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BUT TOM, WERE THERE ANY MUSTANGS AT RTTH 7? — RTTH7-2

The answer is a resounding yes and here are pictures to prove it. I wish I had more names to go with the pictures but you do the best with what you have.

 

Tony Bolton 2002 Mustang

 

Scott Smith 2005 Mustang GT

 

Daniel Maynor 2002 Mustang

 

 

 

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DAVID MANN’S 1970 FIREBIRD — RTTH7-2

This is the email David sent to me detailing the work on his Firebird.

Hi Tom, I work at ICAR which is an Automotive Engineering Program extension of Clemson University open to graduate Masters Or Doctorate degrees. I’m not an engineer myself, but I do work here in the test lab. My responsibilities are operation of all the test equipment, instrumentation, data acquisition, and testing of vehicles, and general support of all research projects. It can be fun at times, and boring at times ! I do really enjoy having a career that allows me to be involved in the automotive field though. Thanks,David

Here are the car specs : 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 VIN-226870L101355. Originally a PHS documented base 400, 4 speed, 12 bolt 3.55, Palladium SilverVan Nuys built – Feb. 1970, sold new in San Jose (Allison Pontiac)Northern CA car until May 2011 All original sheet metal car, no rust, ever. Engine Built by Warren Cultrup of Engine Dynamics and later DEI.Type: Pontiac 400, WS code (Ram Air III) Dated I039 (Sept. 3, 1969) Partial VIN 20B113384 (GTO), Casting # 979991_ (914 block w/ 4 ground off?).

Block: stock 400, bored & torque plate honed, align honed.

Oiling: Blueprinted Melling high flow oil pump, Milodon baffled oil pan

Rotating assembly (balanced): Crank-stock nodular iron cross-drilled, windage tray, Wiseco pistons, Total Seal rings, ARP rod bolts, main studs, and head studs, Cloyes timing chain set, BHJ Performance SFI damper.

Cylinder heads: Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum 72cc by Butler Performance, 2.11 int valve/1.66 exh valve, 5/16 push rods, ARP head studs, Valve job, Ported – Race/Polish Chamber, JBP head gaskets(copper), port matched to intake.

Camshaft: Ram Air IV (.520lift w/1.65 rocker arm)

Induction: Quadrajet carb, Holley Street Dominator intake manifold port matched by Butler.

Ignition: MSD 6AL ignition box, GM HEI

Exhaust: Hooker Super Comp long-tube headers, Torque Tech X-Crossover 3.5” exhaust system w/ dual MagnaFlow 3-inch mufflers

Cooling: Rodney Red aluminum radiator

 

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B.F.F. — RTTH7-2

Here we have Britt and Starla having a good time being B.F.F. while posing with Rod Milligan’s E.T. Gear Corvette. I’ve covered two of Rod’s hugely popular Spring Rod Runs. Now I’m featuring his Corvette. He tells me he can’t afford a $100 for an ad on AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com. I guess he’s just a good business man. I give him all this publicity and he doesn’t pay a dime.

 

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JUST WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR — RTTH7-2

In this post we have Albert Melchior from Ont., Canada, with his 1973 Trans Am. The story isn’t about what the car as is now but what Albert is working on for the the 2012 season. I guess if anybody could make it happen it would be Albert since he is the owner of Carbon Kustoms a leading manufacturer of carbon fiber parts for 2nd gen Camaros and Firebirds.

What is promised for 2012:

Pontiac 474 c.i.

CV-1 Heads

T56 MAG 6 sp

DSE subframe

Ride Tech 4 link

Ride Tech 3 way adjustable shocks

Wilwood Brakes

Sparco 505 Seats

Full carbon fiber front clip

Carbon Fiber wheel flares

Full Floating 9″ Ford read end

Carbon Fiber inner wheels wells

THE BEST FOR LAST  3pc Carbon Fiber Honey Comb Style 18” Wheels

 

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(1) STEPHANIE VS. THE STANDOUT GTO — RTTH7

As great a car that the GTO is the first thing I notice when look at these pictures is Stephanie. Sorry Bill it’s not even close. I didn’t get to talk to Stephanie much, her husband was wanting to go. But if I had to guess I’m saying Stephanie is a dental hygienist, played high school basketball and at the age of twenty eight Stephanie is serious, semi-competitive runner. Steph, please let me know how close I came.

 

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(2) Thinking Outside The Box – BILL HERDER’S 1966 GTO VERT — RTTH7

If there was an award for the most different approch to a Pro-Touring car Bill’s GTO would have won hands down. It’s just an awesome, stand out car.

The GTO was a featured article in the October 2011 issue of High Performance Pontiac.  I have just pulled a few statements from the High Perfromace Pontiact article to give some basics on the car.

 

DrivetrainTransmission: Richmond Street Five-speed manual trans (4+1), 3.27 1st, 2.13 2nd, 1.57 3rd, 1.23 4th, 1.00 5th, aluminum flywheel, Hurst shifter.

Rear axle: GM 12-bolt rearend (original housing), Eaton posi differential w/3.07:1 gears, Strange C-Clip eliminators,

Front suspension: Stock upper and lower control arms w/ Herb Adams solid greasable bushings, MOOG tie rods w/ custom adjusters, Herb Adams sway bar w/ heim joint end links, Adjustable KONI red shocks, Global West subframe connectors, Global West ½” solid subframe bushings.

