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[Cubbetm]

If anyone is going to the badlands today I'll be there

 

[RedHeep]

3 cars, 3 podiums yesterday. The boys are headed to the district derby.

Now I get to mow the lawn.

 

[w_howey]

Our council derby is today. I'm heading out to judge tracks today as a district rep.

 

[RedHeep]

Our council derby is today. I'm heading out to judge tracks today as a district rep.

We don't run a council derby, I'm running the district derby this year. This is the first year we've run 4 lanes and the computer timing with instant replay. I think the boys really liked it.

 

[w_howey]

Funny thing is..we have the computer timing and finish line camera on our pack track. But the council derby won't use ours because we are one of the few that have those upgrades.

 

[RedHeep]

That's dumb. It doesn't change the way the cars race, it makes it human proof to get the results.

 

[Cubbetm]

Someone had a bad day yesterday.

 

[terrehautian]

Where they like, forget this, take the wheels off and leave the rest?

 

[BRIANHO13]

Someone had a bad day yesterday.

Was that at the badlands?

 

[Cubbetm]

Yeah. The friend of the owner of it came to get stuff out of it. Said they tried to ramp a hill and hit a tree at the bottom.

Not sure what they're going to do with it but both driveshafts were off, all the wheels were gone, the whole front of the "frame" ripped off the rest of the unibody.

 

[need-a-bow]

Well my rear seats are naked and out of the jeep. Kinda scared my tools will shoot forward and kill me when i brake. Maybe its a sign to build storage

 

[BRIANHO13]

Yea please tie everything down.

Burning all the deadfall and extra leaves, should have done this Saturday night. I'm guessing it would take three hours to put this out with a hose, doesn't help I just added 4 gallons of wmo.

 

[altrocker1]

http://chautauqua.craigslist.org/cto/4966138895.html

is this really a 93? looks like a newer style van...

 

[macgyvr]

http://chautauqua.craigslist.org/cto/4966138895.html

is this really a 93? looks like a newer style van...

Yes

First year for that body style was 1992.

mac 'would be a non-turbo 7.3 idi' gyvr

 

[87manche]

good motor

probably crappy trans.

you can make an IDI run with bubblegum and duct tape, just don't run it out of fuel.

 

[macgyvr]

Possibly a c6...awesome trans, no od tho...

mac 'not sure tho' gyvr

 

[87manche]

I thought by that point they were firmly in e4od territory, but maybe it never came behind a IDI.

low governed RPM and no OD would bring the suck on the highway.

 

[macgyvr]

Yeah I really don't know...

Was throwing it out there cause you said the Trans would suck

mac 'meds are goooooood' gyvr

 

[altrocker1]

yeah i knew it would be idi if it was a 93...was just surprised that the body was the newer style.

alt "browsing vans lately" rocker1

 

[lesslimited]

My 89 302 powered E250 had the E4OD, so did my 96 PSD E350. In 96, they thought that trans was so good, they didn't need fluid changes. No fluid changes recommended in the manual. Mine made it to about 120k.

Oh, and it sucks to be back to reality after 6-1/2 weeks.
And flying first class on US Airways 737 sucks, seats are wider but hardly any more legroom than Economy Plus. And of course that was the 5.5 hour flight. American's 737 was much nicer, but that was the short flight from Phoenix. But when I booked, somehow first class was about $10 cheaper than coach, and we saved $220 in checked bag fees so it wasn't all bad...