Pre Impala SS Diary |
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| 98 | Proud owner of a 96 Impala |
| June 5, 98 | Go to the Pomona Street Legal drags run but miss tech, so I watch |
| June 14, 98 | Pull in to the SoCal pits at Pomona. Friendly welcome from Cari Washington and Lori Hernandez. |
| June 14, 98 | .551-R/T 2.564-60' 15.355 E.T. Dynomax Mufflers and Drop in K&N |
| June 27, 98 | Buddy Steve helps me do my first mods. Jet air foil and 160 stat |
| June 28, 98 | Pomona Drags Aaron Henandez and cousin help me do the TB heater bypass. in the pits before the fist round. More mods... |
| June 28, 98 | .731-R/T 2.259-60' 15.124 E.T 160stat / airfoil / TB bypass |
| July 4, 98 | Went to Pep Boys and got a K&N cone for a 8.0 Vortec truck <oh my!> |
| July 5, 98 | .727-R/T 2.212-60' 14.995 E.T. YESS! 14 second club! |
| August 1 | Home plate delete and elbow plugged. Seems like I'm slower Seat Of The Pants. But decide to run the delete at the drags anyway. |
| August 2 | .622-R/T 2.296-60' 15.187 E.T. HPlate delete was much slower |
| September 6 | .656-R/T 2.299-60' 15.295 E.T. 80 degrees out no new parts |
| October 8 | Order Michina Team SS intake |
| October 25 | .527-R/T 2.246-60' 14.807 E.T. Team SS parts kick butt |
| November | ask for tools, and jumper for Christmas after Selman Chevy returns my SS with impressions in the front quaters. Plus a Dexcool bath from there sloppy coolant pump replacement |
| November 8 | First Turbo E-mails between me and Mark Boggs :-) |
| November 9 | Dave Z replies I made the list for Brakefest 98 |
| November 18 | I
meet my future mod buddy for the first time. Hiz name is Justin But you can call him BigDog. We go to the Mod picnic 98 |
| Late Nov. | Receive
and install ASP underdrive pulley myself. wheeeew Inherit Rotary Tools from Grampa Killian so I port my MAF |
| December 10 | Brakefest
98 Comi Valve brake mod installed I meet Beth <Alberts Girlfriend> for the first time.. I meet Dave Z. Turns out he's Bret <of 12 Hr Mary>Bixbys cousin. Justin breaks everones tools. LOL |
| December 12 | added to the 3 pod Lo-Tech Group Purchase via Matt Paul |
| December 25 | Get a jumper, tools and Alarm for X-mas Thanks Mom and Dad! |
| December 28 | Justin and I ordered or F-body and H/A sway bars. |
| December 29 | Heinz gives a friendly and long reply to my first set of questions |
| Early January | I receive my sway bars and put 12 coats of yellow primmer on them and the 5 clear coats. I had no idea my SS would become infamous for them |
| January 23 | Albert Kim helps Justin and I install our sway bars |
| January 29 | Bow
Tie Over Drive installs SLP TC and Transgo kit Jener and I leave 2K miles of rubber on Santa Fe St. in Hesperia |
| February 14 | .808-R/T 2.144-60' 14.641 E.T. +SLP TC / TransGo / Ported Maf |
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