I've always figured PPG shifts so slow because he has to pause to polish the shift knob after he touches it each time.

I mean, what if someone happened to see it while it had finger prints on it? Oh, the humanity!

Jeff Mitchell

I seem to recall that the "little trip to Ohio" did NOTHING for your timeslips or HP on the dyno... the car just badly needed tuning and adjusting, most notably the nut behind the wheel, who can't shift to save his life!

This is an age old argument between you and I and I refuse to say more than 12's to 13's to 12's. When I followed the 10 Commandments my car ran 12's with a 16g. When I strayed...13's. When I returned to the true path...BINGO 12's again. This will be followed by some low 12's-high 11's. Maybe its a mental thing...but maybe its not.

And yes my shifting sucks, but I still have a 12.54 DO YOU?

Then there's the rule-breaking issue... HKS Cams in the 2001 calendar year. Some people just can't be trusted to their word.

yes, you are right I "cheated" but my 12.54 was without the cams. I "broke" the rules at the end of the season in hopes of a last track visit. I'm sorry NOT!
{for those of you wondering, Andy and I agreed NOT to add mods after the shootout}

As for the FWD thingy...
FWD guys have equal measured biceps, one is from spankin the monkey, the other from holding the steering wheel!!

Jeff, my knob has finger prints on it...does yours? (not your own) :rolleyes:

BONG!

[ November 16, 2001: Message edited by: Mark PPG Scheitzbach ]

I'll tell ya why I'm gonna beat you. It's simple. You suck under pressure. "When my car was running 13.2's" is a prime example. I beat ya with a 14.2.

Seems to me the thought of going up against The Nairdo just frightens you SO much you have NO idea what's going on.

Since you AWD guys can go down the strip with 1 hand on the wheel, I'm pretty sure I know what your pulling with the other. (And it's not that ultra slow gearshift...)

BING!

"As for the FWD thingy...
FWD guys have equal measured biceps, one is from spankin the monkey, the other from holding the steering wheel!!"

ROFLMAOPIMP

But that pollishing his knob between shifts was classic too .

You guys rock! I can't find anything to say to compete with this extreme level of bonging .

The only thing that sucks under pressure is my <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:48.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>BR 20G<o ></o ></span>

but it blows 20psi pretty good too.

Guess whats for dinner next Friday...

AssoKinnaird on a platter

It's the house specialty


BONG!

[ November 16, 2001: Message edited by: Mark PPG Scheitzbach ]

HEY!! easy on the dinner platter, I don't want to be part of the main course too!

how about you two make two passes and let my butt dyno be the judge I'll start of in Killer Kinnaird's beast first... then move to the Purple Pimp mobile... you guys are gonna have to help me with the need for 'the rush' things just haven't been the same since I've started unfolding the Glad bag

and if Andy wants to get involved... well.. I just didn't know that you guys were up to participating in a 3 some

oh, btw, it's nice to have a UBB back (and finally get my password coffuffle straightened out!)

bing - bong!

Witty, very witty.

However, I think you're mistaking the taste of AssoKinnaird on a platter, with the bitter taste of defeat.

Don't worry about getting caught in the middle, Craig. I'll take the left lane, so you can smile and wave to PPG as we roll on by.....

recognize this? I knew you would...

LOL.. ya, that's what I see right before I blow your purple doors off..

If Craig turns around, I should be able to get a similar picture of the front for ya.....

BONG!

ok, remind me on Thurs Steve, I'll grab the camera from work (but I'm sure when we are grabbing a pic of the other end of the PP, that toothy smile will have turned to a frown )

btw - maybe you two should find a 'hood ho' to commence the race?! only then would it become a true grudge match!

budda-bing, budda-BONG!

[ November 17, 2001: Message edited by: Craig Watson ]

Craig...buddy...pal
are you turning on ME? If I read that message right, you think Stevie wonder is gonna win?


I beleive this is appropriate...



As for the hood ho. Blondie there wants to go from a roll, not from a stop...so unless the "ho" is standing in the back of a pickup truck while doing 100 km/h I think it doesn't apply. Is your HO volunteering?

