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Old 10-15-2003 | 09:59 PM
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NED Firebird/Camaro challenge

Otc 26th NED Camaro & Firebird challenge this is the rain date from June. Who's going up one last time if the weather holds out? Hope I get to meet some people from the boards & see some nice rides.
Old 10-16-2003 | 08:45 AM
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I will be there!! I got a new 750 Carb. so I should have a better ET than last time.
Old 10-16-2003 | 08:57 PM
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please post pics of your cars, i'm gonna be up there and i wanna be able to say hi to ya guys ;-)
Old 10-16-2003 | 09:48 PM
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Here's what mine looks like!
Old 10-17-2003 | 08:10 AM
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This is mine.
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Old 10-17-2003 | 09:14 PM
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I was there for first attempt at this event but motor is out now.
This is my car if any of you that were there the first time remember it:
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Old 10-17-2003 | 09:15 PM
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Hey Mod, do you still have that hood that you were selling before?
Old 10-17-2003 | 09:20 PM
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No, it's long since sold.
Old 10-17-2003 | 09:21 PM
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CRAP!!! well thanks anyways. you wouldn't happen to know of anymore for sale would you?
Old 10-22-2003 | 03:06 PM
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Ill be goin but not with my iroc. Hope to meet some of you up there! Ill be the tall goofy kid looking around!
Old 10-22-2003 | 04:55 PM
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if ya spot me and i walk past your car, just yell at me or something. I'll probably be wearing either my New England Dragway sweatshirt or just a black sweatshirt, and of course, my red and black 'Chevy Racing' hat lol
Old 10-22-2003 | 04:56 PM
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and i'll probalby be taking tons of pics haha
Old 10-22-2003 | 09:53 PM
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Hey MOD13 I love that pic u got there. So how much does it cost to get the front end off the ground? I'd love to meet up & check out your car sometime Marshvagas is right down the street for me I used to work there. I wish I could of seen your car in action this weekend maybe sometime next year.
Old 10-23-2003 | 12:56 AM
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It took at lot of sorting on the suspension/conv/etc to get it to be as consistant as it was. 60' times would generally only vary .02 all day. Car ran 11.20's in good air, bad air and worst air; never really seemed to care what driver did lol. When I started running this combo three seasons ago it was puuting 12.6's up on the board. Got it to 11.7's by end of that first year and the last year I fought tire spin all season. This past winter I put a lot of effort and few trips to Atco to try some stuff in order to find something that would fix the spinning trouble. This year saw it finally turn the corner towards actually working right for a change.
Look for it next season with whole new motor combo as I'm finally taking the permanent plunge into Stock Eliminator and leaving brackets, though I'll still run Eppings points days from time to time. Hopefully I'll get the 305 to run as good as that 400 did, first to events with new combo saw it run .745 under my index which isn't bad but my goal is a second or more under.
Cost wise I don't even want to look, LOL. But you'd be surprised how mild the 400 really was, no really trick stuff; heads that were done 15+ years ago, old school solid cam, heck I still run a points distributor to trigger the MSD box.
As the saying goes:

Stockers are way COOL!

3rdgen, surprised you never saw it at the shop I work at in Duxbury. That's where I do much of the big stuff like converter swaps, tranny swaps, etc.
Old 10-23-2003 | 07:58 AM
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3rdgen, surprised you never saw it at the shop I work at in Duxbury. That's where I do much of the big stuff like converter swaps, tranny swaps, etc.
Hey what shop do you work at in Duxbury? I live in Weymouth and that would be cool if I knew someone around here that knows thirdgens.

Oh and at NED I'll be wearing my black "BITE ME FORD BOY< REAL MEN DRIVE CHEVYS!" T-shirt:hail: :hail: :lala:
Old 10-23-2003 | 09:54 PM
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Well Mod313 I don't go to Duxbury that much maybe once in a great while. Where's the shop located? I'd love to swing in & meet up & check out your ride sometime.Well Looks like I'll have a White car W/3" cowl hood after tomorrow nite. So if anyone sees me up there just Speakup & say hello. Oh yea SpeedJunkie I work in Hanover so if you ever need any help on your ride let me know.
Old 10-24-2003 | 12:46 AM
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I work at the Jeep store there. Next time my car goes there it'll be to pull the motor and trans out for winters freshen up. Then it goes back to bed for the winter on the trailer at home.
Old 10-24-2003 | 05:59 AM
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If it's the place that I think I know someone that works there by the name of JAY he has a mopar. It's a small world if it's the place I'm thinking of.
Old 10-24-2003 | 04:05 PM
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Anyone wana come pick me up!! I dont know where the heck NED is and sundays usualy suck for me! anyone? buler?
Old 10-24-2003 | 04:51 PM
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come pick me up too....lol....i'm willing to get there almost any way possible....if ya wanna tie me to the top of the car for the drive i'm game......just found out my dad has to go to NYC for a few days for business and my mom is a) less than enthusiastic about spending a day watching drag racing b) sorta 'has' to stay home and watch after my little brother and my grandma.....
this sucks *****!
had this date on the calander in the kitchen for 2 MONTHS! my mom volunteered to carpool a few of my brothers friends to a freakin baseball game the other weekend when it was the corvette/viper shootout and me and a few friends were gonna go, and my dad couldnt take me cause he was just getting back from NYC and was taking my little bro. to a celtics game in Manchester at 5 or whatever....
June 20th will be better than my birthday.....it will...be...the...best...day..of...my...life.
I'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE MYSELF ANYWHERE I WANT TO...ALONE!
AGH! this pisses me off so much.....i swear to christ, if i have to, i'll walk.
Should get there for at least a few minutes if i start walking from the Lowell area saturday evening......
Old 10-24-2003 | 09:50 PM
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Originally posted by Thirdgeniroc
If it's the place that I think I know someone that works there by the name of JAY he has a mopar. It's a small world if it's the place I'm thinking of.
Ah, you mean Satan, LOL, as we call him. Anyway, yes the racing world is even smaller than you might think. You always need to watch what you say as it seems like everyone knows everyone no matter where they're from in the country.
Old 10-24-2003 | 09:53 PM
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LOL wow i guess u do know JAY then. My name is Gerry if he asked who mentioned his name. I just got a 3" harwood cowl hood today I'm siked! I just gotta figure out how to align it the right way. When is ur car gonna be @ the shop? I would like to see it sometime if possible.
Old 10-24-2003 | 09:56 PM
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won't be for at least a week or so. Got to get replacement tow vehiclre ready and reg'd first.
Old 10-24-2003 | 09:57 PM
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I hear ya let me know I'd like to check that beast out sometime.Besides I could use some advise on the suspension mods I need to hook up better.
Old 10-26-2003 | 05:13 PM
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awww...it was rained out half way through....got some pics and vids though, will post later
Old 10-27-2003 | 07:33 AM
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Originally posted by speedingpenguin
awww...it was rained out half way through....got some pics and vids though, will post later
I fiqured that would happen so I didn't even bother trying to drive up there. Would love to see sme pics of it though.

EDIT - Saw the other post sorry
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