Getting closer........

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

shes beautiful Jim!

and i still gotta throw up those photos on the Streetfighter site!



keep rolling on man!

[Jim Nilsen]

shes beautiful Jim!

and i still gotta throw up those photos on the Streetfighter site!

keep rolling on man!

Now I have to get you some new ones too!

[Jim Nilsen]

The Camaro looks great Jim. The wheels look great! You coming down to RTTH6? I would like to check your Camaro out. I remember Payton letting you drive his yellow Camaro at RTTH5!

I am not sure if I am going to be able to go to RTTH ? I sure want to go but I will just spectate and maybe get in the dragraces? I just don't know if I can get away to do it?

I am looking forward to seeing everyone if I can go !!!

Glad you like the new look.

[Ron S]

Love the new wheels Jim, looks really classy. Ron

[John Wright]

Love the new wheels Jim!

[bonecrrusher]

Have you checked Rockingham Dragway out??

Nope - haven't been out there yet, lol!

Love the new wheels!

[wmhjr]

Car looks great, Jim! The wheels were a good choice.

[Jim Nilsen]

I have been driving around on the new wheels and Kumho tires for a bunch of miles now and am very happy with the way the car handles now. The loss of traction is minimal compared to the 15 yr old Comp T/A's. I got to drive in the rain the other night and was totally amazed at the wet traction !!! The acceleration was at .7 g's and the braking was over .9 g's in the wet.The corners were over .8 and the feel was predictable.

I want to thank Mary Pozzi for posting up the recommendation for the Kumho tires to another member here. It was a hard choice to go with 285 40's all around instead of a staggered set. With all 10" wheels and the same size tires I can rotate them anywhere as the wear progresses.

The look of the wheels makes the car more elegant to some instead of the racing look I had hoped for but now I know what size tires and wheels will fit for certain next time I spend some cash for new ones. The new wheels will be great with some R compound tires someday and will be more than my driving skills will ever be at that point.

I am anxiously waiting to get to a track to see how it handles with the new traction at the limit, the corners are so much different now that I am adjusting to it all. Turn is a bit later and the speed is up. I will have to get to a parking lot to see the new numbers for lateral g's.

I am also going to get some new pics to post up soon .

[Jim Nilsen]

It has been an unbelievable summer and now it's over. I have done just about everything I set out to do this year with the car except making it to Blackhawk Farms Raceway. I still may have that chance?

I am still pinching myself when I look at the new Camaro Performers issue. Thankyou Steve for the pic and kind words. I hope I can find some more issues on the newsstand somewhere.

I have to say that the new tires are awesome. I went to the Good-Guys Joliet event and had a great time seeing everyone from here who attended. The autocross got rained out after 4 runs but I did better each time and was faster than the Flying Turd Vega by just a tad and did better than Jeff VanBuren's Camaro. It could be that I finally am getting better at driving or the car is really good? Both are a good thing. The best time was 29.7 by by chris Jacobs in the Chevelle with most everyone at the top near 30.07 and I was able to get a 31.07 which was a lot better than my 33+ time to start out. I know I could have taken off another .5 seconds with a little more gas since the tires were holding well.

I have gone to a lot of car shows this year and the most memorable comment I hear is " Holy ****" when they see the engine compartment. The visual impact for most keeps going as they look all over the car. Most people never see all of the things that are different.

I really wish I could have been at RTTH6 to see everyone but it just didn't happen because of my new job. After a long time being layed off I finally found something or it found me?

I still haven't unloaded the camera with all of my new pics of the car and the new wheels. I also have a short part of a video from the autocross to post up at youtube.

The Kumho's are really sticky, you can tell because they pick up every bit of sand and rocks and fling them into the wheelwell. I keep trying different tire pressures to find the optimum spot but it seems that it likes it a bit firmer than softer.

With a few more events left I think the fall will be just as fun as summer!

[Bryce]

Congrats Jim, that is the fun part about having these cars. Now whats next on the list of improvements?

[Jim Nilsen]

Congrats Jim, that is the fun part about having these cars. Now whats next on the list of improvements?

The carpet needs to go in and I still have some cosmetic details to finish up all over. The front splitter material is awaiting the saw but I may decide to have it waterjet cut so the edges are smooth and straight with no filing and sanding. I have to put longer wheel studs and some 1/2" spacers on the rear and possibly the front but so far it can wait.

I still keep thinking about a console to hold all of the registration paraphenalia and computer accessories. A laptop holder would be nice too for tuning.

The need for a rear sway bar is still undecided but I think I will put one in and see how it changes things.

That's about it for the future plans, I need to learn the Racepak a lot more and keep working on the tuning.

There is still a bunch of time left to enjoy the car so it will be awhile before I tear it apart. I like driving too much to be in pieces.

[wblanton]

Bonecrusher,
There is a 1/4 mile strip in Fayetteville also, not sure where you are at but I assume NC since Z-max and Rockingham were both mentioned. I havent looked but seems like there would be some up around the Mooresville and Asheboro area also.

[Jim Nilsen]

The weather is still good and I am getting a few drives in still before I put the car away for winter. It's been a good fall so far !

I have a bunch of things I want to get done this winter that I put off because driving is so much more fun !

[John Wright]

I'm glad that you are still out enjoying your car. I know you had some frustrating points along the road to get the car to where it is.....but it looks/runs great now.

[brownz]

Im glad you like them Jim. They look great on the car and happy they worked out for you

[shortrack]

Here are a couple of recent pics I just unloaded from my camera.


Heres proof that it gets driven and cleaned. The front inner fenders are in now and a pic of the hinges if you look, the material is on the table waiting to be milled for the final design. Lots of details to finish but driving it is more fun and keeping me from thinking too much about them,lol.

really nice build but why cant I see half the pictures you post.....like right here there is nothing, not even a deleted photobucket icon. D

[Jim Nilsen]

I use the site attachments for my pics and there is only so much room for pics so I have to decide which ones to delete to make more room which makes them Red X's in a box.

If you would like to see more you can go to my homepage which needs to be updated a lot.

If you want to see or know something about the car just ask and I will try to get you the info.

Thanks for liking the car!

[Jim Nilsen]

I get a lot of compliments on the wheels and they ride perfect, your dad took really good care of them. They are also very strong for the weight , we have some reallt bad roads in places and they have held up to a few surprises during some construction sites.

It will be interesting to see if I make the cut for the Goodguy's coverage in Joliet and the January edition of PHR in the photo contest? There are pics that could show up.

I actually made the cover of Camaro Performers if you look in the group picture from the Motorstate Challenge and then the pics in the event coverage was really nice.

I keep thinking the hightlight of the year was the photoshoot with the Hooters girl but he day on the track at Gingerman and Road America are what it is all about !!!!

[shortrack]

I use the site attachments for my pics and there is only so much room for pics so I have to decide which ones to delete to make more room which makes them Red X's in a box.

If you would like to see more you can go to my homepage which needs to be updated a lot.

If you want to see or know something about the car just ask and I will try to get you the info.

Thanks for liking the car!

Im well over 21 and it was a battle but I learned how to use photobucket....post all the pics you want for free.

[Jim Nilsen]

over 21 , old enough to drink , own firearms, drive fast cars and now I have to put put photobucket on my bucket list,lol.

Your nudging me and I need it , I moved up to putting my own links for youtube to finally give John Wright a break from helping me move up in life, he has always kept me going at times I was standing in my footsteps wondering if I wanted to move forward.

I will have to go find out how to load it all up sooner or later and it seems a lot of people want to see the car more than ever.