I've been shopping for a clean low mileage '97 for a good price for a while and they've been pretty hard to come by. Usually they're either thousands of miles away or they've got one of those stupid vinyl roofs on them (yuck!).
A nice maroon one finally came available nearby, but now I'm wondering if I should wait longer, for the one I really want - performance white or opallescent white. Hmm.
Why is it that production numbers aren't available, anyway?
Hey, Mark. Any way you could scan and email or scan and post those dyno results? I'd like to have a graph for your combo. You know, for reference purposes. :)
It was definitely a good time, and I was glad to see everyone again!
Mark's 86 is polished and pretty amazing. Gumby's creation is quite the Frankenstein, and Jason is just getting started. Nobody mentioned the 93 Crown Vic with the 5.4 Lightning motor - that was one of my favorites!
We'll have to trade some rides next time, I'd love to experience them first hand!
Thanks to everyone who hosted and who helped organize the event. Greg and Joann, Dan and Paula, Gumby and Natalie! Ray, and Julie and I all had a good time.
Ray and me and Julie will be there. Doing some last minute fix-up on the 460 Crown Vic, and we'll be coming with (at least) that.
A few months ago, the headers melted through plastic A/C box on the firewall. I finally got a new one of those and got some heat-shield from Summit and got the headers recoated. We got all of that stuff in last weekend and now I'm waiting on another fuel pressure gauge and some new header bolts.
Still have to diagnose a low fuel pressure issue, but we're pinging away at it and getting it reassembled.
If worse comes to worse, the trusty Cougar is in order, should the 460 Vic not make the trip.
Yeah. I expect we'll be coming. Maybe not with the Cougar, maybe just with the 460 CV. I would definitely want to dyno it. Probably play with the jets a little on the carb, maybe the timing. Give me a call or shoot me a PM and remind me of the accomodation options, please!
Ray and I (and Julie) are in, but as I said on the phone, I would prefer a weekend before or after this, since the Dayton Air Show is on the weekend of the 17th. I definitely want to get the Vic dyno tuned and get your opinions on MORE HORSEPOWER!
So where are the honest responses? I'm kinda shocked that everyone is cool with this. I honestly believe that if there are objections, they won't be presented for fear of persecution by Eric or others in the community.
I think words like "EXPECT" are a bit harsh when used with words like "DONATE", which implies "VOLUNTEER".
Consider my position more neutral at this point, but I honestly don't think you're going to get any objections. Who the heck wants to look like they're too stingy to "DONATE"?
And if you make people feel bad about it, and they don't show up because money is tight, or they just don't like the idea of being "strongly encouraged" to donate, then you've effectively chosen the type of person you want in the Cat Jam community. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I've always felt that the strongest values of Cat Jam were the community and the car. With this directive, those values seem to be changing.
Hey, guys! CJ08 rocked for yet another year! It was good to see everyone again, even though I missed a few of you that were there and several people who weren't! Ive posted a couple of road pics here of Greg and Gumby's cars.
Awesome work, Greg! I was a bit confused from your phone call. I thought you'd decided to put a turbo on the black car, or I'd missed that detail. It's even more exciting to know that's your full weight car running that fast! AWESOME!
As a side note, it did turn out that the 460 Crown Vic was off one tooth at the crank on the timing gear. We haven't taken it to the track yet, but it feels like we went from a solid 17 second 1/4 to a solid 15.5 second 1/4. It sure is expensive, not to mention time consuming, to go fast. LOL.
