SC / GTP Club Clash - October 16th

[forcfed93]

The 8th SC/GTP Club Clash will be held at Tristate Raceway in Earlville, Iowa on October 16th.

The track opens at 9:00 and T&T starts at 10:00.

We will run two qualifying runs starting at 11am. Eliminations will begin at 12:30.

Anyone with an MN12, GTP or Grand Prix is invited to pertisapate for the trophy.

If you are planning to attend, please let me know.

I just want some kind of an idea of how many are coming.

We will most likely do something after the races. There are several things going on in the area Saturday Night!!!!!

[Thomas A]

Mike,

There will be three, maybe four of us coming over from Nebraska on Friday. I think the plan is to make it out there sometime in the afternoon/early evening. I plan on staying in Cedar Rapids for the event. Know of any cheap hotels?

Thomas

[Melon]

I'll be coming Mike. As far as racing, I have to wait and see what that weekend brings. Also, you've got e-mail Mike.

-Andy "Melon"

[forcfed93]

Mike,

There will be three, maybe four of us coming over from Nebraska on Friday. I think the plan is to make it out there sometime in the afternoon/early evening. I plan on staying in Cedar Rapids for the event. Know of any cheap hotels?

Thomas

There are several in the 33rd Ave. area. The two Super 8's, Motel 6, EconoLodge or Budget Inn are in safe areas and would probably the cheepest ......

Any of the ones on 33rd Ave, Southgate and 6th Street are in a safe area and have police and privarte security patrols all night. They are also about 1.5 miles from my house!!! The Budget Inn is North of me about one mile and is also in a good area.

Here is a fairly up-to-date list of stuff in the area. (see link)

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/Area-Hotels.html

[8ate8]

Ya know, if it wasn't 1000 miles away, I'd be there like white on rice! :)

[4 cam bird]

I might come, when do you need to know by?

Upon further review, if I come, I'll problaby drive the truck so I would not be partaking in the other festivities. Unless you'll allow a stock F-150 to run with the Mn-12's and GP's :D

[forcfed93]

I might come, when do you need to know by?

Upon further review, if I come, I'll problaby drive the truck so I would not be partaking in the other festivities. Unless you'll allow a stock F-150 to run with the Mn-12's and GP's :D

You can run it if you want to ......... you just cant win the trophy
:eek:

[Melon]

From FYI for anyone coming from NE, I'm planning to get a room and if anyone wants to room with me and split the cost - I'm all for that. Just let me know. I'm going to try to book it sometime this week.

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas A]

I think my brother and I were going to split a room. I bet Brad would split a room with you. I was going to call a few of the places Mike had reccomended on Tuesday and find the cheapest place. I can let you know what I find out so we can all crash at the same place.

Thomas

[4 cam bird]

I've gotta figure out if I am even going first.

[007_SuperCoupe]

Yeah, I'd love to be there, but seeing as how I'm leaving that next Wednesday for 2 months...I can't make it. Oct 8th will be my last time at the track this season. Next year I should be able to make a few club clashes...at least one of them...

[forcfed93]

I think my brother and I were going to split a room. I bet Brad would split a room with you. I was going to call a few of the places Mike had reccomended on Tuesday and find the cheapest place. I can let you know what I find out so we can all crash at the same place.

Thomas

I've added website links in the past few days to the hotels that have websites.

Budget Inn and Motel 6 will probably be the cheepest ones! They are both nice, but don't have meny frills!!!! Look at it this way, most of the time you will be in the room you will have your eyes shut!!!!!

[4 cam bird]

I think there is a pretty good chance I'll come but it will be a Saturday only trip so I can hit the auto x Sunday in Council Bluffs. I don't know if I'll drive the truck or the car out though. But I've seen a lot of people post that I'd like to meet so I want to try to come out.

I might bring the car to fit in but I want to run the truck at the track once more so, I guess we'll see. I might wait til that morning and see how the weather is, if it is going to be a cool day with good dry air, I'll be more likely to run the truck because I can get a new best time with it, the T-bird isn't going to run a new best this year with it's extra poundage.

