View Full Version : Over 1,000 SEMA photos (and Optima Challenge)
Nine Ball
11-10-2008, 06:56 PM
Enjoy over 1,000 views that I experienced first hand at SEMA last week. Great show, as usual.
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/index.htm
Tony :thumbsup:
:woot:
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/images/IMG_9442.jpg
Blown353
11-10-2008, 08:43 PM
Thanks for the pics!
It looks like my buddy in town did manage to get his car back together...
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/images/IMG_9489.jpg
He broke the block (again) and lunched the motor at Thunderhill 2 weeks before the Optima Challenge... I'm surprised he got it back together! He's a crazy SOB running that original Shelby as hard as he does, he does frequent SCCA vintage events and track days with it nearly exclusively and he drives it hard.
WILWAXU
11-10-2008, 08:55 PM
Thanks for the pics!
It looks like my buddy in town did manage to get his car back together...
He broke the block (again) and lunched the motor at Thunderhill 2 weeks before the Optima Challenge... I'm surprised he got it back together! He's a crazy SOB running that original Shelby as hard as he does, he does frequent SCCA vintage events and track days with it nearly exclusively and he drives it hard.
He did VERY well on the road course. I think he had the 2nd fastest lap overall. Soon after it looked like he hurt something and didn't finish the rest of the event.
Blown353
11-10-2008, 09:04 PM
He did VERY well on the road course. I think he had the 2nd fastest lap overall. Soon after it looked like he hurt something and didn't finish the rest of the event.
The engine was thrown together in a BIG hurry, so I wouldn't doubt something was missed. I need to go down to his shop and finish tuning an EFI setup this week, so I'll get more details.
He's a damn good driver-- a bit too aggressive at times (he gets flagged for unsafe passes with alarming regularity, LOL!) The car is pretty stock overall though in terms of suspension & drivetrain.
His track-only Mustang is quite a bit faster, and if it had a license plate he would have brought that instead. :yes: It's all bolt-on TCP suspension but has fender & quarter flares with 315/35/17 front and rear and an EFI 427" aluminum SBF, Jerico 4-speed, and CNC brakes. That car is a blast around a track... but the Shelby is no slouch either.
Tom.A
11-10-2008, 09:14 PM
Nice pictures Tony. Good to meet you and other members here.
Big Red sounded nice and nasty....like a big block should. The Mustang was really cool. I think somebody said he lost an oil line.
Nine Ball
11-11-2008, 04:42 AM
The car is pretty stock overall though in terms of suspension & drivetrain.
Pretty sure that thing didn't have leaf springs under it. I vaguely recall seeing some sort of modern rear suspension under it. It ran bad ass too, even on those narrow tires.
jvike
11-11-2008, 05:55 AM
Nice pictures!
Anyone know anything about this one?
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/images/IMG_8838.jpg
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/images/IMG_8839.jpg
Bowtieracing
11-11-2008, 05:58 AM
The father and mother of all protouring gmachines :hail:
:woot:
http://www.motorsports-media.com/photos/SEMA2008/images/IMG_9442.jpg
Pro Rides
11-11-2008, 08:20 AM
Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome pictures. Its the first time in five years I missed SEMA & its hard not seeing it first hand. Its great to have guys like you taking great photos for us that didn't have the time to make it out there.
Thanks again,
Curt
The Mustang was really cool. I think somebody said he lost an oil line.
I heard him say a bearing was going out. He found metal pieces in a part he was taking apart.
Very fast mustang...he was haulin the mail.
Spiffav8
11-11-2008, 09:19 AM
That Mustang was wicked! Actually made me want one. :_paranoid
That Mustang was wicked! Actually made me want one. :_paranoid
Your camaro didn't look that bad...I spent a good 20 mins looking at it.
MtotheIKEo
11-11-2008, 01:32 PM
Pretty sure that thing didn't have leaf springs under it. I vaguely recall seeing some sort of modern rear suspension under it. It ran bad ass too, even on those narrow tires.
Unless he changed something recently it has leafs.
Blown353
11-11-2008, 02:53 PM
Pretty sure that thing didn't have leaf springs under it. I vaguely recall seeing some sort of modern rear suspension under it. It ran bad ass too, even on those narrow tires.
Nope, still has leafs. The Shelby has the TCP/Varishock bolt-in front suspension, TCP rack, and out back it has 5-leafs with Varishocks and a TCP Torque arm.
His track-only car has the TCP/Varishock bolt in torque arm / watts link rear with the laydown coilovers, TCP front suspension, and TCP rack.
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