Drooze
 

Where oh where are you. Just wondering if you will be at Atlanta. Hope to meet you. Loe and Painter want to meet you also. Can't wait

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Sorry that is leo niedermere. Bruce its all leo's fault

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I don't know about drooze, I lost the handle on his leash, so who knows where and when he will show up.

But I am in Atlanta with the MegaManiac (I mean the car, not necessarily drooze)

Last I saw hime, he was searching a field with a flashlight trying to find Altanta Dragway.

David
The New Hemi Guy
________
Suzuki Gr650 Tempter

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Hmmmmm......now yall got me worried...lol...(last time I heard that an ex wifes new boyfriend wanted to kick my ***....didnt work we became good friends and it drives her nuts to this day)

Were HERE, sitting at the Hojo, just wrapped up a busy day of little items in Atlanta, drove up here about an hour ago muffer tied on with a ratchet strap but were here.....

Tired as hell....but set to break some stuff.

Look forward to meeting yall as well....

Cheers

Chris

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Gary, good luck at the races. Be good be safe.You have to carry the ASRA flag for all of us still dreaming about Spring,asphalt and green grass.
Please let every one know when you finally meet the Drooze in person. It seems impossible to me to have someone post 5,600 threads, some of them quite lenghty, build a car, blow up two engines, leave home to race and end up a week earlier than the race was scheduled.
We'll see you when our season starts.
Mike Cleary
SS/IA 1389:)

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Hi Mike, Nice to hear from you. I have met the drooze in person. Seems like a nice guy.We wll be getting our first TT in a few minutes. Take care Gary

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Thanks ! Thats one of the best compliments Ive had here, I make it an effort to specalize in the Impossible......or at least rolling large stones uphill in a difficult fashion.

My "Hero" of mythology is Sisyphus, smart enough to trick Hades only to be punished by an eternity of rolling a stone uphill to have it roll down lather rinse repeat.

Step 2 get the car dialed in right, Im thinking it will take this weekend and another T&T, I am thinking Im going to need a second battery using 8 20 amp igniters for the coils and jumping a .060 gap Im lacking amps and getting some cut, were working on that today, if not tommorow Ill go with some 12 amp igniters I have. Just all the fun of setting/wringing a new setup out. Plus Ive got a LOT of em noise from, well lets say "nuclear option" items....Ive got some shielding to do....have roof flashing and windows screen as well as mylar covered bubble wrap resady to build some faraday cages in the car. First I need to isolate the noise thought.

But all fun....

Met some great people, all great people, well 1 dick but hes not a stocker :)

5600 posts....sheesh 690......ok now 692.........5600.....damm If I got paid by the post maybe.

(You forgot my bout of pneumonia, and being in the hospital with my son for weeks in the middle of that all ...lol)

Cheers

Chris

Re: Drooze
 

1 1617 H/SA Gary Parker, Westfield MA, '75 Camaro 11.158 12.15 -0.992
2 1778 B/SA Joe Santangelo, Marlborough CT, '94 Camaro 10.343 11.25 -0.907
3 1121 F/SA Lenny Williams, Poughkeepsie NY, '71 Gran 10.944 11.85 -0.906
4 2012 C/S Charlie Ingram, Sante Fe TN, '96 Corvette 10.459 11.35 -0.891
5 2390 D/SA David Toren, Sugar Hill GA, '67 Mustang 10.674 11.55 -0.876
6 5 F/SA Dustan Lowell, Keningston NH, '72 Duster 10.975 11.85 -0.875
7 2020 C/SA Brenda Grubbs, Plant City FL, '69 Camaro 10.566 11.40 -0.834
8 3926 J/SA Mike Moyer, Axton VA, '78 Firebird 11.617 12.45 -0.833
9 2730 A/SA Bo Kenny, Manassas VA, '00 Firebird 10.172 11.00 -0.828
10 27 D/SA Butch Payne, Rome GA, '97 Firebird 10.724 11.55 -0.826
11 2089 J/SA John Livingston, Murfreesboro TN, '90 Cama 11.637 12.45 -0.813
12 213A B/SA Anthony Bertozzi, Ashland VA, '69 Camaro 10.441 11.25 -0.809
13 211 B/SA Joey Warren, Clinton NC, '98 Firebird 10.443 11.25 -0.807
14 265 F/SA Tom Stevenson, Flowery Branch GA, '69 Nova 11.055 11.85 -0.795
15 1136 B/SA Peter Biondo, Maspeth NY, '69 Camaro 10.482 11.25 -0.768
16 2586 V/SA McNeal Freeman, Lithonia GA, '85 Caprice 14.754 15.50 -0.746
17 2324 F/SA Garry Glazener, Jackson SC, '72 Mustang 11.202 11.85 -0.648
18 26 D/SA Jeff Adkinson, Damascus GA, '69 Camaro 10.914 11.55 -0.636
19 1150 C/SA Russell Linke, Old Bridge NJ, '96 Camaro 10.775 11.40 -0.625
20 214 M/SA Joe Reid, Campobello SC, '88 Cutlass 12.236 12.85 -0.614
21 2466 G/SA Gale Pinkston, Shelbyville TN, '67 Camaro 11.408 12.00 -0.592
22 2530 M/SA Peter Noriega, Hileah FL, '80 Malibu 12.261 12.85 -0.589
23 2749 E/SA Len King, Langley SC, '70 Challenger 11.286 11.70 -0.414
24 2853 AA/SA Kevin Cradduck, Murfreesboro TN, '69 Camaro10.425 10.60 -0.175
25 1578 G/S Jim Roberts, Portsmouth RI, '69 Camaro 11.870 11.90 -0.030
26 3131 A/SA David Wertman, Akron OH, '09 Challenger 11.670 11.00 0.670
27 3132 Q/SA Chris Wertman, Akron OH, '04 Pacifica 25.483 13.80 11.683



Geez..........

Re: Drooze
 

Hey SOMEONE has to be last when they come out to play :)

Besides, I wont say its how you play the game, rather IF you play that what the loser usually says.....

I got my grade point to Gaineville, and had time while going down the track in the Pacifica to change Neil Diamond tracks to Cracklin Rosie.....(seriously)

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Thanks Gary and Rich for the info. Drooze does exist!!!!.
Now my next project is the Loch Ness monster and the Sasquewatch, then I can rest.
Have a great safe weekend.
Mike Cleary
SS/IA
1389:)

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Neil Diamond???

Damn thats whats wrong.......get some Nickelback the hell in there.....the car will go faster......

and the world loves a winner..........losers not so much...

Re: Drooze
 

I take it your Pacifica is an AWD model, to have to run Q/SA? I assumed they were all FWD until I just looked it up. In either case, I still have a hard time believing that's all the faster it went. My bone stock Turismo went 20.45 the first weekend out (and then Billy Nees touched it!) I think we got a rental Stratus into the 18's before, too! Get to work! :p

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rofl....I wear a 13 EEE can I qualify for a 2 for 1 special ?

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Oh, and since you didn't come up as a DQ for fuel.... I hope you took the cat off the Pacifica before you swapped over to race fuel!

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man i had to look up what the heck a 2004 Pacifica was, now was it a 215 ci, 234/250 or a 250/250 combo, lol

yikes !!!!!!!

Re: Drooze
 

Pacifica?

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Pacifica == Grade Point, mission accomplished.

My Truck wasnt in the Guides and Stewart was gracious enough to offer to bring a Super Gas car down to tech for us but I found the Pacifica was in the guide, the right 3 stickers, NHRA, Lucas etc and some Q/SA and 3132 Shoe Polish.....and who said I was running leaded race Gas :)

Re: Drooze
 

Hot off the presses we had a camera man hiding and what a great leave for the Pacifica

Secret Squirrel photos

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Now that is funny,I do not care who you are.:)

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That *IS* some funny stuff right there!!!! Jim

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Entering National events used to be for when you had a car worthy of entering a national event.....so far you have a serious turd on your hands. Your not doing your sponsor any favors here.....or maybe they didn't do you any favors with their "super" tuneup.


What happened to the 10's? Maybe it was a figment of your vivid imagination .............LOL

Re: Drooze
 

Were good, still having fun, havent had much testing (5 passes) under the car total, same tune that ran 10.87 yesterday did 11.6 today,,tune isnt the issue, amps and EMI are....those are on me, weve got solutions in play for both.

I dont see a turd I see a Drag Pak I built with my own hands, it will get to the low 10s and then into the 9s those arent questions in our mind, 1 issue at a time we need to resolve and well get there, you get there by doing it thinking about it, were "doing it" is it perfect no, is it a "turd" far from it,that would seem like a comment from the "Penut Gallery" and nothing more.

Some people know, some pretend to know what is actually going on with a situation, we actually know, you are pretending. Simple...you have speculation and theory, nothing more, no actual knowledge of anything really going on, that is a fact, you can purport to, but people here in general know how to smell BS when they hear it.

Im not sure if its jealousy, paranoia, just being a general ballbreaker or what the issues is...no matter we are here TRYING, to succeed you need to try , to try and fail is better than to try to downtalk someone else from an armchair,

Were happy, our sponsors are happy, are we jumping for joy no, but we are learning and having fun, what else is there to life ?

Just my 2 cents....

Re: Drooze
 

I wish you the best,but I do not think any member is jealous of your 1/4 mile times or your new Drag Pak.Just my .02 cents!

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Lol...Im sure not we got pwned by a J/SA car in quick order today....:D

Rich seems to break my balls at every corner, calling the car a turd was "uncalled for" I dont know what his issue is, the only thing I can muster is hes another one of the people.....well, I really have no idea, Ive tried to be as nice as possible, that over at this point, now it simply goes to ignore mode.

You might be jealous if you were a V/SA car :)

But speed wasnt what I was talkling about, rather the fact we did it, or the fact that people like yourself wish us well, or maybe hes jealous of my Hat ? I really have no clue.....

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Just so you know Chis.....I am no armchair racer..... I've raced for 40 plus years on and off........built engines.....raced a few cars...won a few races.....and helped others......You don;t need to lecture me about what it takes to race.....I do and have for years and years and on a blue collar budget........

If you had not written so many posts there wouldn't be anything for me to say other than a new guy looks like he's having trouble sorting out a new car......

The Turd comment was made strictly in fun......sorry if it struck a nerve....I'll leave you to chase it on your own.......

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Drooze 2 weeks ago at Gainesville it took me 2 hours to get my car to even start. Drove to the starting line it shut off and i couldn't get it running till after the test and tune was over.
That was 11 runs ago, And look where I wound up. My car was a turd 10 runs ago. What a difference 10 runs can make.
Nitro Joe is going to have to update his top guns. LOL
And you only have 5 on it so far.

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If it was made in fun fair enough, I didnt see it that way, but since you tell me it was I will believe it, I will just chock it up to antother joke I dont get (happens often) or, maybe being a bit oversensitive from being tired and windburnt.....or maybe the fact I would never call anyones car a turd under any circumstane.....some people have different boundries I guess, different "lines"

Now that being said, you said it was in fun so Ill take it as such.

Cheers

Chris

Re: Drooze
 

Chris and Dave: Half-dozen passes, brand new racecar, a few bugs.....most EVERYONE goes thru this....keep plugging, get the seat time, tomorrow's another day....things will come together. There's a helluva lot more people here that want you to succeed, rather than to fail, you both know that.... WJ

Re: Drooze
 

The car is awsome! I wish that turd was mine.:)

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Oh yes, no ifs and or buts....People here have been GREAT !

AND I got (and the old man) to sign an "Autograph" today if you can believe that....lol. Probably the last and why it was wanted I dono, cant forge a check with it.well you could but the bank would bounce it :)...Ill know I really made it when its on Ebay :D

I have had at least 6 or 7 people (outside of anyone Ive met here, come up and say "You dont know me but weve been following you" and pat us on the back) I was really suprised....lol...very, saw an NHRA guy walking up to me in Staging, and I thought, oh crap what did I do, for him to say the same thing....and shake my hand and continue on...that was cool. (and really cool I didnt do something (again) that got a :"HEY What are you doing" last one of those was about 4 years ago...lol)

Thanks WJ were gonna keep on plugging going to SGMP after for some real , wrung out testing........and its on the way to Gainesville.

The old man needs to get more seat time (and me too) like you said, it looks like after I get it there Ill have to peel off to Ohio for a few days and handle some things with my son , I dont think Ill be back till friday so, Wed well get him all set up for Thursday....then back.....

Thanks WJ, needed that......and some sleep, and apprently some sun block I got a bit of sun today, or wind....not sure which, but Im red as a beet.

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Want my .02?....Quit blamming yourself. Like it or not, don't let Toyota dude's tune an EFI Mopar. Your car should have ran a WHOLE lot quicker.

I know what these new Hemi engines can produce. BTW, You know as well I do, I make a good part of my living building and tuning them.

Re: Drooze
 

I agree 100% and it sure is a great looking drag pak!

Re: Drooze
 

Drooze you have a pm!

