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I heard through the grapevine that Eddie had his Cutlass out last Sunday at Dragway 42.....

My insider said that he would only run it to the 1/8th....so nobody could see how fast it will really run....

I heard his complexion looked about the same but toilet paper was needed......


P.S. I see when he entered Joliet, that there was a misprint on engine size......he must have forgotten to update it....

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Ther has got to be a spy on my crew ,,,, no sonner than I finished posting about my test session and hit
Send ,,,, Rock already had the word on this board ,,,,,,,ummmmm ,,,, now I got ot figure out where the leak is all the way down to the small deal with the toilet paper ????


Engine size ,,,, I did up date my info from a small block 421 to a Big Block ,,,at least the guy I bought it
from told me it was a 5 something so I like the number 2 and added two 2's to make it 522 ,,, isn't that the way everybody declares their engine size :) ,,,,


Well at least I know Rock is not a refrigarator because he can't keep anything cool ,,,,,

Colorful

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Time slips ….Time slips…..where’s the Time slips?

This post is useless without time slips. ( Just kidding ….kind of )


Colorfull ….so you telling us it comes on a wee bit harder off the stop than the old small block did?

Hope all went well for ya’s


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Ok, I can't keep quiet any longer! I was there, all test runs were made under strong supervision of his entire 12 man crew. After his first run he was seen standing by his truck shaking like a dog passing a peach pit, but, he was calm by the time they called for the second test flight.
Second pass netted a stright and complete run to the eight mile cones, he tried to go farther but knew his crew was watching closely.
( I was told by spy's that the front wheels never touched the groun even when the stop came on)
He came over to me after that run and stated; "Rock is a bad man, but now he will be able to look me directly in the white of my eyes all the way down the track!" and waked away mumbling something like "he's mine now"

BB I just tell em like I see em

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Ruth ,,,,

I'm telling you that the little Big Block ,,,, pushes you to the back of the seat and it feels like someone
is sitting on my chest ALL THE WAY down the track,,,,, The small block would run out of gas/torque and I would catch myself looking around etc..... But this baby keeps you focused on the track ,,,,, so,,, I'm sure I'll continue being a duck untill I get use to the power but when I'm comfortable with more seat time ,,,,I will make some of my buddies turn in their "Duck hunting license " :)


Colorful Racer

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I knew there was a leak and "BB" was suspect ( Penney would never tell ) ,,,,but his post is probally closer to reality than mine !!

BB,,,, I think you missed counted ,,,, I had a 14 man crew :)


Thanks for the good advice and calming affect after the first pass !!


Colorful Racer

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Sounds like FUN!!! Nothing like HORSEPOWER!!!

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Thanks BB for the real update......

I hope he can sneak away next Thursday....so I can see first hand what his 665 will run....

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Now he told me it was a 522!
BB

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Come on Rock ,,,,
Don't start those rumors ,,, people might really beleive that nonsense !!

So that my nose don't continue to grow ,,,, I better tell the truth ,,,,,,,
The motor I purchased from APD ( John Kyle ) is Bigger than 498 but smaller than a 598 ,,,, That is
the truth ,,,,, if the weather clears up for the wekend ,, I'll try to run it full track ( with the stop in 9:90 trim )

And I'll post the MPH ,,,, or per Ruthless a time slip :)

If I can't get some runs this weekend ,,, than I'll be attempting to join the test session on Thursday ,,, Hopefully ,,I'll still have a job on the following Friday ,,,, My company just doesn't understand the importance of Drag Racing and test sessions ,,,,,,, I'm sure others on the board understan the position I'm
in , attempting to save Vacation days for National events and points meets ,,,, but then again ,,, not calling in names,,, some of the folks are owners of their companys and have different rules ,, Right Rock ?

Colorful Racer

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Don't look at me.....I have some sort of job that I have to go to...what about Erks....he's all over the country.....

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Boy, I hear that. The good part about not racing the better part of the last 18 months was that I've saved up a little over 4 weeks of vacation. The bad part is that in that last 18 months of saving vacation gas prices have gone up 100%, and now I probably can't afford to go to any of the big races.

And like most big companies, I can't carry over but 3 weeks at the end of the year. So, I'll definitely be taking some time off in the next 8 months whether I like it or not.

Stupid oil companies...

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Vacation time?

Not a problem!

Fuel in the truck & trailer? ……..Now there’s a problem!

Man!

I filled up my truck the other day and about sxxx! I couldn’t believe my frickin eyes on how fast the meter was spinning …I though the pump was gonna catch fire just from the friction of that bi.ch spinning. I had my cell phone out just in case ….ready to catch some video when the meter broke the fricken sound barrier.

This just might just be a good year to have one only arm and have to be a spectator for a while or short some vacation time so one can recover between fill ups.


I sure hope I’m wrong ….and that we don’t chime back in on this thread a year from now talking about what a deal diesel was back in 08 at $4.39 a gallon because it’s only gone up to $6.++ a gallon in 09.

Man are we getting hosed or what?

I can’t fricken believe it!

My blood is boiling just thinking about them thieving bastards.

Sorry didn’t mean to jack the thread ….now to get back on track here …..

“Colorfull” those some stout numba’s my brother add 40mph+ out the back door makes 170mph plus makes for one
“ Bad Johnson” and it be stroking fo show.


So much fo my B.S.

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“Colorfull” those some stout numba’s my brother add 40mph+ out the back door makes 170mph plus makes for one “ Bad Johnson” and it be stroking fo show.

Ruth ,, Per my consultant on this project ( Mr. CBS himself ) ,,,, 170 is abot where I should be !!!
Now ,,,, untill I get use to driving the stripe at that MPH ,,, we might raise the RPM on the stop , and kill
some of the MPH ,,,, I really can't tell untill I get some seat time and some back to back runs etc ,,,
You know the drill !!

Yea ,,, and I'm with everyone else on this board ,,, I bought a diesal truck 4 years ago , ( Got rid of my
Black 454 gas Dually ) and thougt I was doing the right thing and wouldn't have to worry about the cost of getting to a race ,,,,, was I mistaken ,,,,,, My orginal plans were to have more runs and some data and
go to Richmon this weekend ,,,, but with the weather , lack of data and cost of fuel etc.... I'm looking for
somewhere closer to home ,,,,, In short ( my post are getting like Jason's ) --- I feel you my brother on the cost of fuel !!

Colorful Racer

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Colorful,
Not everyone went to a diesal tk. I still have my 454 Dually that won't run on anything but high test and gets about 6 or 7 mpg dragging the trailer up and down the road. See it could be worse..............

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Bob ,,,
It was worst , my Black 454 truck ( Which I loved !! ) was paid for and matched my trailer ,,,, Remember brothers got to look good even if we are not :) ,,,,,

The worst part was , it only got 4.5 to 5 MPG ( I got 5 when I used syntheic oil ) ,,, and would only pull hills at 50 MPH ( My trailer is all steel and I probally carry to much stuff ) on Hi-Test with Octane booster !!

When I went diesel ,,, ( 4 years ago , it was cheaper than gas ) I got 10 to 12 miles to the gallon and that Duramax turbo takes them hills at 70/80 MPH without missing a beat , honestly ,, I have to put the thing on cruise to keep from getting a ticket ,,,,,,,,

Now at $4.50 a gallon for diesel ,,,,,,, :(
I'll still race ,, I just have to figure out who won't get paid during the racing months !!

Colorful

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LMAO You are toooo much

As I walk off into the distance whistling to myself :


"“Diamond in the back, sunroof top
Diggin the scene with a gangsta lean, wooh-ooh-ooh”



Don’t get much beta than Curtis.

Be cool .............sneek up on you deal a piece at a time and youll be just fine.

Be safe

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Ruth ,,,

I logged on this rain filled , cloudy morning and you Made my day !!

OTFLMAO ""“Diamond in the back, sunroof top
Diggin the scene with a gangsta lean, wooh-ooh-ooh” ,,,,,,,

You sure you don't have some Soul Brother in you ,,,, I would have never remembered that one !!

Colorful Racer

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Mr Ruth....has a lot of things in his past that you don't know about.........

Hopefully he will grace us with his presence next Thursday..........


CBS

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Watch me dance sometime Colorful............it will remove any doubt ..........aint no rhythm in this camp. LOL

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You swore your soul to never tell.



First day of therapy this a.m. had some smoking 23 year old blonde bring tears to my eyes and to right my knees with one hand ………yikes!

I think I just might just need a day off already.


Thanks for the offer Rock ........I may just take ya up.


Could be quite a day....think about it?


Bill Webb shows up with a " Webster" and you show up with a "Rockette"

could make for some excietment!

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Yesterday at National Trails !!!

First ,, Ruth those Graphics are awesome ,,, Thanks for the tribute :)

Now ,, National trails ,,,

Well ,,, 1st ,,, time trial
I go up late ,,, but the lanes were empty ,, No Supergas Ummmmm ?
Whitin 30 seconds the whole class came in behind me ,, you know like duck season ,, Well Doug Mc...
drew the short straw ,, and we were the first pair down,,,, BUT before that ,, while we are in the lanes waiting ,, CBS runs up to the head of staging with a role of toilet paper !@#$ Now thats great for my EGO ,with everbody looking and laughing ,, Thanks CBS for your continued support .

Anyway , I couldn't get down and Doug goes 9.905 @ 15something ( Yea, he was showing off ),,, now Jason I'm missing my small block , it always got down any track .

After the next pair couldn't get down ,, they shut the track down to 1/8 mile ,, of course I got blamed for that ,,,,,

to make a long story short ,, I still don't have a full pass on the car , but the 3 ,,1/8 mile runs were great for getting me use to the big block .

HI POINT ,,,, I did get to TT with MR. CBS ,, and it was kind of cool being side by side not looking over my shoulder ,,, and If anybody cares ,,,, CBS was -.oo1 and I was +.003 on the tree :),,,

We both ran a 6.33 , and a 6.36 on a 6.30 dail in ,,, and I'm counting that as one victory against CBS,,,
By the way CBS ,, was dialing my car so he is a good sport but I 'm still counting that run as ONE whipping from Colorful ,,,

All in All we had a great time ,, got some runs in and testing next to CBS was priceless !!!!

