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flyin ryan
08-22-2009, 03:40 AM
Well...took my 90 to the strip here tonight for the Friday night street legals, which I sponsor :mrgreen:, was three cars from the water box & it started to pour, :censored::censored::censored::censored:. Ya' I was happy :cool:. Rained like a bitch the whole 30 mile trip home too. Needless to say the car needs a bath, it's a mess! Wouldn't be so bad if I would have gotten in a lick or two.
bdw18_123
08-22-2009, 04:05 AM
That sucks, I would be pissed too. Amazing timing, huh?
Aurora40
08-22-2009, 08:51 AM
Oh, with the thumbs down I thought it was gonna be a lot worse! At least you drove her home. :)
Hammer
08-22-2009, 09:00 AM
Sorry to hear that Ryan. I was looking forward to hearing how the 90 ran.
tomtom72
08-22-2009, 09:17 AM
Oh, with the thumbs down I thought it was gonna be a lot worse! At least you drove her home. :)

Yea, me too. I thought... "oh no what happened?"
GOLDCYLON
08-22-2009, 04:41 PM
Yea, me too. I thought... "oh no what happened?"


Me three I thought she might have gotten sideways. Damn Ryan we thought the worst.
Jeffvette
08-22-2009, 05:03 PM
Well...took my 90 to the strip here tonight for the Friday night street legals, which I sponsor :mrgreen:, was three cars from the water box & it started to pour, :censored::censored::censored::censored:. Ya' I was happy :cool:. Rained like a bitch the whole 30 mile trip home too. Needless to say the car needs a bath, it's a mess! Wouldn't be so bad if I would have gotten in a lick or two.


Time to box it up for winter!
flyin ryan
08-23-2009, 03:03 AM
Time to box it up for winter!You can be a prick when you want to be, huh...:o. Just foolin' Jeff. Spent 2½ hours today washing & that's at my Truck Wash, 'After Hours' with everything at my finger tips I need. Was going to take a picture of it but couldn't bring myself to do it...it was bad :(. I even went the back way to my Wash so less people would see me :redface:, LOL.
flyin ryan
08-23-2009, 03:32 AM
That sucks, I would be pissed too. Amazing timing, huh?Ya'...even had my helmet on. Thunder storm just blew through out of nowhere :cool:. Not worried about the car, it's working really good. Happy with it. Might have to tweak the fuel cut-off yet though, engines accelerating so hard/quick through 7000 RPM that if I'm not bang on the shift, it'll bounce off the 7200 RPM cut-off like nothing :neutral:. Engine works good upstairs, that's not small talk ;).
Demps
08-23-2009, 10:00 AM
What have you done to the '90 (mod wise)?

Ted
tf95ZR1
08-23-2009, 01:00 PM
Hey Ryan!
I'm surprised you'd even consider dragging the '90.
It's in such nice shape why put the stress/strain on it?
Isn't that what the '76 is for? :-D
I can't imagine you would baby it down the track.....
C Ya
Ted
flyin ryan
08-24-2009, 02:25 AM
Sorry to hear that Ryan. I was looking forward to hearing how the 90 ran.Ya'...me too John. Air wasn't too bad either, Corrected Altitude was 3350 FT., pretty decent for here. Had some guys racing at the Div. 6 points race in Acton, MT. this weekend, air was like 7100 FT.!! Brutal :jawdrop:.
flyin ryan
08-24-2009, 02:37 AM
What have you done to the '90 (mod wise)?

