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Go put a tape measure to some of your "straight" cars. They will be off by at least as much as your wreck, or more. My S10 is so crooked. Paul Carson brought it to my attention years ago when he went to do and alignment. Says it's pretty common that cars are not the same on one side as the other ...

Haven't posted here in awhile. The Raptor was solid this season, but the last couple races were showing some clutch problems shifting through the gears under power at the dirt races. I really had to granny shift, which is not conducive to winning or good ETs. At least I'm hoping it's the clutch ...

So after the 2nd dragstrip outing, and the 12.17 timeslip, it seems that will be it's best going into winter, which is OK with me. I'm already a half second faster than I thought it would be. BUT, since now the 11s is looming RIGHT there, it seemed like I should do something about it. The reality is ...

That makes life easy. Hopefully it gets a lot of use and good care.

-BP

I gave John your info after talking with him about the car for a bit. I also sent him a link to the thread. He has a problem like a lot of us do, too many cars and not enough storage space. He likes the car a lot, but I'm not sure he's a player at this point. Unless you hear from him by this weekend ...

Yeah, my final was really in the semi-finals against a Ram truck dialed 13.99. I just wanted to get to the finals with Dave. The Ram went .05 on the tree but I put up an .02. It was a double breakout too, but he went .96 and I went 12.194 on a .20 dial. It was super close at the stripe too.
Once in ...

I'll contact him today. His name is John Martin. Lifelong family friend. I'll keep you posted.

-BP

With 105k or so, I would guess $13k would be a solid number. I see others with less miles around $16k. It's a bummer I'm so deep in my Vette at this point as this would be a fun car. Maverick, when you guys solidify an asking price, I have one friend in mind who might actually be interested.

Thanks ...

I watched you get crashed out. That was dumb.

-BP

I bought these Walker Quietflow mufflers for the Vette awhile back after seeing rust piles under both of my stock mufflers, figuring they weren't long for the world. Today was install day. I was a little bummed to find out they had weird exhaust outlets on them that turn straight down instead of ...

As GM mentioned in his post, we were at KMP on Wed night. TireSmoker was spectating and MarkSS327 was there with his Vette too. My best pass was the 12.21 against John, and I was able to duplicate it in the first round. The track was going away a little and the drag radials I have are lackluster at ...

The hose repair wasn't too terrible. I was able to chop the hose about two inches shorter and still room to slide the hose back on without anything being too tight. I got the new calipers installed too. These are so easy on this car, and it did fix the pull to the right. After looking at the pads, I ...

The Ranger made it back to Bob for the suspension adjustment. It turned out great. It's ultimately a 1" drop in the front ( according to the kit specs) and close to four in the back which gets the truck basically level now, and gets the camber setting where it looks normal again. And the biggest ...

The Vette is back and running like a champ (sort of, LOL). I drove it back from Bob's early in the week. Put a few miles around town this week, and took it to breakfast in Burton this morning with a trip to my parents place after to put the drag shocks on and put on the drag tires instead of the ...

Pictures first.

-BP