Davis Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 RIP Bob Glidden. The fact his accomplishments were achieved with race cars built in a small shop behind his house in rural Indiana makes them even more special to me. His story of how he needed to quit his job as a mechanic at a local Ford dealership to have the time to go race full time and the impact it would have on his family if he failed is a great representation of the man he was. A great man, an even greater family man and one of the fiercest competitors there was when he put on that helmet. Glad I had an opportunity to meet and talk with him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Davis said: RIP Bob Glidden. The fact his accomplishments were achieved with race cars built in a small shop behind his house in rural Indiana makes them even more special to me. His story of how he needed to quit his job as a mechanic at a local Ford dealership to have the time to go race full time and the impact it would have on his family if he failed is a great representation of the man he was. A great man, an even greater family man and one of the fiercest competitors there was when he put on that helmet. Glad I had an opportunity to meet and talk with him. Thanks for the heads-up and the personal anecdotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Atlanta Dragway 1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 14 hours ago, Davis said: RIP Bob Glidden. The fact his accomplishments were achieved with race cars built in a small shop behind his house in rural Indiana makes them even more special to me. His story of how he needed to quit his job as a mechanic at a local Ford dealership to have the time to go race full time and the impact it would have on his family if he failed is a great representation of the man he was. A great man, an even greater family man and one of the fiercest competitors there was when he put on that helmet. Glad I had an opportunity to meet and talk with him. RIP Bob. He was a fierce competitor, won a lot of races. I've driven by his shop/house in Whiteland many times, and there were always race trailers parked everywhere. He was a good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Why would you ever have a set of snow tires in Charleston SC ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 7 hours ago, sunburnwilly said: Why would you ever have a set of snow tires in Charleston SC ? Have you ever driven that car on snow? I'll bet it's a blast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 8 hours ago, sunburnwilly said: Why would you ever have a set of snow tires in Charleston SC ? Now you will find out why I installed 4 studded vicious snow tires on my 1979 Corvette. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 6 hours ago, Ceptorman said: Have you ever driven that car on snow? I'll bet it's a blast It would be with a set of Blizzaks ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woralph Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Does anyone have experience with ContiWinterContact TS830 in the snow? I know X-Ice and Blizzaks are some popular choices, though I'm thinking of trying the continental tires for winter use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/9/2018 at 10:43 PM, woralph said: Does anyone have experience with ContiWinterContact TS830 in the snow? I know X-Ice and Blizzaks are some popular choices, though I'm thinking of trying the continental tires for winter use. I have 3 seasons of experience with the Continental Winter Extreme Contact tire on a front wheel drive sub compact vehicle. It is an excellent tire and its performance was even better than i expected. I put 24,000 miles on them and they still have lots of tread remaining. Grip was so good that on a packed snow surface the front end would turn so well you could make it oversteer like a rear wheel drive car would act. I highly recommend them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 If you enjoy early to mid sixties NHRA Super Stock cars check out this incredible collection of pics. http://georgeklass.net/ss.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleywood Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 My 1971 Camaro. 350ci four speed. Every square inch completely restored. It's fast and a real head turner. Sold it so I can buy a Mopar. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleywood Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 6/5/2017 at 7:10 AM, JJkizak said: I once installed a Buick V6 into my 79 Corvette for three years trying to save gas (sometimes you do things just to see if they can be done) then pulled it back out. Only drawback was the V6 tended to heat up the oil passed 350F for some reason. Never did figure out why. Everything else worked fine. JJK Thats an awful lot of work for gas mileage. Did you have to swap the factory gauges out so they'd work with the six banger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Harleywood said: Thats an awful lot of work for gas mileage. Did you have to swap the factory gauges out so they'd work with the six banger? No just used the same GM Vette sensors, well not sure anymore it's been a few years. The tach was electric and used one of those motor mount kits. I also used the buick 5 speed manual overdrive tranny . JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkevind Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Cool cars in this thread. I've got a 2013 Camaro SS 1LE, had it for a year and half. I've always been more of a hot hatch guy, but I'm also into track days and motorsports in general. I was turned on to the 1LE from some reviews about it's track capability. Haven't had it on track yet, been focused on bikes but I will be getting it ready to track this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 25 minutes ago, Harleywood said: My 1971 Camaro. 350ci four speed. Every square inch completely restored. It's fast and a real head turner. Sold it so I can buy a Mopar. Im a MOPAR fan but the Camaro is damned sweet! What's in Big Blue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 RIP Dan Gurney. A good friend drove for him and won the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona. A true legend, and a very nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleywood Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 15 hours ago, richieb said: Im a MOPAR fan but the Camaro is damned sweet! What's in Big Blue? 400 big block, 727 torque flight, 8 3/4" sure grip 3:53. In the process of buying it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woralph Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 11:08 PM, Davis said: I have 3 seasons of experience with the Continental Winter Extreme Contact tire on a front wheel drive sub compact vehicle. It is an excellent tire and its performance was even better than i expected. I put 24,000 miles on them and they still have lots of tread remaining. Grip was so good that on a packed snow surface the front end would turn so well you could make it oversteer like a rear wheel drive car would act. I highly recommend them. Nice to know that. I just ordered a set last weekend. Hope they will perform well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkevind Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just got some long tube headers in the mail for my '13 camaro ss 1le. Should provide a decent hp gain. Next is a mild cam for road course work. I'm thinking the GMPP CNC head and LSA cam package - though all the camaro forum guys recommend bigger cams...I want something that doesn't need a top end rebuild every 15k miles, not to mention a nice average HP gain across the range. At the track, that average power pays more dividends than a peaky cam. Truetrac, Zl1 brake upgrade and Ohlins R&T coming this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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