customer gets what they want and I try to keep an open mind with off the wall stuff. One call made the choice.

Either way im cutting metal and sticking it back together right?

Gotta watch these guys like a hawk :lol: :lol: :lol:

J/K Vince. Thanks buddy!!

Perfect! Now he's got a place for his golf clubs until he upgrades to a 15 or 18 gallon cell. :D

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Talked to Sutton today. ordering the Penske 7500 DA's on Monday and its a 2 week build time.
Wont be able to slap them on for T-Hill in May because I have to extend my mounting points to 17 1/4" from 15" and vince wont have the time before May.
Longer rocker arm studs ordered. Should show Monday and hopefully Joe gets in there and does his thing. :)

You'll still get your ass whipped by TheRookieSieg in a 252 hp Toyota motored plastic adult go kart.

LOL....throw a timing device in that thing and we'll find out :unibrow:

He's wearing leathers and plans to put it up on two wheels in the corners....

Sounds sexy!! Lip stick too?

Hey be fair............I have a slight weight advantage and enough fuel capacity to outlast him. :captain1:

:lol:

Just don't forget the timing device.........And I don't mean a biased Weld with a stop watch :rolleyes:

Greg biased? I'd like a second opinion from Charlie.

good luck with that. Charley's so hooked up that he doesn't tell time, time tells him.

so we got the car stripped down and we found a few issues to fix, one being a 12 " crack running down his firewall to trans tunnel along with the Fred Flintstone floor pan.
Yikes man, I can't believe the seat didn't drop out of this thing. . We should have the sub frame assembly dropped out an a few hours, and hope to have everything fixed and back in by tomorrow afternoon.

Damn it is fugly in there. Take the time you need to do it up right Vince. And post up a pick of that crack.

What size is that cell?

I'll be there and I'm not biased. :D

:lol: gotta see this...

You and me both.

BTW......Getting a laugh out of that avatar :lol:

It twice the size of my KTM's stock tank. :secret:

http://sieg.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/...dsc_5575-M.jpg

As long as it holds enough fuel to run for 25 minutes flat out that's all that matters.
This aint no pro touring parade car.