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Old 03-22-2011, 10:34 PM   #2045
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The chassis shop has welding going on all over the place.
The auto body shop has broken glass and metal shards from the damaged cars.
Chevy dealer has antifreeze, oil, etc. on the floor.
All that stuff will mess up your good tires.

I have 3 mounted sets of wheels for the car.

One set for working on the car and winter sitting (the stock wheels).
The polished aluminum CCW's with Bridgestone RE-11's for the street and if it rains when running at the track.
Then the race set of Hoosiers, also on CCW's.
Your worst set of wheels is better than my best...... lol

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Old 03-22-2011, 10:42 PM   #2046
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gees my wallet is still smoking... at least let me put the fire out that is burning all my money before you throw more fuel on it.

tell me about it...
as soon as i can get out of this hellhole that is the CO desert, i'm gonna be all over getting that blower/cam/exhaust strapped on.

i finally haz da moniez! (i think...)




i realize that means i gotta get a stronger clutch






...and bigger brakes











...which also means bigger wheels















...and therefore new tires














what have i done?!
ps - and then the car's still gotta get painted (the hood'll still be in primer til then) as well as, somewhere in there, powdercoating the brakes & wheels just to make them look right


pps - and, of course, suspension :(
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Old 03-22-2011, 10:57 PM   #2047
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i finally haz da moniez! (i think...)
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Old 03-22-2011, 11:10 PM   #2048
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tell me about it...
as soon as i can get out of this hellhole that is the CO desert, i'm gonna be all over getting that blower/cam/exhaust strapped on.

i finally haz da moniez! (i think...)




i realize that means i gotta get PEDDERISED




a stronger clutch






...and bigger brakes











...which also means bigger wheels















...and therefore new tires














what have i done?!
ps - and then the car's still gotta get painted (the hood'll still be in primer til then) as well as, somewhere in there, powdercoating the brakes & wheels just to make them look right


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Old 03-22-2011, 11:14 PM   #2049
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Old 03-22-2011, 11:17 PM   #2050
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i'm thinkin...
i'm thinkin...


hmm... whatcha ya got for C5s? peddersusa.com wasn't helpful
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Old 03-23-2011, 12:48 AM   #2051
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:25 AM   #2052
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hmm... whatcha ya got for C5s? peddersusa.com wasn't helpful
Pete may not know your, "My pickup morphed into a Corvette!" story

I don't think they do modern Vette stuff
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:36 AM   #2053
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Gees I just wrote the extended version of Lord of the Rings...


Im glad you through in some paragraphs and some o that other english crap they was spose 2 teach us in scule or I never woulda made it as far as u just did before I lost track then my mind wanders off to fishin or maybe huntin I like to hunt and fish specially inna boat onna lake the bigger the lake the better unless its just too big anyways cant think of nuttin else to say but that was a good write-up glad you like it
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Old 03-23-2011, 08:07 AM   #2054
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Im glad you through in some paragraphs and some o that other english crap they was spose 2 teach us in scule or I never woulda made it as far as u just did before I lost track then my mind wanders off to fishin or maybe huntin I like to hunt and fish specially inna boat onna lake the bigger the lake the better unless its just too big anyways cant think of nuttin else to say but that was a good write-up glad you like it
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Old 03-23-2011, 08:08 AM   #2055
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Pete may not know your, "My pickup morphed into a Corvette!" story

I don't think they do modern Vette stuff
Zebra?????
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Old 03-23-2011, 10:12 AM   #2056
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Zebra?????
Zebra has a C5 Vette.
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Old 03-23-2011, 12:51 PM   #2057
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I don't know my car any more... but... I KNOW it's faster, more stable, more safe, more capable, less sketchy... I KNOW the limits of the car are vastly increased. I don't know where the limit is any more. But the confidence that the car is safe... is higher... if that makes sense.

Gah it's so hard to explain from a rookies perspective... Let me try this...

When I first got THR22 I was afraid of it. Ask Randy. I had never owned a car with any where near 500 RWHP. So I knew the car could get me into a real mess if I didn't respect it. I've also learned that is the nature of horse power.

OK, I say all that to say this....

Yes the suspension was expensive. But on the scale of performance improvement, it is as much as the supercharger was. But in a vastly different way. When I first got the car,being afraid of it, I drove it very moderately. The supercars, sways, and bushings, remove that, "damn this thing is gonna kill me" feeling and gives you that, "I've got this thing under complete control." confidence. Like I said, I know the car can do more than I am comfortable with.

Simple example. Getting on the freeway in 3rd gear was an exercise in throttle control. At any time in the cloverleaf on ramp I could break it loose with a simple blip of the throttle. NOW, I could jump on the gas in the middle of that same on ramp and simply accelerate.

Bottom line, the car is better, safer, more refined.... Complete...

I am more excited to learn how to drive the car now, than I was when I first picked up THR22 from Tom Henry...

Maybe I'll be able to better articulate it the more I learn how to utilize the new found performance increase...


Gees I just wrote the extended version of Lord of the Rings...

so to sum it all up... you need me to drive your car again.
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Old 03-23-2011, 01:32 PM   #2058
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so to sum it all up... you need me to drive your car again.
Come pick me up. We'll take turns with Chris's car...
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