My Daily Impala SS Diary |
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| Sept 8 | Well if you have been reading this every day. This is it. The End. I have left behind my cozy desk job to work in audio in Hollywood. I'll be broke or basking in money in three months. The future is uncertain at best. Hopefully all the hard work in my home studio and late nights reading & recording will payoff. A steady gig in Hollyweird could give me the money forthe Darkside and in to get into the 12's. Music and recording is my first passion I now have my shot to make it my lifes work. Need to get a hold of me try ProTools4@aol.com 714-282-8386. |
| Sept 8 | I pick my SS up from Ostrum tomarrow and take it oto ICS to get pain done. |
| Sept 7 | Ostrum says the wheel shop has two of my rims. Funny, Hmmm Bill told me Last Friday the wheel shop was picking up all four when I asked. So much for detailed damage assesment. Not to mention he lied to me. |
| Sept | Good Luck at Rod School Justin. Dont forget to call and E-mail. |
| Sept 5 | I meet Thomas at the drags and we talk intake gaskets. |
| Sept 3 | Ostrum is waiting for the wheel shop to pick up my SS wheels. |
| Sept 1 | SS get's flat bedded to Ostrum Chevy, Ajuster expected this afternoon. PIA!! |
| Aug 31 | After advice from Bill at Olstrum Chevy I turn my claim over to my Inurance Co. We get to see if GEICO trys to screw me or not. |
| Aug 30 | I have to submit a request to Garden Grove City Council to get money for my SS. |
| Aug 29 | I loose driver side rear rubber possibly more damage to my SS. Major Suck! Nice of the GG Fire department to leave a 100 feet of hose <with brass fittings> on the 22East at 9:30PM. |
| Aug 29 | Meet Dom @ Pomona see his new intake mod. |
| Aug 28 | Volvo breaks down on the way back from seeing Dice Clay in L.A. BTW. Santa Montica/10FWY @ 2AM is not my idea of a good time. |
| Aug 27 | Need to make parts list and get money for trip to Pomona auto swapmeet tomarrow. |
| Aug 26 | Finished Reading Maximum Boost orderd Hot Cam Kit |
| Aug 25 | Helped Tay clean up the bench in his shop <pre head porting> |
| Aug 24 | I mailed the turbo brothers about gaskets and preemtive motor build. Cant wait to hear the recomendations. |
| Aug 24 11:05 | SS dies at stop light after turning off AC while the TC was loping the motor. Low Oil light came on at the same time. but I have pleanty of oil! Hmmmm... Freak thing? |
| Aug 23 | Jener and I when to the book store and got Maximum Boost by Corky Bell |
| Aug 22 | Dog ran 14.4-14.3 in the heat and didn't get his 13. sec slip. But he had a good vibe going. So all is good. |
| Aug 22 | Wake up late for the Drags. Get teched as next to last car. I run a SSLow 14.9 in the heat. But I was just behind Franks 14.8 as ussual so it looks like no problems. |
| Aug 21 | Washed SS. Then Jen and I drove her to LBC to see my buddy JJ. We flew. New Nittos and DS make the ride smooth as silk. Till I hit the crappy brakes. |
| Aug 20 | Making plans for Steet Legals. Still have weird brake but I might run Time only. |
| Aug 19 7:30 | Drive my SS to work. The Nittos Rock! |
| Aug 18 10:00 | We take my SS to The Tays house and analyze the Auto Tap info on his computer Merlin. |
| Aug 18 7:00 | We record Dog's SSound to hard drive and take DB readings. Also Auto tap some timing issues |
| Aug 18 | Cory Bells Maximum Boost has arrived at the book store. |
| Aug 18 | Have
done some talking to Luther from SoCalSS about porting heads at the same time. I might have a substitute mod buddy while Dog goes to school. We'll miss ya. Rooophf! |
| Aug 18 | SStill SSleeping need to fix the brakes! Boo Hoo Mail me if you want to help. |
| Aug 17 | SS is SSleeping |
| Aug 16 7:30 | I help The Tay mount and balance the new rubber in the rear. Smother ride and less road noise. |
