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  1. I did. I was copying that to another forum but got the buttons switched around. Damn Firefox and the tabs.
  2. I'm pretty sure that they know already that you have a CCW by running the plates for your vehicle, and you can be cited for not notifying them that you are carrying. My brother is a PO, and his theory is that if they have a CCW, and are cool / calm then he will be the same right back to the person.
  3. I would have guessed the "high speed rail from Cincy to Cleveland" would have made that list somewhere.
  4. He runs at Tri-State or Edgewater. He doesn't do many runs at either place anymore, but he'll drive it to the occassional test and tune now and then. We used to go to both places quite a bit a few years back. Now he'll take it up to Muncie with the Buick Club, or go down to Bowling Green for the Buick Nationals. This past summer he drove it to Nashville iirc, to run with the Hot Rod Power Tour for 2 sessions.
  5. Since we are talking 3.8's and GN's here is some info on my uncles 87 GN and a few pics. In the article it says he has run a 10.57, iirc he has run in the low 10.4's since the article was written. This was from a write up about him on a Turbo Buick site. "I would hazard a guess that there are not many original owner Grand Nationals (or Turbo T/ T-Types) around 20+ years after they were new. And probably fewer still that are driven the way Buick intended them to be. That, to me, makes Mike’s car that much more special. I asked him home he got into Buicks and this is his story. “I was originally a Chevy guy. I bought a LS-6 Chevelle new in 1970 and raced it every week in 71 before I got married in 72. It ran low 12's and I won a lot of races in 71.” (Isn’t this how Red got started?!?) “After I got married we sold the Chevelle. In 1987 a friend at work took me a ride in his T-Type and that started the fire again for performance. I worked in engineering for GM and drove company cars so I immediately entered a request for a GN to drive as my company car. There were some screw ups in the order system and I almost missed out but I got one of the last ones built in Oct 87. It was one of five GN's that were going to Harrison Radiator Div. in Lockport, NY but had not been assigned. I drove the car until March 88 and then bought it at a very good price. My wife and I agreed that the LS-6 Chevelle had gotten away from us but we would keep the GN and I've been a Buick guy ever since.” “I didn't take the GN to the track until I think 91 where I met , AKA ‘XCESSIV’” (another original GN owner I believe, who also ran THS in Columbus in 2009), “and a group of Turbo Buick guys at TriState (Dragway in Hamilton, Ohio). I took it to the track in 92 and ran a 13.90 with a Kenny-Bell chip. I've been running it ever since. I was running mid 12's still stock when I blew a head gasket in 96. I then upgraded with Champion heads, a 210-205 cam, and a TE-44 turbo with blue tops and ran this until 2005 when an intake runner cracked at BG spraying water into the # 3 bore leaving a hair line crack. The best I ran with this combo was 11.08 @ 123. I then talked to my very good friend Lee Thompson about helping me build a new combination with the goal of mid 10s.” “Here is my current combination. Motor - NA 109 bored to 3.820 with a Weber 3.55" stroker rotating assembly, internal balanced and a girdle installed. The rods and mains have .0015 max clearance. The cam is a 218-224 billet hydraulic roller. The Champion iron heads have T&D 1.5 roller rockers installed. The injectors are 60 lb Motechs and I have a dual M 10 nozzle Razor alky system. The turbo is a Limit TE-45a with a stock location Mark Jackson 20 row intercooler for the stock look. I use the stock computer with a TurboTweak chip. Transmission - 200 4-R set up to shift at 6000 rpm with Alto Red clutches and intermediate band, with billet servo, input shaft, forward drum & overdrive carrier. The converter is a Precision 5 disc with a 0 pump. Rear end - Stock with Mosier axles, air bags and HR Parts lower arms. Front suspension - 90/10s with the sway bar removed. Exhaust - stock headers with a 3" TH down pipe and an Applied Technologies 2 1/2" dual exhaust. Tires - M/T 9.0/15-28 ET drags with stock fronts all on Convo Pros. The car weighs 3750 with me and 1/2 tank of gas and has 39,000 miles. Best ET 10.54 Best MPH 128.5 @ 25 lbs - still tuning.” Still has the A/C hooked up, and blows as cold as it did in 87, radio with power antenna, completely stock interior, stock drive shaft, stock rear end gearing. “The below picture of Mike and his car was taken in Norwalk, Ohio in 2009 on its way to a 10.57 ET.”
