Did you ever find out if you can use the Nitrous at the 0-200-0 event?

I thought I read that they didn't allow nitrous. But I'm not sure why. Is it a safety issue?

BBS is in your backyard? Your near atlanta? so when can i come visit? seeing as im e-body crazy.... Although mine wont be half as nice as yours...

I have a Gainesville Ga mailing address..but I live about 10 minutes max from BBS and Road Atlanta right up highway 53..Milton Robson lives right up 211..he's as close as I am..1/2 as nice could still be pretty nice..come anytime..unless I'm out of town..you're welcome anytime..btw Year One is about 15 minutes from me..just on the other side of BBS

I'm not sure they're even going to have it this year..They didn't allow it last year..at that altitude it's absolutely not fair to run a normally aspirated car against turbos and blowers unless the normally aspirated motor can use nitrous..I'd like to find a place over here where we could run..There is an entrance road to Talledega that's several miles long and several lanes wide..not used except some people that live in condos etc at track..Maxton is a little rough to try it. I haven't seen anything about this years event..no one made 200 mph last year..185 or so was the fastest in a viper..Big Red was at a disadvantage..I don't know why they didn't allow nitrous..couldn't be safety

you coming to year one experience? ill be there, mopar-less, but there. Ill shoot you a pm when i have a free weekend, id love to just come hang out and look it over. hopefully mine will be nice, taking a very similiar road to stephen durr. blown 500ci. ill be doing something different to the body though, something i havnt seen yet done on an e-body.

The Year One experience is one of our main dates...We like the format..and Year One is the most active Vendor in this hobby...They're great sponsors and are a great help to all

a friend of mine in Reno called me and said the new SEMA News magazine has a nice little blurb on the Cuda..and the trend toward high buck street machines that can be driven..not just shown...

Cuda is running
 

Got the Cuda running today at about 4PM..Alan and crew had worked until 2AM last night..and from 8 to 4PM today before the FAST engineers figured out we had been given the wrong software. Once we got the correct software it fired right off. Sounded real good..very crisp..then murphy paid us a visit..a coil took a dump..the crank and cam sensors started acting up. Got 2 of each ordered just in case. Had scheduled the dyno pull Friday at Young's Performance in Decatur, Ala., but we need to get 300 miles or so on the trans and rear before we put it thru the gruelling dyno test. Don't think we'll make it until Monday or so. :thumbsup:

April PHR is out
 

April PHR is out..I don't get mine early since I live in a rural area of Georgia. My phone rang off the hook all day. Coverage and photography is great from what I'm told. Can't wait to get my copy. 17 pages of coverage Johnson and Johnson edition..good for what ails ya

Bob -
Replied to you on the "other" board.
Congrats on that killer car.
Hope it runs well on the dyno for you.

Heck Bob

Let some of us fellow Georgia Boys in on your Dyno pull. Heck I'd drive over to Alabama give it a see. By the way, you going to World of Wheels at The World Congres center this weekend in Atlanta?

I guess so..David Ford who is the local promoter is a good friend..He won't take no for an answer. The Cuda won't be there but I'll take the Woodie I guess. I have to drive all the way to Alans to get it..drive all the way back over here..wait half a day to get it checked in..run back to Alans if we do the dyno pull..run all the way back over here to get the woodie..bla bla bla. I just don't like the whole indoor mentality. That white glove treatment to the top of your frame rail looking for a particle of dirt or dust and docking you a point..when the oil pan, exhaust, etc dragging the ground and the car isn't even driveable not costing a point is ridiculous in my narrow mind. But I'll be there some if the lord's willing and the creek don't rise. come up and slap me if you can

I saw it over there..thanks again for your interest and cudos on the cuda

Damn, it must be a bitch being you, Poor ole Bob, man I hate while I am working, you have to do all this car stuff. I bet you even have to get someone to help you clean it too. Surely you are getting free tickets or something for all your troubles. Shame, shame, shame. If you be real good, you can come up here and help me put this deck on this cabin. It is only 40' in the air. Easy money. :rofl:

Everyday i go out to the mailbox like a little kid hoping the april issue of PHR will be in there and when it's not i am truly sad. Something must be wrong with me.

Met him today. There is a decent contingent of Rat Rods there, I helped a guy haul one in the WCC today. By the way it must suck to be you.

It ain't easy bein me....I love rat rods..hope David resurrects that show..it got so bad it was ridiculous..he's a hard worker..his wife is a doll too..she works along side him like a real trooper...He's made a big show out of the Moonshine Festival Show. He really enjoys that stuff..too many crybabies for me..lots of these guys just don't know quality and they get very ill when they don't win the big kahuna. a few guys are ready to fight..throw a fit..I don't have the patience for it.

Nope..you don't even need an aspirin or anything..Jon who works with me is more excited about it than I am..Doug Cooper flew down from New York
just to hear it run..Doug's going to go home and get his boys and come back when we dyno it in a few days..

I know it sounds strange but when you mess with cars all day long..everyday..it does get a little old..never make your hobby a job..it phuks it up..as far as your deck..ever seen one of those decks collapse on the news..you don't want me helping you..but I guess if it could hold me and you up..it'd have to be pretty substantial..I'm not much help..damn what do you expect from a check writer..

Cuda is running..sounds crisp..nice deep tone..good cam lope..not too loud..had all kinds of troubles from getting the wrong program to start..then the experimental distributor stub we had in it had a cam sensor that was giving us a bad reading..the set screw behind the magnet was giving us a reading as well as the magnet..180 degrees from the magnet..pulled the set screw out and she ran like a charm..love this one off experimental stuff. Should be at the Dynos next week..got to get some miles on it first..Rockland doesn't want to put the trans and rear thru the strain without breaking them in first. Still spending money like a drunken Indian..casino.. not 7/11.

