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08-20-2006, 06:23 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
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Drive home from the Nats was a hot one!
The 396 did not like the stop and go traffic on 31 and it started to get pretty hot. So I had to turn on the heat to help keep the motor cool. It's starts to ping pretty bad when it gets up around 200 degrees. And the clutch and linkage got worse on the way home probably due to the heat. But I made it home in 1 piece and I didn't even use a half tank of gas so I might have gotten 10 mpg today! I think we need to create a rule for next year that nobody should start working on their car the week before the Nats! Too many MIA's! Definitely a good time today and glad the weather held off.
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08-20-2006, 06:33 PM
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i started working on my SS 3 days before last years nats and its still not ready for a few more weeks/month or 2. haha
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08-20-2006, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Edison
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Well ughh If any one will lend me 300 bucks I can get my car runing before christmas, If not, i can get her runing before 4th of july...
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08-20-2006, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Bwahaha...yeah I know, but it was all the vacation time I could muster to get anything done.
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08-20-2006, 07:11 PM
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Location: West Milford
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i used a half tank for the whole trip and i thought that sucked lol, now its time to take my car apart and do something else to it
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08-20-2006, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southampton, Pa...just north of philly
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I know your pain Jeff..........That's why I trailered mine up. I couldn't stand the thought of all that heat under my butt for the ride up. The AC in my truck worked just fine.......ahhhhhhhh LOL
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08-20-2006, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
The 396 did not like the stop and go traffic on 31 and it started to get pretty hot. So I had to turn on the heat to help keep the motor cool. It's starts to ping pretty bad when it gets up around 200 degrees. And the clutch and linkage got worse on the way home probably due to the heat. But I made it home in 1 piece and I didn't even use a half tank of gas so I might have gotten 10 mpg today! I think we need to create a rule for next year that nobody should start working on their car the week before the Nats! Too many MIA's! Definitely a good time today and glad the weather held off.
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i told you to wait till it gets cooler!
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08-20-2006, 08:11 PM
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Location: Netcong, NJ
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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
The 396 did not like the stop and go traffic on 31 and it started to get pretty hot. So I had to turn on the heat to help keep the motor cool. It's starts to ping pretty bad when it gets up around 200 degrees. And the clutch and linkage got worse on the way home probably due to the heat. But I made it home in 1 piece and I didn't even use a half tank of gas so I might have gotten 10 mpg today! I think we need to create a rule for next year that nobody should start working on their car the week before the Nats! Too many MIA's! Definitely a good time today and glad the weather held off.
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Ahhhh ... Heat ONTOP of a nice baking sunburn. Your car FTMFL 
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08-20-2006, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Almost makes me think I want to put the AC back in the car...
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08-20-2006, 08:19 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
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Well, if you're car is starting to run hot you definitely can't use the AC. It was really the stop and go traffic that was the problem. Once I got back into open road on 579 it cooled back down. I got home and went out in my boat so I could cool myself down in the river.
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08-20-2006, 08:36 PM
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13 Second Club
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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
I got home and went out in my boat so I could cool myself down in the river.
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Damn hippys!!!!!!11
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08-20-2006, 09:30 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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We jinxed you talking about that flex fan (that would be part #1 I'd unload off that car).
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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08-20-2006, 09:33 PM
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Location: Hatfield, PA
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im with magicratt, the ac in my truck was nice, auto climate control at 72 degrees =  i was sweating all freaking day racing in the helmet and jacket.
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08-20-2006, 09:40 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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Pussies. I rode all they way up & back with the windows down. 
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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08-20-2006, 09:51 PM
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We run Skyline Drive in VA once a year and 1st and 2nd gen cars overheat when we hit the mountain at full blast. Last year all of them dropped out half way up.
Unless you put in bigger radiators and electric fans the older cars can't handle the long runs in the heat.
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08-20-2006, 09:54 PM
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Admin.
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Location: Hamilton, NJ
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Bull. Properly prepared ones can't.
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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