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Old 09-15-2012, 06:29 PM   #126
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Ah so people were there, only had the daily drivers....damn we were looking for the wrong cars...LOL I did see the trailblazer SS and G8.

I had the GTA, ran 14.9 best, blew the tires off on another run and 15 flats for the other two. That is with really no launching to speak of, I tried the one time and blew the tires off. Didn't want to push my luck with a fresh bottom end. I saw Paul there as well. Had a nice chat with him. Great guy.
You met Grazi too. Nice meeting you by the way.
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Old 09-15-2012, 06:31 PM   #127
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What time did you guys get there? I was bummed not to see anyone else. SweetBMx were you racing?
Nah man, came in the mystery machine We were there a touch after 11 and left around 2:30?
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Yeah the car went pretty good down the 1/4. You spun at the line some too so a tire would help a lot.
Was this directed at me or the Trailblazer?
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Was this directed at me or the Trailblazer?
Sorry, you. Car wasn't that loud either. Especially compared to that redish 5.0
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Old 09-15-2012, 06:42 PM   #130
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Sorry, you. Car wasn't that loud either. Especially compared to that redish 5.0
Cool Thanx, exhaust is growing on me. I think I'm losing my posi. Last 2 runs only passenger tire spun on burnout. Been happening here and there on the street this month. Time to pull open the 10 bolt......
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Whoops yes I did, nice meeting you too.
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Sorry, you. Car wasn't that loud either. Especially compared to that redish 5.0
Oh good god, that mustang made my car shake. Felt like a localized earthquake...
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Old 09-15-2012, 06:59 PM   #133
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Nah man, came in the mystery machine We were there a touch after 11 and left around 2:30?
Give us a hint man... It wasn't the C3 vette I know that for sure.
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I think it was that black Honda Accord that ran 17.xx
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I think it was that black Honda Accord that ran 17.xx
If it was I inadvertently met him. I was wondering what the setup was on there and turned out it was a stocker with a slushbox and sticky tires.
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Ah so people were there, only had the daily drivers....damn we were looking for the wrong cars...LOL I did see the trailblazer SS and G8. Me and Grazi were wondering what was going on, and I went over to check out what was apparently Pauls car as he was leaving.

I had the GTA, ran 14.9 best, blew the tires off on another run and 15 flats for the other two. That is with really no launching to speak of, I tried the one time and blew the tires off. Didn't want to push my luck with a fresh bottom end. If I break it in further and actually get the launch down I may have run mid 14s. But I was happy, it was right where it should have been. Met Paul there as well. Had a nice chat with him. Great guy. We both expected to see at least like 8 F bodies in the parking lot so we were surprised.
Definitely a disappointing turnout - considering how many people signed up; but it is a hike for most anyone in NJ.

Brought the new GTA I picked up Wednesday with a set of black CTW wheels on it.
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Old 09-15-2012, 07:35 PM   #137
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Definitely a disappointing turnout - considering how many people signed up; but it is a hike for most anyone in NJ.

Brought the new GTA I picked up Wednesday with a set of black CTW wheels on it.
Ya, pretty weak if you ask me. I figured if 20 said they were definite, maybe 10 would show up but i think there was only 5 or 6. Paul did you have the white 3rd gen TA with black wheels parked in the grass?
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Ya, pretty weak if you ask me. I figured if 20 said they were definite, maybe 10 would show up but i think there was only 5 or 6. Paul did you have the white 3rd gen TA with black wheels parked in the grass?
You got it...
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I couldn't make it due to car issues that popped up a day or two prior. I would have loved to go, but running the car when I have odd things going on with a vibration is a good way to break things.
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I couldn't make it due to car issues that popped up a day or two prior. I would have loved to go, but running the car when I have odd things going on with a vibration is a good way to break things.
Really, is there any other way?
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Old 09-16-2012, 09:05 AM   #141
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Give us a hint man... It wasn't the C3 vette I know that for sure.
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I think it was that black Honda Accord that ran 17.xx
The trailblazer ss

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Definitely a disappointing turnout - considering how many people signed up; but it is a hike for most anyone in NJ.

Brought the new GTA I picked up Wednesday with a set of black CTW wheels on it.
Ah, saw it parked in the grass when we left. Looked real clean.
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Really, is there any other way?
Don't know but I don't want to find out!
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Don't know but I don't want to find out!
And I ran a car with lil over 400 miles on the bottom end, thinking what could possibly go wrong. But I can see your point.
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And I ran a car with lil over 400 miles on the bottom end, thinking what could possibly go wrong. But I can see your point.
Why did you wait so long?
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Best way to break it in. Run it like you stole it.
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Nothing wrong with breaking in a new motor at the track. There is, however, everything wrong with running a car that was previously vibration free, and suddenly developed a driveline vibration.

I'm going to swap in my spare LT1 steel driveshaft, see if the vibration goes away. Next up would be swapping on my stock wheels (stock size tire/drag radial out back) to see if that does it. If both of those fail, I guess I'm opening my diff up to see what may have happened there.
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Nothing wrong with breaking in a new motor at the track. There is, however, everything wrong with running a car that was previously vibration free, and suddenly developed a driveline vibration.
Oh I won't argue that. In fact I wouldn't have run it either with a vibration. I was just giving you grief, mainly due to the low turn out of at most 6 people out of what seemed like 20 signups.

As for breaking in the motor....I left the place (leaving island road turning onto 46) in a screaming from dead stop powerslide. So yes I run it easy, and I run it hard. I do know I left some on the table, with the launches and the fact that I didn't manually shift the car going down the track. (If I had I probably would have locked up the brakes and spun because the left foot would have went for a clutch) I've been trying to figure out the RPMs that won't overwhelm the tires on loading up the converter while using the foot brake. I know its quicker.

I've got an LT1 driveshaft laying around as well if you want to try another one providing your spare still vibrates and nothing else is wrong. I could bring it down for ya.

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I felt bad missing this, but I felt like crap all day. I was looking forward to running 17s too...
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L695speed - Thanks for the offer. Once I swap out the one in the car and test it, if the vibration is still present, then I'm on to the wheels. If I swap the wheels and tires out and it still does it, then it *has* to be the Moser axles I installed recently... Although I'd *swear* I took the car on the highway after I installed them and it was fine. Guess I'm going to find out.
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