Maybe I'll just get Ian to bring the video camera...

psssst... hey mark.. buddy.. don't blow my cover! I have to be on Steve's side -atleast I have to let him think that... we're car pooling, if I don't seem to be on his side, I'll be driving out there on my own

(You gotta *know* that I think your car will be opening a HUGE can of whoop-a$$ !! and feeding Stevie a piece of humbling pie on that AssoKinnaird platter )

...actually, come to think of it Steve hasn't even beat me in quite a while.. ok, his best slip is better than mine, but I can back mine up pass after pass, I can't recall that he can do that -but I'm not going there. I can't put the chips on the table right now with my car in storage...

You and I both know only pansies race from a roll -but it's his only option!..I'd say he's worried he'll have to take a polaroid of your front end and stick it to his rearview to give him that faux kicking PPG's ass effect!! (hey.. maybe we could market an idea like that to the Huh-duh crowd )

[ November 17, 2001: Message edited by: Craig Watson ]

Ok, Ok, OK. I've been waiting on the side lines here reading all this blow. I'm just waiting til I make a little trip of my own. A chip here, an exhaust there, and I'll ride with any of ya. In fact, I'll just mount the video camera on my rear bumper, so I can record it all. HA! >-<

Oh, and one more thing..... I need to change my danm sig!

I can back up some times, that are VERY close to my personal best, time after time without lowering my tire pressure, dropping my exhaust...

As for starting from a roll, I believe it was YOU (you purple FREAK!) who claimed you could do it!!

You AWD guys (that includes YOU Ian!)... WHEN are you gonna learn the fun BEGINS at 100. Any fool can stutterbox a 5500 RPM launch with an AWD into a good 60' time. Let's see you DRIVE something to a good E.T.

I see it's turned into a 3 against one on the UBB... why don't you other 2 monkeys bring your cars as well.. I'll make it a clean sweep!!

FWD Rules!

Atta-boy Steve, give him sh!t about that Honda-mod drop the exhaust thingy we need some more people in on this war.

And I didn't choose to go from a roll, I AGREED to it so you might actually stand a chance (for a change)

You can use whatever excuses you like about any idiot this and real car that, but in the end I be waiting for you to join me at the finish line

Honda-mod drop the exhaust thingy? sheesh!! those guys only bring enough tools to the track to remove their bumpers! and atleast I've never stooped so low as to strip my interior and emptied my trunk looking for that extra 10th that might be in there... (that's almost as bad as burning out just before making a 20sec pass!)

oh, and Mark.. shouldn't you be out buffing something? I coulda swore I just heard a spec of dust land on a piece of polished aluminum

.... and I'll meet you there. As soon as I get out of the restaurant after my beer and wings.

Actaully, I do believe I admitted you'd kick my ass in a regular 1/4 mile race. 12.5 will beat 13.6 any time. (I should hope so, after you spent your kids college fund making that purple beast fast!!) I commented on the superiority of FWD from a roll, and you jumped at the chance to take me there. (Sorry, TRY to take me there.)

Remember, I've driven a couple AWDs. (Thanks, Andy and Sean!!) After 1st gear, they're BORING!!

I just tell you guys "Oh, ya, this thing HAULS!" so I don't hurt your feelings....

Yo, yo, yo!

Haven't seen too many crazy Mitsu's here in Hong Kong yet. I saw a 4-door Skyline though!?! I was shocked to see an Intrepid! Other than a couple of Focus' and a Jeep, its all Asian & European cars. Its killing me to see all these nice cars just idling around in traffic. I bet some of these cars never go over 50 km/h in their entire life!

Ed.

Okay, you guys make me SICK. Let me show you what a real car can do. Then after I kick your ass in my BONE STOCK car, wait to see what I do after I pay a visit to Mr. Lingenfelter

Look Wong, just because you make 10x more than I do and shift WAY worse than me doesn't mean you can kick my ass...

The only thing you will get from Johnny boy these days is a good stiff one

Steve...whats with those sigs man (fruitcake)
LOL

.... you tell ME!!

Hope you have better luck with the fella's than you will racing Friday night...

