Todd, (or should I say, Iceman) Looks like you had a great time, thanks for posting the pics, you did great.... was LOL at some of these pics!...Was great to meet you at the Lat-G get-together. -Rob

Thanks guys....:cheers: Renner has clearly used his can of bikini wax spray when he meant to use the nuclear strength rogaine spray.:rofl:

Doug you should spend less time perfecting the formula down for the Panel Gap spray. Look in to getting that Hair Gap spray formula working.

Great post on the event ICE! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!

Sema
 

Thanks for the hospitallity Todd! Could not have done it without you. :cheers:

Great post Todd. Congrats on representing pro-touring.com as well.
Someday I have to make it out to SEMA and hang with the lateral-g/pro-touring guys. Looked like an awesome time. Congrats!:thumbsup: :cheers: :cheers:

Congrats Todd, way to represent :thumbsup:

Todd- Had a great time messing with you @ the challenge!

I got a chance to really look @ your car & all I can say is your did a fantastic job :thumbsup:

That means alot coming from you Cris.:cheers: The wheels are spinning on how I'm going to improve myself and the car for El Toro. I have to be honest, mid pack isn't good enough for me. :fire: The competition has improved dramatically even since the beginning of the year. Time to get serious about this deal. :D

:rofl: :rofl:

Maybe try some leaf springs..... :D

HA HA Thanks, slap yourself for me would ya?:lol:

lets see
road course- get alot more track time in... lets be honest that was only the THIRD time you have even been on a full size road course and when you consider how much more racing time the guys that did faster than you have, you did a killer job.

auto-x - lets be real that course was lame... even more so after i got to see the vid and was able see what it looked like from the drivers perspective. it pretty much consisted of 3 u-turn and that was it... but with that you just need to practice more when they have the smaller tighter courses like a silverton.

speed stop- you need a new trans or get the tko modified and then learn to bang those gears faster... the braking part was fantastic.


o yeah i almost forgot!!!
but first and foremost if you wanna be a winner you need to stuff an LS in there!!!:lol:

I was ready to cry and hug until you mentioned that LS bull ****. :rofl:

Too funny. Todd you did great at the event :thumbsup:
Thanks again for the hospitality much appreciated. Your car looks great in person and you have it dialed in well. It would have been pretty awesome to tear up the Tarmac with the "twins" next time. Eric is hooked now so we'll have to do it at El Toro in the spring Thanks again bro.

Todd...it took me three days to watch all the videos. Yeah...the internet is really slow here. I think you did a great job and probably had more fun that most. Of course the more seat time you get the better you will be.

Looking forward to seeing you when I get home next month and hope to tag along to a few events.

Thanks again for all the videos!

:cheers:

Luke, it was fun man. I wish we could've cruised them. If the Optima Challenge doesn't get you hooked, nothing will. Look forward to seeing you guys again in February. Just make sure to clear bra that pretty paint job. El Toro will tear up the paint.

Curtis, I appreciate that man. You should come out to the events when you get home. I still haven't convinced myself that I want to run the Camaro at the Silverton. I'm like most of the road racers around here, these tiny autocross courses just aren't any fun in this car. I may have to force myself to get good at them. That is clearly a big weakness for me. I don't think the car is even close to set up right for them. It seems the courses are always small at these big events. I know we'll be back at the speedway after the new year.

My local SCCA has an autocross in the top and bottom lot at Spring Mountain the day after the Optima Challenge.

wow now that is an autocross.

Todd it was nice hanging out with You, Kelly, Dave, and Doug again. Dinner was nice and low key. Greg and myself will be down at RTTC we'll see about bringing Tim, although he is a bit of a trouble maker.

We might be able to talk Greg into driving his car at elToro.

its been awhile since I did any autocrosses but practice has alot to do with knocking your time down.
Have you done a driving school? maybe doing a couple of those will help your road course times.
But most importantly is try and get Rodger and Doug to speed up development on the BBC to LS9 Spray.