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I couldn't agree with you more. That car sure does looks great, however it should have yielded low 10's right out of the box. Is that the owner's fault?, driver's fault?, or the TUNER'S fault?.........Personally, I'd blame it on the tires, not the TUNER.

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Once again, I have to give you guys an A for effort. For most of us, new cars have to be sorted out. Very seldom do they run fast right out of the box, although we always hope they will. You'll get there and I'm sure sooner rather than later.

I was born and raised in Akron. If I still lived there, I would enjoy coming around to lend a helping hand or at least give moral support.

Unlike Garlits, Jeggie or Roy Allen, I know you guys did do the majority of the work yourselves. That's what sportsman racing used to be all about. Not just showing up on race day with your helmut in hand.

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An 8.99, yes I think in a year they will be capable possibly,youve ever put your hands in one of the Drag Pak motors, and know what the numbers on the spec side (not the blueprint guide) but flow numbers and dyno numbers of these engines then yes.... well I can tell you there are about 5 other guys right now who were sharing R&D info with that all agree between us well have 6 cam profiles and 5 different configs of headers as well as the trans stuff all by Gainesville....soo....much more effort than we could afford to do on our own or them on their own.....do any of us think its guarenteed ? No, do we think its possible , yes......are on the Im not saying its a lock, Im saying its possible I believe with some R&D and running out.......They are already with the few out there at 9.7s and fat. soooooooo......Probably the way they are theyre already good for 9.6.

Like I said to someone else my favorite quote is from Einstein "Wether you think you can or not youre right" so, in as much as you building one youre right, in as much as me building one Im right, were both right see how easy that was

Timeslips coming Pomona to Gainesville

Irv, the blog is http://newhemiracing.blogspot.com, I did it so I could track build progress and show others what they will be up against in terms of those like us who choose to do the rest of the build themselves with their own hands. Stupid shtuffzzz like this will get in the way of that and the like.

In as much as having no clue goes.......Its late and Im tired so maybe I took what you said the wrong way. If not, Ill be happy to wager Our car will be faster by Gainesville than any of your DP builds Name the stakes something friendly and in good spirit. Lunch, Dinner, a Ball Game. I heard you were doing a few more builds is that correct ? (Mind asking who for Zeeeee list ?)

Well see in a year from now if I was right, and youll see our timeslips dont expect our combo to be dialed in and wrung out till Gainesville.....Its looking very possible well be showing up at Pomona untested.

Would be a real kick to you guys if the guys who dont know jack run faster the first time out than Warford did wouldnt it

Cheers

Chris

Drooze: her's you quote from a while back, I don't guess you showed up Warford. Now you know ther's more to it than typing a 160WPM on a keyboard..Post your time slips as you said. Good Luck

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Bobby is right! You stick with it Chris and don't pay any attention to the nay-sayers! We are all following you and can relate. We want you to succeed, and you will! Listen to Artie, he has been there and done that! Jim

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hey drooze i don't know you but like following the build and love hearing the trials and tribulations.the naysayers all see the glass half empty and the rest of us see it half full,i'm in cincy and plan on coming to a division 3 point's meet to meet you and your dad,good luck and keep pluggin away you've got alot of people that can relate to DO IN IT YOURSELF in this economy and are in your corner rooting for ya.best of luck and keep us informed.

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Lol...thanks irv...touche....just like your rant about "disrespecting" the other DP owners....by adding HP ? Lol....whos got it under review ?

Right now weve got a rod hanging outta the pan....

Probably the biggest oildown all weekend, that I feel bad about I wanted to grab a mop and start cleaning it up myself.....

But live and learn, new motor will be ready to go as soon as I can get my hands on some pistons. Everything else is sitting waitng, then itll be my motor. And well....well continue to have fun.

Were still having fun, could be more fun, well...it will continue.

Were not "going away" , , well still keep

I got an 10.87 timeslip...lol...Im gonna frame it :)

Youre right we didne beat Warford, or you, we may have set a record though for the slowest DP pass...It woulda been nice, but weve still got some gremlins to sort out on things we did differnt. Well get em sorted out and have fun doing it , doing it all ourselves.

As far as being quiet...nah aint gonna happen.

Were having fun, if you were here youd see that even with a rod in the bottom of the pan, all is well Dad is healthy and weve got more stories in our life. THAT is worth more than anything.....

Cheers

Chris

Re: Drooze
 

Ughhh....Sorry to hear that Chris.