quote Originally posted by madcurl: Did you avoid the spin out area or did you want to spin the tires? Who won?

That picture was taken in the burn out area. I will have to look at the time slip to see if the chop did at the 60 ft mark against the Camaro. (slips are still out in the car) Beck had a run against the camaro that came out pretty tight at the end. People just love the chop top, even though it is multi colored at the moment.

Pete

quote Originally posted by jscott1: no word on if it took the Camaro or not...

Well it wasn't a very close race.... but here it the timeslip. The first 60ft was good. I think 'ol choppy needs some new tires - they didn't hook up at all but I'm sure this will be only one of it's new improvements once it gets home. I'm looking forward to seeing this car once it's done! Not sure if I will ever get a chance to drive it again once it's done the renovations.

Becky

quote Originally posted by Her86GT: I think 'ol choppy needs some new tires - they didn't hook up at all but I'm sure this will be only one of it's new improvements once it gets home. Becky

Thanks Becky, I'm sure 'Ol Choppy needs a lot of things. Were you getting wheel spin or was it just slipping?

I've never drag raced in my life, I never thought my car would get the chance before me Maybe I'll get hooked like Linenoise

quote Originally posted by jscott1: Thanks Becky, I'm sure 'Ol Choppy needs a lot of things. Were you getting wheel spin or was it just slipping? I've never drag raced in my life, I never thought my car would get the chance before me Maybe I'll get hooked like Linenoise

she went throught the burn-out to get some sticky grip from tires. Byw, she did beat the 1967 Camero. JScott, you know she has a bad 4.9 turbo, right? You might want to get one before you head-out?

quote Originally posted by jscott1: Were you getting wheel spin or was it just slipping?

It was spinning and got the rubber nice and hot when I did the burnout. When I went of the line, it was spun up for quite a while before it got traction. Due to the old tires.

Becky

15.1 ????
That is ALMOST as fast as my 13.2 with my little ol 6 banger

Hummmm Baby seat huh? I bet that got some reaction from some of the mothers there!
Jon, I bet you son would love to gop down the track with his daddy!!!!!

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quote Originally posted by revin: 15.1 ???? That is ALMOST as fast as my 13.2 with my little ol 6 banger Hummmm Baby seat huh? I bet that got some reaction from some of the mothers there! Jon, I bet you son would love to gop down the track with his daddy!!!!!

Gotta love drag racing with a 2 seater and one seat having a baby seat strapped in Wonder if the track would let a baby run in the passenger seat, not that it would be very smart as a parent to try.

Wasn't your "little ol" v6 is a stick shift, if it where auto like the 4.9 is you would loose a second or so too. Auto's are good for strength and consistancy on the track, not for setting records IMO.

Pete

Yep 5-sp with spec III clutch , Jon would love to take me on I bet. Maybe at the RRR??????
No bashing coming from me

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My kids are always debating (fighting) about who's gonna ride in the car with daddy. For some reason, they always see mom in the minivan lol. I'll have to use a baby seat too!

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quote Originally posted by PBJ: Auto's are good for strength and consistancy on the track, not for setting records IMO. Pete

They are heavy too. Thats why I am keeping my 5 speed. I cant wait to get some numbers at the track. I think I will let the humidity go down some and hit the track after a while.

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: Were you getting wheel spin

I don't think the old duke was much of a tire shredder to wear those 245 50 series tires down

Pete

Actually those 245/50s probably have less than 5,000 miles on them and are only about a year old, so its not an age issue. I just need stickier tires if I want to drag race.

The duke had about 80,000 miles on it with all new accessories. If someone wants to pay the shipping charge from London I could make it worth their while.

I can be happy with a 15 second 1/4 mile car...I didn't build it to be a drag car, just a reliable car with a lot of power for normal driving.

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: My car went to a cruise night. The car seems to be having a good time on its summer vacation.

This keeps sounding more like those "roaming gnome" commercials for Travelocity. You may never get your car back, Jonathan! You'll just get ocassional emails from places where it's been.

quote Originally posted by Cheever3000: This keeps sounding more like those "roaming gnome" commercials for Travelocity. You may never get your car back, Jonathan! You'll just get ocassional emails from places where it's been.

LMAO!

quote Originally posted by Cheever3000: You may never get your car back, Jonathan! You'll just get ocassional emails from places where it's been.

I hope that's not the case.

quote Originally posted by revin: 15.1 ???? That is ALMOST as fast as my 13.2 with my little ol 6 banger

Yea, and I'm sure there are some "little ol 4 bangers" doing 11's

Damn... nobody can post a time without someone else saying "HEY MY CAR IS FASTER AND ALL IT HAS IS A.. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH BLAH"

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: QUOTE] I like this pic, cause the guy with the mullet looking at it thinking, "Holly **** , How do they get in in out of that thing" IP: Logged 10:22 PM Archie Member Posts: 9436 From: Las Vegas, NV Registered: Dec 1999 Feedback score:    (12) Leave feedback Total ratings: 547 Rate this member Report this Post08-23-2004 10:32 PM Archie 9436 posts Member since Dec 1999 [QUOTE]Originally posted by jscott1:

"The other Fieros seem so Tall"

quote Originally posted by MaxCubes: Damn... nobody can post a time without someone else saying "HEY MY CAR IS FASTER AND ALL IT HAS IS A.. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH BLAH"

Well, if it was anybody other than Revin saying it I might be upset.

The other Fieros do seem Kinda tall don't they?

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: The other Fieros do seem Kinda tall don't they?

Can you say "Checker Cab"?

j/k

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sweet... beauty burnout, does the 4 speed auto spin both rears eavenly off launch?

According to PBJ my engine swap is officially complete. Linenoise, move me to the complete column!

Unfortunately, (for me) it will be a while before I can drive it. But this is good news for people in the London area... look for the car to show up at cruise nights or even a show-n-shine in the GTA.

quote Originally posted by jscott1: According to PBJ my engine swap is officially complete. Linenoise, move me to the complete column! Unfortunately, (for me) it will be a while before I can drive it. ...

Why is that?

--Will

Jim and I finished up the final steps today and gave the car a look over after just shy of 300 miles. Fortunatly for me my job on Jscott's car for the next little while is to drive the car to be sure it is completely ready for the trip home. What a hardship The car sure does get alot of looks, kind different, you make a small car even smaller and it gets more attention. Here is my favorite picture of the exterior of Jscott's car.

Pete

quote Originally posted by Will-Martin: Why is that? --Will

Just the logistics of getting the car home will push its return to September. I'm doing a fly in/ drive out.

quote Originally posted by PBJ: Pete

Well now theres a horse of a couple differant colors

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: Just the logistics of getting the car home will push its return to September. I'm doing a fly in/ drive out.

Darn, I was hoping that you couldn't show up till, say, October, so I could see it at the Cruise! :-p

Just kidding. I'm sure it will get even better, which is hard to imagine!

Brad

Got any more pics?

quote Originally posted by madcurl: Got any more pics?

Now that the engine swap is completed I wasn't planning to post again until I get the car home and can start to work on it again...but Curley you are insatiable

Hopefully can get some new shots from the show n shine this weekend in the GTA.

- Jonathan

quote Originally posted by jscott1: Now that the engine swap is completed I wasn't planning to post again until I get the car home and can start to work on it again...but Curley you are insatiable Hopefully can get some new shots from the show n shine this weekend in the GTA. - Jonathan

I love this thread!!
jscott... I talked (email) to Stuart in Cleburne and I am buying the 4.9L he has in the Mall...
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/022112.html
So, Theres going to be 2 Chopped 4.9LGTs in Texas...
Poor Revin...
keep us posted, Becky.. Pete.. J-chop..

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quote Originally posted by NotAFieroAnyLonger: I love this thread!! So, Theres going to be 2 Chopped 4.9LGTs in Texas... Poor Revin...

Steve, Don't feel too sorry for Revin, even though his car will look like a checker cab next to ours it's still pretty darn fast!

I think one of my next cars will be a 3800SC just to see what all the fuss is about.

I wasn't planning to post more pics, (the car still looks the same) but since you bumped it, I'll give the people something new to look at:

From the GTA Show-n-shine:

The other cars look so tall

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quote Originally posted by jscott1: Steve, Don't feel too sorry for Revin, even though his car will look like a checker cab next to ours it's still pretty darn fast!

WoW, look at all the 4x4 Fiero's...LMAO!

Oh, I don't feel sorry for him, he has a top 10 PFF Fiero... Nice wheel's, paint, 3800SC(very clean install) and some very nice seat cover's!
I have found everything I need for the 5speed swap and at a GREAT price ($150.00), But, I am going to go ahead and install the 4.9L using the 125 and then drive it to MstangsBware's place and we are going to swap out the auto for the 5speed this Fall sometime!

Is thereanything new Becky, Pete, or Jonathan..??

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quote Originally posted by NotAFieroAnyLonger: But, I am going to go ahead and install the 4.9L using the 125 and then drive it to MstangsBware's place and we are going to swap out the auto for the 5speed this Fall sometime! Is thereanything new Becky, Pete, or Jonathan..??

I have nothing new to report, except that I will be picking the car up in less than a week. Then starting the cross country journey to get it home. I am going to drive it, rather than trailer it. It will very nearly duplicate the journey almost three years ago when I bought the car in Lockport, NY, (near Niagara Falls) and drove it to Houston.

Steve, why are you planning to do the 4.9 swap in two steps? Wouldn't it be easier to just put the tranny you want in there the first time? After you drive it with the 125 you are going to wish you had a better tranny immediately. Looking forward to seeing the spy photos of the smoooth.

quote Originally posted by PBJ:

Heh, kinda reminds me of mine right before I painted it.

Huh. Too bad I wasn't able to see it in person. Ah well, I'll just keep the thread bookmarked, close enough. I must've missed it before in this thread, but what colour are you thinking of painting it?

Brad

quote Originally posted by jscott1: I have nothing new to report, except that I will be picking the car up in less than a week. Then starting the cross country journey to get it home. I am going to drive it, rather than trailer it. It will very nearly duplicate the journey almost three years ago when I bought the car in Lockport, NY, (near Niagara Falls) and drove it to Houston.

Sounds good. Please do take pics along the way + chotop reaction from the locals on the trip. Whats really strange and funny is when ppl were looking at mine comming from Archie's ppl was still asking questions. When I was more concerned about it's apprearance...go figure.

I'm still undecided on the color. I think I'm going to make that a little surprise Hopefully the next series of photos, (after the cruise home) will be with paint on the car.

I discovered after leaving Archie's that the car attracted a crowd. Of course a multi-colored chop top on a trailer is not something you see every day. Now a multi-colored chop top with a 4.9 V8, you don't see those too often, (#1 of 1 I believe)

jscott1, PM sent Got a ? for you

quote Originally posted by jscott1: chop top with a 4.9 V8, you don't see those too often, (#1 of 1 I believe)

That is going to have to be changed later...

I am going to do the 5 speed instead of the 125.. I just don't know when I am going to do the swap(tranny), so I was just going to drive it w/ the auto... But, you want me to wait..

OK, I will wait.

Looking good J!

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