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Mean 69 · #1 10-25-2008, 10:53 AM

Hmmm.... Can't make SEMA this year most likely, but? Event starts mid-morning. About a 5 hour drive to LV from So Cal, less with no traffic. Leave butt-early, make it there for the fun, head home to weld some more the next day.

I vow to have my Second Gen complete for "next" season, showing up to these events is like going to a party with a bunch of couples, but without a date. Not ideal.....

Mark

**Steve1968LS2** · #2 10-25-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mean 69

Hmmm.... Can't make SEMA this year most likely, but? Event starts mid-morning. About a 5 hour drive to LV from So Cal, less with no traffic. Leave butt-early, make it there for the fun, head home to weld some more the next day.

I vow to have my Second Gen complete for "next" season, showing up to these events is like going to a party with a bunch of couples, but without a date. Not ideal.....

Mark

Hey Mark.. you should see the car with the 17s... stop by the shop.

Dave Pozzi had a bunch of tech questions in my build thread on pt.com... check it out, you may know a couple of the answers.

Car 27 is moving along...

kp.touring · #3 10-25-2008, 10:25 PM

Don't you just love the pre-event thrash! The wide band O2 box decided it didn't want to play, so a new 1 goes in on Monday, sure hope we don't have run this thing open loop. The new killer brake pads from Baer go in on Monday also.
Lat-G team car "1"

Scott any window stickers for us and Steve?
Kevin

**bret** · #4 10-26-2008, 01:23 PM

I feel a little under the gun on this event...both my cars [the Velocity Camaro and the GoodGuys Nova] have to sit inside at SEMA all week so I don't get much of a chance to fiddle with the last minute stuff. Maybe that's a good thing. We won't have time to change tires either...we'll run on the BFG KDW's like we have all season.
The Nova left last weekend to go to the last 2 Goodguys shows before going to SEMA. Velocity leaves Tuesday morning for Vegas to be in our Air Ride booth to help debut the TigerCage. We did get a new splitter built after I wasted the last one at Texas a few weeks ago. Other than that it mostly cleaning and installing a production version of the TigerCage, and a fresh set of front tires.
This is going to be a cool event. I've never run this track before so I'll spend a bit of time learning the layout. Is anyone going to stay in Pahrump on Friday and/or Saturday night? I'm thinking We'll go ahead out there on Friday night to avoid the temptation of a late Friday night in Vegas!

**Steve1968LS2** · #5 10-26-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bret

I feel a little under the gun on this event...both my cars [the Velocity Camaro and the GoodGuys Nova] have to sit inside at SEMA all week so I don't get much of a chance to fiddle with the last minute stuff. Maybe that's a good thing. We won't have time to change tires either...we'll run on the BFG KDW's like we have all season.
The Nova left last weekend to go to the last 2 Goodguys shows before going to SEMA. Velocity leaves Tuesday morning for Vegas to be in our Air Ride booth to help debut the TigerCage. We did get a new splitter built after I wasted the last one at Texas a few weeks ago. Other than that it mostly cleaning and installing a production version of the TigerCage, and a fresh set of front tires.
This is going to be a cool event. I've never run this track before so I'll spend a bit of time learning the layout. Is anyone going to stay in Pahrump on Friday and/or Saturday night? I'm thinking We'll go ahead out there on Friday night to avoid the temptation of a late Friday night in Vegas!

Same here.. I wish I had the week to screw with the car.. almost everything is new.

I have a condo in Vegas so that's where I'll be staying.. It's ok Bret.. you can stay out VERY late on Friday.. in fact, it's a great idea...

kp.touring · #6 10-26-2008, 05:45 PM

Good luck finding rooms in Puhrump, there is a shooting event at the firearms training school.
The guys from the shop transporting car ended up booking rooms in Las Vegas. The rest of us are staying in a time share starting the 1st. I guess we'll head out to the track around 6 AM to be there at 7.
Bret I'm glad to hear you are running real street tires too, we are using Michilen Pilot Sports PS2's.
Kevin

**Steve1968LS2** · #7 10-26-2008, 05:49 PM

R888s are street tires..