09-05-2014
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#1001
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
Posts: 12,309
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Cool, good luck out there man!
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09-05-2014
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#1002
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Big Lake MN
Drives: 98 Eclipse GSX Auto
Posts: 1,516
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
Just going to drive it up and enjoy running some 11.3s@119.
I'll try to get it washed and maybe put a coat of wax on it for the first time, maybe ever?
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A good coat of wax should net you a tenth due to aerodynamics.
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09-05-2014
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#1003
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
Posts: 12,309
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Sand off paint, weight reduction.
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09-05-2014
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#1004
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Lol, well it will be for sale shortly after PG.
My truck just broke a brake line in the solid line part in the frame.
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09-05-2014
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#1005
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MN
Drives: four tires
Posts: 1,608
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
Lol, well it will be for sale shortly after PG.
My truck just broke a brake line in the solid line part in the frame.
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I used to think that was a big deal until a friend did new hard lines in the old diesel van in no time at all (they ALL rusted out). If you want his contact info, I'm sure he can do it for you.
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09-05-2014
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#1006
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aka Goodbye
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Splice in and bypass rusty section. Backyard mechanic 101.
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09-05-2014
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#1007
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Grand Rapids
Drives: 98 gsx
Posts: 813
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Yeah you need a better excuse to sell than that
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09-06-2014
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#1008
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Lol. I'm just tired of shit breaking all the time.
Anyway, I'll get to spend a day running a new line on that POS.
Car is packed and ready to go.
Going to pick up a manual boost controller from Carl on my way up to PG.
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09-06-2014
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#1009
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Good day at the track since I was able to drive home, but not without adventures!
Got close to BIR tried to go around some traffic and the car felt down on power big time, did another pull and it was lean by almost 2 points. I thought it was the pump dying, but it turned out to be the fuel filter.
That's my own fault because I have always changed them once I take the car out of storage and this year I didn't. Lesson learned.
Car went 11.4, 11.4, 11.4, 11.4, 11.38, 11.4, crap run my shift box ate it's face for a round, 11.4.
So then I called it a night every single trap speed was 119mph.
Figured out launching at about 15-17psi is the best I ran all 1.6x 60Ft times.
For some reason I really enjoyed driving the car today and fell in love with it again, seeing tachyon's car made me realize how good looking I think these cars are.
I'm going to be concentrating on cleaning up the paint as best as I can. I actually don't know if I have put wax on this car since owning it, but I will try to soon.
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09-06-2014
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#1010
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
Posts: 12,309
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Time for some bracket racing.
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09-06-2014
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#1011
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immune from paybans
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
^ This. Talk about consistency. Nice work man.
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09-06-2014
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#1012
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Thanks guys cruising up there with tachyon really re-inspired my love for the 1GA body style and the lack of a truly clean one did too.
His car looks amazing rolling down the freeway.
I'm gonna get working on the missing body pieces asap and get to clay barring it and hopefully buffing it soon.
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09-07-2014
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#1013
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Prior Lake
Drives: Icarus
Posts: 1,375
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Thanks for the kind word, Aaron! Your car looked really good out there! Sorry we did not hang out much Saturday.. I replaced the fuel filter and got a new FPR from a buddy, but my car was still going lean after 10 PSI.
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09-07-2014
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#1014
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aka Goodbye
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Yeah, seeing other 1g's always inspires me too. Not many around anymore, I had the only DSM I saw at C&C yesterday.
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09-07-2014
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#1015
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: eagan
Posts: 898
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
I stopped over to chat, but you were all ready gone. The car looked great out there, nothings like a nice1g. Crazy how consistent you are with it too.
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09-07-2014
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#1016
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Grand rapids
Drives: 2gb gsx
Posts: 150
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Aaron good job this weekend, nice seeing u and glad your car worked out in the end for ya.
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09-08-2014
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#1017
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
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Originally Posted by Goat Blower
Yeah, seeing other 1g's always inspires me too. Not many around anymore, I had the only DSM I saw at C&C yesterday.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Leasure
I stopped over to chat, but you were all ready gone. The car looked great out there, nothings like a nice1g. Crazy how consistent you are with it too.
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Sorry I missed you. Yeah I'm glad that I have the car consistent I've basically spend this whole year doing that.
I was so inspired by Tachyon I broke out the buffer on the car a little and now I have some reflection in the paint. It's really weird since the car basically looks like it has matte white paint.
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Originally Posted by Dark2g
Aaron good job this weekend, nice seeing u and glad your car worked out in the end for ya.
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Thanks, it was good to see you again too, shame you guys aren't closer.
I really wish we had a track closer to the cities.
Although i did see that BIR has a bracket racing class.....
*edit*
Timeslips from PG pic:
Last edited by turbotalon1g; 10-07-2014 at 08:20 PM..
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09-08-2014
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#1018
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N17r0U$ br4D
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Good hanging out with ya on Saturday for a bit, glad it was just the fuel filter and not the pump. Crazy how clogged it sounded.
Sucks you had to work on Sunday and couldn't get in on the eliminations, you would've had it.
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09-08-2014
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#1019
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Transmission destroyer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cambridge
Drives: G37, 91 TSi
Posts: 7,150
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Never did get to meet up with you, but I was able to watch a couple of your runs. Good times
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09-09-2014
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#1020
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Grand Rapids
Drives: 98 gsx
Posts: 813
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Re: Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.
Sounds like you had some great runs as usuall for this year. Sorry I didn't get to go to pg and see you rip, I'm also bummed I didn't get to run my car.
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