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posted October 30, 2006 10:53 AM
Florida trip half done - FullTilt car & bike PICS
I arrived in Miami in the wee hours of the morning last Friday. Since then, I've driven the rental car - a Dodge Caliber - an embarrassing number of miles and racked up a scary number of minutes on the new Cingular phone I bought in Miami.....
All in the quest for finding the Kings of the Street.
Some of you might have seen my earlier posts looking for folks in the FL area. Well, I was able to connect with a good assortment of guys thus far in both the Tampa and Jacksonville areas. I have to say, by and large, the guys that do make it out are pretty much uniformly good people - from the 17YO kid with a yen for fast vehicles who volunteered to man one of my video cameras - to the guy on leave for two weeks who is heading back to Afghanistan for another stint of service - to the guy who humped it down 9 hours from Tennessee on no sleep after working a 24 hours shift. It is amazing how people from disparate backgrounds come together and interact so well when sharing a common interest.
In any case, both days I shot some interesting video, which I'm going to have to wade through and edit when I return to BC. Both days also featured the inevitable setbacks, broken parts, AWOL participants, challenging street conditions, etc.
Whatever happens on a given day, we try and make the most of it.
Did I mention it was raining when we were supposed to meet in Tampa - and some guys STILL showed! Got some good stuff, despite the modest turnout and early weather.
The night before we met to run in Jax, I got a laundry list from a knowledgable source of the fastest cars in town and why each of them would not be able to run - mostly broken down - a common hazard when running a 1000HP car. My philosophy is this: the people who show up to play on a given day ARE the Kings of the Street for that day.
On the way up to Tampa, I got two calls from guys who I was planning on meeting the next day - both had run into mechanical issues and would not be able to come out. Something about running a 400 shot on the dyno looking for 900RWHP and lifting a head was mentioned. (He's hoping to join me next weekend after repairing the damage.)
I've come to expect this kind of thing when doing my 'events'. People ask me who is coming out and I reply that honestly, I don't have a clue until the morning of. I take a page from the airlines and try to overbook knowing that some people will just not show. Sadly, there can be a serious gap between reality and what I see/read/hear through the internet.
There are some people who I have great confidence in because they are passionate and excited. I KNOW these people will follow through after I talk to them. I can hear it loud and clear through - even through the occassionally crappy Cingular signal. Others are harder to read.
In any case, I'm still hoping to connect to a good bunch of Miami and Orlando people on the 4th and 5th next weekend. I am easy to reach by email or PM (FullTilt(*at*)gmail.com. I'm always looking for good people with fast or interesting vehicles who like the run them hard.
Get in touch with me if this is your cup of tea.
So, thank you to everyone I've talked to or met up to this point. I hope to meet more good folks later during this trip.
Here are some shots from last weekend's action.
This is as business-like as it gets. I think part of the dashboard bezel is stock.
Can you spot the reason the day ended early for this massive Turbo?
Four miles of bliss.
Four miles of bliss + Anderson kit =
Frankentwelve came out for Halloween.
This thing was just beautiful - a class act all around, though it never works out like I expect.....
Twin speedbumps - I'm hoping the results of this setup are what I want.
Local hot rod hangout with the big domestic guns.
Camera platform - 1397 Busa.
What is Halloween without costumes? Medical help was in attendance.
   
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fulltilt
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posted October 31, 2006 08:01 PM
Man, what a quiet bunch.
No wonder it is hard getting you 14 guys out.
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stevewfl
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posted October 31, 2006 08:54 PM
We're out every saturday night (all night) with several 14's doing crazy chit. Last Sat. I didn't see you nor the Toyota Celica above with the wore out rear tires and big fart can exhaust. Although if the black 'busa pictured above has a turbo sticking out the other side, I may be familiar with it.
While were we following a Trans Am GTA and a super-charged Mustang as they were racing (from a roll-on) across the Howard Franklin between Tampa and St. Pete on bikes, we were slowed due to a very freshly rolled Subaru car laying in the middle of the bridge. That whole scene would have made for a nice pic.... such a sweet kodak moment it was.
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stevewfl
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posted October 31, 2006 08:56 PM
Naw scratch that turbo 'busa for me, on a more closer look its not the one. The black one I know of has a tiny exhaust and lacks those decals
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posted October 31, 2006 09:21 PM
Full tilt looks like the chain adjuster pulled foward and bent or cracked or both. Those Gilles right??
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posted October 31, 2006 10:29 PM
love the franken12  that turbo busa is most definitely sweet. what i wouldnt give for the triples & brembos.
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fulltilt
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posted November 01, 2006 07:38 PM
Yaaa Freek, that particular front end was off of Mladin's bike.
Steve, I didn't see you and your guys anywhere last Saturday. I was at the Sonic and looking for a few other bikes, so that is a shame.
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stevewfl
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posted November 01, 2006 10:52 PM
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Yaaa Freek, that particular front end was off of Mladin's bike.
Steve, I didn't see you and your guys anywhere last Saturday. I was at the Sonic and looking for a few other bikes, so that is a shame.
We pulled out of Sonic at around 10:45. Of course thats the Sonic on Gandy Blvd. A few others from the board here were with me.
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