Import Showdown Nov. 13th (Saturday)

[HolleyStyle]

anyone got pics or vids posted yet?

we havent had time to upload them, sasha took alot of pics of you racing, ill let you know when she gets them up

[SPOOLIN]

lower pressure in slicks wont change anything...engine needs to be stiff and need traction bars to keep the control arms from dancing back and forward.

[gastroker]

Matt - I have a vid of your 10.3 pass. Im uploading it to youtube now. I'll post the link onces its done.

[SPOOLIN]

kool, id rather see my bracket style 10.1's lol. i had 3 in a row in the elims.

ID rather fix my fuel problem, but i've got a few months to work the issues.

[JJSPEC Racing]

Here are three incar videos of 1st, 2nd, and final round eliminations in All Motor. I was driving h22 jones' car for him.

First round(.048 light):



Second round of eliminations:



Final round. Redlight in left lane and camera shut off early.

[gastroker]

here you go matt - sorry i dont have any of the 10.1's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9QMchB62PI

[DeeAOne]

We were spinning pretty good off the line and lost about 5 mile an hour at the eight but was trapping higher at the other end then we ever have . Im sure we could have let some air out the slicks and run some low 12s but we were running the best times of the day in the all motor class and wasnt taking a chance on breaking axles as long as the slick were spinng so we just left it alone . Had 94eg2 made it to the finals being that i saw him run a 12.9 you would have seen the little blue hatch make a low 12 second pass but no need taking a chance on breaking anything when we was doing just fine at 12.7 . Also 94eg2 i had a couple friends made me aware that me and you have meet before ? i want go into any details on the computer because im not that person but if we have meet i hope you have gotten a little older as we all do and doing good for yourself . Looks like we going to be racing each other and around each other alot. If you dont want to post in this thread atleast pm me so i will no if we no each other although im about 90 percent sure that was you.

I'm guessing you missed it but after he was already knocked out he fixed one of his issues and pulled a 12.4@110. It definitely had more potential in it then what people saw.

Congrats on the win though man.

[jakku]

some pics up. more will be up later.

[h22 jones]

I wish he would have it fixed then that would have been a good race . I normaly run 12.3 pretty con sistent at 110 and im sure jj drives as well as i do. If yaw would have made it to the finals i would have let some more air out the slicks and that would have been a good race maybe next time we will get to do it . i hope to be in the 11s by spring . i also noticed fuel leaking when i was checking the car when we got to the track and the bolt that holds the injectors in broke thank god for zip ties lol. there are about eight zip ties on the fuel rail holding the injectors in lmao.

[LordZed]

I had a blast!!! Thanks for everyone supporting the event and comming out!
Afterthought corrections:
This was GASTROKER's second I.S. win, not his first (sorry Mike, I wasnt there for your first and I was just a little too excited for you)
Sorry for scaring the shit out of the drivers by calling the second round of qualifying "eliminations" ...my bad (sorry again Mike lol)
Sorry for pronouncing anyone's name wrong.

Award's for my favorite names to say over the PA
1st place goes to Jungle Jungle! Never have I had so much fun saying a name and your RX7 was quite nasty
2nd place is Damage Lee (If thats your real name, then Im sorry but dude your name is Damage and it's fun to say)
3rd place would have to be Btec (I see what you did there)

[gastroker]

Jungle Jungle
Jungle Jungle
Jungle Jungle
Jungle Jungle
Jungle Jungle
Jungle Jungle

Haha, That is fun to say!

[SPOOLIN]

here you go matt - sorry i dont have any of the 10.1's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9QMchB62PI

9.3 in the description? lol

[B18c1Turboed]

MIke so whats the plans for next year?

[h22 jones]

If you look at the final race jj you will see how the car goes to left bad at first . The left slick didnt get hot and was spinng bad thats what i was talking about but still run a 12.9 in the heat of the day . I could also tell you shifting strongly that pass lol deosnt matter if he red lighted you still wanted to catch him thats priceless lol. I wish the camera wouldnt have shut off i was pretty sure you caught him before the finsh line. I realy believe you shifting like that and the slicks been let down a little that could have been a low 12 pass anyway fixing to push my hatch in the shop and start stripping tthe bay so i can get her on the road.

[94ej2]

I'm guessing you missed it but after he was already knocked out he fixed one of his issues and pulled a 12.4@110. It definitely had more potential in it then what people saw.

Congrats on the win though man.

it was 12.45@112mph. 1.89 sixty ft.