| Aug 16 5:30 | New Nitto NT-555-ZR 255/45/17's just arrived |
| Aug 15 | Helped Dog sound deadened his trunk. damn that 3" is loud!!!! |
| Aug 14 | Jener and I misses the Edelbrock tour to help Grandma out. |
| Aug 13 | Get another pay check today. fundage! |
| Aug 12 | Ordered 2 Nitto Nt-555-ZR 255/45/17s |
| Aug 11 | Drove the 911 to work and priced some tires Yoko A520s or Nitto Nt-555s? Hmmmm. |
| Aug 10 | Tay helped me mount my old BFG in place of my mangled BFG and the replacement had a bulge in the side wall! Crap time bite into the turbo budget and order really nice tires. :( |
| Aug 10 | Get up early and Jener drives me and tools down to work. I change the tire all is O.K.. I received no damage to the rim. Maybe I'll drive to the Tay's house and pick up Corky Bells book Maximum Boost on the way. |
| Aug 9 | Leaving work for band practice I find my SS has problems with the passenger side rear tire. Had to leave her at work and hitch a ride home. :( |
| Aug 8 | SoCalSS cruise to Santa Barbara. Jener and I go with Justin and it was too cool. 3 miles of Impala SS's on the 101!!! 80 cars. What an awesome sight and sound. Talk about adding Legend of the SS. Imagine sitting at a stop light in a 5.0 and SSe's roll by for 3 min. |
| Aug 7 | Picked up Camero Aluminum Lt-1 heads and intake for $400. Time to do some head porting. Right after I read some books and talk to Joe Watring :) |
| Aug 6 | Got my first mail from the Turbo SS web page. A guy wanted help with his Toyota turbo problems. :-0 |
| Aug 4 | Due to low amount of rubber left on my BFG's the SS has been sleeping. But I washed her last night for a day trip to the Valley. :-) |
| Aug 4 | News
of a MONSTER turboed 9C1 with Ed W. programming. HP = 430.2 @ 3800 rpm Torque = 625.3 @ 3500 rpm Again, look at the RPM !!!!!!! over 600TQ at under 4K my Gawd! |
| Aug 3 | I make a long over due update to the turbo diary. |
| Aug 3 | Have a lead for stock LT-1 heads and intake. $400! but I don't know if porting Dog's old iron heads for $250 is a better idea. It you know send me mail! |
| Aug 2 | The Tay kicks it at the hey-ouse and we talk DFI and Iron vs Aluminum heads. Tay and Jener say fight the ticket. I think It's easier to send a check. There most likely correct. |
| July 30 | Still haven't made a decision on traffic school |
| July 30 | Got an Awesome job offer. |
| July 25 | Tay helps take slack out of front rotors. :) much better. |
| July 25 | Looks like Turbo Tech raised the price on the Kit :-( boooo hooo... |
| July 22 | My ticket arrives $104 fine or $152 w/ traffic school |
| July 12 | Work revoked all FTP ability from out net connection :( Expect updates to be spotty at best. |
| July 11 | Saving the tires money on the SS I take the 911 to the drags poor driving nets me 3several 14.9's |
| July 5-9 | No Turbo SS news spent some dollar$ on Ebay Moe Music tools |
| July 4 | Installed Pep Boys improved idler arm. Kicks @SS! |
| July 4 | SS gets a wash and the rear deck waxed |
| July 3 | Deposit pay check. Moe money for the turbo fund. |
| July 1 | DMV
registration and late fees total $565. And there not even nice about it. I don't know about you but I like being verbally abused while I take a raping. |
| July 1 | automatic SS loan payment payment deducted from account |
| June 30 | Lost power to gauges. Ahhhrrrr.... |
| June 30 | Have to go to the DMV to register the SS today. I might be Kissing $500 good bye. :-( |
| June 29 | Good turbo budget news. Inquire 4 Moe details. |
| June 29 | Get popped by Tustin PD for "unsafe turn" I disagreed but he had a badge and a gun. |
| June 28 | State and Fed tax returns come in. Good thing , registration is due :-\ |
| June 27 | Thomas Cummings gives me some pointers and ideas about porting the intake manifold. Thanx! |
| June 27 | Dog runs a 15.0 on 6 cylinders. Auto tap find the problem he run a 14.14 then a 14.0 in the mid afternoon heat. very promising. |
| June 26 | Big turn out fore LineLock Fest II at Grandmas house. 7 SS in attendance and a guest appearance by the Lindsays. 83' 911SC got a caliper rebuild and a bleed Dog got his line lock. |
| June 25 | Yahoo weather says Hi 75 Low 60 for Sunday. Partly cloudy. The satellight shows clouds only around Alaska I bet it will be 85 Hot and Sunny. Lizzard Temps. Poor power weather. |
| June 25 | Hi bid on an Ibanez Dual Loop Selector theres $55 not going towards my turbo :-( |
| June 25 | Brake
Day tomorrow and Drags on Sunday. Can't wait to see Dog kick butt. I'm routin' for a 13.5 Hope SShe comes thru I don't want to see Dog get depressed again. |
| June
25 6:50 |
Rubbed
against the van with the SS pulling out of the garage. Very minor smudge in my paint. man I was pissed at my self. Time to break out the wax! |
| June 23 | Justin shows for mod night.He installs my A-arm shims. I have lack of hardware and time to install my remote radar detector and idiot lights. Good thing I took the dash apart. <G> |
| June 22 | Drove the SS down to Mesa Performance and picked up brake pads for the 911. |
| June 21 | SShe still needs an alignment and a good brake bleed. |
| June
21 6:00 |
Cleaned all the oil and grime out of my new intake plenum before band practice. Now it's ready to port and polish. |
| June
20 5:00 |
Jener with Dog and Martys help replaces all her vacuum hoses on her Volvo Turbo 740 wagon. performance regained. Thanx guyz! |
| June
20 3:00 |
Dog, Jener and I meet at The Tay's hey-ouse for lunch. Dog core exchanges me his old intake plenum for preemptive turbo port and polish. |
| June 20 | I find over an inch of play on the A-arm connection bolts. I'm missing shims so the alignment is off, but I tightened it down. Now that the car brakes straight I can feel all the air in the brakes. <DOH!> Looks like I get to bleed the brakes this Saturday. |
| June
19 9:20 |
On the way home the Tercel <loaded to capacity> in front is tail gating and rapidly changing lanes. So I Wig-Wag him from a safe distance. He pulls to the slow lane with the I'm F-d look on his face. Ha ha!!!! even Dad thought it was funny. |
| June
19 9:00 |
My clunk under braking is real loud and the car is not braking straight. :-( |
| June 19 | Met a guy <Chris> at a birthday party who teaches motor technologies. We talked about my Turbo project and he suggest purchasing a crate LT-1 and building it on a stand. And keep the OEM LT-1 for smog inspections. I know he's right but two motors is out of my budget and pulling a LT-1 for a smog check is not my idea of fun. He also said the see what the stock cam does then look into flowing the heads then look into the 114 degree cam. quote "you never know you could be happy with the stock heads and cam once there under pressure" |
| June 18 | The Tay orders brakes fluid for the Triad |
| June
17 8:40 |
Drive the SS to see Mickey Big Mouth at the Hard Rock in L.A. Trans seems fine. Low temps no shutter. Hmmmmm |
| June
17 9:20 |
Power outage at work delays <unsaved> daily turbo update. |
| June
17 8:20 |
Steve at BTODrive says he's pretty sure that the TC clutch is hosed or the springs that actuate the lock up are going to fail preeminently soon. |
| June
17 5:10 AM |
On the way to work my SS wont go into TC lock up. SShe shutters like crazy. Pull off at Katella and steams is coming from the trans. Let her cool for 20 min. and head to Selman Chevy on Chapman but problem is gone. Trans temp 140. Drive to work like normal. Hmmmmm. |
| June 16 | Justin's
heat shielding install goes great. We finish off the night with some Grand Turismo.