Rear suspension: Detroit Speed 3” drop leafs, DSE shackles & bushings, Herb Adams sway bar, Adjustable KONI red shocks.

SPC billet adjustable tubular upper and lower control arms and Pro-Touring 550 lb-in springs in front. They attach to the stock spindles via Howe NASCAR-style tall ball joints. Alston Varishock double-adjustable shocks help soften the bumps and control the springs, Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings thwart suspension deflection, and a Hellwig tubular 1.125-inch stabilizer bar keeps cornering flat.

To upgrade the rear, the same brand springs (135 lb-in rate), shocks, bushings, and stabilizer bar (1.125-inch with end links) are employed. Additional handling mods include Currie Currectrac billet upper and lower control arms and Edelbrock crossbraces to triangulate the mounting points for added strength. A set of 18×8 front, 18×10 rear NewGen wheels roll on the aforementioned Nittos, measuring 245/40-18 in front and 275/40-18 in the rear.

Tires: Nitto NT555 – F: 255/45/ZR18 R: 285/40/ZR18

Wilwood 14-inch front disc brakes with six-piston calipers, as well as 12.2-inch, four-piston calipers in the rear, sans power assist,

A ’70 400 was bored and stroked to 462 and built by Dave Hillard of Donnellsville, Ohio, who Bill describes as “an outstanding guy and a credit to the Pontiac community.” A set of four-bolt billet caps were added to the 0.030-over block to hold in the 4.25-inch-stroke, Ohio forged crank; PRW 4340 Ultralight I-beam, forged rods; and Ross 4.155-inch, forged pistons wrapped in Federal Mogul rings. A Melling 54D pump works from a Canton road race oil pan to ensure the crude is at the pickup in high-g cornering.

KRE D-Port aluminum heads were ported to flow 320/240 cfm at 0.700 lift by SD Performance. Comp valvesprings; Smith Brothers 5⁄16-inch pushrods; and PRW stainless, 1.65:1 roller rockers deliver the cam specs to the 2.15/1.74 valves. The Comp hydraulic-roller cam employs solid-roller lifters (higher rpm without valve float) and features 246/252- degrees duration at 0.050 and 0.660/0.660 lift; LSA is 112 degrees.

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(3) Miss Kitty Meets Pro-touring and Miss Kitty’s Husband meets AmericanCarsAmericangirls.com — RTTH7

Miss Kitty met Pro-Touring and she liked it a lot. Miss Kitty, real name Tenisha, wanted to go get their car right then and start autocrossing. I told her that the field was probably full and the best place to learn the basic of autocrossing was at the regional SCCA

Miss Kitty’s husband met AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com and he wasn’t that fond of us. But Tenisha liked us ok and we got some great pictures of Tenisha with Terry Neuville’s 1968 Pro-Touring Camaro. I sent all the pictures to Tenisha and husband for their approval. When it was all said and done I think Miss Kitty’s husband ended up liking AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com just fine.

 

I did a post on Terry Neuville’s Camaro at RTTH6 and he gave me the following info on his car:

‘’The car is a 68 Camaro. It was my first car and I bought it when I was 15 in high school. It was a daily driver from 1980 til 1994. The car has over 230,000 total miles on it. I drove the car on five Hot Rod Power Tours from 2003 to 2007. I did my first full resto on the car starting two years ago and finished it August 2009 just in time for my first time to RTTH5. The car is never trailered. I drive it to every event no matter how far. Now it has been a year and a couple of months since the resto with over 12,600 miles in that time. In the last year I have driven from Baton Rouge LA., to Indian, to north Georgia, Houston TX. Dallas TX. and Pigeon Forge not to mention all over Louisiana.

The car has a LS2 engine with 4L65E transmission, 18″ Forgeline wheels, DSE Quadralink rear suspension on coilovers, Global West front suspension on coilovers, 14″ Baer brakes all the way around, GPS Nav, DVD player, reverse camera, security with remote start, power windows and power door locks, paint is House of Kolors candy apple red over silver with ghost strips.’’

Thanks for all the cool pictures and your time. Very cool website also.

Terry Neuville

 

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(4) Kimberly — The Arts meet AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com — RTTH7

 One time I got a stripper (fully clothed) to pose for AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com and she didn’t even asked to be paid. I was feeling pretty special that day.

Now I can add a trained, performing ballerina to my resume. Kimberly’s boyfriend volunteered the info to me. Kimberly was much too modest. By day Kimberly handles international freight in Virginia Beach Va,harbour. By night Kimberly trains and dances ballet in the Virginia Beach Ballet Co.

Now when someone gives you trouble about spending your time on such a mindless and shallow web site as AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com you can rebut with  AmericanCarsAmericanGirls.com’s link to the performing art of dance, in one form or another.

Kimberly is posing with Scot W.’s 1986 Buick T-Type.

 

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BRITTANY WAS JUST PROUD OF WHAT HER MOMMA HAD GIVEN HER

which was the ability to take tire pressure readings on Pro-touring cars. I think we should all give Brittany’s mom a big thanks!  We got a ton of great stuff on the 2011 Run Thru The Hills Pro-tourning event held 10/24&25. It will be a while before I get RTTH7 .  In the mean time you can check out the RTTH6 articles under Former Featured Articles