[Melon]

Thomas - let me know where you guys are crashing and I'll get a room there as well. Or maybe book two rooms if they can be next door or something.. I don't know

I've gotta figure out if I am even going first.

If you come and want to split the room Friday night, that's cool. If you don't come, that's cool. Whenever I go someplace, I always budget as if I would be paying for the hotel room on my own so I've got enough :)

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas]

Okay, here's what I've been reading on the midwestthundercats.com board.

chadg, rancherlee, and possibly aedm8 as well as a few others WANT to come but I don't know how many of them are set on it. Rancher seemed pretty set on it, as did chadg (if he gets his new converter installed in time) so I guess I'll keep this thread updated.

btw for those fo you who don't know, rancher runs high 13's with his vortech supercharged 3.8 tbird, chad COULD run 10's if he gets everything worked out right, and AEDM8 I believe is in the 12's.

-Thomas

[Thomas A]

SAweeeeet!!! :D

Thomas

[Birdman93]

Stay away from the Econolodge-owned by a Paki family who do not give a s### about maintaining the place-they just want money-they also have about 20 members of the family living in the hotel. :eek:

Motel 6 is good-decent price, well maintained. ;)

Budget motel is one of those extended stay places-for the unsavory types :o

just an FYI

[Melon]

I was thinking Motel 6 or Super 8 or something for me. Normally, I've stayed in a Super 8 or similar, but I don't figure I'll do much else besides the 3 S's at the hotel room.

-Andy "Melon"

[forcfed93]

I was thinking Motel 6 or Super 8 or something for me. Normally, I've stayed in a Super 8 or similar, but I don't figure I'll do much else besides the 3 S's at the hotel room.

-Andy "Melon"

The Motel 6 is on 33rd ave about 1.5 miles from the house!!!!

The 8's are just down the street from the 6 so it's six of one and a half dozen of the other ......

[Screwloose]

I plan on going. Don't know if the car will be running though. :mad:

[PHRANQUY]

I plan to be there as well, wether my stuff gets here in time or not.

[forcfed93]

I just talked to Paul and my EEC Tuner is on the way ........ I'll have it by Thursday and I'll have my tune Thursday too ......

Anyone got a Wideband O2 unit I can borrow?!?!?!?!?!

[Thomas]

WELL IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME you got that thing. :D

[forcfed93]

WELL IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME you got that thing. :D
Tell me about it! We had to scrape the Diablo deal .... They couldn't do evrything we wanted to do with out charging us more money ..... I said screw that ..... and decided to go with an eec tuner instead!!!!!

[forcfed93]

How many of you will be in CR on Friday evening?!?!?!?!

I'd like to maybe put something together for us to do!

We could go Indoor Gokarting or out to eat somewhere or anything else anyone can think of!!!!!!

What does everyone think??????

[Thomas]

I hope to be there that evening and maybe crash at melons room. Hopefully I'll have my damn car together. Stuff is starting to piss me off, such as the oil pump bolt I just broke off ten minutes ago. Luckily I have one sitting around from my SC motor.
-Thomas

[Thomas A]

Myself, Melon, and Charlez all are planning on being there Friday afternoon/evening.

Thomas

[forcfed93]

Myself, Melon, and Charlez all are planning on being there Friday afternoon/evening.

Thomas

Be sure to call me when you get into town ....... I'm planning to take most of the day off so i can be available for those of you coming in on Friday!!

Any preference of evening activities that you would like to see????

I'm open to what ever anyone else wants to do ......... We could all meet at the motel and have a few cool beverages, go somewhere to eat and/or maybe do a little carting or something else!!!! I'm not sure we would be able to get away with a bonfire in the parking lot (like we did in St. Louis last year), but we could sure do one at my house!!!!

[Thomas]

hehe, go-karting could be fun with a few in your system :)

[rodney92sc]

Hey Guys,
I plan on making it up that way. Not sure if the car will be able to race or not, been having a few problems that I have been trying to get straightened out.


Rodney

[forcfed93]

Hey Guys,
I plan on making it up that way. Not sure if the car will be able to race or not, been having a few problems that I have been trying to get straightened out.


Rodney

Glad to hear that you are going to be able to make it!!! Are you coming up Friday?

I hope you can get the car running in time to have some fun. I got my EEC Tuner and the 91 is running real good. I'm taking it to the dyno a week from today and I'm going to Cedar Falls on the 9th for a little test-n-tune before the clash ......... :D

BTW, So far, it looks like we will have 20 + MN12s at the clash.

[Birdman93]

Mike-

Word is starting to get out in other areas now :D

Sitting down for lunch the other day and one of the guys from work came up and asked about the oct 16 race, and whether anyone with a GTP or a Bird could come, and I told him to come on up and have some fun-we may have 2 Birds and a GTP from my workplace joining us. :cool:

[4 cam bird]

I'm still thinking pretty hard about it. I'd have to leave araound 4:30 Saturday morning to get there by 10. That wouldn't be so bad really. As long as the forecast looks good I'll most likely be in. I'll be in the T-bird for sure, the truck would take too much more gas and I'm trying to not spend all my money before my trip to Vegas for SEMA in a month.

[Thomas A]

Oh yeah!! It's going to be a good time. We can find a place for you to crash at Friday night if you wanted to come over after work.

Thomas

[Melon]

I've still got the other bed in my room up for grabs (since no one has said anything to me yet) or take a sleeping bag :D There should be plenty of floor space. Heck, if push comes to shove, talk to Mike - maybe you can crash at his place?

-Andy "Melon"

EDIT: With 10 days left til the event, I'm getting pumped. Just because it's also my vacation :D

[Birdman93]

Don't forget that I have a futon and an air matress here at my place.

BTW-I ended up with a steel 10% pulley in a trade for an ESM 10% I got from Thomas A-didn't want to put a 10% on the car but have one anyway. :eek: So I'm going to try a couple of passes-but I probably won't go full out against the GTP guys-I want to keep the car intact for a while longer! :D

If anyone has a camcorder, I want to get some tapes made of the runs-I have a video editing suite now and I'm gathering material for a two-hour Super Coupe video that starts with the COTY award in 1989.

[Thomas]

Well my motor is starting to look like Thomas A's now :D I just got my valve covers delivered today and I have the entire motor assembled minus the air filter and downtubes. Also need to fill the fluids and make sure the oil is 100% oil (No water) and then I can start it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm praying that I did everything right. I have fuel pressure so that means my pump install went well, and the motor turns over with a ratchet so thats good (there's a story behind this)

Okay I'll tell the story, since I have nothing better to do. I had my cam in and my roommate stopped by to help out a bit. He tried turning the crank with a ratchet and it wouldnt budge.

"Is it suppose to not move?" he asked.
"uuuuh, I think so yeah>" was my reply.

He glanced over at my stock cam and noticed my thrust bearing still on it. OOPS!!!! so we swapped it over. I ALMOST TRASHED MY MOTOR!!!!!!!! That was a close call. Thank God for friends.

Oh and Andy or anyone else, I might need a spot to crash since I'm thinking about ehading over the day before for the festivities. :)

and Brad, COME!!! I want to see your car. It was nice coincidentaly meeting you in Metcalfe by the way.

-Thomas

[Screwloose]

Well my motor is starting to look like Thomas A's now :D I just got my valve covers delivered today and I have the entire motor assembled minus the air filter and downtubes. Also need to fill the fluids and make sure the oil is 100% oil (No water) and then I can start it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm praying that I did everything right. I have fuel pressure so that means my pump install went well, and the motor turns over with a ratchet so thats good (there's a story behind this)

Okay I'll tell the story, since I have nothing better to do. I had my cam in and my roommate stopped by to help out a bit. He tried turning the crank with a ratchet and it wouldnt budge.

"Is it suppose to not move?" he asked.
"uuuuh, I think so yeah>" was my reply.

He glanced over at my stock cam and noticed my thrust bearing still on it. OOPS!!!! so we swapped it over. I ALMOST TRASHED MY MOTOR!!!!!!!! That was a close call. Thank God for friends.

