FS: Carbotech XP9 Front Pads for 98-02 cars ...

... which run Porsche Big Red's up front. Brand new pads.

XP9 compound is comparable to XP10 which replaced XP9 a while back - excellent for track days or racing.

A set of new XP10's run $209. I'm selling these XP9's for $150 shipped.

Please contact john01ss@yahoo.com if interested.

(posting this for a friend, with a great track car. I speak from 1st hand experience with it)

Last NASA event of the season @ Summit Pt ...

... is going be held Nov 7th & 8th.

It'll be HPDE only so look for 4 sessions each day.

More info is found HERE

If you do come out, even if it's just to watch, look for PF Flyer, as I'll be instructing that week-end.

American Sedan at Summit Point

This was during a recent MARRS XI Double Regional where we were able to test a new engine for next season in a 91 Camaro Z-28. Nothing like running a 305 up to 7200 rpm chasing a GT2 car.

Here's THE LINK. Pardon the ignition interference, the engine went in Thursday nite and the car went to the track Friday afternoon. It was evident in his radio transmissions, as well.

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FS - '87 Pontiac Trans Am - DE/Open Track car

Pictures and some stats found HERE.

Basically it's been stripped of everything not needed and setup like an A/S car for a fun track day. A basic rollbar welded in & 5 pt harnesses installed on both sides.

Currently under the hood is a Mr. Goodwrench 350 (back-up engine), with an SLP plenum and runners, on top of an Edelbrock 'Hi Flow' intake. Followed by a Centerforce clutch to a T-5 delivering power to a BW 9bolt differential.

Also installed are:
1LE 4-wheel disc brakes with Hawks pads.
Koni single adjustable front struts (just added)
Spohn custom sub-frame connectors welded in
Random Tech adjustable torque arm
Spohn rear lower control arms
Spohn panhard bar (adjustable w/hiem joints)
3" stainless cat-back exhaust ('01 Firebird WS6)
SLP stainless steel headers (Jet-Hot coated)
Griffin race radiator
Earls headered 4 pass oil cooler with SS braided lines
ERS 850lb/" front and 175lb/" rear springs
Hurst shifter
.. and I'm sure a lotta other little things.

Included is a spares package:
L98 350 short block (perf engine)
Aluminum Corvette heads
T-5 trans (approx 60k miles)
Aluminum driveshaft
Complete 10 bolt differential
Second 3rd member for the 9bolt (3:70)
Stock fuel tank and radiator
Complete set of 4 new rotors (front and back)
Complete set of 4 rain tires on crosslaced wheels
and a second set of rain tires (not mounted)

... and lastly, the 2 axle, open centered trailer that has delivered this car to the track.
The full sized store box ccontains:
the car's tie down straps and J-hooks
the loading blocks
and the portable 12v winch.

$5000.00

We'll be at Summit Pt for the Fall Finale (Nov 7th & 8th)
or you can PM me or call me at (301) 466-7883

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A new Christmas poem ...

... The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, notter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."



PLEASE... Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Ch ri st ma s will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S.service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.

LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN 30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq