Finally Got My Motor Back!

Mr. Blue · 12-13-2006, 10:18 AM

Well I FINALLY got to pick up my motor from the builder yesterday @ 10AM, and by 1:30PM it was bolted up to the Turbo 400 and into the tube chassis. Then I went and took some pain pills and fell into bed (I have a very bad back). Now all I have to do is hook everything else up like the blower, headers, hard lines, electrical....you get the idea. Looks like a very Happy New Year ahead.
Sorry I couldn't make the vette drag racing @ SpeedWorld this past weekend as I had hoped. Soon, though. Glenn

chris308 · 12-13-2006, 11:02 AM

WoW

now that some serious go fast parts!!

Mr. Blue · 12-13-2006, 12:20 PM

Thanks, but all the go fast stuff (blower) are not on yet. Glenn

**Rich Z** · 12-13-2006, 12:29 PM

Hope you get everything together so you can get it on the street real soon. Awesome looking car!

Mr. Blue · 12-13-2006, 12:37 PM

Me too! It's been 6 months. I'm going crazy from G-Force withdrawal. Nothing like being pinned back in your seat big time! Glenn

Red 69 · 12-13-2006, 05:13 PM

We missed you at the last Speed World Sunday event, but look forward to seeing you and your 'Blue Heaven' in the future. Man...that blue car is way over the top!!! I feel for ya about the back, mine doesn't like leaning over anything either. Let us know when yer ready to rumble.

fuzzy dice · 12-13-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Red 69

We missed you at the last Speed World Sunday event, but look forward to seeing you and your 'Blue Heaven' in the future. Man...that blue car is way over the top!!! I feel for ya about the back, mine doesn't like leaning over anything either. Let us know when yer ready to rumble.

Yup...we missed you at the track...I asked about you...hope you can make the next one...

USA-1 · 12-13-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Glenn "Mr. Blue" Smith

Sorry I couldn't make the vette drag racing @ SpeedWorld

With undertaking a project like this, we will 'allow' a one-time forgiveness.....

..... but NO-MORE!!!!!

We had discussed another Corvette-gathering at OSWD in mid-January, but with it only being 5 weeks away at this point, it is questionable if that will happen:
you'd be welcome to join us the last Sunday in January for a visit to Garlits' Museum (see thread in EVENTS & HAPPENINGS ), and once OSWD posts their schedule for February-on, we will try scheduling another event at the track.

Mr. Blue · 12-13-2006, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by USA-1

With undertaking a project like this, we will 'allow' a one-time forgiveness.....

..... but NO-MORE!!!!!

We had discussed another Corvette-gathering at OSWD in mid-January, but with it only being 5 weeks away at this point, it is questionable if that will happen:
you'd be welcome to join us the last Sunday in January for a visit to Garlits' Museum (see thread in EVENTS & HAPPENINGS ), and once OSWD posts their schedule for February-on, we will try scheduling another event at the track.

Are you all planning on driving the vettes up together?
I'd love to do that IF i've had enough time to shake the vette down before. Don't forget, I went down in June over an overheating problem, then found two broken pistons. I won't know till it's back together and I get to run it to see if I found the problem.
I've been to Garlit's before and love the place. So much history there.
February sounds more like a reasonable time to try and race the vette. Will need time to make sure it won't fall apart.

Glenn

USA-1 · 12-13-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Glenn "Mr. Blue" Smith

Are you all planning on driving the vettes up together?

Weather-permitting, I'd suspect it will be an individual-decision whether to take each person's Corvette to Ocala, but if your car isn't ready, hop in something-else and tag-along:
(I am coming from Lakeland-via Orlando, and may bring my daily-driver/4-door instead, just in-case of emergency for some of our group )
'ideally', it'd be nice to get a large group-photo of all the Corvettes in-attendance that day in the parking-lot.