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waynieZ 05-22-2012 09:02 PM

Going to the shop tomorrow to pick it up and drive it home.

SWEET!!!! Enjoy the day.

Rybar 05-23-2012 10:33 AM

Congrats, I didn't even notice it was in paint jail and if it was it wasn't all that long. :thumbsup:

WicKeD_SS 05-23-2012 07:30 PM

Looking good! :thumbsup:

WSSix 05-24-2012 05:08 AM

Nice shade of blue!

mdprovee 05-24-2012 08:17 AM

Glad you getting it back. I like the stripe.

Roberts68 05-24-2012 10:38 AM

Did you make it home safe and sound in between downpours I hope?:_paranoid

MaxHarvard 05-24-2012 12:13 PM

*sigh*

No... I had to tow the pile of crap home.

Pretty sure the fuel regulator went out on me. And of course it's in the tank, so that's a lot of fun... :(

It's at home, tank drained, just got to remove it and replace the regulator... all that work for a $.03 stupid retainer... blech.!

MaxHarvard 05-30-2012 09:59 AM

:D

http://www.lsxtv.com/features/p-lsx-...ect-blue-hour/

Full feature on LSXTV coming shortly! :)

Ron in SoCal 05-30-2012 10:52 AM

Congrats Eric. Car looks great as usual...:thumbsup:

MaxHarvard 06-18-2012 06:25 AM

Well it's track time folks!

Blue Hour made its first debut at the local AutoX scene and came away with it's first win! (Ok, its a class win and there was only 1 other car, but hey, a win is a win, amirite?!!?)

Truth be told, this is my first time racing anything that didn't involved a 'reset' button so I was very nervous about the whole notion of this with a car that is probably too much power for me and I have zero experience with driving a car to its limits.

Regardless, the car needed some time to get broken in and weed out a few problems, plus the driver really needed some seat time in the worst way.

The good news is that I was getting faster by leaps and bounds at each pass and I know I left a TON of speed on the track and the car is capable of so much more than I was able so that's very promising. I only was able to get in 3 runs before it rained and I wasn't really all that keen on trying my rain driving skills. But, by the end I had improved my times by 16 seconds on a course that really good times were 65-70 seconds.

That said, here's a photo my buddy nate took and a couple videos of my first time out.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...6-_em26621.jpg



Here's my first ever run at the AutoX and Blue Hour's track debut. Randy was a very good instructor.
http://flic.kr/p/cg5UQb


Ok, here's my first spin out. I had a different instructor with me... truth be told, he even tensed up and reached for the door handles when I gunned it right before the slalom... it was kinda funny to see. I took out the timing light but the car was fine, not even a scratch anywhere on the car. :)
The best part was that this was my best run and since I tripped the lights, it counted as a full run and I wasn't DQ'd for it! LOL
http://flic.kr/p/cg5RKS


Looking forward to OPTIMA this weekend, driving the car was a blast and can't wait for more 'auto'-erotic abuse. :D


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