Oh and Andy or anyone else, I might need a spot to crash since I'm thinking about ehading over the day before for the festivities. :)

and Brad, COME!!! I want to see your car. It was nice coincidentaly meeting you in Metcalfe by the way.

-Thomas


You're farther along then I am. Most of my dash is out of the car with the wiring laying on the floor. The tranny is sitting on jackstands so I can finish a few things with it and I'm waiting on parts. The rest of the parts should be here by friday though. I don't think I'm going to attempt the Cobra rims/brakes/bolt pattern swap. Even though I could do it in a day I know some part would be missing and I would be sol. A new tranny and rear end will do for now. :D

[Thomas]

when is the last time that car ran? :) is the wiring still out from the alarm or are you onto something new there?

[Screwloose]

It was running until I tore into it last week for tranny related stuff. ;)

[4 cam bird]

One of my old roommates is going to grad school in Ames. I think I am going to give him a call and drive up there and crash at his place on Friday possibly. Then drive the rest of the way Saturday morning. I'll leave Saturday though as I want to be back for an auto x on Sunday.

[Thomas A]

I just hope I have a car to drive over there. I'm going to be super pissed if I have to ride over and can't race! :mad:

Thomas

[Thomas A]

I'm starting to think that maybe I should just stay home. Nothing at all has gone right concerning this trip!! :mad:

I was putting off getting my hotel room until the car was done, and apperantly Cedar Rapids is a more happening town the I realized. Both of the Super 8's are booked! :mad:

Thomas

[forcfed93]

I just hope I have a car to drive over there. I'm going to be super pissed if I have to ride over and can't race! :mad:

Thomas

Me too ...... I have a fuel delivery problem right now .... :mad:

Dale is coming over in the morning to test fuel pressure. I have a new regulator coming just in case ..... I hope that cures it or I might be takin' my LX next weekend ... :mad: :mad:

[forcfed93]

I'm starting to think that maybe I should just stay home. Nothing at all has gone right concerning this trip!! :mad:

I was putting off getting my hotel room until the car was done, and apperantly Cedar Rapids is a more happening town the I realized. Both of the Super 8's are booked! :mad:

Thomas

Go for Motel 6 .... it only about a block away from the S8

[Thomas A]

Go for Motel 6 .... it only about a block away from the S8
Apperantly the Iowa Hawkeyes are more popular then I thought. Motel 6 is all booked also! :mad:

Thomas

[forcfed93]

Apperantly the Iowa Hawkeyes are more popular then I thought. Motel 6 is all booked also! :mad:

Thomas

I just checked Orbitz.com and they show rooms available at Holiday Inn on Southgate Crt. That is just around the corner from the S8....

[Screwloose]

Maybe we should post pone the clash since everyone is having car troubles. :) Some of my parts wont be here until the following week of the clash. :(

[Birdman93]

OK-for those that ARE showing up, and coming over Friday night, I have a couple of suggestions.

We could go over as a group to the Fajita Factory-good food at cheap prices-you can get a fajita platter that will feed 4 people for $30-or we could grab the clubhouse at my apartment complex-throw some vids onto the Big Screen, and shoot the bull. At the FF we could have some brews-at the clubhouse I don't think you can have alcohol, but I have to make sure of that.

I still have a futon available for Friday.

No wonder the town is booked the weekend of the 16th :eek: Iowa v Ohio State-being broadcast on ABC. The Iowa v Ohio State has always been a huge game for fans of both teams, and games at home will fill hotels from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids, Walcott Jct to Williamsburg and even as far west as Altoona.

The only rooms left at the HI in the south end are 2 Queen Bed handicap rooms at 75.65 and 89.00-I checked the Motel 6 website and there are King Bed rooms available for $49.99 for checkin on the 15th and checkout on the 17th.

[4 cam bird]

What does it cost to get in the track to race? What does it cost to get in to spectate? Still trying to decide what I am going to do. Saturday would be a real early morning to drive out...

[forcfed93]

What does it cost to get in the track to race? What does it cost to get in to spectate? Still trying to decide what I am going to do. Saturday would be a real early morning to drive out...

