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February 27, 2011, 04:45:18 PM

Time to start this thing up! What does everyone's schedules look like?
http://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/2002_solo.htm

We had our first event today. No points, fun run. The car is still apart, but I have been suffering a horrible case of spring fever this year, and been itchin to get out and run. I was very pleased that the weather held out today, and I was able to run the truck.

Got some good runs, brushed off some cobwebs, and had a ton of fun. The ol' Ranger put a hurtin on a few civics, and I was told I lifted the right front tire on a couple runs. I woulda paid for a pic of that, but I didnt see any cameras out today.
I will post the results once they are up, as always, but I can tell ya my last run was awesome. 55.0sec on my way to a solid 54sec run until the back end tried to come around in the second to last element. Hadnt stepped out in that section all day, but got crossed up pretty good and with a slow:1 ratio steering box it took some work to pull it back in. Miatas were runnin 53's and Subies were hittin 50's and high 49's.

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Reply #1 – February 27, 2011, 05:38:10 PM

Nice Ranger! What are the specs.

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Reply #2 – February 27, 2011, 06:47:31 PM

Winter beater, 4/5 drop, big brakes, mild turbo setup
http://www.turborangerforums.com/showthread.php?t=686

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Reply #3 – February 27, 2011, 07:22:51 PM

Very nice. Are you a member on Ranger Station? I think I've seen you truck there.

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Reply #4 – February 27, 2011, 07:49:05 PM

Nice read, as is your Tbird thread. What did you end up using for front calipers?..I remember you saying you didn't like the sport trac pieces......

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Reply #5 – February 27, 2011, 07:55:28 PM

LOL, I guess the truck is a hit.....no, I'm not on TRS, so if it was my truck, someone was reposting it from RPS or TRF

Front calipers are 97 ranger units, which are nearly identical to the sport trac ones. No issues using the ST calipers if a guy wanted to do so, I just didnt want to use Cobra calipers on it because they are actually smaller than the stock ranger ones.

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Reply #6 – February 28, 2011, 10:06:04 PM

Results
http://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/2011-02-27_Overall.pdf

I forgot that puttin the truck in BP meant I wouldnt get the tire handicap. Doesnt really matter since this wasnt a points event, but looking at raw times I would have actually placed 23rd rather than 25th if I had classed myself in SM(ahead of two more civics, hehe).

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Reply #7 – March 02, 2011, 03:20:11 PM

I love that truck...those little Rangers are a neat platform to build on. I had a '97 2.3 2wd I would have loved to turbo,lower,etc.

Do you do all your events at the place in your link? It's something I've always thought I'd love to try but we don't have stuff like that down here in the boondocks (I'm about 90 mi southwest of Indy). I would even love to just come watch and get my feet wet sometime.

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Reply #8 – March 02, 2011, 05:15:13 PM

Yes, the Columbus region is where I do all my events. I may eventually try to hit some Indy region events, but havent so far. Come on up any time!

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Reply #9 – March 03, 2011, 11:16:01 AM

I may have to take you up on that...

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Reply #10 – March 05, 2011, 10:14:34 PM

I cant believe you guys ran already. First one in clevland is like april 6th or something, but I already know I'm not making that one. Trying for april 17th in toledo.

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Reply #11 – March 06, 2011, 07:54:49 PM

yup, fun event is always last Sunday in February here. We have our next one(first points event) March 27....I'm pushin to have the car ready....

Do you have a link to your full schedule you can post up?

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Reply #12 – March 07, 2011, 12:57:55 AM

http://www.nworscca.com/2010-solo-schedule.html
this is for 2011, so dont let the 2010 in the link scare ya, lol.

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Reply #13 – March 07, 2011, 04:57:53 PM

hrrrrmmmm, you have en event on the 12th of June, I will hafta keep that in mind. I could possibly make Toledo become "on the way home" from the HRPT trip.

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Reply #14 – March 07, 2011, 10:11:23 PM

that would be cool!