He'll never forget the adventure regardless of the outcome. In fact, it may be more valuable for him to fail to harvest an Elk at his age. I'd sure try like hell though. :thumbsup:

Here's the part number.... http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...ductId=1260861

[QUOTE=Vegas69;375304]I've got people knocking on my front door, emailing, and calling to make sure the post whore extrodinair is still alive. :lol:

I've been busy. For starters, I went on my first Northern Nevada Mule Deer hunt earlier this month. For me, hunting is probably the only hobby that could keep me away from the racetrack or garage. Growing up hunting Whitetails always had me primed to stalk some Muley's. Why it took me 11 years to do it, well, it's Vegas.

Anyway, I shot the buck of my life 20 minutes into opening morning. Poked him at 317 yards on the side of the mountain. After my buddies quit chapping my ass for being suck a lucky ****, I sent him off to the locker and taxedermist. :thumbsup:
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You should have strapped that thing to the hood of payback and drove it home right thru downtown Vegas:unibrow: :rofl: Nice bang.

Tools, I love buying new tools:thumbsup:

Missed this part.... now that is a cool update. Dad may even beat your time. :D

Dude I went back to the beginning of your thread. I am in awe of the transformation of your car. You've really not made a single mistake on the look of the car. It's the baddest black 69 on a sight of full of spectacular builds. Not trying to hang on your nuts, but damn! Frank is a bad dude too. That was your best decision by the way.

[QUOTE=Lenie;375592]Lenie, I'm proudly a Hendertucky resident.(Inside joke for us Henderson residents) Big block camaro and a trophy muley..... It don't get much better.:unibrow:

Hell has frozen over.....:lol: I already smoked him by 2 seconds in his own car. The excuses were nearly unbearable. He is my father. :lol:

Thank you sir. Frank has always treated me right. If I had to pick out one thing I've been complimented on the most, it's the paint job. It hasn't had fifteen million hours buffing it out but it's straight, very black, and deep. Every time I wash her up I always stand back and smile and say damn, she cleans up nice!:thumbsup:

That is cool. Would love to have my dad be a part of a track day--what a great opportunity. Looking forward to when you, Dave and the rest of the crew can get together for another event. Looks like it might be RTTC. Hope everyone will be healthy, cars running, and able to make it.

you sick bastard!;)

see ya in a few weeks!

Yep, now that you and Dave have hammered it in, I have to get the car ready.

What calendar are you referencing?

The swingers party!...
Ousci.

That's a hell of a rack on that mule deer. Good job......and nice shot at that range.

beautful shot! :D

First, let me say that she's a dirty pig right now. I've been busting my ASS trying to get it ready for a local SCCA autocross tomorrow. Rumor has it that it's the biggest lot we've ever run in at the speedway. As most of you know, my oil temps were hitting 275 at Buttonwillow. That doesn't make a guy feel to warm and fuzzy. So in typical fashion, I buy the 2nd biggest oil cooler Earls makes.(50 or 52 row) It was like stuffing a square peg in a round hole. :willy: I built a bracket and the oil hoses wouldn't clear the front facia. I built that bracket on the same angle as the grill. Then I designed a bracket that would put the oil cooler square to the radiator. It turned out bitchin. I had to re do my entire oil system. I moved the sender out to the oil t-stat. The oil lines go in around the Z bar area and it's a tight bitch with the 2 1/8" headers coming in to clear the steering shaft. I'm stoked with how it turned out. I'm going to redo the top aluminum cover plate and the hardware will change. I just flat ran out of time. My oil pressure is up 10-15% over the old set up. I don't know if it's from moving the sender or the heat exchanger was that restrictive. Dad and I took it around town today and it's definitely running 10-15 degrees cooler in traffic. I think it's going to work well in the summer and on the road course. I'm a little concerned with the cold weather cruise condition. I may fabricate up a cover for the oil cooler. The t stat is working but I think it's still doing some cooling just being full of oil. I switched over to Redline 15w-50 and it now takes 13 qts for an oil change. :rolleyes:

One of my major goals was NOT to cover up a majority of the radiator but allow enough room between the core and radiator support for flow. It's a god mix of flow through the oil cooler, condensor, radiator, and through the oil cooler and into the radiator support and where ever the air wants to go.
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The front brakes are TOAST. They were good in the last session at Buttonwillow. Today, they were spongy and it was 4 and I had a party to go to tonight. So I bled all four corners tonight. The front fluid was a little toast but the front rotors are done! Cracked and blue. They have been on there for 2 years. I hope they make it through the day tomorrow.
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Oh yeah, I pulled the jabroni move of the century. I drilled a hole in my radiator. :rolleyes: :lol: I was to lazy to remove the radiator. Long story short, I had about a half inch and was enlarging the t stat holes and went a little deep. It's epoxied up so it's getting replaced after this race. It will only be the 3rd radiator in this car. :rolleyes:

I was going to throw the towel in on this deal after the radiator incident. Dad called and I told him the car probably wouldn't be ready. I could hear the disappointment in his voice and I manned up and I've spent about 15-20 hours out there this week getting the car ready. I even put his ass to work today. He cut the zip ties on the wiring harness above the t stat. ha ha After we got her running and warmed up I broke the news about letting him drive tomorrow. I hope he doesn't kill a cone worker. :lol:

Todd,

Nice job! Your dads gonna have a blast. Who's T-stat did you use, does it bypass?

