OVC Spring Fling! April 22nd, Cincinnati [Archive]

R/T

03-02-2006, 01:45 PM

It's that time again, the annual OVC Spring dragracin' bash!

We usually have it the Saturday after Easter, but that's late this year, so:

When: Saturday, April 8th

Where: Tristate Dragway, Hamilton Ohio - Northwest of Cincinnati

Time: 1:30 till 6:00 PM

How much: $15 to race, $5 to watch

See: www.tristatedragway.com

We invade their Tune & Test with Turbo Mopars, good stuff!! :thumb:

All are welcome, cars running or not, stop & be friendly!! :p

Clay

03-02-2006, 04:47 PM

well, I want to go, but no guarentees right now. Thats very very close to the due date.

GLHSKEN

03-02-2006, 05:14 PM

An ambulance is always on call at the track.. If that's too slow, a ride to the Hospital In reeves omni would be way cool.

Clay

03-02-2006, 05:15 PM

An ambulance is always on call at the track.. If that's too slow, a ride to the Hospital In reeves omni would be way cool.

how cool would that be........

"and kid, you were driven home from the hospital in a 10 second Omni" :eyebrows:

but, the due date is March 26, so as long as we have it a couple of weeks before da fling, then hopefully I can go. :evil:

Mike_Shepard

03-03-2006, 12:57 AM

Hmmmm april 8th huh. Well ill be kinda moving into my house then but I might be able to sneak away for a day

8valves

03-03-2006, 01:19 AM

I'll try for sure, but I highly doubt I'll have the car ready by then. I just don't have enough time to make enough money to finish it all up. I'll still try to come minus car though.

Aaron Miller

Mario

03-03-2006, 01:41 AM

If it's not done. You can ride in my sh!tbox. I'll probably be going.

8valves

03-03-2006, 01:59 AM

Sounds good to me!

AM

fleckster

03-05-2006, 02:26 PM

I think I will follow tradition and bring the Le-BAR-on down to show off the new suspension and wheels. The Couch may be apart by then getting it's new suspension in preparation for SDAC-16.

Kerry K

03-05-2006, 04:37 PM

Sounds like fun. Just a short drive from Louisville

Scottmon

03-07-2006, 02:12 PM

I'll try to motivate my bro to get him to bring his Shadow out. If not, I'll be by in the IROC R/T to hang out provided we don't get an Ohio Valley monsoon that day. :yuck:

3Bar_Mopar

03-07-2006, 08:51 PM

I'll be there with my Daytona as far as I know. The Enforcer turbo and new head should be installed....maybe the intercooler too if I can get motivated.:nod: :thumb:

R/T

03-07-2006, 11:26 PM

Now you have a deadline - get moving!!! ;)

20w/ashelby

03-08-2006, 04:48 PM

I might bring my neon and run better times than my daytona at Turbopalooza. It's possible my SC will be running then but not likely.

turbospirites

03-10-2006, 06:26 PM

I'll try my best to get my car running :) or ill race the hearse

GLHSKEN

03-14-2006, 08:13 PM

Clay

03-14-2006, 08:19 PM

:amen: Ken!!

I equate them to a mini-sdac!

BIG PSI

03-14-2006, 08:21 PM

Folks, The OVC has 2 of the best events every year. Spring Fling and Turbopalooza... We have folks from 5-700 miles drive in for these and the after and PRE gathering at my place is always a good time!!! (people are welcome to crash here, the place is littered with people and I have LOTS of room!!!)

If you can please try to make it... our local saying is "And a good time was had by all"

We will be coming again this year as long as the weather looks promising. I will bring either PAT (Plymouth Acclaim Turbo) or Cherry (06 Charger R/T HEMI).
So save us some floor space............

Thanks
Chuck

GLHSKEN

03-14-2006, 09:01 PM

So save us some floor space............

Thanks
Chuck

LOL Not a problem in the new house... TONS of space everywhere... Pinball darts... More than likely the pool table won't be here yet, but??? who knows.

8valves

03-14-2006, 09:13 PM

LOL Not a problem in the new house... TONS of space everywhere... Pinball darts... More than likely the pool table won't be here yet, but??? who knows.
Did I just hear mention of pool? Uh oh, now I really need to be there!

Aaron Miller

GLHSKEN

03-14-2006, 09:16 PM

Did I just hear mention of pool? Uh oh, now I really need to be there!

Aaron Miller

TABLE... More than likely will not be here by then... But it will for 'Palooza...

3Bar_Mopar

03-14-2006, 10:22 PM

OK...I'll be there if I have to wheelbarrow my car in parts!:amen:

8valves

03-14-2006, 10:25 PM

TABLE... More than likely will not be here by then... But it will for 'Palooza...

Hell yeah, that's what I'm talkign about! Pool + beer + car guys = lots of fun.

Aaron Miller

Oh- add in pizza, or associated good food.

R/T

03-15-2006, 12:14 AM

OK...I'll be there if I have to wheelbarrow my car in parts!:amen:

Just so the car is'nt in a wheelbarrow on the way home.... :p

csxt665

03-16-2006, 09:40 PM

Sounds like two goobers from New England...

We have folks from 5-700 miles drive in

fleckster

03-17-2006, 04:15 AM

Are the two (or one) goober going to be there at this event? Please?

I'd like to think that the Lady (Lady?!?) was going to show up! :p

uwilluz

03-17-2006, 11:01 AM

Purpleskunk

03-19-2006, 12:03 AM

won't be able to come to the track but should be able to come to kens if its all still goin down around 7 or so. unfortunately, I have home baseball games that day, and no I haven't quite got away from that damned baseball yet. :banghead: :ballchain:

R/T

03-20-2006, 11:52 PM

Are the two (or one) goober going to be there at this event? Please?

I'd like to think that the Lady (Lady?!?) was going to show up! :p

Yaaaay!!!

Goobers at the track!!

Yaaaay!!! ;)

GLHSKEN

03-30-2006, 11:53 AM

:bump2: :bump2: :bump2:

For a great event. Pinball machine IS in the house, pub electric dartboard should also be installed by then!!!

If you are planning on crashing at my place Friday or Saturday night, LMK here!!!

fleckster

03-30-2006, 11:57 AM

Here!

stampederunner

03-30-2006, 01:38 PM

I'll stop by, either in my car or my friends 87 t-type.

R/T

03-30-2006, 11:52 PM

Should be a blast, I have the Mishimoto IC mounted in the Woody!!! :nod:

( now I just have to hook it up...... :p and swap manifolds, and new motor mounts, and about 1000 other things... )

3Bar_Mopar

04-02-2006, 11:37 AM

Should be a blast, I have the Mishimoto IC mounted in the Woody!!! :nod:

( now I just have to hook it up...... :p and swap manifolds, and new motor mounts, and about 1000 other things... )

Git 'er done! I wanna see how well that Mishimoto works!! Mine's still in the box.

mw6886

04-02-2006, 02:53 PM

How well it works? I think that has been said by RT time and time again about mine!
13.01 all day long on S60 intercooler
12.50 all day long on Mishimoto intercooler.
No other changes.

I did use 2.5" pipes.

R/T

04-03-2006, 07:55 AM

Well, looks like the Woody won't be ready to race.... :(

Too much to finish.

BUT:

Racin'Nathan's Shadow *will* be ready to test the AGTEC traction system.... :thumb:

( Added Gravity Traction Enhancing Chains )

Scottmon

04-03-2006, 09:08 AM

If you are planning on crashing at my place Friday or Saturday night, LMK here!!!

Depends on how much beer I drink!!! :thumb:

3Bar_Mopar

04-05-2006, 10:12 AM

Ok...so the forecast says rain for Saturday thus far....what are we gonna do if it does? Postpone it or just go to Ken's house like before?

GLHSKEN

04-05-2006, 06:41 PM

The house is always open that day.

3Bar_Mopar

04-05-2006, 08:40 PM

The house is always open that day.

Cool! :amen: I don't know how to get there tho....

R/T

04-05-2006, 09:49 PM

Turbo Doppler 2.2 Weather:

Saturday: Cloudy with a 30% chance of rain EARLY, clearing with a high of 55*

Since racing starts at 2 PM, we should be fine!!

BE THERE!!!! :welcome:

R/T

04-06-2006, 10:49 AM

POSTPONED!!

Due to weather forcast being all over the place, we're postponing the Spring Fling to Saturday, April 22nd.

See ya there!! :nod:

stampederunner

04-06-2006, 02:56 PM

I had to hold my bosses children hostage for the 8th off! Now what can I do to top that and get the 22nd off?

R/T

04-06-2006, 09:25 PM

Just keep the kids until the 23rd.

Sorry, some forecasts are saying 29* and snow flurries Saturday AM... :(

Clay

04-06-2006, 10:53 PM

Well, I hate to say it, but good! ;) After the new kid and other stuff, this weekend was definatley out.

clay

R/T

04-07-2006, 10:10 AM

ALSO;

Tristate has no paved or gravel pit areas - everyone parks on the grass.

If the grass is too wet, they call off the racing.

Heavy rain and storms later today....

Best to wait. :nod:

lancer402

04-12-2006, 08:32 PM

I thought you were joking with the POstponed and went there anyway. The weather was great.

andy

R/T

04-12-2006, 10:44 PM

Yea, yea, I know..... :rolleyes:

It will be EVEN NICER on the 22nd..... :thumb:

lancer402

04-13-2006, 06:15 PM

well maybe by the 22nd i wik have the .63 ar housing on.
no promises though

andy

Clay

04-13-2006, 07:43 PM

Andy - have you run the lancer at the track yet??

R/T

04-13-2006, 10:43 PM

Oh yea..... :eyebrows:

Clay

04-13-2006, 10:56 PM

well?? how did it do?!?!

R/T

04-14-2006, 09:30 PM

If I remember, it pulled 104MPH on 12 (?) lbs of boost....!!!!!!!!

Clay

04-15-2006, 08:02 PM

sweet!!!

turbospirites

04-16-2006, 04:35 AM

Dude!

Clay

04-16-2006, 09:24 AM

Sweet!

BTB

04-17-2006, 11:48 AM

I may make the trip up with the girlfriend, depends if it's her weekend with the kids or not..

some of you are gonna shun me for this... but if I come up, I'm gonna drive my brothers 517whp Lightning :)

Killer, I want to see a fast truck run. If I go I'll be racing my GTP Grand Prix, so dont sweat it.:thumb:

Clay

04-17-2006, 12:34 PM

Brian - when are you going to get the GLHT back up and running??

BTB

04-17-2006, 10:15 PM

I'm not sure. Depends on money. Im trying to sell the grand prix and use some of that money to get everything I need to get the GLHT back on the road and screamming.

R/T

04-19-2006, 06:52 AM

Turbo Doppler 2.2 weather for Saturday;

Partly Sunny, high of 65* :)

stampederunner

04-21-2006, 11:10 PM

Weather still gonna be the same? Or has it changed?

R/T

04-21-2006, 11:33 PM

Even BETTER, sunny and 72* !!! :thumb: :cool: :bounce:

daytonachad

04-22-2006, 02:33 PM

Wish I could've been there....
:(

3Bar_Mopar

04-22-2006, 08:02 PM

Same here...I had to work...no way out of it.:(

I just moved home and started this job a week and a half ago....my boss had a vacation scheduled for the week including the weekend of the 22nd. There are only 4 of us and if I'm off too, that leaves 2 people to run the place on the busiest day of the week.

