Morning all. What a nice weekend weather wise. Saw my friend race in 2 $5k races and a $10k race. Didn't fare to well unfortunately, but I got a lot of sun.

yeah... i got burnt yesterday working the cones in warminster at the scca autocross... even my lips got too much sun.

weekend was fantastic. between the pumpkin run and autocross i had a blast.

How did your mustang do in the autocross?

Think I'm gonna take the car to Maple Grove on Sunday. Hoping for low to mid 12s :-)

pretty well. For my class, f stock, I was in third place from the beginning... but i got bumped down to 4th during the final run... my 59.234 was bested by a 59.007. arg!

had a great time otherwise. i'm even more tempted to drop the money on some koni adjustable shocks and a stiffer front sway. this will keep me in f stock. but i need to take a look at what f street prepared requires. I'm tempted to get coil overs, which would knock me out of f stock. but if i'm in street prep i think i can get some wider/smaller rims and throw some sticker rubber on them.

the turn around at warminster is a hell of a lot of fun. i'm not sure if i really got side ways, but the back end was definitely sliding around it. i'm not sure if this hurt or helped my time... i felt that i didn't lose to much speed, but i did have to correct to get through the box back there w/o hitting cones. i came out of that sliding once as well :lol:

all in all a great time... but it sucks to spend like 8 hours out there for what amounts to about 5 minutes of driving

the next event is at lincoln financial field and is a fund raiser, on the 25th. i may have to drag twastheglow and his girly out to that since they'll be over...

Ken that's like me with drag racing. You spend about 10 hours at the track, make passes down the 1/4 mile in about 11 seconds and continue to lose money doing it haha.

haha yeah. it seems that with legal racing you spend a lot of money for a little bit of time. but in the end you've got a score and you've beaten other people and everyone knows. :lol:

i'm thinking i need a rollcage, race seats w/ harnesses, remove the rear seat... i'd love to get something set up in the back to mount 4 racing rims/tires so i can pull up to the paddock, and have everything come out of the car that needs to get put on and the tools to do it

Damn Ken, you plan on making it a full out SCCA car sometime? That's just nuts that you already have these plans for it. Luckily with the drag racing I do, there's money to be had in it.

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lol ken sliding that turnaround makes you lose time but oh well. cant wait to see your car progress.

morning everyone. hope you all had a nice weekend. my weekend turned out great. got to do a lot of much needed relaxing with Michelle after a stressful week last week. Kinda sucks i didnt go to bear mountain this year but oh well, i probably saved my trans by not going and still got to work on my car.

Getting an alignment today at 3 so thats cool since i can go home early after that. very relaxed today so hopefully things go good this week.

Pretty chilly out tho. Dumb winter lol.

Is your bday gift a new garage? haha

Haha well I already got this blackberry as a gift. My gift to myself will b a night of lost memories and sleeping forever tomorrow haha. But the new garage might come sooner than planned

we'll see what happens over the next few years lol. i'd like to have a track car. and i think if i'm careful with the suspension mods i can have a daily driven track prepped car.

i'm not too sure about that. i came out of it pretty strong, at least it felt like i did.

You just have to realize once you start with the suspension mods, it gets a little rougher. At least that's what happened to my mustang, but I only have lowering springs on it as well.

Nick, what bar you guys going to? I might be out after House is over at 9.

happy b-day man

oooo, I wanna watch House too. I THINK we're going to Barnaby's, it's in the air still but I will definitely inform as to where exactly

Ok cool, I'd definately like to come out for at least an hour or so.

oh for sure. i'm well aware i'm not going to retain the stock comfy ride... but with adjustable shocks i can at least soften them for daily driving then set them to be stiff for racing

cant wait for house tonight.

Just do shocks and springs ken... You dont need coilovers imo. Especially if you go with konis and a good spring.

You jusyt have to figure out what settings front and rear work best.