Todd,

Congrats on your experience at OUSCI. Your car is one of my favorites.

See ya at El Torro..

^^This!:yes: :thumbsup:

damn that suck that the scca was right after the optima cause that looked like a fun ass course!

Nah! Too many turns! :rofl:

They have a few great course designers. I heard through the grapevine that they were contacted to set up the Optima Challenge course but couldn't come to terms.

Weld won't show up, it would be impossible for him to back up his big mouth witht that dump truck. :D

I am going to do a driving school, possibly with my own car. I need to learn how to heel toe badly along with racing lines.

****, I already have more power than that little mouse, LS9. Stock of course. Weight is comparable with the added weight of the supercharger.

Yeah but its the curve that matters. It would interesting to see what both curves look like on top of each other.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...Graph_0002.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...ls9_engine.jpg

Power isn't the problem. I turn it to 6800 and it's still making 632hp at redline. Peak power is 666hp at 6200 and 641 ftlbs at 4700. I realize this LS9 graph is the minimum the engine will produce but I have it by a nice margin all over the place. There are stock chassis dyno pulls on youtube and they make 520- 530 hp to the tires and 518-525tq. I made 493/497 at the tires with my old engine and it only had 593/587 at the crank. The biggest difference is the LS9 gets good mileage and has a mild hydraulic cam. I have to build a solid roller motor to compete. Now, my engine doesn't have a large cam by solid and big block standards. It's got good drivability. I'm not trying to say my engine is superior to the LSX line, I'm simply saying I have plenty of power to compete with anyone. I could pull off 4 plug wires for these tiny autocrosses anyway. I don't come close to full throttle. In fact, I didn't use full throttle much in the speed stop challenge either. I couldn't find the traction.

I'm bringing some big guns to RTTC - and have a couple things lined up to surprise and delight....


Neither of which is named Bob or Tim.


:>)

Todd take the driving school with your car and get an instructor that yells at you. Smooth is fast, always, the suspension likes to be loaded and not see any abrupt changes. Now get out there and pass that " Top Gun " test. :thumbsup:

That's the plan along with some chassis changes.:thumbsup:

Todd,

I am looking into a driving school also, not sure if this fits into what you are looking into but here it is. It's at El Torro also.

http://evoschool.com/

Man, did all of us have a laugh taking that pic! If you can't have some fun with good friends during an event like this, it's time to go home.

That was definitely one of many stomach ache inducing laughing moments of the week/weekend. Good times my friend.

That is the best picture I've seen from the entire week! Prof it's all about having fun with your friends.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

So true.. i plan on hitting a few schools.. need to my skill closer to the performance level of my car.

As long as I beat Todd at the RTTC I'll be happy.. lol

How about a Lemans start :willy:

That's what I said about you at the Optima Challenge. :lol: I'll be ready! Remember, the point system is different. It's the accumulation of time. There ain't no points for a pretty paint job. :unibrow: The road course is where it should be won or lost at El Toro.

Im in!

:woot:

Ok, we will both run the course without a front sway bar.. deal? :rofl:

Give me a break.. you act like your car isn't nice looking and is some ratty track whore.. who you trying to fool? ;)

See ya in February :unibrow:

I'm amazed at your 2:00 lap with a broken sway bar. That sucker had some wicked body roll, about like stock! With us both on the same rubber and you with a sway bar, I think we are pretty close. Last year El Toro was a horsepower track unlike Spring Mountain. You better bring your A game Rupp! :cool:

I will bring my game.. just not sure if it will be Candyland or Shoots and Ladders.. ;)

El Toro will be fun.. maybe we can shoot your showcar then ;)


Wow.. we have two more months of smack talking to endure.. yikes!

Iceman.
Hollywood.
Now a name for Rupp.

Which one.. Iceman? I hope that doesn't refer to traction!!! :drive: