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The wife of a friend of mine shot this video of my burnout last Saturday. She didn't shoot the launch or the race ... just the burnout. :shrug:
My launch was pretty good (1.62 60') but I missed third gear so I let off before the eighth. :rollseyes
We're putting new axles and...
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MT ET Streets: 28 x 11.5 x 15
She ought to hook now. Axles and drag studs should be here on Tuesday.
Drive shaft next month, cage over the winter.
Wish me luck. ;)
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Our local dragstrip opens for the first time in almost 2 years this Saturday and I am pumped !!! :coolman:
So do you think my car looks ready ... :)
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"Smokin' Amarillo Dragway" has a history dating back to the '60s. The middle '70s she was at her high point when I went there and watched the Winston Winternationals. Over the last decade she's fallen on hard times and didn't even open last year.
Well after much doubt we finally have...
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You must have hotlinked your pic and it's being blocked. From your post I think I know exactly what picture you are talking about. Here it is: :rockon:
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I started this project on January 4. Here we are 3 months and 2 days later with just a couple of minor things left but she's certainly road worthy and does not disappoint.
I can't take my Mach 1 fishing ... or even get her on wet pavement for that matter ... sooooooo ... my project...
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Look out, Make-A-Wish Car Show ... Here we come. :coolman:
Thanks a million, Zane ... She looks GREAT.
I've got her in the garage wearing a diaper 'till Friday. :pepper:
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Update on my car ... This afternoon I ordered:
Full-length sub-frame connectors
Adjustable drag struts
Upper/Lower control arms
Tubular K-Member
She ought to really launch when I get this stuff on. :coolman:
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Big thanks to John at FatDaddy Performance. Today he installed an new dual 60mm bore throttle body from Accufab in my Black Beauty. Made from billet aluminum, polished to a mirror finish. Shame to cover it up ... ;-)
Can't wait to take her down the track at the all new Smokin'...
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Words fail to convey the Thank You to the men and women that have sacrificed to keep us independent on Independence Day.
To all our troops that keep us free; who more than intuitively understand that freedom isn't free ... Thank You.
To those that served and returned ...
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The Amarillo Council of Car Clubs sponsored the Meals on Wheels Car Show this morning and I took a BUNCH of pics.
Here's one to entice you to go to the link:
There were over 70 cars there ... Something for every taste. I think I got a pic of each car entered on the...
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In February, I took my car to Dream Chaser's Racing and put my car on the dyno ...
My best pass that day showed 323 rwhp, 308 ft/lbs of torque and an a/f of 11.5
Took her back this morning to get a tune and a few pulls to see what she would do.
Here's the last three...
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Pics re-hosted. Sorry for any inconvenience. :beer:
Great turnout for the first show of the year. You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a Trans Am ... Their club had over 20 of their member's cars there !!! Several of them won 1st place plaques plus a "Best of Show" and...
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A woman told her husband that her Birthday was going to be on Tuesday. She said, "I want to find a gift in the driveway that goes from zero to over two-hundred in less than 4 seconds".
On Tuesday morning, she went outside and saw a small, wrapped box sitting in the middle of the...
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Well, I went by DreamChasers Racing today to watch some dynos and they had an opening for 4:30 so I took it.
Those people at DreamChasers are very, very friendly and helpful.
The AutoDyn Rep. did two pulls with my car. The results showed the car needs to be tuned. My best pull was...
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O.K. As promised. Here's the vid of my car with the SHM Cams and Ported, Polished, & Milled heads.
http://amarilloracers.com/webvids/MachDaddy.wmv
Mods are in my sig.
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