Silver state
 

Got a call from Silver State Classic today. I had called to voice my opinion about normally aspirated cars being at a distinct disadvantage against the turbo and blower cars at the altitude they run the Big Red Challenge. My point was the blower and turbo cars could just jack their boost up and recover much of the performance they lost by being at high altitude. You would have to build a whole new motor to make the normally aspirated car get some of the power back..like a 15 or 16 to 1 motor. They discussed it with Baer and came back with a decision to let the unlimited class run nitrous. This is good news for guys like me with a marginally low compression ratio that allows us to run on pump gas. They will not run the 0-200-0 in May..They will run 0-100-0 though. They will also run a 1 mile acceleration run..no braking..run as fast as you can for 1 mile. The 0-200-0 will run in Sept.

NICE!!!!! :hail:

So which event's there do you plan on running?

One word: Video. :thumbsup:

Bob was on PT.com talking about putting a camera in the car for the run....

that would be pretty cool

so does an entrant need to be "Pre-qualified" to run "unlimited class" just as with the normal SSC race

Bob

Looked for you at WOW. Decent show, lot of Jewels and some turds. First One of the year and oh yeah, that dang 7000 cheerleader forum with bitchy moms and the Bronner Bro's Homey Hair show ALL at the same time. Oh yea and the cold rainy day. All in all it was excellent. Got to speak to George Barris...what a cool old guy.

They have a web site with lots of info..you can also call them like I did. I will be pre qualified because I will have already run at Maxton who has the same qualifications..same for Bonneville..and I guess Muroc too. I would recommend you contact them before just going out there..get a copy of their rule book..Silver State doesn't require a chute like Bonneville and Maxton do.

0-100-0 does not interest me..this would be good for an 1/8 mile drag race guy except for the braking..the other May event is just a 1 mile acceleration test, no braking..I'm not particularly excited about either of these..Sept event will have the 0-200-0 Big Red Challenge..this is what we were interested in. We will not be running the 90 mile Silver State event..I've got too much money in this car to risk it on that long of a race..too much bad stuff could and does happen..

cool guy that built some kind of butt ugly cars..a few like the Hirohota Merc were pretty, but most of that stuff was horribly ugly. He and Roth both did some hideous stuff. Hot Rodding has raised the bar a mile since that day. Their cars were not only ugly, but the quality of the work back then was terrible. I've bought and sold some of those early rods and they leave a whole lot to be desired. These young builders today are light years ahead of those big name guys from years gone by..Did you ever see the 54 Chev. that the old timers built on Monster Garage. Finished product was scary..redefined LEAD sled..

Video at Z2Z
 

We'll be at the Z2Z Challenge shooting video for our show, and I'd like to hook up with anyone who's going to be running that event (or any of the runs during that event) who plans on shooting in-car video. We'll be bringing our in-car rigs, but it would be cool to air tons of footage from a variety of different cars running in the various classes. Shoot me an email if you're going to go and are interested. Thanks!

- Kevin Oeste

Bob..
 

And Mr. Johnson, we'd also welcome the opportunity to shoot your fantastic car at the event if you're up for it. The car is too cool!

- KO

I just got my copy a couple days ago :thumbsup: , and all I can say is "MORE PAGES!!!" :yes: . Every time I see your Cuda I love it even more. I would buy a Buildbook on it, if they were to make one, the instant it became available :willy: . I wish I was able to make it down to the Year One Experiance :( , I bet hearing that thing run is an experiance in itself :) .

David

I agree. The new guys stuff is light years ahead of Barris' work. Heck there were "black pipe" gas fittings on the Batmobile painted flourescent Orange hanging out the back in plain view. Ole George looks like he died and just plain ole forgot to fall over. Old School indeed.

Did you see my Woodie there..it was in the Street Rodder Fat fender group

the top speed shootout must be different than the normal SSC race, because to be able to run "unlimitied" youmust have allready competed in lower classes for 3 previous races(i think)

The Big Red Challenge
 

[QUOTE=V8TV]And Mr. Johnson, we'd also welcome the opportunity to shoot your fantastic car at the event if you're up for it. The car is too cool!

Thanks a lot.. I sent you an email. Are you going to be shooting in the May and Sept events? I was disappointed that they are not going to be running the Z2Z in May. Z-100-Z is not that interesting to us.. the 1 mile acceleration test at over 7,000 ft. is not that exciting without braking involved. I cannot risk the Cuda in the Silver State 90 mile run..too many bad things can happen

You do have to run like 135....then you can run 150...then you can run 175.. then you can haul as*. You have to qualify at lower speeds before you can go faster..As I understand it, you could theoretically do it all in one day..in fact in 4 passes..I ran 140 (5 miles past the legal speed limit w/o a roll bar) in my Rambler Wagon. I hit the 140 about 1/2 track and pedaled it to the eyes.. they weren't too happy with me for going over..Little AMC Motored Wagon would do 150 with ease..it'd snap your neck at 135 when you hit it. I was told I had to run 150...then 175..then try to run 200 plus if I could on April 1 with the Cuda...

nice thing about running at Maxton, you can use your speeds over here at Bonneville..You can go straight to the long track if you've run fast enough over here. Same at Muroc

got to give the ol Boy credit..he's still hustling at his age..I don't think those old guys like he and Shelby put much money back..they're still hustling..unless they're doing it for the fun of it

That was your Woodie? Cool, I did see it but was lookin for you also. We both know the Lewellyns in Douglasville (we spoke at SEMA when you were rollin' the Cuda out the door trying to make the curve). By the way got my PHR- what a car and Ito is a heck of a designer. Modern day Larry Shinoda.