Okay, PPG. I seem to recall that when we used your datalogger for a pass down the 1320 in my car, you said I shifted really well. Sooo...I WILL kick your ass! haha

Maybe we should race from a roll though, unless you put it in FWD mode

Whoops, need to change that sig, and my homepage, but you know what you're up against

[ November 18, 2001: Message edited by: Dennis Wong ]

Dennis, yeah but that was back when I thought I could shift too

and don't worry about your sig...I took care of it for you

Haha, very funny Mark. I've fixed my sig now.

Hmmm, let's see.......
All it took for PPG to kick Steves ass was....
20G turbo
Huge Mother #$%% FMIC
660 injectors?
Complete 3" exhaust
external WG
HKS cams
Extrude honed intake
Ported head
25 PSI boost
112 octane race gas
Did I miss anything?


Wonder who's got the best bang fer the buck....

Best bang for the buck???
Chris...no question. YOU DID!

(because he bought everything I put on my car the first time)

and remember I'm not THAT mush different then you guys...
bigger turbo
bigger injectors
etc, etc

I'm gonna go cry now

oh okay wait...

Chris...your the slowest of us all man....
soooooo shedup!

please don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

[ November 19, 2001: Message edited by: Mark PPG Scheitzbach ]

We might.... if you actually were beautiful...

Everyone scroll back up the page now... keep sctolling, until you see the "ass kicking sticker shot".

See what I see in the background of the mirror?

That's right. The garage.
And that's all the purple beast ever sees either...

And before you get started about mine...

Bring it on.

I may not have a 12.5 slip, but I also only have ONE slip this year, thanks to my good samaratin nature... and it was a 13.2 on a warm-up pass.

Bring it on.

The intake leaks are fixed, the car won't start without a jumper wire, it won't idle, and it's still way too rich at the top end.... but still I say...

Bring it on.

Bug splatters on the windshield, bumper, and badly in need of a clean coat of wax, but still I say...

Bring it on.

You can drop your exhaust, strip your interior, polish your knobs, or put on your snow tires, and still I'll say...

Bring it on.

who was it that said "beauty was in the eye of the beholder?"...

I think Uncle Ben has been eyeing you for quite a while now Mark!

Anybody can cash in their paycheck for trick parts and get those nice little timeslips. But when you add some braking and turning, then we'll see who the men are! :-)

Ed.

Andy...you want a spanking too huh ?
ok fine.
and remember yours sees just as much garage these days as mine does.

I think I liked it better when only Steve and I were picking on each other.

Rice huh...(ouch!)
Don't make me burst YOUR bubble there Mr. Watson

The Puny Plymouth isn't that ricey yet.... remember he didn't even place at that Import Society event.

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

well I guess if nothing else THAT would prove it huh?

I'm starting to feel the love in this room.

(where is that damn teddy bear...) sniff

at least beiny-boy and I are closly matched...so losing to him (however unlikely) wouldn't hurt my feelings. But loosing to Kinnaird with that teeny-tiny turbo and that stolen FMIC..well thats another story.

Well.... As i always say the proof is in the pudding. I asked PPG not once but twice (he even said "you don't have to ask twice"!) to go for a run to see how well the S4 would do using the PP car as a bench mark. But I guess the intimidation got the better of him, 'cause I asked a third time, and PPG comes up with the lame "mommy's calling me for dinner" routine. Pathetic, just pathetic. Oh, by the way..... as usual, he did have lots of time to wash and polish it, and then back back into the little purple nest he has for it. I guess its hibernation time now eh Mark?javascript: x()
Razz

Steve Is "the" highway GOD!, other than you Bob. and He's FWD Baby!

Kick that dinosours ASS! Steve.

Next season we'll go Mark, and it will be the ugliest VS the PRETTIEST!
I'll go warp speed on your ass!

Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve!

I'll bring some tissue for you, then.

Bong!

Ok, my little french boy (I know its Scotish, but funny is funny!) I'm in. At 100, or 200 or whatever you'd like! Even from a standing start. All I can say is that its gonna be an interesting ride back.
And AB..... I can't believe yor slinging the mud too. After having the record for the world's fastest work bench!
Ha!
BRING IT ALL ON! I ride in ultimate style. Can't beat that!

Okay, maybe some of you guys have low 12 sec cars, but can they do 178 mph? COME ON, LET'S GET IT ON!!!!!