Y Gen 3rd Gen wins at Car Craft Nats

[jeff s]

Well we made it, Dale finished installing his Carbon Insrument panel (which he made) with SW gauges at 2:30 am friday am, then Dale drove it 400 miles to St Paul MN with me following in Cadillac Attack.
We had an oil leak, which made a mess but we fixed, and the fuel pump took a crap while in St Paul also replaced on site.
Y Gen 3rd Gen was on display in the Flowmaster booth and was announced several times by the event's host.
We heard loads of positive feedback. Dale felt like a Rock Star.
The clearcoated carbon wing is functional and adjustable.
The 6.6 liter engine Dale built does have 702hp on Nos.
The car was built because Dale prefers V8 performance, even after a lot of seat time in my 12 second Mitsu Evo 8, (and 'cause Andrew B wanted to get rid of the TA). We also wanted to break some new ground in showing a young "Y gen" kid's idea of a bitchin V8 powered car, we recieved a lot of support for the project as it shows what can be done with a budget = to a new Cavalier, Civic, etc. and could potentially sway some other kids this market. If you bought every part, horse traded on ebay like we did, you could duplicate the car for $15,000.
This car was built over a 2 year period in our home garage, now that we have a shop, we did bring it here to finish up the last minute details.
There were 4589 registered cars.
Dale won the Young Participant award.
All the late night thrashing he did leading up to the event really made me proud.
Thanks

[WELTERRACER]

Congrats.... You guys did a great job...

Im not crazy about the color combo but it goes good with the Theme you were looking for..

To think some think that 3rd gen cars are dead.. LOL

Did i read that right... 705hp with a CAST crank...??? If so a double congrats is in order!!

[WELTERRACER]

Did you guys get it to the track yet?

[jeff s]

Got a few minor bugs to work out, It'll get to the track soon. Taking it to the Car and Driver 50th birthday party at IRP this weekend.
(FYI Cadillac Attack makes 700 ft lbs and 500 hp at the tires with cast pistons, cast rods and cast crank.)

[Martin71RS]

I see Dale got his "prize" in the second pic :naughty:

Congrats!!!

Martin

[ProdigyCustoms]

Fantastic, I know you are a proud daddy. And tell the rock star the groupies are all just part of it!

[Steve Chryssos]

Way to go Dale!!
:1st: Well don't that just bring a tear to your eye? The award is great and the car is awesome, but I'm crying 'cause I wish I was Dale's age again. :crying:

Make sure you send a press release to Sport Compact Car and Super Street! :wedgie:

[formula]

ooo yeah see how many of the import mags you can get to show this off...that would be such sweet revenge!

the more i see pictures of the car, the more i'm diggin it. that first shot looks pretty dang mean!

[slowcamaro]

not my thing. but congrats!

[socalfandabodys]

I agree that first shot makes for one mean looking firebird. Congrats. Its cool to see other guys my age with the same interest.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Congrats on the win!!

[JMarsa]

Cool to hear, Congrats to you both!

--JMarsa

[David Sloan]

Congrats guy's
Car looks great!! Iam with Martin on the prize in the 2nd pic.

[jeff s]

Yea, she was the reining Miss Car Craft, 19 yrs old, does water ski shows, very athletic, going to college to teach elementary school. The Miss Car Craft Bikini contest was awesome this year, musta been at least 25 gals, all hot as heck.
thanks

[sweet_67]

I dig the read wheels!

[jeffandre]

Great work Dale (and Jeff)! Keep it up and thanks to both of you for showing the youth of today that 80's cars can be awesome to build and drive, especially as a bonding project for fathers and sons.

[Nine Ball]

Congrats Dale! Good work Dale and Jeff.

Now, get Dale to register here and participate since he has a car now.

[nkopper]

Great work! I still dig 3rd gen F-bodies. Makes me wish I could have kept my '85 TA for a future project.

Nathan

[Jagarang]

4th gen Ram Air hood looks killer! How did you go about getting it on or in there? Did you cut and paste the needed hood structure in steel, or are they fiberglass repros grafted to the 2nd gen hood? Does the Ram Air function(air doors, throttle position activated, etc.) or are they open ports into the intake?

[Beige]

They make aftermarket hoods with the lt1 and ls1 versions of ram air scoops.

[Little Bob]

Thats an awesome story. It's great to see father and son projects turn out so well. The car kind of reminds me of Knight Rider on steroids. I love the red and black color combo. :icon996:

[bnoon]

I'm starting to like the vette wheels a little more than I used to, but I'm still not diggin the red color. Black rims would really make that thing look mean though. Hummmmmmmm, perhaps I should get some of my own...


Congrats on the win Dale/Jeff!
:3rd:'rd gen rules!

[jeff s]

The hood is available from www.ramairhood.com.
The bottom is as smooth as the top.
Functional is an option.
Whether you like it or not, the rendering didn't do this car justice
Thanks,
Jeff

[Van B]

I've got to agree with Jeff. The car looks great in person, and sounds even better. They nailed the stance too.

Great car. Dale is very fortunate to have a father with this car guy sickness.