The Green Hell

[JoshuaGrooms83]

A converter as long as it isn't Revmax

Yeah, I actually started looking at circle D or Edge converters. They are alittle more but seem to have better materials and of course buisness historys. Since ill have alittle more money to play with, i figure up the quality a bit. Compromising between shocks and converter.

[shady milkman]

There are two converters id ever buy..circle d or yank. I have no experience with edge

[JoshuaGrooms83]

well right now im taking a break form hunting down torque converters and decided to buy something EVERYONE will agree is a good idea.
Just ordered and took advantage of UMIs Holiday sale and bought A Tunnel brace with Driveshft loop, Adj. TA, and TA bolts. Cant wait to install those. Ill get a TA relo bracket later this month too. getting a few things here and there so that it frees up tax money when it get here lol

[JoshuaGrooms83]

So far here the 2011 schdule for tourist Rides on the Ring (your own car)

Preliminary information on the tourist rides*

Date Nordschleife Grand-Prix-Strecke
(DD/MM/YYYY) (hour)
09.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
15.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
16.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
22.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
23.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
29.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
30.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
05.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
06.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
12.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
13.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
19.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
20.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
26.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
27.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
04.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
05.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
06.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr 9 - 17 Uhr
11.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
12.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
13.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr 9 - 18 Uhr
14.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
18.03.2011 14.30 Uhr 18.30 Uhr
20.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr 9 - 19 Uhr
21.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
22.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
23.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
24.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr
25.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr
27.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr 8 - 18.30 Uhr

Nordschleife and Grand-Prix-Strecke as a combination passable!!!
28.03.2011 8 - 12.30 Uhr
29.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr
30.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr
31.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr

Tourist rides from April almost daily. An exact date sheet for the whole year will be available
in January on the homepage of the Nürburgring. www.nuerburgring.de

*Schedules could vary by weather or unpredictable events.

[bluehawk2000]

So far here the 2011 schdule for tourist Rides on the Ring (your own car)

Vorabinformation über die Touristenfahrten*
Preliminary information on the tourist rides*
1. Quartal
Datum Nordschleife Grand-Prix-Strecke
09.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
15.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
16.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
22.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
23.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
29.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
30.01.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
05.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
06.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
12.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
13.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
19.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
20.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
26.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
27.02.2011 9 - 16 Uhr
04.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
05.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
06.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr 9 - 17 Uhr
11.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
12.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
13.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr 9 - 18 Uhr
14.03.2011 8 - 17 Uhr
18.03.2011 14.30 Uhr 18.30 Uhr
20.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr 9 - 19 Uhr
21.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
22.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
23.03.2011 17.15 - 18.30 Uhr
24.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr
25.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr
27.03.2011 8 - 18.30 Uhr 8 - 18.30 Uhr
Nordschleife und Grand-Prix-Strecke als Kombination fahrbar!!!
Nordschleife and Grand-Prix-Strecke as a combination passable!!!
28.03.2011 8 - 12.30 Uhr
29.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr
30.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr
31.03.2011 17.30 - 18.30 Uhr
Touristenfahrten ab April fast täglich. Eine genaue Terminübersicht für das ganze Jahr wird
ab Januar auf der Homepage des Nürburgrings: www.nuerburgring.de verfügbar sein.
Tourist rides from April almost daily. An exact date sheet for the whole year will be available
in January on the homepage of the Nürburgring. www.nuerburgring.de
*Termine können je nach Witterung oder bei außerplanmäßigen Vorkommnissen variieren.
*Schedules could vary by weather or unpredictable events.

Where is my damn interp when you need him!!!

[JoshuaGrooms83]

lol well most of it is in english. but ill try to decipher it. I was just doing a quick copy and paste from the site.


Cleaned up the german for the american speaking members lol

[bluehawk2000]

lol well most of it is in english. but ill try to decipher it. I was just doing a quick copy and paste from the site.

lol nah your good I was just messing around, but damn I wish I could go and do that.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

cant wait for march or april time frame. my car will be pretty much setup suspention wise and the weather should be cleared up.... and no more snow on the ground ugg... hating the snow right now. cant even do donuts in it cause i live on post so the MPs are ..... doing their jobs lol

[bluehawk2000]

cant wait for march or april time frame. my car will be pretty much setup suspention wise and the weather should be cleared up.... and no more snow on the ground ugg... hating the snow right now. cant even do donuts in it cause i live on post so the MPs are ..... doing their jobs lol

Yea we havent had but one good snow storm here, and yea I remember going to the big bases like biap/stryker/victory, taji and you could actually get a damn ticket if you were cought speeding in fockin Iraq of all damn places really!!

[jimbos'ss]

hey send me a pm when you decide to go, i can get at least 2 to 3 more ls1 cars to go.