TedUm...not much :???:-:o. Honestly Ted, I ported the Heads, Injector Housings, Plenum & factory Exhaust Manifolds/Headers, Accel Injectors (not a perf. Item per-say), put Valve Seals on the exhaust guides, changed the factory cam timing around, did a good multi-angle valve job & lapped them in...that's more or less it. Still have the stock Cats & Exhaust, didn't want to change that...want to keep it looking more or less O.E.M. Works O.K. for a lowly 90 :p.
flyin ryan
08-24-2009, 02:40 AM
Hey Ryan!
I'm surprised you'd even consider dragging the '90.
It's in such nice shape why put the stress/strain on it?
Isn't that what the '76 is for? :-D
I can't imagine you would baby it down the track.....
C Ya
TedI planned on taking my 90 to the track 'Once'! So...now we'll have to see. My Stingray will be out shortly...Days/hours, so my focus has all about shifted to that.
Hammer
08-24-2009, 07:26 AM
Ya'...me too John. Air wasn't too bad either, Corrected Altitude was 3350 FT., pretty decent for here. Had some guys racing at the Div. 6 points race in Acton, MT. this weekend, air was like 7100 FT.!! Brutal :jawdrop:.
Brutal is an understatement. Density Altitude means everything.

We used to run at Fallon, NV with corrected air approaching 9,000 feet in August and September. When I was running my Camaro there, times were 11.90 at that time of year. Normally would run in the 11.65-11.70 range. We went over the hill to Sac in April 1999 and with nothing more than increasing jets F&R 6 sizes the car ran 11.01. Corrected air there was no worse than 400 ft all day. As a matter of fact, when I ran air at 7:00 AM the Density Altitude showed 768 ft BELOW Sea Level. I was jacked. With a torque converter change in mid 1999 it was running 11.4's in Fallon, 11.2 in Boise. So I figured Sac would have been somewhere around 10.70, but never ran it at Sac again as we moved to Idaho in April 2000.
Hammer
08-24-2009, 07:27 AM
I planned on taking my 90 to the track 'Once'! So...now we'll have to see. My Stingray will be out shortly...Days/hours, so my focus has all about shifted to that.

When will you make the decision to come to Boise?
flyin ryan
08-24-2009, 11:45 AM
When will you make the decision to come to Boise?I am 'Loosely' planning on coming at this point, John. Barring any unforseen mis-advetures this time (wheel-stand's:(), I'll be coming, but never 100% sure until the wheels are rolling & pointed in your direction. I'll be in touch on it.
flyin ryan
08-24-2009, 11:48 AM
Brutal is an understatement. Density Altitude means everything.

We used to run at Fallon, NV with corrected air approaching 9,000 feet in August and September. When I was running my Camaro there, times were 11.90 at that time of year. Normally would run in the 11.65-11.70 range. We went over the hill to Sac in April 1999 and with nothing more than increasing jets F&R 6 sizes the car ran 11.01. Corrected air there was no worse than 400 ft all day. As a matter of fact, when I ran air at 7:00 AM the Density Altitude showed 768 ft BELOW Sea Level. I was jacked. With a torque converter change in mid 1999 it was running 11.4's in Fallon, 11.2 in Boise. So I figured Sac would have been somewhere around 10.70, but never ran it at Sac again as we moved to Idaho in April 2000.That's cool John, never knew you've raced at Fallon.
4DSZR1
08-25-2009, 12:00 PM
Hey John.... You ever race at lewistown MT ? We use to go over on our motorcycles from Great Falls and watch. Fun stuff

Rick
Hammer
08-25-2009, 09:37 PM
That's cool John, never knew you've raced at Fallon.

Yep, Raced there from the time they opened until I moved in 2000. Even raced at the Fallon Naval Air Station as they were gathering money and support to build the permamnent facility. Best I ever did was 4th in points in Super Pro in 1998. I was actually 1st in points with 3 races left. I put a Barry Grant RT 750 (awesome instrument) carb on the Camaro and really never got it jetted right that year. Kept breaking out when the sun set. Lost a place every race so ended up 4th. That ol' Camaro put the hurt to a lot of rails and roadsters when I was racing.
Hammer
08-25-2009, 09:53 PM
Hey John.... You ever race at lewistown MT ? We use to go over on our motorcycles from Great Falls and watch. Fun stuff

Rick

Never raced up that high Rick. Is that also Acton or Anaconda Raceway? I think the Camaro is now running there.

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