Colorful Racer
Hopefully ,, he will still let me test at Norwalk if Ican get off of work ?

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Showing off??????? I only get about one of those passes a year. I had to try and look like I knew what I was doing beside the legendary Colorful. My "LITTLE" big block sure is nice to have on those marginal tracks.
Special Thanks to PMS, aka Tim Dimond!

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Was Mr. Colorfull Racer out testing again yesterday 5/10? Me thinks so !!

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Who has the info........come on lets hear it....

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With all the spies we have on here, I would think we'd have pictures of the scoreboards posted by now...

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My sources informed me it was 9.98 @ 166

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Talking about small world ,,, Yes I was at Quaker testing but I didn't see anyone that is on this board ?

Nothing , changed ,, worked on car/Chasis etc ,,,, untill 3:30 AM , loaded and went to bed !
Pulled in to Quaker about noon , and got ready !!!

Off the trailer with CBS's numbers , ( I wish I could take the credit ) the car went ,,,, keep in mind I was at Quaker city where 9:90 was adjusted to 9.980 due to attitude of track when we ran the Div. 3 points meet there ,,,,

1.712 - 60 ft.,,, 4.903 - 330 ,,,6.958 @ 130MPH -1/8th and please keep in mind that I had a couple of vacum leaks , carb is fat etc ,,, still not fine tuned --- 9.987 @ 166.56 !!!!!!!!!!:) ,,,,

And the best news it was straight down the grove !!!

:) :) :) :)

Are you ready ,, YES I'm ready ,,,,, Ruth can fill in the rest of the song !!

Jason I may not win another round but I have to say That Big Block is something else !!

Colorful " Made it down the track " Racer

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By the way Who are you "Joker " ?????

I was testing with Gerber ,,, but I know he wouldn't say a word ,,, In the future stop over and say hello ,,,
one of the neat things is meetting folks that frequent this board !!


Well you kept me honest ,,, I wasn't going to post anything :)

Colorful Racer

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Viz ,,,,
I know who informed you because he was calling me every 1/2 hour ,,,, I tried to get him to come :)

But then again ,, I could be wrong ,,we had some mutal friends who wer there and are Quaker regulers ??
Are there no secrets in the Drag race community :)

Colorful Racer

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nothing is sacred.....(except maybe hitting the brakes).....not bad Eddie....it should go a couple faster at Norwalk.....I knew you were close when we time trialed at Columbus....you were right next to me...at least now I can wave at you when we're racing....with your previous combo you were at the cones when I came off the stop....

see you Friday....

CBS

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Not bad .........but IMO

this is more like it Colorful:

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“GET READY ............CUZ HERE I COME “

( you’ll be humming that one a few times this season when running em down )

The “Temps” backed up by the “Funk Brothers” vintage gold.


Be safe enjoy your new power my man.


Regards

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I happen to be watching when the 10.0? 160 pass was made. I want to see that baby WFO !! It would have to run 170 or better. I thought about stopping by and introducing myself but got into something else and never did. Good Luck this weekend !!

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Wasn't Eddie the lead singer of The Temptations???

Big blocks....Pffft! My wife runs a big block...

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166 HELL old people walk that fast.

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Hey ,,, I am old , and I kept the toilet paper CBS gave me ,, I still might need it :)

I'm impressed with the knowledge folks have of old R&B hits ,,,, The Temptations ,,," getting ready cause here I come " ,, with Eddie Kendricks singing lead ,,, took me way back :)

Ruth ,, you may be a distant cousin ????

Jason ,, You know I'm a Small Block Man ,,, but I 've got to be honest and say this "Big Block" is a whole another world , with Power to spare !!

Jr. ,,,, Everything in life is relative " Compared To What " ,,, 166 was fast for me :)

Colorful Racer

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Oh, I know. And if I wasn't so damn stupid / stubborn I probably would have sold all of my small block stuff by now and converted to a big block too. I just can't pull myself to do it though. It's the dummy in me wanting to be different.

Of course, if I had the money I build one kick-***** small block and run 9.90 @ 170 mph doing that. Of course, that would be just as stupid, because with that motor you'd be better off running Comp, and for the money you could build a big block that would run 9.90 @ 180 mph.

And don't even get me started on the whole aspect of my personality of not being able to leave well enough alone. Must......................Tinker.............

On a completely different note, Billy Leber passes along his condolences on the loss of your small block. I was at his house yesterday and your name came up in conversation, and he asked that I make sure that I told you that he said 'Hello'. He must really like you since he doesn't ask me to do that often. Though, I'm sure that will come to an end the first time he races you with the new combo! :D

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I'm sure everybody noticed CR running Tim Schmidt's 170mph car in the second round....Eddie came out on top....9.903....I don't think he wanted the race to be called the way he was driving.....and his car running....

Tim was probably pretty surprised when that ol cutlass came off the stop at almost the same time he did....all I saw from the finish line was white teeth....

cbs

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At this time Eddy is kicking himself that he didn't have a big block a long time ago!!!!!!!!!!

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