The cream puff remark was for my good ol buddy "Hollywood". :unibrow: I was saving the weight excuse for RTTC:D

Sounds great man, likely mid morning Thursday. We'll be doing about 60 with the truck and trailer. I'll give you a jingle in the next couple days.

[QUOTE=Gonzo;399733]Fricken Funny Todd! Looking forward to what excuses you will be coming up with while your choking on your tacos & chasing it with a beer!

Looking forward to seeing you & Kelly!


Chris, I am thoroughly looking forward to all your excuses and free tacos. :cheers: If you didn't have hot shoe, "Mary Pozzi" driving, I'd be dancing right now.:D

Isn't there a rule for using the same excuses for three years in a row? I'm starting to get the feeling you are harboring an LS3, DSE sub, Fabricated 9 just so you don't run OUT of excuses. :lol:

Nice, Mike! :lol:

Yeah that's all fine and dandy... but have you learned how to drive with 3 pedals yet? :unibrow:

Curtis -- glad you are gonna make it dude! :thumbsup:

smack talk..
 

Flash...

Why thank you...

I am coming into this all humble and new, and older, sickly, and Wet behind the racing ears...

I did not want to come in thinking I would do anything other than just have fun... Plus, I am the Newbie..:cheers: :lateral:

But Matt asked for Trash talk and Bench racing.... I can do that too..:thumbsup:

My New Computer is faster too...:cheers:

You can bet I will show no mercy IF I ever get out there..

I'll try not to embarrass myself trying to embarrass everyone else..

I don't want the nickname, "cone crusher", or "spin out suzy", so someday, watch out..

The old sickly trash talker may be in your rear view mirror...:lateral: :cheers: :woot:

I need help with the math...I can't see as well as I used to, my reflexes are half as fast as they used to be , and I have more horsepower...

This may not be pretty...EDIT...I just saw the photos of the cars at the marina event.....I am getting my A$$ kicked..For sure...

Wow, I thought the east coasters were kings of the trash talk. We got nothing on this bunch. One of these years I want to make it out there and scrap with this bunch. Ron

Hey Todd,
Looking forward to running the event with guys. Payback looks ready to tear up the track!

LMAO.... Talk is cheap...I still will be the caboose...I saw photos of the cars out there...Serious business..

Sounds like you are already making excuses for being slow. :lol: Don't worry it's cool. It's all about the ride!

It's going to be fun and I'm glad we are able to hang with you and Kelly a bit.

you guys suck!:P
im stuck in town this weekend having a baby!!!!!!!:D

Soooo...you're using your kids as an excuse for not joining everyone. :lol:

Congratulations Aj. That's great news! We need to get together soon!

:cheers:

Congrats you big stud.:thumbsup:

Hey, so are you ARE fertile! Good job and congrats AJ! :D :cheers:

:lol:

Hey, great news! Now your gettin some payback 9 months later. Not to derail Todd's dominant thread, but do you guys know what you are having? If it's a boy, you should name him Camaro, if it's a girl you should go with Dave Gordon.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Ron, those vids of your car are very cool! I've seen the video of your car on one of the DVD's I have here at the house--it was one of the RTT something events where you ran up and down the tail of the dragon---i've always loved the fastback body style---your's is an amazing piece. You hurt your car about a year ago I believe, correct? Is it back together ---are the videos recent? It would be great to get out that way sometime to meet all of you guys. I believe that rock star Payton is out your way--we've got to get something going like that --where we plan a trip to get to one of your events--would be a great time.

Doug

hahahaha! too funny!

its a boy!!!

Good to know, my old crew chief "SR. Whitesides" has been missing in action. It's time we brought some fresh ideas and blood into the stable. Let's wait until he's 5 before he starts turning wrenches.:D

well mia is 4 and she helps me in the garage now, so lets say 3 or hes gonna be in trouble!;)

Yeah Doug, the first event of the year last year (RTTS), the engine let go at speed, drove through the oil and spun me into the wall..
Took about a month or so to fix it, I never missed an event last year, at least not one I planned on going to.

Would love to see some of the cars from the left side of the country over here, or me over there.

Yeah I was talking to the rock star today.

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I finally got around to downloading some photos from El Toro. Kelli was riding shotgun quite a bit so I didn't get many. These are of the speed stop event. My car works pretty damn good in this event. Pettis Performance power is hard to beat and I have the car Slaloming pretty damn good. Can't forget the Wilwood brakes. I was cheating on 100 treads but I ran the 3rd fastest time of the weekend with a 21.830.

Here I am racing our boy Dave in Badmotorfinger. WAKE UP DAVE :lol:
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Up next was my race with Mike Maier who eventually won this event and the entire event in my opinion. I must of caught Mike sleeping or that high strung small block doesn't get out of the hole real well. I was able to beat him twice in a row with my buddy Chris Robinson riding shotgun. Couldn't believe it.
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You're one hell of a driver with one hell of a car :thumbsup: Congrats

If I staged at that christmas tree, I 'd be looking for the Trans brake LOL

This event is really the ultimate test of a car and driver IMO. Drag strip tree, drag race, BRAKES, U Turn, Slalom, Drag Race, BRAKES. This would be a perfect super car test.

