[bonecrrusher]

Been awhile since I've made any updates here.

Life's been busy - between work, car mods, working on the shop, and going to car events - its been a crazy month or too.

First - shop updates - I got the air compressor wired up a few weeks back - but I never got a hose reel for it.

After a few trips to Harbor Freight/Lowes - I got the fittings all straightened up. I learned that they sell automotive size hose fittings as well as industrial size!

This led to more trips that I want to admit to the air hose sections of Lowes and Harbor Freight. I bought/returned so many fittings - male/female adapters - that I actually bought an entire set of wrong size fittings and didn't even realize it.

After I finally got all of the fittings straigtened out - I went to Harbor Freight and bought a 50' section of 3/8" air hose reel setup. After talking it over with Eric (woody80z28) above - I got a 2"x10"x8" from Lowes - and cut it the size that I needed. Mounted it to the studs in the wall - then drilled pilot holes into the 2x10 - and into the wall behind behind the board - painted it - then mounted the Air Hose reel with 3"x1/2" lag bolts - getting the holes and everything lined up was a bit tricky - but I got everything mounted:





Second - Car update.

After hearing my GF's father's 07 Z06 with a Corsa Exhaust - I got really jealous of that system.

I already own a Corsa exhaust system on my G8 GT - and man I thought that car sounded good, hearing in on that Z06 made me really want to upgrade.

So I scoured corvettefourm.com, and ebay for awhile - I found one exhaust kit - but the owner sold it, I found another set on ebay for $550 shipped! Now these exhaust kits retail for $1800+ shipping!

So after the SLOWEST shipping ever - the guy shipped it from NYC to Charlotte via USPS snail mail - I received the exhaust 3 weeks after I ordered it!

Install pics - then vid:







Third - car events:

I have been to a few car events in the Charlotte area in the last couple of weeks.

First I went to the Open House up @ DSE on the Friday of Good Guys Charlotte - I saw some very cool projects at there shop and a few cool cars in the parking lot.




Rest of my DSE Shop pics here: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...0House%202012/

Then I went to Good Guys Charlotte on Sunday as part of there Super Sunday package.

I saw some friends and some cool cars out on the Autox





Rest of the Good Guys pics Here: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...rlotte%202012/

Last - I participated in the local SCCA autocross event @ Zmax Dragway this past weekend.

I saw Mike with his Duster there - he did pretty good as he beat my times.

This has been the first time that I autocrossed in over a year - and I have a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cups on the back that are very worn - I was having a hell of a time getting traction out back when I was gassing it through the corners - it basically felt like a drift car and I was steering the car with the throttle. My times dropped throughout the day - and I manged to kill a few cones.

I actually finished second in Super Stock - Street Prepared at the event - I supposedly got a trophy but I had to leave when the last group was running due to other plans.

Pics and Vids below:





Rest of my pics from the Autocross: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...20Zmax%202012/