[h22 jones]

Thats a nice trap realy pulling on the other end get all the bugs worked out and bring it back out.

[*EFilliated*]

What happend to ur car when u raced me, all I heard was clicking towards the end of the track?

it was 12.45@112mph. 1.89 sixty ft.

[JJSPEC Racing]

If you look at the final race jj you will see how the car goes to left bad at first . The left slick didnt get hot and was spinng bad thats what i was talking about but still run a 12.9 in the heat of the day . I could also tell you shifting strongly that pass lol deosnt matter if he red lighted you still wanted to catch him thats priceless lol. I wish the camera wouldnt have shut off i was pretty sure you caught him before the finsh line. I realy believe you shifting like that and the slicks been let down a little that could have been a low 12 pass anyway fixing to push my hatch in the shop and start stripping tthe bay so i can get her on the road.

Oh, I saw how bad it went left, but you also see me correcting it and driving it like it was a Sunday drive, not missing a beat, lol! We were side by side at the end with him getting a .558 head start at the beginning of the race. Believe me, I wasnt driving as hard as I could after I saw the red turn on. No need to kill the car when you get the win automatically. My only goal after seeing the red was to catch up with him and I did. I believe the car would have went quicker by tweaking the tire pressure and a few other things, but like we discussed, no need to stress the axles, trans, etc just to run a faster time. I mean, your dad might want to go pick up some groceries later on after all, lol!

[gastroker]

9.3 in the description? lol

wishful thinking for you I guess. oops.
I fixed it.

[SPOOLIN]

soon enough.

[gastroker]

MIke so whats the plans for next year?

we're working on that.

[94ej2]

What happend to ur car when u raced me, all I heard was clicking towards the end of the track?

VSS wasnt working so the car didnt go into vtec. and i broke the header after the collector.

[JJSPEC Racing]

vTak is important! Glad to see a 12.4 run out of the car after you got the issues working.

[94ej2]

vTak is important! Glad to see a 12.4 run out of the car after you got the issues working.

yeah thanks jimmy. i was hoping for 12.1-12.0@115mph. i went 12.45@110mph full interior/full exhaust and no skinny VX wheels at IFO.

[JJSPEC Racing]

I have had the vtec not working issue before and it really hurts to not have it. Would have loved to lined up next to you in competition if your car was working to full potential. Would have made me work for it and drive even harder!

[94ej2]

ill def will be doing alot of traveling and racing at a few IFO and spring IS.

[JJSPEC Racing]

Nice! Great way to get some experience, support the sport and possibly win some money!

[h22 jones]

When you said you had little trouble with fourth and i saw it spin and still run a 12.9 i was like damn get a few bugs worked out and you could hit low 12s easy . Im just glad you got to race ( because we all know you love to ) and my son got the big trophy lol . Im also glad i didnt have to do a damn thing which was my number one goal lol. I did have to install the zip ties though . I just realy enjoy it when everybody could come out an have a good time and get along with everybody else thats what its all about . Im not going to lie i have coaught some grief letting jimmy drive the car but its not my fault that people think if you own a shop then all the other shops are competitors . Im real good friends with charles that own main stream and ed that tunes at balance ,scottie that tunes at mainstream. i mean ed is a hard man to get up with and mainstream is closer scottie does great work but do you think ed gives me hell for using scottie hell no he dont care. If i thought charles had driven a cable trany before i might ask him to drive hell im friends with everybody and untill somebody gives me a reason not to be thats how it will stay simple as that. i dont care what anybody thanks. By the way the people hating dont even have a car to race and they didnt even come to the event there called shit starters thats all. Me and jimmy had a great time lol thats all that matters.

[freaksandgeeks]

Well I have to say that the turn out was great and would have to agree with most people on here that I met some good people and had a good time. My friend finally got his mustang up and running and ran 14.3 on carbon fiber goodyears, 3.08 rearend and a drag virgin to boot. Not as quick as most but nice for a all motor daily bertha @ 3250lbs. Additionally I got to see MSS run their civics and Matt, you had a good couple of runs. Seriously think that car car get into the 9's. GAStroker is seriously fast... to be honest I was really impressed with the DSM AWD... Holy S*** that were incredibly fast and sounded good as heck. Just wanted to input that I had a good time and hope to see a turn out again... I am addicted. Hopefully will have my car up and running in the near future. Matt please check your PM.