The car ran fantastic all weekend and my new oil cooler/radiator set up kept things nice and chilly. It was 80 something on Friday and after my road course laps my water temp was 210 and my oil temps were under 240. On Saturday it was in the 70's and the spread was 205/230. The brakes were pretty damn good as well. My new compound is working well in ALL events. I'd say it's not quite as good on the Road Course as my last compound but it's better in the Autocross and Speed Stop due to intial bite. The transmission really pissed me off this weekend. If you remember, I tore my tko600 down last year and put in the carbon fiber synchros. Well, it still doesn't like to shift from 2 to 3. It wrecked my road course times. I have a aluminum flywheel in this baby and it revs so fast in 2nd gear. I hit the throttle and I need to shift, literally. Well, I was talking to Rockland this week:unibrow: and he said I don't have a chance. No **** sherlock. Trans is going down the road. I'm just looking at gear ratios and analyzing minimum and maximum gear speeds based on my experience on the street, autocross, and road course. Again, walking the line between multiple things, well....

I had the pleasure of having Mary Pozzi and Brian Hobaugh drive my car last weekend. Up until that time, my Dad was the only other driver to take it around the track. Mary seemed to genuinely love it. She drove it on Friday and said the balance was great, minus the steering wheel being to small. She like a soft/loose car and that's how my car drives.

On Saturday, Brian took the reigns and they had opened up the back section. Within three runs he ran a 39.8! That time was good enough for top 3 for the weekend! I coned away a 40.8 myself. Brian pointed out a downfall of my car. I warned him about all the engine braking it has before he set sail. When you are in a corner/off the gas/ and get on the brakes, it's loose. I got to thinking and that's exactly my downfall when I drive it as well. I need to tighten the rear up a hair and he's give me direction for the next event. He said it had the best turn in of any car he drove that weekend, including his. Quite the compliment.

Anyway, both amazing drivers with substantially different style. I learned alot this weekend. A car must be catered to the owner. End of story. I feel my driving style is very similar to Brians. I didn't get a chance to ride with him but I did Mary. She's way to smooth compared to me. I was joking around with her saying she barely tickled the four barrel and it's true. I always wanted to see how good I am at autocross. Brian was a good second faster in a car that I've been driving for 3 years. I've got some room for improvement and so does the car. That's a good thing.....

I'm continually amazed at just how far you can continually tweak these cars. The better you and the car get, new problems rear their head. I've got some mild shock tuning to do next time out and a trans to change. Other than that, my car is almost to it's full potential. The driver is getting better as well. I guess when I hit that mark, I'll just have to build another one. :cool:

Holy **** Todd. Is it just me or does it look like you have a bit too much travel in the ass end.

Oh, and congrats on your RTTC battle with BB. You guy's ran the **** out of your cars and provided some great entertainment :thumbsup:

You're too late - he's already engaged.

Oh well I tried

I don't think I ran one lap around the autocross all weekend without a passenger and very few on the speed stop. I really enjoyed that part of the weekend. Look at the G Force on Kelli's helmet. :thumbsup:
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My car has approx. 2.25" of compression and 2.75" of extension. You have me thinking about my loose issue. Judging by the photo I'd say it could use a touch more camber as well.

Haha you ripped me a new one on the drag strip! :willy: :lol:

I want a rematch in 2013, brother... :unibrow:

Judging from that first pic 2.75 seems modest. With the car as heavy as it is I dont know that I would change spring rates. To me it's all about timing...How long and how much do you want to compress and rebound before your in and out of the throttle. Get what I mean? I hope I explain this right but I look at it as the amount of time it takes to compress the shock before it bottoms out and then has no where to go but sideways for the front. Out rear, IMO, it seems your shifting to much weight to the front under hard braking. I was thinking more along the lines of double or triple adjustable shocks out back to minimize and slow that down. Like I always say, I'm no pro at suspensions but thats a peice of my thought process when I'm tuning.

Send that engine to the man and you'll have a chance in hell. :unibrow: :cheers:

Payback is an amazing car---it did everything well---it's a true performer at every level--and is still a beautiful car while doing it. Even though we weren't in the same run group, I got to see it go through each event. You should hear the comments--most always about the sound of the car---there's nothing like a BBC with a solid in it---congrats on such a great showing--hope we get to see your times put up at some point. I would frame the one pic where you tree'd Mike---that's awesome-

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I set the rear shocks up myself with my custom mounting brackets so it's definitely 2.75". You have to remember that we are coming to a complete stop at threshold braking. I do agree with slowing down the weight transfer but when you are braking for 100 feet or more, it's only going to slow the process. I'm going to do exactly what Brian told me to do in my next autocross and if that doesn't do it, it's time for a front spring change and/or rear shocks with compression and rebound adjustments. I've never really felt my car got out of the hole that well but last weekend definitely changed my mind on that whole deal. I still think I can get out of the hole better with better shocks and a taller first gear. Time will tell.

Thanks Buddy, we need to get that drag car down the 1/4 mile. :thumbsup: I'm in.....

My times were:

Speed Stop: 21.830
Road Course: 1:44.2(Having Brian check/think it's from Friday)
Autocross: 41.7xx(Coned away a 40.8:willy: )

Similar to 2.66 1st and 1.78 2nd? With your motor that "should" be an improvement over the 2.87 / 1.89.

:yes: :yes:

:unibrow: :unibrow:

Yep, the TKO has terrible ratio spreads IMO for performance anything.

I knew there wasn't going to be a TKO at that event, both cars are just so strong. I'm just glad someone is keeping the Big Block Camaro heritage competitive, everything can't have an LS engine.(I'm one to talk)