Looks great :thumbsup:

Rich

Yeah buddy!! Have fun today :thumbsup:

Good luck! :thumbsup:

Rich, it's an Earl t stat. Seems to be performing as advertised. When I inspected it, one cooler port is open all the time. If that wasn't the case, you could have a pressure drop upon t stat opening along with temperature shock. Worked great today. Car didn't get over 195 and we were running it back to back with heat soak.

Dad and I had a blast today. We lucked out and ended up in a huge lot and my best tiem was 75 seconds! When we walked the course, I specifically told him to be careful through a section. It was pretty straight and had a fence about 30-40 yards from the corner. I let him take the first run and he's barreling down this section and we damn near went through the fence. :willy: Jumping in my car and going fast isn't a cake walk. He ended up doing pretty damn good. He was about 8 seconds off my best lap. He afforded me the luxury of giving him hell until his dying day. He took out about 8 cones at the finish line. My spoiler is in pieces at Las Vegas motor speedway. He came out of the last corner and got a little greedy on the loud pedal. The rear end went one way and the other and you can guess the rest. I'm pretty certain it's payback for that 6k launch in his 199x Jeep Commanche that scattered his rear end. HA HA He was pretty jazzed at the end of the day. He drives one of them limp wristed C6 LS2's. :D :D
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That's very cool you get to enjoy your car with your dad. Cars are fixable, but days like today you'll joke around about for years.
Mike

That's all good stuff -- priceless really!

Glad ya all survived!! :cheers:

Bet a cold beer never tasted so good....

Its not a good time unless something gets broke! haha Glad you had a chance to enjoy the day with your dad!

Yep, it's priceless. Everybody got a kick out of it. It was fun to watch and ride along. I could hear him bragging up the car to a group of guys when I was getting ready to run. My dad is a man of few words and he doesn't get to excited about much! 666hp tends to put a smile on about anybodys face. :thumbsup:

That's awesome man... your pops just gave the word "payback" a proper definition today. :thumbsup: :D

Thats great man!! You guy's will be laughin' about that one for years!! :thumbsup:

Let's see......radiator, brake rotors,...............oh yeah, add front spoiler to the list :lol:

surprised the car didn't pull a blues brothers and fall into a million pieces as soon as you put it in the garage. Great to hear you and your father having a blast. My dad still knows im an a-hole. LOL

It would be cool to build him and surprise him with his own auto x Camaro.

Funny -- I never once wrecked my parents cars or did anything remotely like that....

My '66 Corvette had A/C -- and my grandparents lived in Carson City, NV - so they wanted to borrow it for a trip. We swapped for a couple weeks. It came back with the nose busted up. I gave him crap about it 'til the day he died. It was the perfect 180* "out" situation.

Hey Todd, I noticed quite a bit of splines showing on that steering shaft. You may want to check it out. I know how racing tends to loosen things up.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look. :thumbsup:

Ha ha thats awesome man... sounds like you all had a great time. That will definitely be something to laugh about for years to come. Love your setup by the way... always been one to keep up with your project. :thumbsup:

AWESOME you are able to share this with your Dad! Those are moments that most can only dream of! I have had the privledge to the same and nothing compares! Those are times you both will reflect on for many years! :thumbsup: Now send him the bill for the spoiler! :lol:

Man that is pretty cool Todd. :thumbsup: My old man is a little too old for anything like that, but I let him cruise my car before and he had alot of fun.

When it's hunting season...............................ya hunt. :unibrow:

Crickets....

I guess no love for you this weekend if you don't show us how to rebuild or modify something. ;)

Yeah, the good old days.........but I'm married now so hunting season is permanently over. :D

I call it sight seeing season now......and that season dont start ti'll summer :unibrow:

Probably a bunch of Democrats and members of PETA. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Your time is coming soon..... like within 15 minutes after she shoves that wedding cake down your craw.


:woot: :unibrow:

Shiat....

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

This will be Todd a few months after she takes the first bite:willy: :willy: :willy: :willy: :willy:

It's a known fact my friend. Yes, you will be the man of the house.....but how long will it take for her to break you down :lol:

How do you paralyze a woman from the waste down?



Marry her.



:D

:cheers:

All in fun Todd, Congratulations on your new venture. :thumbsup:

lmao
 

thats great stuff right there...:lol:
Tom

I deserve every last bit of this.... :unibrow:

BBQ my house this Saturday. Anytime after 5:30. BYOB...and enough for me. :thumbsup: