It was good to meet you and finally put a face to the name. That's one of the best parts of the Lat G dinner at SEMA.

Sorry I was so busy at OUSCI... I don't get much of a chance to actually BS for long with many people. There's like 50 people hanging out at the rig -- and I'm really just there for Mark as his pit bit...

LatG midnight trolling, lol. We've all done it! :thumbsup:

Since the last update I've only put a few miles on it. I cleaned it up from the Fontucky day and last Saturday took it out on a road we have here in SoCal, Mulholland Drive. What a rush! It's been 20 years since I last drove that stretch aggressively and honestly it was a bit nerve racking. Tight, blind curves, rocks in the road you name it. I got behind an SLS and we danced for about 15 minutes. The dude must live up there, cause he knew the road well. He got a little separation in the tight stuff and I was right with him in the 'esses' and 'u-eys' and sweepers where I could see ahead. Fun stuff for sure! Afterward my daughter got out of the car and said her legs were tired :lol:

Next up is some more suspension mods / tuning, a little electrical and getting ready for hopefully a fun 2015. :cheers:

Sorry I missed you Trav. I'd bet we were standing next to each other and didn't even know it. I was the funny lookin' dude with the big :D all weekend when I wasn't, umm drinking. :lol: :getout:

:welder: you were a great host, as usual. Can't really say it enough!! :cheers: :thankyou:

Need new pics/vids ... cuz DP's a real looker. :thumbsup:

Nah --- He drove it one day for an hour or so..... back to a shop for another couple years of work now. LOL

You'd of thought that nice big poster of the DP rendering would have been a lot more cost effective. He could just hang it in his garage and when he has a "problem" he could just fold it up and bring it over to someones shop. They could hang it there for a while.

now that's real man love

Wow Ron, lots of love in here!! :relax:

What?

DOA Pool?

Drowning Pool?

CessPool?

:action-smiley-027:

ShallowPool

WadingPool

#Imightaswellwalktothepool

#Ishouldajusttossedmymoneyinthepool

#norunningaroundthepool
#drygenepool




damn, see what you did

ron-> me :computer:

#sittinDeadRed ...#intheWaitingPool

#poolingResources

#PoolsOfTears

OMG!!!:sarcasm_smiley:

For the record, Vince has a high res copy of the render in his shop! :lol:

What that's it?? That's all you got?? :headscratch: :action-smiley-027:

Don't worry Rick, my car's running just fine. Drove it yesterday!

Yeah, I feel the love -

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswzzhs1mf.gif

But isnt "Dead Pool" Dirty Harry?, not "Spaghetti" Clint?

Yes the car is in the garage, right where it belongs. :rules:

I've put about 1500 miles on it now, one track day and two AutoXs. Handles fantastic, lots o' power and real fun. I also got out to Chuckwalla for an instruction day. What a great freakin' track! 17 technical turns and it took me all morning just to learn the line.

Back to the car...I had blown a rear seal and cooked vent line so had to get that fixed. Mustang Ron lead me to a seal retainer plate and threw that on. Breathing looks good so hopefully that's cured. All the oil leaks are good save one (knock on wood), so I need to change out my oil thremo. Real weird, it's inconsistent - you can actually press on the lines or the housing and it'll start to leak. Anyway that's one extra I do not have on the shelf so I'm gonna switch out the existing Derale for a beefier Improved Racing unit.

Fingers crossed that does it.

Oh, did I mention she's real pretty? :D

Big bad Clint, flippin' you off Mike. Not tough enough for you? :twak: :D

AWSOME Ron!! Glad to see you enjoying it!!!

Great news Ron! You know we need to get together for a track day now that you got the bugs worked out right? Thunderhill in May with the boys?

Here's my, "It's been a month since anyone has poked Ron with a stick", bump.

Hey Ron, I like your new avatar. Who pushed the car onto the track for the photo op?