  6. Thanks. Here is a description of it, but it's just in the Citori series, but a Citori Sporting Clays with adjustable comb. The Citori 625 Sporting is born to shoot clay birds and look good doing so. It's high-relief engraving and gold embellishments adorn both sides and bottom of the receiver. With its tapered, floating top rib, ported barrels, five Diamond Grade extended Invector-Plus choke tubes, this gun is going to increase your scores. It has a right-hand palm swell which is a raised area on the right side of the stock, comfortably filling in your palm. It helps with swing control, follow-through and recoil. Its gloss oil finish on the Grade III/IV walnut stock distinguishes it from other ordinary sporting guns. What really sets it apart is the fully adjustable comb. This allows you -- with minimal tools -- to tailor the stock to your individual specifications. In the past altering a stock to create a perfect fit would require custom stock work costing hundreds, even thousands. The easy-to-use system on this 625 gives you the perfect fit and sight plane alignment for maximum accuracy for your own fit needs. Receiver - Steel • Silver nitride finish • High-relief engraving with gold embellishment Barrel - Ventilated top and side rib • Tapered, floating top rib • Ported Action - Single selective trigger • Hammer ejectors • Top-tang barrel selector/safety Stock - Gloss oil finish Grade III/IV walnut stock with close radius pistol grip • Schnabel forearm Features - Vector Pro™ lengthened forcing cones • Five New Diamond Grade extended Invector-Plus™ choke tubes • Triple Trigger™ System • HiViz® Pro-Comp fiber-optic sight Specifications: Model Citori 625 Sporting with Adjustable Comb Item Number 013399427 Ga 12 Barrel Length 30" Nominal Length of Pull 14 3/4" Nominal Drop at Comb 1 3/4" Nominal Drop at Heel 2 1/2" Nominal Weight 8 lbs. 9 oz. Chokes Included Improved Modified, Full, Modified, Improved Cylinder, Skeet, Chamber Size 2 3/4" Wood Finish Oil Finish Additional Description Adjustable Comb here is an auction that has a few better pics http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=204179369
  7. Here are a few that I have pictures of. First pic is of my Browning Citori 625 Sporting Clays O/U with a 30" barrel, and a Remington 11-87 Premier with a 28" barrel, both in 12 ga. This one is my Springfield Armory M1A National Match .308 This is of my Les Baer Super Varmint AR-15 in .223 I'll have to do some searching for the other pics, but that's a start.
  8. I had my truck done at Eclipse Window Tinting on Reading road, by Galbraith. http://eclipseoh.com/
  9. I bet that carbon fiber would look cool in person. You'd get some looks from all the other shooters.
  10. Interesting. I wonder if there is an expiration date, as to when you have to redeem the dive. You have to buy in 2 days, but do you have jump by this weekend too. Skydiving is awesome. That is a badass deal, I think I paid like $300 for tandem along with a photographer to take pics of me. This is me 2 years ago, at StartSkydiving.com when they were at the Warren County Airport
  11. Interesting What happened to the Jesse that was in Predator "I ain't got time to bleed"
  12. I have yet to make it to NKY. It was my plan this year, but started to getting into shooting sporting clays, and got back into bicycling, so the TL didn't get the use like it should. The time I do have to ride is sporatic and last minute, so I'll usually head to Indiana (do the ride from home to Metamora / Oldenburg, through Batesville, to Harrison and back home) My pace I'll say is somewhat of a spirited leisure anymore. The chain snapped on the TL, locking the rear tire at 60 mph, so that put a hook the riding.
  13. Hello everyone, I found this site from another bike forum. I've been a member of localriders, but never knew about this site. I've been riding since 2000, the first bike I had was a 94 Yamaha Seca II. The Seca was a great starter bike, as I rode that for 2 years. I kept the bike for about 4 years, as it got my 2 brothers, and a handful friends the knack of riding. I then bought a 02 CBR f4i, and rode that for 2 years, as my youngest brother was getting tired of the Seca. I "sold" the CBR to him, and I picked up an 03 Suzuki TL100R. The TLR is still the bike I'm currently riding. Here is a list of the mods 03 TLR - Ohlins Rear Shock, Full Yoshimura exhaust w/titanium cans, HyperPro RSC Damper, YAFMS Re-Map, Ivan's TRE, BMC Air Filter, Rifleman's Clear Clutch Cover, Topgun Undertail, Baseplate Mod, S/S Braided Lines, PAIR Valve removed, Zero Gravity Double Bubble Windscreen, Renthal sprockets, DID Chain. Here are a few pics
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