| What modifications do you have
to the car(s)? |
Damn this is gonna be long...
Engine
Intake ported and polished
Underdrive pulleys
UPR Intake Tube
Pro-M 80mm Mass Air
SCT chip tuned by Kauffmans Performance
Exhaust
JBA shorty headers
Bassani X-Pipe with cats
Bassani Mufflers
Magnaflow tailpipes
Driveline
Fidanza aluminum flywheel
Zoom stage 2 clutch
Pro 5.0 Shifter with Glenn Sullivan handle
FMS Aluminum driveshaft
Solid Axle swap with welded axle tubes, Detroit true trac diff, 31 spline superior axles, TA cover 4:10 gears
SLP line lock
Suspension
PA Performance Tubular K-Member and A-Arms
Front: Strange 10 way adjustable shocks, 150lb coil over springs
Rear: Tokiko 5 way adjustable shocks, eibach lowering springs
Custom made adjustable upper and lower control arms by Rhodes Custom Auto
Custom 8 Pt Chromoly Rollbar with swingouts by Rhodes Custom Auto
Welded Subframe connectors
Appearance
00 Cervini’s Cobra R Hood
Mach 1 Chin Spoiler
Lowered 2”
Stock spoiler moved back 3”
Aluminum gas tank door
18x8.5 Fittipaldi Force Wheels
Pirelli P7000 265/35/18s all around
Interior
Cobra Daytona seats
M&R 5 pt harnesses
Rear seat delete
Autometer white faced Oil Pressure and Water Temp gauges |
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| What mods to you have planned for
the future? |
| Vortech or Procharger
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| What was your original goal for
the car(s)? |
| Leave it stock and cruise it. |
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| What is your present goal for car(s)? |
| To make it through 1 year without breaking something. |
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| What was your reason for buying
the car(s)? |
Just wanted a nice cruiser since I already had another race car. |
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| What other cars have you considered buying? |
| 87 Grand National. |
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| How did you find this car? |
| Saw it on a local car lot, it was just traded in on an 03 Cobra and was in great shape so I bought it. |
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| What is your favorite thing about your car? |
| The color, its a real red not that orangy red. |
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| Car / Driver achievements |
| 5th place in MM&FF NA modular shootout 2 years ago. |
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| Shout outs to people that helped
you achieve these goals? |
My wife for putting up with me, my daughter for helping daddy wash his car each week, Bill Tumas for his advice and help, Spence and the guys at Rhodes for their help with the suspension, and too many others to list. |
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| What is your Best 1/4 time? |
| 10.81@125 on Nitrous, 11.80@115 on Motor |
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| Do you have any regrets along the
way? |
| Nope.
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| What was or is your favorite vehicle
to this day and why? |
| My 87 LX with an EFI 393 stroker, I loved that car, drove it to the track and ran 11.0s all day long on motor. Unfortunately I blew 2 motors and ended up parting it out. |
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| What other things do you enjoy
besides cars? |
| Playing with my daughter, Home audio and video, and recently my lawn and landscaping. |
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| What upcoming events in 2008 do you plan on attending, if any? |
| Probably just the ABM Fall Nats. Other than that I want to just drive the car this year and not break anything.
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| How did you find SSOTN? |
| My freind Kyle showed me the site one day and I joined. |
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| What do you enjoy most about the Nats? |
| Seeing friends that I dont get to see very often and watching some of the other memebers awesome cars run. |
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| Do you have a favorite movie? |
| All the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings films. |
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| What type of music do you listen to? |
| Rock/Alternative/Classic Rock. |
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| What is your favorite food and beverage? |
| A good juicy steak and a cold Corona. |
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Congrats to David Dur for being the SSOTN
Featured Member for June 2008.
Interview conducted by: Matthew DeCillis - Webmaster
