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^^ Neat pics, Steve. I haven't seen those views of an LGT before. I need to head up to Michael when I need something done...

Sounds abusive.. but intriguing.. anybody else no-lift-shift at the dragstrip? I tried the FFS patch but couldn't get it to work without beating up timing.

^^ Great time! Good thing R/T doesn't matter... did you want to give the other guy a head start?

Legend 3-20-09 Bandimere Speedway, Golden CO 5860', 63F 2005 MT VF52 17psi, E85 (0.81 lambda) No injection/nitrous Tire pressure unknown Perrin TMIC, UP, Perrin catted DP, SPT cbe Bone stock OEM intake w/ resonater, snorkel, and OEM paper filter 18" 5Zigen wheels/Kumho Ecsta MX Tein S-techs Romraider self-tune, mickeyd2005 mentor 2 nearly identical runs.. faster E.T. 12.964 @ 107.20mph 5860'(sea-level corrected by dragtimes.com to 12.43 @ 111.59) faster trap 12.971 @ 107.68mph 5860'(sea-level corrected by dragtimes.com to 12.44 @ 112.09) http://www.beeez.com/lgt/run1.jpghttp://www.beeez.com/lgt/run2.jpg [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eMV8EJ27yA]YouTube - 2005 lgt with vf52 at bandimere[/ame]

Find a Firestone Lifetime alignment coupon - it's about $30 off. Look in your Sunday paper.. or I bet you could even google a coupon.

I went with my local Firestone (104th & Federal) and bought lifetime alignments for both my lifted Wrangler and lowered LGT. I know Firestone is pretty generic but they've taken great care of me. I've taken the Jeep wheeling a couple times and the LGT accidental wheeling once so I need to get both in again. I paid ~$149 up front for each I think but I've seen coupons since for $120-$125 lifetime alignments. That's a good deal, especially for a vehicle you plan to own and one that doesn't have a stock suspension.

Are you guys doing this tomorrow 1/1?? I work OT in Canon City tomorrow and will be zooming by COS on I-25 around 8am and then again around 5pm.

Are you going to upgrade the LGT turbo also?

Yep you got it right... atm is 12.1-12.2 here. For those of us with a VF40/46 we max our boost out about 3 psi lower than sea level anyways, so loss of range up top wouldn't be an issue. If you're interested in a high-altitude beta tester, lemme know.

First, good thread, LBGT. That's good, but a professional tune does not equal a good tune. Often it does, but certainly not always. Safety, especially boost control for 4th/5th gears often gets compromised. Anyone paying for a pro tune needs to log it.. at least once... as outlined by LBGT above: If a buddy comes over and says, "I got 10 mins, make sure my tune is safe", this is what I would do: -IAM at 1.0............................Check -learning view looks decent (prefferably all 0s in the high load column)..........................Check -I would also make sure AFR learning (also in learning view) is within 3%....Check -take it out and beat on it, WOT runs, lots of high rpm shifts, etc.......If I saw very little FBKC (maybe the odd little bit occasionally after a shift) I would tell him his tune looks reasonably solid I would not have peace of mind with a protune and never having checked it.

Yah I am still planning on going. Was waffling a little on it but if you are there I am definitely there. See ya Weds.

Man, Adam... that WRX is looking sweet! What a difference. Springs? I won't be there, BTW. Father-in-law had big surgery yesterday and we are going to visit him in Loveland in the a.m. Take some pictures, guys.

I hope you're using a different dealer than the one you took the WRX to. Is that really how much a rebuilt tranny is? Damn. Okay, I'm hitting Bandimere this Weds and won't be back*. Tommy's motor and your tranny... expensive stuff. Luck has something to do with it too and I'll roll the dice one last time. * Unless I add more power.

Holy crap Adam that's bad news! Hopefully warranty covers it.

Yeah, everyone noticed that maniac out there. I don't think anyone drove more on past the edge than he did. I can't believe he only went off the track once or twice.

How often did you get passed by big HP cars and/or great drivers in the aggressive group, Steve? I'll definitely drive in that group next time but will likely be bringing the same power. It seems like most the faster cars in the intermediate group had about the same power. I got passed just once all day by a guy in a white Sti that was a lot better driver than me.

So did you guys change your engine oil before and after the track day? I changed mine a few days prior, but still have the same Royal Purple in there now. I was thinking just cutting the OCI to 2k miles this interval.

I'd love to have that GPS when I go 4-wheelin'. What kind of GPS is that?

Ah. Okay, makes sense - not enough resolution.

Wow. Very cool! Looks like you aren't taking the same paths "hitting your marks" through the corners. Me neither, dang it.

Pics and videos on a dedicated thread.

I'm guessing that means you are fanagling some mounting contraption right now. Sweet.

I'm right there with you, leftride. There is no way my wife would come. Seems like it would be kinda boring for her... unless she was willing to shoot some videos. Speaking of which, are you doing any filming Adam? Or your wife?

In case anyone was wondering, the event is on "rain or shine". Mwiener, 88th & Sheridan at 7:20a.m.?