On my car one click softer or stiffer on my tokicos changes the response and stuff pretty dramatically... I love it

springs knock me out of stock class... coil overs would as well... but if i'm going to do both, i may as well get coilovers since height and shocks are then adjustable.

well, if you got the cahs and time, go for it

just woke up. not having to work makes me a zombie..

you have the day off too?

Yeah if either one is going to knock you out of the class, might as well spend it on the coil overs.

Boo for Columbus day. Banks are mostly closed today... But not this awesome one I work for. Oh well. Maybe I'll actually take a lunch today. Boss is off, no other managers in the department. Anyone that is here is exhausted from staying up for the phills last night.

Sounds like a good day to hobble around the mall. Oh wait, I DONT HAVE CRUTCHES ANYMORE!!!! I walk like a normal person again!! :o steriods save my life.

Hope everyone had a good weekend

i have class today :(


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That's good you don't have crutches anymore Michelle. What bank you work for? My girlfriend is pissed at TD because her check is supposed to go in on Saturdays. Well for some reason they suspended it and she is at -$10. Has to wait until Tuesday I think, and she's going to close her account. I told her about the whole TD issue and a lot of people were closing their accounts. In fact, told her the day before her whole mishap.

exactly!

http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/vehicle-c...&modID=12#info

Damn that looks like some serious stuff. I know there's a guy on here that does some autox as well. Sean3 I believe it is and also some other guy with a cobra convertible, but they are different than the '10. Maybe get advice from them about the best suspension stuff to do.

i was told koni adjustables and a larger front sway bar. only lowering springs if i want to really stiffen up the ride. so... the koni yellows and a larger front sway are on my list of things to buy soon... but, i am seriously tempted to pick up the BC racing coil overs. granted, i'll get knocked out of F Stock, which i'd like to stay in for a season, but i don't want to spend $700 on koni's then replace them a year later. I may just grab the BC's and worry about getting better in what ever class i get dropped into for that.

I work for GMAC bank... It's a mortgage company but we have online banking too. It just sucks for me because there isn't anything to do today really. When the federal reserve doesn't open for holidays, we don't have work to do.

I haven't had any other issues with TD since my last check I got on the 2nd. The bank should work everything out for your gf though. They aren't charging overdraw fees or anything. If she has time she should call them. From what I heard, the money was in each persons accounts it just wasn't posting to the web. If she calls, they can post it for her manually, she'll probably just have to confirm the amount as it shows up on her paystub. At least that's how it worked out for a few of my friends. Good luck to her though!

Yeah. It was your first time out doing it with that car correct? You can only get better by doing it more and practicing with it.

Thanks for the info Meesh. I will tell her that. I have Citadel, so don't know much about TD.

yup, first time out. i want to make it to the 25th run at lincoln financial field and maybe the one in november. I'll probably leave things stock until the winter and familiarize myself more with the class rules and really decide where i want to be come next season.

I want to be competitive regardless... so if i can rank well in f stock with the max amount of upgrades versus upgrading a few things and not being able to rank because i'm out driven, out modified and out prepped i'm going to stick with f stock and remain competitive.

Citadel is the best, they will do anything for you. I've been with them for 9 years now, 3 car loans, 1 motorcycle, credit card, savings checking and a few small investments. They never did me wrong.

hanging with Ashley later... sooo excited

do coilovers if you have the money ken. It will give you more room to play. Konis will last more than a year but oh well lol. Plus if you shop right you can get coilovers for the same cost as shocks/springs.

Im glad the day is going pretty fast... All this talk of suspension makes me want some wider wheels and coilovers lol.

Yeah right...

I only have savings and checking with them but have never ahd problems. I told her to go there since there is one a few minutes away.

Haha I will never buy different wheels, unless they are drag wheels and drag radials for the mustang. Don't want to fork over money for $1000 wheels.

i need to find some nice light 18x10 or 18x9.5 and r comps for each corner...

Ken, u bringin that smurf mobile down here and goin out with us later?