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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: AlexP]
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07/07/14 04:41 PM
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A little bit OT, but what is the first gear in Scott/Tim's Valiant?
2.66 from a previous post here.
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: Uhcoog1]
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07/07/14 05:25 PM
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Well I haven't spoke to Rick, that kinda makes a difference! I'm all for whatever, I was just thinking of killing to birds with one stone and crushing some Camaroes at the same time is always fun.
Mopar to the bone!!!
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/07/14 11:29 PM
07/07/14 11:29 PM
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Bitopia
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Is that rig missing a front bumper, or are we just on a new F/R weight improvement plan? It looks tough regardless. 
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: Uhcoog1]
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07/08/14 12:46 AM
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Rick isn't going to bring the brick to SoCal. He's in NY, Kevin is in MI, Peter Bergman is in NY, Scott is in WA, and I'm in TX. I'm sure there are more guys with track experience that want in, but right now the bias is to the NE.
Kevin- what big tracks can we get a full day rental on for a reasonable rate? Mid America is $3500 single day on Mondays and Tuesdays from 8AM-5PM. That's probably a middle of the road fee (some on Texas are $1500, others in US are 5 figures).
Start a new thread and we can toss around some ideas. I think we have brutalized Scott's thread enough.
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/08/14 01:18 AM
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Thanks Scott, you took the smart path and bought one somebody already put work into, I would have been much smarter to do that as opposed to starting from scratch, but as it sits now mine is just a Hotchkis TVS/ fox adjustable shock setup with 18x10s all around. 320 HP crate 360, Aluminum a833 od, Borgeson box, 73 late A Discs front/ford 8.8 traction lock disc rear. Spending the rest of this year trying to win my local CAM SCCA class and getting out to as many track days as possible. Obviously way down on HP compared to my competition, so working on weight and driving!
Last edited by Tomswheels; 07/08/14 01:21 AM.
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: Tomswheels]
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07/08/14 03:47 AM
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Thanks Scott, you took the smart path and bought one somebody already put work into, I would have been much smarter to do that as opposed to starting from scratch, but as it sits now mine is just a Hotchkis TVS/ fox adjustable shock setup with 18x10s all around. 320 HP crate 360, Aluminum a833 od, Borgeson box, 73 late A Discs front/ford 8.8 traction lock disc rear. Spending the rest of this year trying to win my local CAM SCCA class and getting out to as many track days as possible. Obviously way down on HP compared to my competition, so working on weight and driving!
Scott may have taken the smart path, but how many are out there and how often do they come up for sale? The bottom line is that there are very few A-bodies built in this manner and people build them to use them. It is becoming more popular, though...
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: amxautox]
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07/08/14 03:52 AM
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Man... I wish my Dart was fast. 
It is. Going downhill backwards when the brakes don't work.  
I only made it about 30 ft before I hit a tree though. 
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Re: no talk of Tim's Valiant being for sale here
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/08/14 01:18 PM
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No problem, I'll start a new thread so we can all carry on. I drove the Valiant on a 10 mile jaunt down the freeway and back, it'll be easy to get into trouble in this thing. Hitting the onramp and going through the gears is an A-ticket ride for sure and with the 2.94 rear gear and gobs of power it just pulls forever when you get on it. Coming back I hit some slow moving traffic and it was 92 degrees out so overheating was on my mind for a while but it never got over 205 and cooled right down to 180 after we got moving again.
Yeah it goes pretty good for having those econo gears out back doesn't it? Just wait until you swap in the 3.91 and the Passon box.
You should try a ThermoQuad on that engine. The Holley is only a 650 and it is giving up about 20 hp on the top end. If you were able to get a TQ carb dialed in on that combo it would make more power and still have good street manners. It would also be killer funny at the track when guys look under the hood and see a TQ.
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