It's either 25 or 30 to race, and 10 or 12 to watch. I really dont remember :confused:

[forcfed93]

What does it cost to get in the track to race? What does it cost to get in to spectate? Still trying to decide what I am going to do....

I just checked the TriState site and it says 30 to race, 7 to watch ...... :cool:

[4 cam bird]

Due to some new revelations, if I do come out, and if I do race, I WILL without question run a new best time :D :eek: :confused: :p

[forcfed93]

Due to some new revelations, if I do come out, and if I do race, I WILL without question run a new best time :D :eek: :confused: :p

Me too ..... me too ..... :D

[Melon]

Me too ..... me too ..... :D

I'm hoping for a new best. As long as I can get better traction than last Friday at Scribner, I'll be set :D

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas]

Hmm, I wonder if I'll need better traction. I guess we'll find out when I GET MY (*&^@#% CHIP!!!!!!!!!!! If I do, I think I'll bum them off Joe since he's using my wheels to mount them :D
-Thomas

[forcfed93]

I guess we'll find out when I GET MY (*&^@#% CHIP!!!!!!!!!!! :D
-Thomas
Where is ur chip coming from???

[Thomas]

SCT in Florida, but thats not the hold up. I went with whitecoug to Kansas City on the 2nd for his dynotune and I got my eec-iv scanned there because SCT didnt have the catch code binary file. But then the places computer crashed that very day, and the computer programmer has the file on his backup CD which is in HIS posession, not the tuners. They said they'd get on it ASAP but it's still looking grim. So last resort, my eec will be overnighten to Brian in FL and he'll overnight it back wih the chip. Ugh.
-Thomas

[forcfed93]

SCT in Florida, but thats not the hold up. I went with whitecoug to Kansas City on the 2nd for his dynotune and I got my eec-iv scanned there because SCT didnt have the catch code binary file. But then the places computer crashed that very day, and the computer programmer has the file on his backup CD which is in HIS posession, not the tuners. They said they'd get on it ASAP but it's still looking grim. So last resort, my eec will be overnighten to Brian in FL and he'll overnight it back wih the chip. Ugh.
-Thomas
Sounds like the hassle I went through .......

BTW everyone, The GTP club just emailed me and they have 15 cars confirmed for this weekend .............. It's gettin' better every minute!!!!

[Melon]

That's awesome.. how many MN12's are coming? I thought at one time, I saw there was about 15 coming as well. Is that still so? More? Less?

-Andy "Melon"

[forcfed93]

That's awesome.. how many MN12's are coming? I thought at one time, I saw there was about 15 coming as well. Is that still so? More? Less?

-Andy "Melon"
If everyone comes that origianally said they were coming ..... 16

There are also 5 "maybes"

Out of the origianal 16 that said they were coming, there are 2 that have become questionable in the past week or so ..... I hope they are able to work out the problems and logistics are able to come!!!!

We are going to have a great time (as usually) and It will be a lot more fun if everyone makes it ...... "The more the marrier" ......

[Thomas]

Mike, I dont remember if I asked you yet or not, but Frank wants his rear dif fluid changed and we were originally planning on doing it Friday night then heading over in the morning, but since we've both decided to ehad to CR Friday afternoon, would you mind if we did it in your driveway that night? I know everyone enjoys a little rear dif rankiness, so it could be fun lol.
-Thomas

[forcfed93]

Mike, I dont remember if I asked you yet or not, but Frank wants his rear dif fluid changed and we were originally planning on doing it Friday night then heading over in the morning, but since we've both decided to ehad to CR Friday afternoon, would you mind if we did it in your driveway that night? I know everyone enjoys a little rear dif rankiness, so it could be fun lol.
-Thomas
Its OK with me ..... Id suggest that you get here early so you dont have to do it in the dark ... NOTE, The furnace in my shop isn't working right now, but I will hopefully have it fixed by Friday.

We were tenitivally planning on going out to eat when eveyone gets here, (Around 8:30 or so) and then find something else to do after that ........

Where is everyone staying? In the 33rd Ave Area? We can do a fire in my back yard, go Cart Racing, hut for ricers, or just hang out at the Super 8. No matter what we do, we can have a few brews and do some bench racing!!!!!

[Birdman93]

Thomas-

We even have an evacuation pump there-I bought one to change the fluid in the 93's diff last year, then donated it to the club toolbox. ;)

Tony

[Thomas]

SWEET that soiunds like a good thing to have when dealing with that ****** *** dif fluid. I hate the smell of that stuff. uck.

Ooo a night cruise through the city might be fun, especially if we find ricers. Show em the came lope. lope lope lope.

-Thomas

[Screwloose]

A night cruise around CR? All you will see is a bunch of pos cars and some rice/pos cars. You might catch a few sightings of old muscle cars. If you see a dark purple/black looking (at night) early 70's chevelle with a narrow rear end, don't even try it. :)


I might have a couple of friends along, one with a mark viii and the other with a 89 stang.

[forcfed93]

A night cruise around CR? All you will see is a bunch of pos cars and some rice/pos cars. You might catch a few sightings of old muscle cars. If you see a dark purple/black looking (at night) early 70's chevelle with a narrow rear end, don't even try it. :)


I might have a couple of friends along, one with a mark viii and the other with a 89 stang.

It depends on what time we go out. After 11 the nicer cars come out. All of the Highschoolers have to be in bed by 11 ..... :D :D :D

There are several "muscle cars" in the area that command respect ..... I know several of them. There is also a wicked 37 Ford in the area too .... It runs High 10 on Street tires. The Midwest Street Machines are pretty quick too ......

[Screwloose]

I take it things have changed in Cr over the past couple years?

[forcfed93]

I take it things have changed in Cr over the past couple years?
Not really ....... but, most of the ricers go out into the industral areas to do there racing ...... The "business muscle" comes out late and then they head out of town very quietly to do there thing!!!! After all, theres no reason to involve or hurt any of the normal folks.

[Melon]

We were tenitivally planning on going out to eat when eveyone gets here, (Around 8:30 or so) and then find something else to do after that ........

Where is everyone staying? In the 33rd Ave Area? We can do a fire in my back yard, go Cart Racing, hut for ricers, or just hang out at the Super 8. No matter what we do, we can have a few brews and do some bench racing!!!!!

If we go hut for ricers, I'd prefer not to drive.. That's the last thing I'd need on my vacation.. talked to a CR Cop about racing :) I'll ride though. If things go right for me, I should be there by 7 but it all depends on what time I get off work and how much *** I haul across Iowa :D

-Andy "Melon"

[Screwloose]

Is anything going on saturday night?

[forcfed93]

If we go hut for ricers, I'd prefer not to drive.. That's the last thing I'd need on my vacation.. talked to a CR Cop about racing :) :D

-Andy "Melon"
I didnt say we were going to race!!!!! Street racing is illeagal ...... ;)

We're just going to tease them and then tell them to come to Earlville to race!!!!!

[forcfed93]

Is anything going on saturday night?
Yep!!!!! We will be doing something, it just depends on what everyone wants to do ....... We were thinking about a BBQ or something after the race, then it's whatever .............

[Thomas]

Yep!!!!! We will be doing something, it just depends on what everyone wants to do ....... We were thinking about a BBQ or something after the race, then it's whatever .............

mmm mmmmmm gotta love Mike's cookin. Man I am so psyched. I dont think I've been this psyched about a meet in over a year.
-Thomas

[Thomas A]

I ran into a slight snag with the exhuast tonite on the car, but I should have it straightened out by tommorow night.

Thomas

[forcfed93]

I ran into a slight snag with the exhuast tonite on the car, but I should have it straightened out by tommorow night.

Thomas
Cool, stay after it ......

What time are you heading this way on friday? Are you traveling with Melon?

[Melon]

I may have ran into a slight snag as well. The meeting for work that was supposed to be today (Wednesay @ 3pm) got moved to Friday @ 2pm, but I'm going to talk to my boss and call his boss and tell him what's going on. Basically, I'm going to try to do whatever I can to get out of having to go to the meeting. Here's how I look at it - meeting 2, stay for an hour (makes it 3pm) 2 hours to Des Moines (5pm) deal with Friday traffic (5:30 getting out) and another 2.5 hours to Cedar Rapids (makes it about 8pm) When I can leave at 1pm like I wanted and make it the 4.5-5 hours like I'm planning and be there by 6. I might add a line in there about having to be there at a certain time to keep my reservation or something.

