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Holy.... Wow!. 1st. Thats just too awesome. Did this qualify you for the Shootout this fall in Scottsdale? That would be sick. Home built amateur ingenuity beats pro builders/drivers with an out-of-the-box ProTouring selection. Love it.

Thanks again guys. Here is my other fast run. Chad from BangShift does a great job with the announcing.

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Originally Posted by GrabberGT (Post 484038)

That would have been cool, but unfortunately, only the "National" Events get a ticket to the shoot out and none of the Pleasanton events with an autocross are considered national. Maier is still gunning for a seat even though he got fast times at 2 events this year.

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 483941)

Craig man that is so impressive! I juat re-read the whole thread. Congrats on the build and autox success :cheers:

Thanks Ron, luckily it is a short thread with lots of pictures :lmao:

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 483975)

Craig --- those were all bolt on parts! LOL

I'll have to come down this fall and hope it doesn't rain!

Well technically, all of the parts do bolt on. November is usually nice weather still. March is a crap shoot.

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Originally Posted by FETorino (Post 483973)

:trophy-1302: Can't say it any better than that. :trophy-1302:

What's next? :popcorn2:

Optima???

In all honesty I don't know what's next. My goal for the car was to win an Good Guys Autocross, so now I guess I am done. We are just now buying a house. Our appraisal was today, so I should know soon if our loan will go through. It has a nice size 2 car garage (that could fit a lift), enough room for side yard access and is in pretty nice shape. I'll be looking for a nice little TIG and a tube bender. Once I have those, all bets are off.

Awesome, awesome job. Great lines on your runs. Did I miss it what's the weight and HP on this beast?

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Originally Posted by Tomswheels (Post 484247)

Awesome, awesome job. Great lines on your runs. Did I miss it what's the weight and HP on this beast?

It weighs 3027 lb w/o driver. I'm about 180. It has a very mild 1989 5.0 HO motor with 1.7 roller rockers. I'm making maybe 250-275 hp.

I got some Ink in the local San Francisco region SCCA June issue of "the wheel"

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...psd70040e0.jpg
This was a 1/4 page pic for the April Autocross in Oakland

and I got a little write up:
http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa6a1fed9.jpg

It's not much, but I have to start somewhere.

We will also be getting keys to our "new" used house tomorrow. I will finally have a shop to call my own.

-Craig

It's not much!?!?!? It's awesome dude!

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Originally Posted by craig510 (Post 487274)

I got some Ink in the local San Francisco region SCCA June issue of "the wheel"
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It's not much, but I have to start somewhere.

We will also be getting keys to our "new" used house tomorrow. I will finally have a shop to call my own.

-Craig

Ding ding. Double jackpot. :king:

Nice write up, ink is very cool!! :relax: :relax: :relax:

Here are a couple of videos from the SCCA AutoX in Oakland today. I did OK, still working on my driving. I have a few more suspension mods to make, and need to work on linking elements in the course better. You can see how I am not making a smooth arc around the sweepers. Overall, I am getting better, I can actually feel what is going on, and my current alignment is working killer.

Mike Maier got me by 6 seconds and Brain and Steve Hobaugh got me by about 5. I was right there with another setup 67 mustang and a built Impala.

This was run 3. Still learning the braking zones

Run 4 my Dad rode along and had a lot of fun.

-Craig