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KELTY360
post Aug 31 2014, 06:56 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Love the rear quarter treatment. The flaring looks great.

Good luck Nate and Josh. 130 here you come!
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post Aug 31 2014, 07:41 PM
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What group are you running with?
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post Aug 31 2014, 09:33 PM
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What group are you running with?


We're running in a street car class called "The 130 Club". To gain entry you must have 2 back-to-back passes that together average between 130.000 and 139.999 without going over. I really don't anticipate going over will be an issue. It's the getting to 130 flat that is going to be the challenge for us now that we're running the back-up motor. Ether way, I'm going to have a good time with my son and soak it all in.
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post Sep 1 2014, 07:46 AM
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i believe it could be a 'show case' car in hot vws and dune buggies. so much innovation i hope it gets there some day. sounds pretty hot with the 'punny' 2056. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Sep 1 2014, 08:11 AM
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See you out there on the 6th! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Sep 3 2014, 12:07 PM
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BUMP for roll call! Who's gonna be there to support the effort?

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post Sep 3 2014, 03:41 PM
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BUMP for roll call! Who's gonna be there to support the effort?

The Cap'n

I'm there in the afternoon- got talked into a golf tourney in the morning... I don't even play golf (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Sep 3 2014, 10:23 PM
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Lookin' good Nate. You'll probably see a horribly-painted yellow Opel GT there with a cheesy Honda-looking rear wing there... it is our 24 Hours of Lemons "race car." It is a tribute to the number 8 ALMS Corvette car, but I'm sure the team would be hugely embarrassed. Tell Mike not to blow it up again this year -- last year we blew it up at 118mph on the Salt. So far, it is the World's Fastest Lemon. The following weekend, the "Tinyvette" is scheduled to run newly-expanded Thunderhill Raceway.

Good luck!
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post Sep 3 2014, 10:48 PM
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I'll see you there mgp4591!! Strawman; I'll definitely check it out. I love the Opal GTs (mini-vettes).

Josh and I have the truck loaded w/ the car on the dolly and we're out of here before dawn headed for Bonneville. I'll try and update daily on how the adventure is going.

Keep your fingers crossed. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Sep 3 2014, 11:15 PM
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Keep your fingers crossed. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)


I would, but then I couldn't pick my nose.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Sep 4 2014, 09:02 AM
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Gonna finish loading an extra heavy assortment of Krust into the wagon, bikes are on the top, the ice chests are getting filled, and the stinkin' diesel Krustymobile will be on the way tomorrow AM. Plenty of insults and disrespect, as well as sarcasm, to go around. See ya'll there! We'll be at the motel 6 when we're not out at the track.

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post Sep 4 2014, 12:28 PM
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I know it's the 6th thru the 9th but are you planning on running the 6th? I can't be there til later in the afternoon and I hope to see you along with some other bitchin' rides. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) I also get up for work at 4 am on Sunday so staying late isn't an option...
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post Sep 4 2014, 08:22 PM
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We left at 0-dark-30 (3:30am) and left the shop @4:30am. We made pretty good time in the "Mighty Ranchero". We just checked-in at the Super8 in Burley, ID which is about 30 miles east of Twin Falls on the I-84 after a marathon day. We're planning to get back on the road @ 6am so we can be at the salt around noon tomorrow to get the pits set-up and hopefully get the car through tech inspection before it closes at 6pm.

I'm hoping to race most of those days if I can. There's no schedule or anything. When you're car is ready, you get in the line and wait your turn. That's about the long and short of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

I look forward to seeing both of you guys!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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post Sep 4 2014, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Sep 3 2014, 10:15 PM) *

QUOTE(aircooledtechguy @ Sep 3 2014, 09:48 PM) *

Keep your fingers crossed. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)


I would, but then I couldn't pick my nose.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


That's never stopped you in the past. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Sep 5 2014, 09:48 AM
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Wow. Just Wow. Absolutely awesome car.

I spent my Kindergarten through 8th grade years (73 - 81) being shlepped back and forth to St Johns Lutheran School in Orange, CA in an perfectly/anally maintained yellow squareback.

Best project ever. Absolutely LOVE it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Sep 5 2014, 12:38 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) AWESOME
I hope the rain and thunderstorms stay away!
Good luck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Sep 6 2014, 06:48 PM
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post Sep 6 2014, 11:42 PM
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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Sep 6 2014, 05:48 PM) *

Insert smiley of man standing with arms crossed, impatient expression and tapping his toe while waiting for and update. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)


O.K., sheesh. . . patients is a virtue right?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Friday:

We got on the salt by 11:30. Spent about 3 hours getting out pits set-up. Most of the air-cooled VWs are together in a long row. We're next to the Appletree guys.

Breezed through tech with no issues. One minor rule they added literally while I was in line was taping the headlights, so we did that and it was a done deal.

Saturday:

We arrived late and missed the drivers meeting. No big deal as it's pretty straight forward. Right about 9:30 we got in the 130-club line on the short course. Soon after that, racing was stopped because a gal driving a streamliner motorcycle (250+mph) crashed and the only ambulance at the flats had to take her to the hospital to get checked out. Around 1pm racing resumed. The VERY NEXT car on the long course was a steam powered streamliner. It too crashed and racing stopped again until about 3pm.

By about 4pm I was able to make my qualifying run(!). It went off without a hitch. The car is running very rich due to the high altitude (4200ft) so I'll have to address that in the morning by adjusting the altitude compensation % in the ECU. Because of this the the motor was really lazy feeling , 5th gear was basically useless. It just couldn't pull in high gear. Shifting at a conservative 5K, we held 90mph through the speed traps. We were limited to no more than 100mph on the qualifying run so we could feel-out the car. The car is absolutely rock solid. Not a wiggle or shake or wander to be had. I couldn't be happier with how it drove.

We were able to officially be the first type-3 to ever compete at Bonneville and we bested the current type-3 top speed by 15 mph on the speed limited qualifying run. Once I get the AFRs leaned out to where they are at sea level, this thing should really fly.

After we got to the pits Cap'n Krusty walked up with his friend and we spent the better part of the afternoon chatting and watching the car fly by at the 3 mile marker on the long course.

More to follow. . .
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post Sep 7 2014, 12:13 AM
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During the marathon wait in the staging lanes. . .

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I'll post more tomorrow evening. I'm spent for today.
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