Finally, my car is running well and not an issue and I can't go because of something else stupid, yet again. grrr!:mad: :mad:
Maybe I'll go to SDAC if it's not ungodly far.

daytonachad

04-23-2006, 09:25 PM

well how was it?
Just because I wasnt able to go , doesnt mean I'm not curious to see how everything went :)

fleckster

04-23-2006, 10:03 PM

Weather was absolutely perfect, sunny and 75 degrees. Turn out of Turbo Mopars was much lower than expected, lower than even normal. Even some of the regulars weren't there this time. Despite that many who said they were going to be there weren't, a fantastic time was had by everyone. The racing was fine but there were no real records or stand-outs. (Translation: my 1st pass was only at 10psi and was a 16.1. My second pass after turning the Granger in was an exhibition of Overboost. I could have been mistaken for Clay! After that I called it quits.)

As usual, the real fun was the hanging out after at Ken's place. Hambergers and Hot dogs, softdrinks and beer. Hilarious stories, funny videos on Warren's and my computers, tons of movie, TV line quotes, and even Pinball! I played the pinball machine so much, my wrists hurt and I probably have an early case of carpel-tunnel!

3Bar_Mopar

04-23-2006, 10:54 PM

As usual, the real fun was the hanging out after at Ken's place. Hambergers and Hot dogs, softdrinks and beer. Hilarious stories, funny videos on Warren's and my computers, tons of movie, TV line quotes, and even Pinball! I played the pinball machine so much, my wrists hurt and I probably have an early case of carpel-tunnel!

Sounds like a blast...I wish I could have been there. :(

R/T

04-23-2006, 11:39 PM

What Fleck said....

We had about 15 cars of all sorts in the OVC area, about 6 or 7 people racing.

Reeves went 12.98 in his Mom's SRT4, destroying an Evo RS.

Joe O'Conner won the battle of the Hemi Ram Daytona pickups.

My boy RacinNathan had his best ever 60ft, this with the AGTEC chains installed - even though the slicks are another winter older - looks promising...

turbospirites

04-24-2006, 12:49 AM

stampederunner

04-24-2006, 01:36 AM

Who has the pictures of that hot blonde posing on top of my car?

ray944s

04-24-2006, 08:18 AM

Clay

04-24-2006, 09:48 AM

(Translation: my 1st pass was only at 10psi and was a 16.1. My second pass after turning the Granger in was an exhibition of Overboost. I could have been mistaken for Clay! After that I called it quits.)

well, even though I couldn't be there in person, it sounds like I was at least there in "spirit"! ;)

Sorry I missed the festivities!! I had the best of intensions of being there, but to many irons in the fire, and a baby, made me stay home! :( I was dissapointed I couldnt go, but I was able to spend good time with my son, and some good time on the GLHT TII conversion! So all is well.

So it looks like juniors big debut will have to be at SDAC! :)

clay

20w/ashelby

04-24-2006, 09:51 AM

I was there in my neon. And after some intense stripping of the car i got a 15.95@86 and backed up by a 15.99@85. Removed:pass seat, rear seat bottom, antenna, wipers, front license plate, air filter, air box lid, hood, muffler. biggest gains were from muffler and hood/air box lid. The neon with pizza wheels and bald falken ziex tires netted a 2.27 60ft. BTW, it is SOHC 5-Speed.

It was a really good time, I just would've liked to see more td's out there racin.

EDIT: anyone know of a good way to kill the top speed limiter on a neon. 120 doesn't cut it for a 3 hour drive down rt 75.:evil:

daytonachad

04-24-2006, 11:45 AM

well, even though I couldn't be there in person, it sounds like I was at least there in "spirit"! ;)

Sorry I missed the festivities!! I had the best of intensions of being there, but to many irons in the fire, and a baby, made me stay home! :( I was dissapointed I couldnt go, but I was able to spend good time with my son, and some good time on the GLHT TII conversion! So all is well.

So it looks like juniors big debut will have to be at SDAC! :)

clay

Welcome to fatherhood Clay!
:)
I know it can cause you to miss some events, but it is more than worth it! :thumb:
That's why I couldnt make it. My daughter had a school carnival Saturday! Didnt do much for me, but for an 8 year old, she thought it "rocked".
We did get to go to a local drive in restaurant after and see a car show and a flame shooting contest... that was cool until the cops showed up to harass the restaurant staff due to breaking the noise ordinace. Got to see some nice vintage iron, closest thing to a T-D was a turbo PT cruiser with flashing green lights under it.. again my daughter thought it was "cool".
:D

lancer402

04-28-2006, 09:33 PM

Sorry Imissed it too. I had to stay out of town longer than I had hoped and didnt get home until saturday night. I missed Clay's questions a while back about my car but Thanks Tracy for answering them for me.

It did 14.3 sec at 104MPH, 2.5 sec 60 ft time lol. I wasnt exactly leaving to fast. I still need to get the boost up and the .63 AR housing on.

later
andy

Clay

04-28-2006, 09:42 PM

wow! thats one hell of a MPH for the ET! Cant wait till you get it all tuned in and up the boost!!!!

stealthydave

05-05-2006, 01:27 PM

OK Dave........its time to post pics and coverage of the event.......lets show the people who could not make it what they missed......Weater was awsome........and I got a great deal on some slicks.......

Sorry, I've been slacking in my duties. :)
I've actually been very busy on a special project.

Anyway, I will post all my pics and put up a link very soon!
I also have about 20 minutes of video. I'll Put everything on a DVD just like I did for Turbopalooza last year. I'll keep you posted.

See ya
D

turbospirites

05-10-2006, 02:32 AM

Gomer found out Im haveing some issues with the electrical system and ecu code 53 on the computer map sensor bad coolant sensor bad ect..... :( but atleast i got a 16 flat out of it lol

stealthydave

05-10-2006, 09:40 PM

Okay everyone, I finally put the pictures online.
I'll be putting video and pictures on a DVD again soon. I'll let you know when it's ready, if anybody wants one.

See ya

http://homepage.mac.com/meanspiritdave/PhotoAlbum6.html

Clay

05-10-2006, 10:20 PM

as usual, pics look good Dave!!

Now........ OK, who's black GLHT was there with the Turbo-Mopar.com sticker? and where the heck can I get one?

turboshadow

05-10-2006, 10:52 PM

Great pics dave!

Clay thats Rays glht and I belive he had all his graphics done by a vinyl store.

BIG PSI

05-11-2006, 08:35 AM

Thanks for posting up the pictures. There were some nice cars. To bad none of ours were ready (turbo vehicles). I guess I could have come down in the Charger R/T, but I was hoping to have S-T-R-E-T-C-H done. Heck as of today I am still gathering parts.

Chuck

1qk4dr

05-12-2006, 08:38 AM

i kept on blowing intercooler hoses and my car was cutting off at 10psi I only ran a 16.6 in the quarter second run i didn't even make it to the starting line and the hose blew off 24sec quarter it was a bad day for me. Today i found out the car wouldn't make it pass 13psi of boost that sucked :(

I'll reply to you, Hey Martin you have a sweet turbo and many people think it's too big but that not the case. The map on that compressor is sweet because the surgeline is so far to the left that I wish I would of got one now. Also it's even effiecent even at 60LB/MIN. That turbo kicks but and I'll trade ya mine for- I know you wouldn't do that. Anyway get your ECU problems fixed, Get some slicks, and eventually a new intercooler and make all of us proud! Get it together right and low 12's or somewhere in the 11's will be in your future!

Joe

1qk4dr

05-12-2006, 08:49 AM

Another thing is I wish I could of been there but I already planned to go to Evansville that weekend. I wouldn't been able to bring my Spirit RT there so I couldn't help the numbers unless I towed it because it's down again. I'm planning a rebuild. So maybe next time.