Saturdays In Raleigh, Nc
Originally Posted by IMSA RS 69
Hey Greg...
In the interest of accuracy in reporting...
The track Steve designed is the infield course at Rockingham, which was actually built in '78, and yes he had his own set of keys and got to use the whole facility whenever it wasn't being used for anything else, which back then was only a couple weekends a year and when Buck Baker was having a round track school... boy did a bunch of folks have some really great times over some of those long weekends we spent down there...
No stewards, no rules, and believe it or not, NO harm done... any car ya brung you could run... go til ya ran outta gas if you wanted to... we'd run the oval, the road course, forwards or backwards, at night, match races with four occupants in each car (the chicks in the back seat shifting side to side to help ballast for the turns, the whole while laughing our ***** off so loud the folks in the car next to us could hear it over the tires squealing)...
The 'Caddy' was actually a '68 Lincoln Continetal w/ suicide doors, in dark charcoal, w/ dark vinyl roof and BLACKED OUT windows... the 'Raleigh Rac'n Mafia Mobile'...
My fondest memory of the Mafia Mobile was doing HOT laps around the oval 2am one morning w/ Jay Adams while sh*tfaced, listening to 'Hot Rod Lincoln' blaring full blast on the tape deck...
Steve wasn't officially a Team Highball member, but his team / operation was very tight with Amos, Bunny, Whitt, Sr., and the whole bunch... Amos was an especially good friend, helping out with advice and parts over the years, and partnered in a couple efforts, including building the first ever IMSA All American GT car to hit the track... for well under $5000, it was a Vega body with a 350 Chevy small block, home brewed wild **** suspension and wide hand-made aluminum fender flares... it qualified 19th out of 65+ cars for the 24 Hours of Daytona in '75, only 0.1 sec. off of Milt Mentor's time in a NART Ferrari... not too shabby... unfortunately the 'bullet-proof' IROC type Schaefer clutch inexplicably failed heading out for the last practice the night before the 24 Hours, and Amos, Steve and Dennis ended up running Amos's RS Gremlin instead, finishing 17th overall (highest American car finish)... that was the year John Greenwood had his certified 231 mph top end Corvette there on the pole... although the Vegrant was 10 sec. off his pole time, we were told by somebody keeping track that it was only 1 sec. off his infield interval times, which was amazing to me...
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
In the interest of accuracy in reporting...
The track Steve designed is the infield course at Rockingham, which was actually built in '78, and yes he had his own set of keys and got to use the whole facility whenever it wasn't being used for anything else, which back then was only a couple weekends a year and when Buck Baker was having a round track school... boy did a bunch of folks have some really great times over some of those long weekends we spent down there...
No stewards, no rules, and believe it or not, NO harm done... any car ya brung you could run... go til ya ran outta gas if you wanted to... we'd run the oval, the road course, forwards or backwards, at night, match races with four occupants in each car (the chicks in the back seat shifting side to side to help ballast for the turns, the whole while laughing our ***** off so loud the folks in the car next to us could hear it over the tires squealing)...
The 'Caddy' was actually a '68 Lincoln Continetal w/ suicide doors, in dark charcoal, w/ dark vinyl roof and BLACKED OUT windows... the 'Raleigh Rac'n Mafia Mobile'...
My fondest memory of the Mafia Mobile was doing HOT laps around the oval 2am one morning w/ Jay Adams while sh*tfaced, listening to 'Hot Rod Lincoln' blaring full blast on the tape deck...