I'm seriously glad to read this post!! Sorry I've been busy cruising the countryside in GWEN'S '33.... we're now in Austin Texas (after DRIVING it from San Francisco to here) for the Lonestar Round Up.....

Glad you are happy with the way it's all turning out. Cars can be such a hassle -- but are so worth it when they're dialed in and you're cruising up PCH or banging the lines at some track somewhere!!


XOXO

Hey fellas! You wouldn't believe it, but last weekend I got a wild hair on Friday night and decided to drive down to Del Mar Good Guys. So I packed up the car and hit the road o'dark thirty, picked up Torino Rob on the way and we got to the fairgrounds at about 9:00. 240 miles round trip, car ran flawless.

Oh, and I got 3 whole AutoX runs!

My only regret - Not snapping a pic of Rob giving a return thumbs up to other cars on the road, any one of a dozen times. True story :D

:cheers:

GW I hope you had a great time on the road!

Did Rob give thumbs up to the old guys in their Chebbys or just all the hellaflush cars as usual?

Congrats, Ron! Glad the car performed well for you. Have fun with it.

X2 Ron. Glad she's to the point where you can enter her in auto-x events. :thumbsup:

Ron you bringing Dead Pool to Optima this weekend? :unibrow:

You know Rob. All cheby, all the time.

Thanks Trey! Watching for your updates :)

Thanks GC. I'm still a little weary of DP on the roadcourse and have some work to do for safety, but damn she turns in good and holds better mid turn. High speed autoX is a hoot! I ran Camarillo last weekend (diff car) and saw some great improvement. Right behind the big boys :)

Hey Chad! Party in your hotel room? C'mon, your wife won't mind! Oh, room service is required :lmao:

Knock 'em dead this weekend Bro :cheers:

Lies... no way Rob was caught at an AutoX event.

Had a little bit of fun at Camarillo on Sunday. Great venue, great people, typically 15 runs (plus fun runs sometimes), although we only got 12, and it's close enough to the ocean to take the heat off.

About 35 cars and some pretty good runners plus Matt and Gregg!

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8dgkv1oh.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiufklve3.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...psrxqzinxa.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...pslaalnaen.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswa0gpbjb.jpg

...and my best run:



No official results yet, but I think I came in fourth behind Jake R, and two non interior AutoX race cars and a tenth out of third. Not bad for this rookie. Props to Matt and Gregg for the coaching!


...and he didn't come to this one either!

Whatever you do.... don't let Blundell drive your car! He's rough on valvetrain parts! :poke:

LOL Tim. I felt bad for him!

Ron you built one very nice Camaro,sounds good too.:king:

Thanks Jeff! It did get lots of attention yesterday.

:cheers:

I think our boy needs a throttle stop, lower Rev limiter setting or both. :-)

Or...a KUP motor! :D

Awesome Ron. Looks like a good time and the car is lookin NICE!

Was that a Crown Vic in the background of one of the pics.? Gotta love a guy out there thrashing an old cop car.

Thanks Jeff! There were actually three Crown Vics out there. Two were decked out an looked like they could be in use today (radios, antennas, and lights) :lol: the other had a blower on it! Mad props for those guys gettin' out there.

Looks and sounds like you had a blast...congrats! Fun to finally get them out and run them huh? Any more issues or are most of the new build kinks worked out finally?

Hey Lance! You should know I read and enjoy every word in your updates :thumbsup:

Kinks...the good news is most of the systems are functioning as they should. Most being the operative word: there were no leaks through the day and no wonky systems issues like clutch, drivetrain or powersteering and the trans shifts like butter. The motor is finally dyno tuned and has gobs of torque. I do have an intermittent lazy tach and no speedo function (looks pretty sitting on zero mph though, lol). I have some underdash wiring and need to reroute of my fuel vent line (for safety) that needs to be done and just general PITA / why didn't I do that earlier kinda stuff. But the car runs great! Seat time and general maintenance is what I care about most these days.

:cheers: