Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
04-06-2011, 07:17 PM
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04-07-2011, 06:32 AM
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Re: Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
This is looking more and more like a reunion! I'd be surprised that when word gets out you if you dont fill up fast, then have people bangin' on the doors to get in. Denny, you, Jake, Rod, lots of long-timers. It's already gotten my excited enough to get crackin' on the Trans Am again... Boy was I ever in a hole for this past year.
Hey, it looks like I'm going to need some tuning help this spring. I'm converting the Trans Am over from batch fire EFI to full sequential, plus mulling the possibility of a slight cam change and some new valve springs. I think six more degrees of duration and two more degrees of lobe separation angle might help wake it up a touch more without losing much low-end. It turns out Comp Cams latest XFI grind is nearly exactly the same thing as my "custom cam grind" with those two exceptions. Of course, my cam was ground in 1999... but I'm digressing from the subject of this thread, which is , of course, how to find bacon flavored soda to drink while we run our buffing wheels..
Oh, one request: If we are banning sixties & fifties rock & roll, could we also skip past the early 90's nirvana angst rant music as well?? I'm afraid I am just a touch too old for that stuff nowdays and it makes my blood pressure fluctuate in a bad way. I do have twenty or thirty different RUSH CDs I could bring -
Hey, it looks like I'm going to need some tuning help this spring. I'm converting the Trans Am over from batch fire EFI to full sequential, plus mulling the possibility of a slight cam change and some new valve springs. I think six more degrees of duration and two more degrees of lobe separation angle might help wake it up a touch more without losing much low-end. It turns out Comp Cams latest XFI grind is nearly exactly the same thing as my "custom cam grind" with those two exceptions. Of course, my cam was ground in 1999... but I'm digressing from the subject of this thread, which is , of course, how to find bacon flavored soda to drink while we run our buffing wheels..
Oh, one request: If we are banning sixties & fifties rock & roll, could we also skip past the early 90's nirvana angst rant music as well?? I'm afraid I am just a touch too old for that stuff nowdays and it makes my blood pressure fluctuate in a bad way. I do have twenty or thirty different RUSH CDs I could bring -
04-07-2011, 08:41 AM
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Re: Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
It is in a public place, but semi-out of the way.
Hey, it looks like I'm going to need some tuning help this spring.
but I'm digressing from the subject of this thread, which is , of course, how to find bacon flavored soda to drink while we run our buffing wheels..
http://www.jonessoda.com/wordpress/u...soda-its-here/
BACON SODA HAS BEEN RETIRED. THERE ARE NO PLANS TO MAKE MORE AT THIS TIME.
Oh, one request: If we are banning sixties & fifties rock & roll, could we also skip past the early 90's nirvana angst rant music as well?? I'm afraid I am just a touch too old for that stuff nowdays and it makes my blood pressure fluctuate in a bad way. I do have twenty or thirty different RUSH CDs I could bring -
One thing I should probably add...
The local police sometimes sit in this parking lot to pop speeders as the street it is one has a low speed limit. I am sure they will stop in and say hello. They are decent to us so it isn't a big deal, but I think it might be a good idea to mention ahead of time.
04-07-2011, 10:35 AM
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Re: Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
I can bring about 2 or 3 other people than me. Im sure a Sunfire (yes a sunfire) would want to. Hes a buddy from work and loves muscle cars and is currently thinking about getting a 3rd gen or 2nd gen. The other one is an 84 Z28 with 383, and the last might be (if he still has it) a 1992 Firebird.
04-09-2011, 10:16 PM
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Re: Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
Hey Jason - if there's still space available, count me in. I devoted some time towards the electrical on the car today and all I could think was "dang this thing needs a good detail!"
04-09-2011, 10:43 PM
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Re: Putting together a "Motor City Detail Day"
More info on the gig...
- If there are "pit vehicles" etc, there is a parking lot across the street that can be used so they don't take up space in the "detail area".
- Likewise...if we do have to go over 20 cars...we can attempt to use the adjacent parking lot...but that is another business and we don't want to overdo it or press our luck too much. Having said that, I am raising my limit to 25.
- The owner of the business we are using is kinda excited about this, he may be there with his car. I am also working on getting a special guest or two, just to join us in the fun.
- Right around May 7, everyone who has claimed a space will get a PM from me here on this site with the complete info. So make sure you are watching for it. I am keeping the info private because I don't want too many people to show up and we don't have room for them in the lot. I'd feel bad.
- So...if you haven't claimed a space or seen me post confirmation of your "number", let me know so I don't accidentally miss your claim!
- As I always like to give stuff away, even at little events like this...I will have some door prizes! Your claim number is your entry, and I will randomly pick numbers using random.org and issue prizes. How cool am I? Very...very cool, methinks.
How about a hint of at least one thing I will be giving away? It starts with Z and ends with o.