Steve wasn't officially a Team Highball member, but his team / operation was very tight with Amos, Bunny, Whitt, Sr., and the whole bunch... Amos was an especially good friend, helping out with advice and parts over the years, and partnered in a couple efforts, including building the first ever IMSA All American GT car to hit the track... for well under $5000, it was a Vega body with a 350 Chevy small block, home brewed wild **** suspension and wide hand-made aluminum fender flares... it qualified 19th out of 65+ cars for the 24 Hours of Daytona in '75, only 0.1 sec. off of Milt Mentor's time in a NART Ferrari... not too shabby... unfortunately the 'bullet-proof' IROC type Schaefer clutch inexplicably failed heading out for the last practice the night before the 24 Hours, and Amos, Steve and Dennis ended up running Amos's RS Gremlin instead, finishing 17th overall (highest American car finish)... that was the year John Greenwood had his certified 231 mph top end Corvette there on the pole... although the Vegrant was 10 sec. off his pole time, we were told by somebody keeping track that it was only 1 sec. off his infield interval times, which was amazing to me...
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
I had such a blast the first time I went to Rockingham with Steve. I'm sitting here trying to remember what the heck we took down there to test. I think the Formula Ford and the Gremlin...dunno. Just remember going around the track in the Lincoln and Becky's(?) Saab and everyone climbing one of the banked turns and posing for pics like we were racing in cars. Now that I think about it there was one heck of a crowd there that weekend it seems like.
Man, Mike and I had fun getting that Vega ready for Road Atlanta at the Highball shop, then it just about didn't pass inspection...and at the end of the race we sere sitting there going...where's Steve? Seems he tried to pass one more car on the last lap and didn't quite make it and had to be towed in.
"And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days..." Man you're right, that time period for me was a blast and I want more stories and info!!!!
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Originally Posted by Smoken'
Hey burt, if you look on top of the manifold, there is a long bolt that goes all the way through, it is commonly forgoten when trying to take off the manifold. The bolt will be about 3"s long if i remember correctly.
I hadn't ordered that gasket with the oil injector lines so I had to go on line last night and order the gasket, $3.30, from Mazdatrix. While I was there I also ordered a steering column surround since I keep finding little peices of plastic and loose screws on the floor mat everytime I clean the interior. At least that will justify the overnight shipping costs.
I went today to PEP Boys and bought some new vacuum hose, just about every vacuum hose I checked is extremely brittle. I got 7ft of flexible vacuum hose to replace what is on the car and 3ft of the rigid hose incase I need it. What have you used to replace vacuum hoses, the flexible or rigid hose, does it matter? Any chance of the flexible hose collapsing?
Also found that the outside surround of wiring harness connector for the water thermo-sensor was broken but the actual connector itself was still good. I've had a engine code reading for the water thermo-sensor ever since I replaced the water pump a few months ago. Do you know a good way to secure the connector to the sensor? I thought about using some small zip ties and then wrapping the assembly in electrical tape. Any ideas oh Rotary Guru? Other than that, after the gasket arrives, my only problem will be reconnecting all the vacuum hoses correctly when I begin reassembly. I took photos and the shape of the hoses will help determine what they connect. I hope to have it back on the road by the next RRDI.
How are things in Statesville these days.? Have your parents sold the old homeplace yet and have they moved? You got to keeps us all in Raleigh up to date on what you're up to. Any little Leverette rotorheads in our future? Come see us when you're in the area.
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Originally Posted by speedjunkie
This supercharger on this Mustang was the first of it's kind. It sits lower...that's about all the owner told me, haha. It made 552hp at 12psi, but I'm not sure if the 4 bottles in the trunk were helping with that.
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The Raleigh Rac'n Mafia's IMSA AA GT Vegrant's Last Hurrah...
Originally Posted by Turbo II
Man, Mike and I had fun getting that Vega ready for Road Atlanta at the Highball shop, then it just about didn't pass inspection...and at the end of the race we sere sitting there going...where's Steve? Seems he tried to pass one more car on the last lap and didn't quite make it and had to be towed in.
"And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days..." Man you're right, that time period for me was a blast and I want more stories and info!!!!
"And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days..." Man you're right, that time period for me was a blast and I want more stories and info!!!!
But when the field came by for the green, he took off in hot pursuit... it was only a *10* lap race, but he worked up to 10th place... absolutely amazing, especially considering what the IMSA GT fields consisted of back then w/ 9??'s Porsches, etc. and by then Al Holbert and others had come along with their $200-400K All American GTs, mostly Chevy Monzas or Ford Mustangs... keep in mind Steve and Amos had about $5K max. invested in that homemade hotrod Vegrant... I remember Holbert's Monza's rear tires were sooo wide that from the rear it looked like a damn steam roller... we were running ol hard Firestones I *think*, but I could be wrong, in any case they sure weren't anything fresh or special...
Started the feature race 20th on the 10th row and ran a consistant race... until as you correctly noted above, he had *one* more Porsche in his sights on the last lap that he coulda got past on the back straight if he got out of T7 good... got jes a tad anxious and a tad too much throttle on the exit causing the dang thing to do a lazy half loop to the right straight into the red clay bank... 'snatching defeat from the jaws of (a relative) victory...'
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
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bert-
eric had the same prob. you can iether do the electrical tape or splice in a new connector. i know the 88 type uses the fi connector or bac will also fit, and im assuming the s5 is the same thing. ill get mike to bring a spare if he has one. thx
eric had the same prob. you can iether do the electrical tape or splice in a new connector. i know the 88 type uses the fi connector or bac will also fit, and im assuming the s5 is the same thing. ill get mike to bring a spare if he has one. thx
Originally Posted by IMSA RS 69
You're spot on about the last race the Vegrant ran... Steve had to start the 25-30 car field qualifier race from the false grid w/ 2-3 others who were late... we'd had to change a leaking cly. gasket as I recall and then the plugs got fouled... arrrggghhhh!!!
But when the field came by for the green, he took off in hot pursuit... it was only a *10* lap race, but he worked up to 10th place... absolutely amazing, especially considering what the IMSA GT fields consisted of back then w/ 9??'s Porsches, etc. and by then Al Holbert and others had come along with their $200-400K All American GTs, mostly Chevy Monzas or Ford Mustangs... keep in mind Steve and Amos had about $5K max. invested in that homemade hotrod Vegrant... I remember Holbert's Monza's rear tires were sooo wide that from the rear it looked like a damn steam roller... we were running ol hard Firestones I *think*, but I could be wrong, in any case they sure weren't anything fresh or special...
Started the feature race 20th on the 10th row and ran a consistant race... until as you correctly noted above, he had *one* more Porsche in his sights on the last lap that he coulda got past on the back straight if he got out of T7 good... got jes a tad anxious and a tad too much throttle on the exit causing the dang thing to do a lazy half loop to the right straight into the red clay bank... 'snatching defeat from the jaws of (a relative) victory...'
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
But when the field came by for the green, he took off in hot pursuit... it was only a *10* lap race, but he worked up to 10th place... absolutely amazing, especially considering what the IMSA GT fields consisted of back then w/ 9??'s Porsches, etc. and by then Al Holbert and others had come along with their $200-400K All American GTs, mostly Chevy Monzas or Ford Mustangs... keep in mind Steve and Amos had about $5K max. invested in that homemade hotrod Vegrant... I remember Holbert's Monza's rear tires were sooo wide that from the rear it looked like a damn steam roller... we were running ol hard Firestones I *think*, but I could be wrong, in any case they sure weren't anything fresh or special...
Started the feature race 20th on the 10th row and ran a consistant race... until as you correctly noted above, he had *one* more Porsche in his sights on the last lap that he coulda got past on the back straight if he got out of T7 good... got jes a tad anxious and a tad too much throttle on the exit causing the dang thing to do a lazy half loop to the right straight into the red clay bank... 'snatching defeat from the jaws of (a relative) victory...'
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
I remember a couple of yellow Porsches parked in the woods near the scoring tower that I was drooling over. I can't remember if they put them on the track or not though. There were some great cars there, quite an eye feast in the paddock area and on the track.
Mike and I were cheering Steve on every lap, then the last lap we were like...wasn't he in front of that car as they came under the bridge and down the hill to the straight. We stood there and waited and waited....no Steve. Then we see him being towed in....oops! Was all good though, it was one hell of a weekend and I'd do it all over again, except for sleeping in the van!
Greg
Burt, it was a good idea to replace the vacuum lines while you have the intake off. They will only give you problems down the road if you don't replace them.
By flexible vacuum hose, are you talking about silicone hose, or regular old vacuum hose? I generally go with the silicone because it holds up better to heat. However, it doesn't like oil much. It will cause it to swell and come off. Just as a precaution, I would use zip ties on them to make sure they don’t come off. I haven't had a huge problem with it, but once I used some cheap stuff from autozone, and had a couple come off. I usually get most of my silicone hose from hose hosetechniques.com. I have never had any problems with there stuff. You shouldn't have a problem with it collapsing, only one that I can think of would be the break booster, just leave that one alone.
The correct way to fix that connector would be to find another pigtail and solder it on to the harness. It would be a good idea, especially if you’re throwing a code. You might want to go ahead and check the sensor while you have it torn down. There’s a pretty good chance however that it’s just the connector. If I’m not mistaken, the s5's WTS have the oval plug right? You might have a hard time finding a "new" one, and no I don’t have one lying around the barn.
Everything in Statesville is good. Not much time to do anything other then work and school. School is going well, just trying to comprehend all the stuff I am learning. You receive so much information in a short amount of time, it’s hard to remember everything. My graduation has been moved from September to December. I added the NASCAR program so I could learn how to do all of the engine building and chassis fabrication stuff. I don’t plan on using it much, but I figured it was a once and a lifetime opportunity. My main goal still is to get into a dealership. The employment people have been talking to me about working for BMW. It is one of the harder programs to get in to because they prefer to have at least two years experience and they only accept 52 students annually. They said doe to my grades and prier experience, I should be able to get in. If I get accepted, it will mean I once again have to move. They only have one campus I know of and that is located in Houston. The good news it will only be for 25 weeks.
I would love to come to a meet sometime this summer. I'll have to see what I can work out. Anyways, hope to see ya'll soon.
By flexible vacuum hose, are you talking about silicone hose, or regular old vacuum hose? I generally go with the silicone because it holds up better to heat. However, it doesn't like oil much. It will cause it to swell and come off. Just as a precaution, I would use zip ties on them to make sure they don’t come off. I haven't had a huge problem with it, but once I used some cheap stuff from autozone, and had a couple come off. I usually get most of my silicone hose from hose hosetechniques.com. I have never had any problems with there stuff. You shouldn't have a problem with it collapsing, only one that I can think of would be the break booster, just leave that one alone.
The correct way to fix that connector would be to find another pigtail and solder it on to the harness. It would be a good idea, especially if you’re throwing a code. You might want to go ahead and check the sensor while you have it torn down. There’s a pretty good chance however that it’s just the connector. If I’m not mistaken, the s5's WTS have the oval plug right? You might have a hard time finding a "new" one, and no I don’t have one lying around the barn.
Everything in Statesville is good. Not much time to do anything other then work and school. School is going well, just trying to comprehend all the stuff I am learning. You receive so much information in a short amount of time, it’s hard to remember everything. My graduation has been moved from September to December. I added the NASCAR program so I could learn how to do all of the engine building and chassis fabrication stuff. I don’t plan on using it much, but I figured it was a once and a lifetime opportunity. My main goal still is to get into a dealership. The employment people have been talking to me about working for BMW. It is one of the harder programs to get in to because they prefer to have at least two years experience and they only accept 52 students annually. They said doe to my grades and prier experience, I should be able to get in. If I get accepted, it will mean I once again have to move. They only have one campus I know of and that is located in Houston. The good news it will only be for 25 weeks.
I would love to come to a meet sometime this summer. I'll have to see what I can work out. Anyways, hope to see ya'll soon.
Originally Posted by GTUser
Thanks Steve, I got that one out but the VDI still wouldn't budge. I finally decided not to be gentle with it and got on the passenger side and was able to finally get enough leverage on the VDI by grabbing the drivers side of the manifold and leaning backward, kinda taking advantage of my weight and the thing popped right up. Then I had to be very careful lifting it over the studs. I found out why it was stuck, the VDI manifold gasket was cemented on with some kind of gasket sealer. Had a very difficult time scraping it off and cleaning up the manifold face.
I hadn't ordered that gasket with the oil injector lines so I had to go on line last night and order the gasket, $3.30, from Mazdatrix. While I was there I also ordered a steering column surround since I keep finding little peices of plastic and loose screws on the floor mat everytime I clean the interior. At least that will justify the overnight shipping costs.
I went today to PEP Boys and bought some new vacuum hose, just about every vacuum hose I checked is extremely brittle. I got 7ft of flexible vacuum hose to replace what is on the car and 3ft of the rigid hose incase I need it. What have you used to replace vacuum hoses, the flexible or rigid hose, does it matter? Any chance of the flexible hose collapsing?
Also found that the outside surround of wiring harness connector for the water thermo-sensor was broken but the actual connector itself was still good. I've had a engine code reading for the water thermo-sensor ever since I replaced the water pump a few months ago. Do you know a good way to secure the connector to the sensor? I thought about using some small zip ties and then wrapping the assembly in electrical tape. Any ideas oh Rotary Guru? Other than that, after the gasket arrives, my only problem will be reconnecting all the vacuum hoses correctly when I begin reassembly. I took photos and the shape of the hoses will help determine what they connect. I hope to have it back on the road by the next RRDI.
How are things in Statesville these days.? Have your parents sold the old homeplace yet and have they moved? You got to keeps us all in Raleigh up to date on what you're up to. Any little Leverette rotorheads in our future? Come see us when you're in the area.
I hadn't ordered that gasket with the oil injector lines so I had to go on line last night and order the gasket, $3.30, from Mazdatrix. While I was there I also ordered a steering column surround since I keep finding little peices of plastic and loose screws on the floor mat everytime I clean the interior. At least that will justify the overnight shipping costs.
I went today to PEP Boys and bought some new vacuum hose, just about every vacuum hose I checked is extremely brittle. I got 7ft of flexible vacuum hose to replace what is on the car and 3ft of the rigid hose incase I need it. What have you used to replace vacuum hoses, the flexible or rigid hose, does it matter? Any chance of the flexible hose collapsing?
Also found that the outside surround of wiring harness connector for the water thermo-sensor was broken but the actual connector itself was still good. I've had a engine code reading for the water thermo-sensor ever since I replaced the water pump a few months ago. Do you know a good way to secure the connector to the sensor? I thought about using some small zip ties and then wrapping the assembly in electrical tape. Any ideas oh Rotary Guru? Other than that, after the gasket arrives, my only problem will be reconnecting all the vacuum hoses correctly when I begin reassembly. I took photos and the shape of the hoses will help determine what they connect. I hope to have it back on the road by the next RRDI.
How are things in Statesville these days.? Have your parents sold the old homeplace yet and have they moved? You got to keeps us all in Raleigh up to date on what you're up to. Any little Leverette rotorheads in our future? Come see us when you're in the area.
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Originally Posted by capn
only 552hp? It seems like it should make alot more then that. I have heard of people with bolt ons making very close to 500bhp
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Originally Posted by IMSA RS 69
Good ol Mikey... the 'garage' had been an old country store, still had the sign that said 'Batt's Grocery' over the front... not sure who the other fellow was you're referring too... dozens of folks filtered through there over the years...
Do the names Carl Cason, Norm Samuelson, or Dennis Shaw sound familiar? Ive worked on Steve's miata many times.
Heheh, funny ain't it! All those names sound familiar. Can't imagine from where...
Jesse you mean to tell me you've been working on Coleman's car and not told me you knew him?
"Quote: Turbo II - Man I would love to see Steve again. My best friend Mike Leonard turned me on to Steve. We use to have such a blast hanging out at the shop or at Steve's little "garage" off Leesville Road. There was also another guy who worked with Steve during that time, I can't think of his name to save my life but I can see his face plain as day... damn getting old sucks. Anyway, it's funny how things come around again sometimes. Now here I am back into cars and people and stuff start popping up! Man I'm looking forward to seeing/meeting you guys and anyone else who shows up from the past this weekend!"
Jesse you mean to tell me you've been working on Coleman's car and not told me you knew him?
"Quote: Turbo II - Man I would love to see Steve again. My best friend Mike Leonard turned me on to Steve. We use to have such a blast hanging out at the shop or at Steve's little "garage" off Leesville Road. There was also another guy who worked with Steve during that time, I can't think of his name to save my life but I can see his face plain as day... damn getting old sucks. Anyway, it's funny how things come around again sometimes. Now here I am back into cars and people and stuff start popping up! Man I'm looking forward to seeing/meeting you guys and anyone else who shows up from the past this weekend!"
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'Batts Grocery' Rac'n Institute of Hard Knocks Alumni...
Originally Posted by mmmjesse
Originally Posted by IMSA RS 69
Good ol Mikey... the 'garage' had been an old country store, still had the sign that said 'Batt's Grocery' over the front... not sure who the other fellow was you're referring too... dozens of folks filtered through there over the years...
Dennis would be the one of that group what actually went through the 'Batts Grocery' Rac'n Institute of Hard Knocks...
At the risk of leaving lord knows who all out, here's a few more folks I can think of what came through BGRIHK... in no particular order, nor anywhere's near all inclusive... Grover Sawyer (RIP), Steve Coleman, Andy Moore (RIP), Glenn Mead, Rick Vanhoy, 'The Chief', 'The Hippie', Davis T Rogers, Ann Brantley, Steve Link, Mark Goodwillie, Joe Peacock, Bill Cotton, Bob Henke, Carlton McLawhorn (RIP), Becky Bell, Joe Hege, Rick Sampere, Mikey Leonard, Greg Stamper...
Well... the ol 'Red Mist' is setting in so I'll leave it at that for now... anyone left out is purely unintentional and merely a casualty of me CRS and ol Timer's disease... reckon I'll jes have to suffer the embarrassment when the rest start emerging from the wood work... but that's my story an I'm stick'n to it...
And that's the way it was... back in the ol corp rac'n days...
IMSA RS 69
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From: Wake Forest, NC
Originally Posted by DREYKO
bert-
eric had the same prob. you can iether do the electrical tape or splice in a new connector. i know the 88 type uses the fi connector or bac will also fit, and im assuming the s5 is the same thing. ill get mike to bring a spare if he has one. thx
eric had the same prob. you can iether do the electrical tape or splice in a new connector. i know the 88 type uses the fi connector or bac will also fit, and im assuming the s5 is the same thing. ill get mike to bring a spare if he has one. thx
I looked every where short of the local auto retirement centers and could not find a source for a new wiring harness connector. Where would I find one? If someone has a spare connector for the water thermo sensor I can definitely solder a replacement on.
My alternate plan is to use a few small zip ties and electrical tape. I am thinking that I could loop a zip tie around the back side of each connector and then pull the connectors tight and secure by using 3-4 zip ties looped through the ties on each connector. Once I have it all cinched down do some figure 8 taping back and forth over the connector assembly. I bought a new thermo sensor from Mazdatrix just in case it was the sensor that went bad. I think I'll wait to see if the codes go away once the connectors are secured and the car is in running condition. Its fairly easy to get back to the thermo sensor if I have to.