Basically, I'm getting shot at but I'm going to duck the bullet and not show up to the meeting :D Oh, and I'm pretty anxious for the meet as well - mostly just to hang out with everyone again. The racing is just a bonus :)

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas]

&^%&^$ I called Super Tune Performance this morning and they ****ing lost the file. I am so ****ing frustrated right now. I'm heading over to FedEx to have my god damn eec overnighted to Florids, who knows how much that will cost. I've only got 15 bucks in my bank account, my credit card is maxed, I don't know what I'm going to do. I'd put up a crying smiley but I'm too damn frustrated to look through the list.
-Thomas

[forcfed93]

&^%&^$ I called Super Tune Performance this morning and they ****ing lost the file. I am so ****ing frustrated right now. I'm heading over to FedEx to have my god damn eec overnighted to Florids, who knows how much that will cost. I've only got 15 bucks in my bank account, my credit card is maxed, I don't know what I'm going to do. I'd put up a crying smiley but I'm too damn frustrated to look through the list.
-Thomas

That sucks dude!!!!! :( Keep it together, ,,,,,,,,,,

[Thomas]

Well, Brian is going to be in St. L tomorrow and Friday, so I'm going to send my eec there, which means it stands a better chance of reaching him in time, and it'll cost less. BUT if I had money to drive down there I'd rather do that and bring my chip back with me. Anyone up for a road trip tomorrow? :)

[Screwloose]

Well, Brian is going to be in St. L tomorrow and Friday, so I'm going to send my eec there, which means it stands a better chance of reaching him in time, and it'll cost less. BUT if I had money to drive down there I'd rather do that and bring my chip back with me. Anyone up for a road trip tomorrow? :)


I'll go if you come and pick me up. If they lost your file shouldn't they pay to have the eec shipped to them the second time or at least give you some money off the chip?

[Thomas]

well they dont have my chip. Brian at SCT in FL has my chip, but they didnt have my catch code on file, so I went to this place SCT dealer in Kansas to get my eec scanned, they charged me 20 bucks. They said they'd refund it and call me back (yeah right).

Come pick you up in Wisconsin? haha.

Well I just sold a halfshafted throttle body so at least I have some cash to ship this thing now.

-Thomas

[4 cam bird]

I ran into a slight snag with the exhuast tonite on the car, but I should have it straightened out by tommorow night.

Thomas

Who knew that a Mark VIII had an extra 5 inches of length welded in behind the spare tire well all the way across? Makes a T-bird cat back come up a little short apparently while gaining you no extra trunk space or interior space oddly enough.

[Thomas]

I thought that was the difference between the mn12 and fn10 was the extended trunk.

[Thomas]

oh, so I just overnighted my eec to Missouri where Brian will be to pick it up tomorrow and send it back same-day. Hope this works out.
-Thomas

[Thomas A]

Who knew that a Mark VIII had an extra 5 inches of length welded in behind the spare tire well all the way across? Makes a T-bird cat back come up a little short apparently while gaining you no extra trunk space or interior space oddly enough.
ARRGH!!!! A Mark VIII is NOT a Thunderbird!! :eek:

I found some more differences. I fought with the exhuast for 3 hours tonite. It's all on there now, but it's still not quite right. The Mark VIII tapers off at the rear a lot more then a Thunderbird. It's width at the very rear is less then that of a MN12. The MN12's I guess are more "boxier" and the Mark is rounded. So, the Y pipe is basicly too wide, and the mufflers are seriously jambed up behind the bumper cover. I'm going to go to the exhuast shop and beg and plead to sneak me and and shorten that Y-pipe.

Thomas

[90blkbrd]

Here's how I look at it - meeting 2, stay for an hour (makes it 3pm) 2 hours to Des Moines (5pm) deal with Friday traffic (5:30 getting out)


Andy and anyone heading through Des Moines.

