Great Place you Got Here
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:54 pm
Hello, or should I say HOWDY! My name is Brian and I am located in the upper gulf coast of Texas (just west of Galveston) in a town named Lake Jackson. I have been drag racing ever since my dad put me in the driver's seat of his 1969 Z/28 Camaro, at the age of 14, just prior to when boys begin thinking about girls. Little did I know that was his master plan to keep out of trouble, and it worked. I had a few girlfriends, but only 1 hot rod (no offense to the ladies out there of course). Now at the age of nearing 40, I still continue to drive the same car, though it has gone thru an evolutionary change to adapt to my hunger of speed.
For all your Camaro collectors, please excuse the un-restoration of my Z/28. By the time I got it, it had sat in the salty south central Texas air from 1973 to 1984 and nature had began to reclaim it to her periodic table.
My wife of 18 wonderful years has really helped me to make decisions with my Camaro. Her main concern is safety, and mine is speed. They go hand in hand. And my children look at the car as a pet in a sort of way. It has been in their lives since their day 1, and they are my little crew members. Junior dragsters are in the near future as well.
My entire neighborhood refers to my camaro as the 69, so I shall as well to save text. The 69 has gone from factory frame with SBC and BBC, gasoline engines (some with N2O), converted to methanol injection in 2001, and then cracked up the factory frames along with a few bars on the roll cage. So when the boss lady told me to make it safe, I decided it deserved to go all the way. So now the 69 sports a 25-2 chrome-moly chassis, 4-link, glide, nothing but the essentials for speed and safety.
Thus far the best I can get out of it is high 7.90's at seal level on the best weather days (average high 8.0's), which amazes me to see other cars go faster at higher elevations; my hat is off to you guys out there that contend with altitude.
I stumbled on this website in search for info to convert to blown alcohol and look for parts as well. Now I see this is a very pleasant place to park. I look forward to gaining some valuable know-how from what I have already read.
And like they say in Texas, we'll see yall later. Good racing to all.
For all your Camaro collectors, please excuse the un-restoration of my Z/28. By the time I got it, it had sat in the salty south central Texas air from 1973 to 1984 and nature had began to reclaim it to her periodic table.
My wife of 18 wonderful years has really helped me to make decisions with my Camaro. Her main concern is safety, and mine is speed. They go hand in hand. And my children look at the car as a pet in a sort of way. It has been in their lives since their day 1, and they are my little crew members. Junior dragsters are in the near future as well.
My entire neighborhood refers to my camaro as the 69, so I shall as well to save text. The 69 has gone from factory frame with SBC and BBC, gasoline engines (some with N2O), converted to methanol injection in 2001, and then cracked up the factory frames along with a few bars on the roll cage. So when the boss lady told me to make it safe, I decided it deserved to go all the way. So now the 69 sports a 25-2 chrome-moly chassis, 4-link, glide, nothing but the essentials for speed and safety.
Thus far the best I can get out of it is high 7.90's at seal level on the best weather days (average high 8.0's), which amazes me to see other cars go faster at higher elevations; my hat is off to you guys out there that contend with altitude.
I stumbled on this website in search for info to convert to blown alcohol and look for parts as well. Now I see this is a very pleasant place to park. I look forward to gaining some valuable know-how from what I have already read.
And like they say in Texas, we'll see yall later. Good racing to all.