[wooddaniel]

cant wait for march or april time frame. my car will be pretty much setup suspention wise and the weather should be cleared up.... and no more snow on the ground ugg... hating the snow right now. cant even do donuts in it cause i live on post so the MPs are ..... doing their jobs lol

Lol I was an MP over there and we used to DO donuts in the winter in the jeeps.

Also, just FYI the hockenheim ring is not too far from where you are, when I was there it was 10 euros on thursdays for as many laps as you want, open track to pretty much any type of cars. I ran my 2000 Trans Am several times on it and had a blast. It's an F1 track located down a little ways south of Heidelberg. We were only about an hour and a half drive from Bamberg if I remember right.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

DS loop and Adj TA installed with new bolts Some pics


couple mods done.. lots more to go lol

[Colby]

Stationed in K-Town and just got here. Funny thing I was just telling my wife about this cool race course I heard of yesterday and that I plan on going. Wasn't sure of dates and prices but if you decide a date when you are going I will definitely tag along. Car is stock but I hear they love American Muscle Cars though. How far is it from K-Town and how far are you stationed from K-Town?

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Stationed in K-Town and just got here. Funny thing I was just telling my wife about this cool race course I heard of yesterday and that I plan on going. Wasn't sure of dates and prices but if you decide a date when you are going I will definitely tag along. Car is stock but I hear they love American Muscle Cars though. How far is it from K-Town and how far are you stationed from K-Town?

Ktowns about 4 hours away. Im in Bamberg. Your actually alot closer then i am. Nurnberugring is about 1 1/2 north from you. Im about 3. but yeah im looking at about april or may time frame for public track day.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Well an up date preping for Nordschleife.
Getting a 3200 TC
And also getting an STS system... before you bash and hate crime me... dont want to hear your negative critizisms. Ive been readin gup on them and seen what i need to get it to work correctly. If you have a POSITIVE addition to the install by all means lend me your knowlege but if you coem in here saying their junk and swing this thread into a 100 post sts bashing thread.. i will ask the MODs to do what they did to me once, that infractions be handed out and your non contributing post be deleted.

Yeah I know its not the best kit. Yeah, I know its a pain to tune. Yeah I know its in the rear. Yeah I know most of ya'll dont like it. YEah Ill probably have to get a few things to modifiy it.... by the way, its used and already modified. More on this when i get it here. Getting it for half of what the brand new kit costs and already has a T70 with it, better oil pump, I think couplers and tbolts, FMIC, and other stuff like tucking the turbo up higher to help with ground clearance. Im also looking into 60# injectors, A good fuel pump (possibley duel walbro thing), LS6 INtake manifold and PCV thing, catch can, check valves and setting up the PCV to work with boost. Ill also try and shield the turbo some how and also run the intake up into the gas filler cavity and semi close it off.

YEs ive been doing my home work. Im aiming for 5psi for starters getting it up and running. for now 450 maybe 500 is good for me. Theres a dyno tuning shop and hour away from me here in Germany that tunes american cars. So yes, it will be a rearmounted turbo based of the STS kit design. Its be modified to work better. with that said, If anyone can help with this more I welcome the inpute. Yeah i know frost wont tune it now lol. wish he would but oh well.

As for times Still looking at March, April, and even May for going to the RING. Even gonna go to a thing here called German Race Wars thats all about drag racing. So I will even get some new Quarter mile times in. baseline was 14.1 with almost no modes other then lid and muffler. CAnt wait.

[5150]

Sweet, sounds good! Maybe you can vid the dyno tune.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Sweet, sounds good! Maybe you can vid the dyno tune.

Absolutly! Im gonna try and get a vid of the Ring, a 1/4 mile run, and a dyno. This year is gonna be fun.

[sjsingle1]

ahhhh.....the fun of driving in germany........i had a 78 Plymouth station wagon.....318 with a 1 barrel carb......it would over heat like a bitch on the autobahn......but i could fill that sucker up on the weekend for a trip to frankfurt........it was a partaaay wagon!!!!

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Alright so this is what im getting for this Nurnburgring experience with my tax return.
first and formost SHOCKS!!!! lol
BMR 35/25mm Red Swaybars
TC (actually already on its way)
B&M Trans Cooler
Trans filter and synthetic trans fluid
Trans temp gauge
Steel brake lines
Ractronic fuel pump and wire kit.
moded STS turbo kit with extra goodies
Triple apillar pod /w Boost guage, fuel pressure guage (maybe) and A/f gauge
umi trans relocation mount
umi driveshaft loop (the other one lol)
check valves
T-bolt clamps

anything else i should get?

[shady milkman]

not bashing sts ..but isnt the ring notorious for being uneven and bumpy..you may want to be very careful with your rear mount sts turbos..would hate to leave them on the Pflanzgarten