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Oct 2, 2009 | 12:30 PM

#51496

bchappy

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Originally Posted by c_reber

Congrats Brandon! Car looked great and performed well out there. Do you think you'll be at the next event in Nov?

I am not sure yet I dont have the power for that track and I dont want to get humped on the oval by these guys with near 400whp.... my thoughts are if I know I am not going to be competitive than I would rather go out to a track day and work on my driving and have fun.
I really would like to give it a shot but everyone I have talked to says its a horsepower track and that is something I dont have nor will spend the money to get in time for the event.
Plus I am already tired of the rules being change for next year when I have the car the way I want, there is no issues with the class and I WILL not demod my car for no reason.(which I already will have to spend money and time testing again just to think I am competitive)
I would like to organize a platform challenge series similar to Speedventures but I dont have the time and I probably will go to spec miatas next year anyways, since I am beginning to feel like RTA is definitely not one big happy family.

Oct 2, 2009 | 12:47 PM

#51497

o-townFLA

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From: FLA-HI-SoCal

Good stuff Brandon...!

And Thomas can drive the hell out of his suby, thats for sure. I knew it was over once I saw Jon from HP Speed hand Robi his newly flashed Cobb AP. Oh well we both had a great time and drove our cars home afterwards. Thats all that matters to me...

As for suspension I dont think my clubsports are that much of a difference compared to your Variant 3's... and only if I had a little more HP and track exp, I really wanted to gun down Robi so I can talk smack to him...lol but I can never have enough excusses...

See you guys on the track some other time...

-Matt

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Originally Posted by bchappy

Hey guys just poppin in to let you know how I did at RTA.
I ended up 4th after a hard fought battle with my buddy Matt Denison, losing the podium by .150 of a second.
No excuses its my home track, however it would be nice to have another 50 whp and the nicer dampers both robi and matt where running (robi came in first with his 400+ whp station wagon subaru lol)
But something good did come out of this as my really good friend and extremely talented Thomas Smith came in second with his STi.
Overall it was a great time and minus the LICP coming of in my first TA session I had no issues with the car and I am happy to say that many S2000 guys where envious of tail out antics in practice.
I had alot of fun and it was extremely hot... tires would go off after 2 laps, I overheated the car in the last session of practice but all is well.
I was a little bummed that i didnt podium, but I did finish 4th out of 36 in the stock class so not to bad.
anyways here is a few photos...
Ill be out next year at some of the west coast events with slightly more power and optimized setup.
I want to thank everyone that has ever given me a hand with anything in town.
Eddie
Kris
Chris
Trev @trevtec
Fidel@genes
Mike@DDMotorsports
All the guys at sears always taking care of the alignments
the guys at discout tires hooking up the tire mounts/dismounts
Robi for setup
Nils for tips and direction
All the S2000 guys
Karim
Kam
Rudy
for letting the lone Evo guy play with you all out at the track!
Road race engineering for always getting stuff to me ultra quick!
Wheeldude.com for the other race wheels

Oct 2, 2009 | 01:53 PM

#51498

bchappy

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From: VEGAS

^ you are right there I always have excuses for my horrible driving hahaha.
Robis always telling me there good for half second typically but I think he just wants me to drop some dough lol.
BTW get over to TAF.com and fight for our class rules to stay the same.
this is getting to be BS...

Oct 2, 2009 | 03:15 PM

#51499

taylorhawkins

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From: Vegas

Anyone going to midnight mayhem? Just heard about it from the guy who bought my Civic.

http://www.lvms.com/strip/media/news/552042.html

Oct 2, 2009 | 03:17 PM

#51500

twabtoxer

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From: vegas baby

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Originally Posted by roykulokoy

yea i do!

hey bro talk to gexxer he has a X he would probably be more help then me

Oct 2, 2009 | 05:22 PM

#51501

GotWheelHop

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From: Las Vegas

Congrats, B. Glad to see your talent is continuing to build. You are the best driver I personally know, and I'm flattered to even be mentioned in your post. Let's add some go to that handling monster of yours.

Oct 3, 2009 | 08:53 AM

#51502

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So seeing as SEMA is coming up soon, who is going?

I need passes! lmao

Oct 3, 2009 | 09:48 AM

#51503

twabtoxer

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From: vegas baby

^^ im def going. but i can only go the last day due to the hours of work lol. i might be able to get you a pass ill let you know

Oct 3, 2009 | 12:28 PM

#51504

EvoFredo

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From: LAS VEGAS

street wars is going on rite now. anyone going. i went last night . imma get an oil change and head up there. see you all there

Oct 3, 2009 | 01:16 PM

#51505

DJJimGreen

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morning/afternoon to everyone. Thought I'd just stop by and say hey right quick.

Oct 3, 2009 | 01:21 PM

#51506

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Quote:

Originally Posted by twabtoxer

^^ im def going. but i can only go the last day due to the hours of work lol. i might be able to get you a pass ill let you know

good stuff...keep me posted

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Originally Posted by DJJimGreen

morning/afternoon to everyone. Thought I'd just stop by and say hey right quick.

hey hey hey

Oct 4, 2009 | 01:10 AM

#51507

gonzo

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Post up your street wars times! I know some of you were out there.

Oct 4, 2009 | 03:32 PM

#51508

wtmodnar

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=[ I was at SW, only clean run was 12.7 @ 108/w 1.99 60' with a test of shifting to 5th. I'm having clutch issues, so I miss shifted 3 out of the 4 runs I did. I didnt want to run to much, because every launch was so violent spinning tires and some wheel hop. I tried slipping the clutch just a tad longer and the lowest 60' I got was 1.82 and my best mph was 112 running out of 4th to 8000.

My clutch grabs at about 20% release which is a lot lower then it was before I got there so somethings up.

Oct 4, 2009 | 05:48 PM

#51509

DJJimGreen

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I hope the Steelers take it tonight.. 234 to win 200!

Oct 4, 2009 | 05:51 PM

#51510

wtmodnar

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Rebel e-85 stations

I just got my e85 conversion and I'm sure some of you would like to know what rebel stations carry them, so I compiled this list of Rebel stations that have them. Use it if you need if not sorry for the waste of space =x.

Rebel 65
1720 West Charleston - Charleston & Shadow Lane
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 42 confirmed
4111 South Paradise - Paradise & Flamingo
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 73 confirmed
901 North Buffalo - Buffalo & Washington
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 43 converted 100 oct
1100 South Rainbow - Rainbow & Cheyenne
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 82
845 North Decatur - Decatur & Washington
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 89
2001 North Las Vegas Blvd. - Las Vegas & Lake Mead
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 90 confirmed
9390 West Flamingo - Flamingo & Fort Apache
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 91
3540 East Lake Mead Drive
North Las Vegas - Lake Mead & Pecos
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 94 confirmed
7280 S. Las Vegas Blvd. & Warm Springs
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 58 confirmed
204 North Tenaya - Tenaya & Cheyenne
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 98 confirmed
2920 S. Nellis - Nellis and Vegas Valley Drive
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 83 confirmed
2412 East Windmill - Windmill & Eastern
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 49 no e85
6451 Mountain Vista - Mountain Vista & Sunset
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 87 confirmed
1200 W Warm Springs - Warm Springs & Marks
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Rebel 97 confirmed
4665 E. Sunset - Sunset & Mountain Vista
Unlead, E85

Rebel 79 confirmed
980 East Warm Springs - Warm Springs & Paradise
Unlead, Mid-Grade, Premium, Diesel, E85

Trop and Mt. Vista confirmed
E85

Last edited by wtmodnar; Oct 6, 2009 at 07:47 PM.