Search found 3385 matches
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4825
Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
This will be my first autocross in awhile. I raced the firebird a couple time. The high temp is supposed to be only 54 degrees there, so I'm not sure how well my 100 treadwear tires will do with no real heat in them. Hopefully the sun is out at least. Because of ridiculous SCCA rules, I'm in some ra...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 500 Caddy in a Chevette??!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2082
Re: 500 Caddy in a Chevette??!!
I do remember reading this. I like Steve Magnante, he's my kind of screwball.
-BP
-BP
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
As happens many times in life, expectations go unmet. Friday night 42 had a TNT that Dave and I went to. I had a chance to make three solid passes with the Vette and the new converter. The track is always good there, and I had three solid passes, a 13.71, a 13.70, and a 13.73 with my best MPH being ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
Today we finally got all of the pieces of the puzzle back together and we're able to get the Vette off the jackstands. With 10qts of tranny fluid the stick showed full before our test drive. The converter definitely feels peppier both off the line and through the gears. One quick test let me brake t...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:23 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: cheap car racing
- Replies: 178
- Views: 159327
Re: cheap car racing
You're like a minor celebrity. Good work. I'm sure that wasn't easy, but they were interesting and seemed to keep everything moving along smoothly.
-BP
-BP
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:22 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
Yeah, saw it, which is a bummer. But there are still other things to do if it ever stops raining. We're in a really dumb weather pattern and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.
-BP
-BP
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:41 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
We've been working on the torque converter swap since last week sometime. So far we have three sessions maybe 3-4 hours each, but we're getting close to having it back together. No major surprises, just a lot of steps. The transmission jack from Harbor Freight though not perfect, made handling the t...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: Wanted / For Sale
- Topic: 1981 corvette project
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4526
Re: 1981 corvette project
I like the car, but you might be high on the price here IMO. Nice ones in this body style are under $10k and ready to drive.
-BP
-BP
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:28 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
- Replies: 518
- Views: 244634
Re: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
My cruise doesn't work either, but the multifunction switch looks to have actual damage to it and I believe it's the culprit. I'm curious if this fixes yours. I'm actually planning to pull the cruise assembly off for weight savings this winter. I'm assuming our systems are significantly different at...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
After some discussion with my buddy Tony Reed (he's the guy I go dirt racing with...maniac with a 2 stroke 4 wheeler), I decided my rear dirt tires needed more block than they have. He has a tire grooving tool that he let me borrow, and I hacked up my tires for about 2.5 hours yesterday morning. Thi...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 164
- Views: 147770
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
Even though we're done with Wed nights and dirt drags for the season, I still have things I want to get done before winter cuz it's cold in the garage... I have these 15x7" American Racing Outlaw rims with old drag radials on them. I thought they might be good for tall and skinnyish front runni...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:43 am
- Forum: Wanted / For Sale
- Topic: 1989 Trans Am
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1632
Re: 1989 Trans Am
That's such a nice car. I kinda wish I had another garage space. Good luck, I think you'll find it a home pretty quick.
-BP
-BP
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:42 am
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: 2023 Kuhnle Motorsports Park Wednesday nights
- Replies: 58
- Views: 24757
Re: 2023 Kuhnle Motorsports Park Wednesday nights
I've been working on my winning in the Vette pretty hard. My R/T in time runs weren't too great, but my last time run I found my spot with a .04. The car is pretty consistent after the first time run which is usually off by a few hundredths. In the first round I went .005 green to my opponents .07 b...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
- Replies: 518
- Views: 244634
Re: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
That's awesome news for sure. Drivability issues make driving not fun. I wonder if the Accel injectors are fixable? If a guy like him can cure their woes or if they're just plain junk?
-BP
-BP
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: 2023 Kuhnle Motorsports Park Wednesday nights
- Replies: 58
- Views: 24757
Re: 2023 Kuhnle Motorsports Park Wednesday nights
You son of a bitch!!
-BP
-BP