Originally Posted by redneckvtek
spotted tonight, duraleigh and hwy 70...
93 CYM rx7, big cobalt C2 tach ont eh dash, ricer *** wing on trunk, stock rims, tag said "93" rx7 or "93" FD, not sure which..
had red stickars down the side of the fenders too.. anyone know who it is?
93 CYM rx7, big cobalt C2 tach ont eh dash, ricer *** wing on trunk, stock rims, tag said "93" rx7 or "93" FD, not sure which..
had red stickars down the side of the fenders too.. anyone know who it is?
I thought to myself ..... please don't rice out the car, especially a CYM... please.....Oh well.....
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Originally Posted by perkystina
Do you think you will ever contribute to the current conversations, instead of your ONLY posts on here being about you needing parts?? Do a search, or PM people, if you're not going to say anything but "I need this." It's just rude.
There won't be anymore negative comments from me, though. Sorry.
I didn't intend to sound so mean.
You know how those rotary fumes can affect people.
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From: South Carolina
Originally Posted by perkystina
On another topic, I will be investigating this evening to plan some events for this summer... including some RRDI road trips. 
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
OH and guys I am getting my V8 by like the first of next month!!!!!
I "lost" my emissions....
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From: lillington, nc
how about a drive down to mikes place in greenville? this guy is awsome, you go down there and there are al these rx-7 parts laying everywhere and crap cut up 7s, that hes parting out and such. and he charges the best prices, i got a collected header for like 20 bux. aluminum t2 hood for 120 (few dings) an engine+ install for 800 ect.
how bout we do it not this meet but the next? drive down as a group? 10-20 7's randomly toolin down the highway. it'd kick ***.
plus he needs the buissness too.
well talk about it at the meet
how bout we do it not this meet but the next? drive down as a group? 10-20 7's randomly toolin down the highway. it'd kick ***.
plus he needs the buissness too.
well talk about it at the meet
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From: Wake Forest, NC
Originally Posted by capn
hey stina which advance do you work at? cause in garner we had a lady trying to return stolen goods from the knightdale store and she was doing it to the other stores too, just wanted to know if you had some suspicious activity there.
OH and guys I am getting my V8 by like the first of next month!!!!!
OH and guys I am getting my V8 by like the first of next month!!!!!
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From: Wake Forest, NC
Originally Posted by DREYKO
how about a drive down to mikes place in greenville? this guy is awsome, you go down there and there are al these rx-7 parts laying everywhere and crap cut up 7s, that hes parting out and such. and he charges the best prices, i got a collected header for like 20 bux. aluminum t2 hood for 120 (few dings) an engine+ install for 800 ect.
how bout we do it not this meet but the next? drive down as a group? 10-20 7's randomly toolin down the highway. it'd kick ***.
plus he needs the buissness too.
well talk about it at the meet
how bout we do it not this meet but the next? drive down as a group? 10-20 7's randomly toolin down the highway. it'd kick ***.
plus he needs the buissness too.
well talk about it at the meet
Perky girl, I like the idea that Nic proposed, lets get some drives and events planned for the summer and put them on the RRDI site with a description and all the essentials including costs, if any and proposed dates. We do need to discuss this Saturday and firm up some events. We can plan a Zoo trip again, the cookout, a trip up to VIR, an excursion to Biltmore or Monticello, we can drive out to Morehead City for the Tall Ships event, etc
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Dreyko, does Mike have any FDs with interiors up there? I need pretty much a whole interior. I'll be there Sat. and I'm down for this and any other drives, if I'm around NC at the time that is.
Originally Posted by speedjunkie
Dreyko, does Mike have any FDs with interiors up there? I need pretty much a whole interior. I'll be there Sat. and I'm down for this and any other drives, if I'm around NC at the time that is.
He used to drive an FD. The last time that I was down there he did not have anything but you never know. He's simply the best. Fair with his prices and such. I'm trying to get him here this weekend.
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