Don't take I235, stay on I80. Add an hour if you use I235 there is major construction on I235.

Michael

[Melon]

Andy and anyone heading through Des Moines.

Don't take I235, stay on I80. Add an hour if you use I235 there is major construction on I235.

Michael

Thanks for the tip.. I usually screw up and take I-80 through anyway cuz I'm a dumbass :D

So update on my 'Bird since I haven't posted in a day or so.. Still at Firestone (dropped off Wed. morning for alignment, found some bad bushings so am replacing) They got the bushings this morning and ended up getting the WRONG ones from the auto parts store (stupid bastards at CarQuest. They got the right ones and then got busy in the afternoon. I stopped in today about 3:30 to find my 'Bird in the air and the guy working on the bushings. I told the shop manager (friends with my dad) that I would REALLY like to have it back by noon tomorrow since I'm leaving for Cedar Rapids. So we'll see what happens. Once the bushings are changed, the alignment still needs to be done. So we'll see what happens between now and tomorrow.

-Andy "Melon"

[charlez]

Looks like the Cougie is ready to roll. Hopefully we'll see you all sometime Friday.

http://members.tccoa.com/charlez/images/plategrill.jpg

[forcfed93]

See ya when you get here!!! Im taking the afternoon off to work on mine!!! So I'll be available by phone!

[Melon]

I will be coming, come hell or high water. I may do an oil change in your driveway (or garage) Mike, but I'll be there. Also, might be a bit late. Things aren't going "A #1" with my 'Bird at the moment, but tomorrow is a new day.

I'm prepared with a Plan B, which is bringing my Ranger - though I REALLY don't want to. But I will be there.. now, I'm just not exactly sure when I'm going to leave.

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas A]

Well, I just have a few small things to do and I'll be ready. Hope to be in CR around 6pm or so. I'm actually staying in Manchester, but will most likely stop in CR and see what's going on before heading up there. Mike, could you e-mail me your cell number.

Thomas -- thomasma@alltel.net

[Thomas A]

I got my car all ready to go tonight. Finished up a few small things and everything seems to be running well. Ran it from 15-105 and it felt great!!

I'm pretty excited also. This will be my first and only meet outside of Nebraska this year! Look forward to meeting everyone!

Thomas

[charlez]

This is Thomas posting under Charlez name. We are running a bit behind, but should be leaving here in a couple of minutes. We can make up sometime on I-80 :D

Thomas

[Thomas]

Thomas Aden that is...not me :)

WELL I have no chip, so I put some 22c's and a 180 t-stat in my 95 4.6 so I can run the second higher octane program at the track. I guess I'll be racing my stupid v8 :(

-Thomas

[Melon]

Not sure about anyone else, but I had a blast this weekend. Even though it was cold at the track and we didn't get as much time to race as we hoped, it was still fun.

I'm for sure going to try to make it one next year. It was fun meeting the new people and hanging out with the old people. Thanks Mike for hosting a great event!

-Andy "Melon"

[Thomas]

yeah it was really fun, though I was hoping to actually drop a few tenths from my last run in the v8, and I stayed the same. Traction was an issue, so I'm hoping next time I'll run better times. It's hard for me to believe a chip and 90mm LMAF wouldn't improve my times. And it deffinetely feels a lot faster. Ah well.
-Thomas

[Thomas A]

Yeah, I had a great time also! Would of been nice if they had prepped the track, but oh well. My trac-lok decided to die on me anyway, so I couldn't heat up the tires. The track kept getting worse throughout the day, but strangely enough I ran my best time on the last pass?

Anyway, good to see all of you guys again, and meet some new guys! Here are a few pics that I took from this weekend:

Fall 2004 Club Clash (http://members.tccoa.com/93supercoupe/Club_Clash/)

Thomas

[forcfed93]

On behalf of the Super Coupe Club of IOWA, I want to thank everyone for coming to the Club Clash this weekend. I had a blast and I hope you will all be able to come to Club Clash IX in April '05.

I just posted the Event Recap on the IOWA website (http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/clubclash8.html) and I'll post it on the Iowa board here and on the Iowa BBS at TCCOA in a few minutes.