Justin drives Civics well. Watch out Albert! I think I'll take the agro street stuff down a notch or two and save all my skills and adrenaline for the poor Jap import racers at Button Willow. <G> |
| June
16 6:20 PM |
Cruising down La Palma at 35MPH <10 under!> a girl in a Rav 4 runs a stop onto the La Palma <while on her cell phone> and I lock um up and make yet on other white cloud. <my new American Indian name> |
| June
16 6:10 PM |
On
the Back side of my hill heading out of the track there is a sweeping up hill crescent
that leads into a light S chicane. A Benz zips by pretty fast. I say to Dog "You
think I can catch him?" I concisely wait 4 seconds to give him some distance then
pursue at WOT. Haling but up the crescent the G-tech is saying .8 G's and that 6 hamster
3.2ltr is making a nice sound. Just before entering the S we get visual on the Benz wussing out, in the brakes and going 20MPH! Lets discuss: I have Dog in the passenger seat so there's an extra 2 bills loading the suspension so the front right tire is screaming And! Did I mention the front driver side caliper on the 911 is DEAD?!?!!! **Quick** I let of the gas stick her in neutral - weight shifts forward - the ass want to come around but I keep the line - Benz is less than 40 feet away - no choice light braking applied - still eating up buffer distance fast and 30% counter steer we're sideways and going to still smack the Benz in the rear - at this point I could let off the brakes and straighten her out as I pass in the S turn but there's two NICE cars parked evenly on each side of the chicane - 25 feet and closing - **Decision** - 100 % brakes / 80% counter steer - about 10 feet from the Benz we come to a dead stop faced backward 150 degrees sideways -looking over my shoulder the Benz coasts off totally clueless - as if I didn't make a big cloud of white smoke and a bunch of noise right behind him. ...... wwwwheeew...... Dog's says something like " You'r screwing with me. Right?" |
| June
16 6:00 PM |
Wed. Mod Night only Justin <AKA Big Dog > shows. His fuel lines need to depressurize so we head to the store in the 911. |
| June 15 | Out sick from work, no sick pay! Darn I need that cash. |
| June 14 | Heinz E-mails me back and says his pipes aren't the TT fashion. Looks Like I was wrong. |
| June 14 | I E-mail and fax my Cross over pipe cooking TC fluid theory to BTOD. Hz. and Mark Boggs. BTOD seemed to support what I had to say let's see what Hz. and Mark have to say. |
| June 13 | Cant get a hold of Dog so Marty and I clean, polish, and wax his BMW and my 911< the 230k + beaters> for 5 hours. They needed it Bad! |
| June 12 | Albert and I find out that Santa Fe St. in Hesperia is not level enough for G-tech runs. So I throw rocks at the "Caution Train Tracks: sign as Bert gives Beth the 411 on his cel phone. Later that I day I prove My Grand Turismo skills. Wana Play 4 Money? |
| June 12 | Albert drives me to BTOD SS now has reverse and works great. No NHRA flex plate <again> via late shipping |
| June 11 | Plans to pick up my SS from BTOD tomorrow at 8:00 Albert's going to drive me out there. And I get to try out the G-tech :-) |
| June 10 | More info added to the Technical Area |
| June
9 6:20 |
On the way home there was money blowing in the wind and all over the street. God just donated $23 to the Turbo fund. :-) |
| June
9 5:00 |
Justin's SS Dynoed 309RWHP with a 1000RPM range above 300! Dog was a little depressed. In contrast the guys running the dyno wanted to know "What ja done to da motor?" Thay also said to get an air foil. Cause they ussually see +12HP with them. |
| June 9 | It's
Wednesday thats Mod Night! @ 5:00 Dog's SS goes on the Dyno. Come back tomorrow and find out what it did. |
| June 8 | Friend
of the family asks about buying my 88 Isuzu Pu-p on payments. Please God! I need the cash flow for the air flow. |
| June 7 | Steve Holmes owner of BTOD tells me I cooked the reverse clutches and popped a seal. BFD. New parts :-) |
| June 6 | Dog
drops by. We head out to the hills to burn out his Nitto 555DRs. Seems there way sticky even with the new parts and bleach water on the tires and ground he couldn't break them loose. |
| June
5 99 6 ish P.M. |
We pull upto Marty's hey-ouse. And I talk the Tay into giving Dog a little ride in his Turbo 944 that is SCCA prepped. Dog got the ride of his life and that's with street tires in front. Later on the way to food I line up with Dog's SS in my 911 again. With Marty as ballast and a bigger 911 launch I stay right at Justin's rear door. Still the win goes to Justin's LT-4 monster. Maybe that 12.4 G-tech reading isn't so far off.?. |
| June 5 99 | Justin new LT-4 parts SS pulls F-in' hard. Albert goes for a ride and comes back green and queasy. We pick up my 83' 911SC. I line up 911SC to LT-4 Joe Prince Ported Dog Sled. Jener counts to 3 and Dog gets a jump on me of about 12 feet but can't put any distance between us. Win>>>Dog! |
| June
5 99 10:30 |
BTOD rocks. Disassembled 4LE60 and trans dyno on display. We leave my SS and take Albert's home. His new SLP TC and TansGo KICKS @SS! |
| June 5 99 | Get
to Justin place. Guess what no Reverse! good thing were headed to BTOD. Pick up Al-Berto in L.A. and then hop on the 10 to the 15. Hesperia here we come. |
| June 5 99 6:20 | Wake up and wash my SS. Plan on air dry so I nail it to the Dog Pound. |
| June 4 99 | Lots
of E-mail with Albert and Justin<AKA Big Dog> Looks like I'm driving us to the
SoCalSS event at BowTie Overdrive Sat. morning. And then to L.A. to pick up Dog's SS w/ new LT-4 parts. <VBG> |
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