[JJSPEC Racing]

When you said you had little trouble with fourth and i saw it spin and still run a 12.9 i was like damn get a few bugs worked out and you could hit low 12s easy . Im just glad you got to race ( because we all know you love to ) and my son got the big trophy lol . Im also glad i didnt have to do a damn thing which was my number one goal lol. I did have to install the zip ties though . I just realy enjoy it when everybody could come out an have a good time and get along with everybody else thats what its all about . Im not going to lie i have coaught some grief letting jimmy drive the car but its not my fault that people think if you own a shop then all the other shops are competitors . Im real good friends with charles that own main stream and ed that tunes at balance ,scottie that tunes at mainstream. i mean ed is a hard man to get up with and mainstream is closer scottie does great work but do you think ed gives me hell for using scottie hell no he dont care. If i thought charles had driven a cable trany before i might ask him to drive hell im friends with everybody and untill somebody gives me a reason not to be thats how it will stay simple as that. i dont care what anybody thanks. By the way the people hating dont even have a car to race and they didnt even come to the event there called shit starters thats all. Me and jimmy had a great time lol thats all that matters.

Sorry if you caught any flack by asking me to drive. About other tuners, I will tell you if you feel more comfortable with Ed or Scotty, by all means please go to them. They are both very smart and can tune a car. I felt honored to be asked to drive the car and felt that I was capable so I accepted and I believe that I did the best job I could. At the end of the day, your son got a trophy, your dad got paid and an unbroken car, and I had the joy of being in a car that was competitive and consistant. You made the decision based on what you felt was the right thing to do and it is your car so who cares if anyone is talking smack. I had the best day I have had in a long time and enjoyed it! Thanks again!

[h22 jones]

i think you did real good considering what i found out today lol. We had to put street tire on it and let justin drive it home so i could tow his car because the altenator got into the timing belt at the track. Well when we got to the shop justin said have you had any problem with the throttle cable sticking and i siad no but i did notice quit a bit of slack in it at the track but i didnt pay it any attention because all i did was pull it off the trailer . To make along story short i guess a couple months ago when i changed intakes i finger tightened the bolts that hold the bracket to the intake for the throttle cable. The back bolt came all the way out and the front bolt was almost out so the bracket fell strait down resulting in only having about half throttle lol which explains alot . JJs driving wasnt bad at all considering he only had about half throttle lol which would be why the car wasnt running as fast as we new it could but we won so no harm done and the bolts are tight now lol. Thanks again jj me and my dad will decide who drives the car if im sick simple as that and as much as i stay sick with my imune system completly shoot because of my chrons disease im sure you will be asked again . You did a great job and i had a great time now time to get this beast to the track and try bust out some real times.

[JJSPEC Racing]

I would love to see what it does with WOT. I noticed the pedal had a lot of freeplay, but I know every car is going to be a little different between the clutch, and gas pedal freeplay, that is why I like to make a "learning" pass, to see how the car feels as far as that stuff and other stuff goes. Should be better for sure. I am going to start a weight loss plan so if you need me next time I will be better prepared, haha. Thanks again and I will be happy to drive it again!

[top_speed]

any one know where the picture coverage is? i seen alot of cameras

[h22 jones]

pictures? still looking for pictures of my car and son.

[gastroker]

I know there are a couple links to pics here. But, I think there are more that haven't posted them yet.

http://www.***************/coverage/d...2010/index.php
527 unedited images: http://s850.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn%2011-13-10/
http://s1114.photobucket.com/albums/...rt%20Showdown/
http://www.photoreflect.com/store/th...aspx?e=7430570

http://www.sedsm.org/showthread.php?...592#post721592

[h22 jones]

I read something on the other thread about buy a picture support the cause well if i can find the picture of my son holding the trophey standing by jimmy by the staging light id love to pay for it blown up to a nice size. I have no idea who to contact.

[dsmwookie]

Photos -

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/th...aspx?e=7435601
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thum...aspx?e=7430570

Here are the photos, but my wife is editing them as we speak. It is a lot of work to go through all of these quickly and be a full-time teacher

Bare with us and if you want a specific photo link it to me and she will clean it up however you want quickly, so it can be delivered.

[dsmwookie]

I think you are looking for one of these two photos.

http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Orde...&po=219&pc=226
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/Orde...&po=219&pc=226

[h22 jones]

yea man thanks alot .

[h22 jones]

If you have any of the hatch in my sig that would be cool so i can order them all at one time thanks and do you take paypal ?