Thundercat Dyno Day

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Thundercat Dyno Day

March 03, 2010, 07:42:46 PM

The cancellation of CatJam this year sparked a fire under my ass to attempt forming a get together for the members of FTBCF. I attended CJ08, and it was awesome to get together with so many thundercat enthusiasts in one place.

I got a hold of Greg(5.8fastcat), and we are hammering out some details; putting together a thundercat dyno day. We have roughed out an intinerary so far. What we need now is a gauge of how many people want to attend.

Thundercat Dyno Day - Hosted by Speedy Dyno in Owensboro, KY - July 17th, 2010
This is the basic outline of activities we have planned:

arrive Friday night, free-for-all
dyno runs Saturday morning
semi-organized lunch
remaining dyno pulls if any, general hanging out
break for supper, free-for-all
cruise-in
hotel parking lot party, free-for-all
leave for home Sunday morning

This may be adjusted depending on how many people show interest and chose to partite. Obviously, you would be free to travel and show up whatever time you like. Nobody is gonna force you to show up Friday night, or stay over till Sunday morning. :D

Im sure Greg will be along here as well to fill in any of the actual dyno day particulars, cruise night details, and hotel information as we gather it.

So, who is ready to hang out with some other thundercat fans? Post up, and discuss!

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Reply #1 – March 03, 2010, 07:58:32 PM

Chris & Greg, You can count on both of us to help out also fellas. :D

Dan & Paula ;)

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Reply #2 – March 03, 2010, 08:19:31 PM

We have DynoDays thur out the summer.

We normally have about 10-15 cars that get on the rollers and
alot of bench racing and showing off your car/cruise in.

We start about 9am on the dyno and go till about 12 or so
we break out the grill and cook up some burgers and dogs.

We can rent a pavllion and one of the area parks to chill out
@ and let the kids play if you guys want.

We are have a cruise in @ a local resturant that starts around
5pm and goes till 9pm and then its back to the motel for pizza
or whatever we decide to do.

We are very open on what goes on and when.
No way we can every have an event like CatJam just want
to have a get together.

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Reply #3 – March 03, 2010, 09:11:54 PM

How are hotels? Restaurants in the proximity?

Count me in, finances and time pending. Id love to strap the Pontiac down and see how disappointed I'll be.

Also Greg, is your dyno capable of putting a load on the car? Like a Mustang dyno?

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Reply #4 – March 04, 2010, 08:02:05 AM

There are about 5 hotel really close to the shop and the cruise in area.

Just kinda wanted to get a ideal how many people ae are talking about and I can go
talk to them to see if the can give us a price break.

Owensboro is the FastFood capital there was a study done a couple years ago and
we had more restaurant per capita per person than any other city in KY.
They are grouped on the main strip were the cruise in would be held.

And Yes my dyno is a loading type dyno simaliar to a mustang dyno.

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Reply #5 – March 04, 2010, 08:47:13 AM

Well, I'll have to see if I can attend or not. That is around the time I will have a family trip/gathering in SC.

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Reply #6 – March 04, 2010, 09:27:20 AM

Ray and I (and Julie) are in, but as I said on the phone, I would prefer a weekend before or after this, since the Dayton Air Show is on the weekend of the 17th. I definitely want to get the Vic dyno tuned and get your opinions on MORE HORSEPOWER!

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Reply #7 – March 04, 2010, 01:51:09 PM

Gumby & Greg, thanks for coming up with a great idea! I have it on the calendar. It would fun to see you guys again.

Mark

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Reply #8 – March 04, 2010, 04:53:06 PM

Chuck, i hope you can fit it in your schedule! i was gonna mention sumthin on the phone last night, but i could hear workings in the backround while we were talking diffs.

Ed, buddy, you know you like me more than airplanes! we wanted to move this away from the 4th weekend a lil bit, and the weekend following this one has no cruise night. hope you come out anyhow

Mark, definitely would enjoy your company again as well. is the car boosted yet?

thanks for all the interest so far people! this is gonna be a good time, dont miss out:headbang:

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Reply #9 – March 04, 2010, 05:18:41 PM

Gumby,

It was far more work than I antited, but yes, it's boosted! To cope with the extra power I am just about finished with a t56 install. Talk about a "snow ball" effect on the drivetrain!

It would be great if there is a good showing at Gregg's place. The gathering in 08 was such an unusal opportunity to spend time time with people who know these cars and meet who's behind the keyboards. Thanks for stepping up to make something else happen.

Mark

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Reply #10 – March 04, 2010, 07:52:39 PM

Looks like we won't be there. A little to far from where I am... Can you dyno a towncar? lol

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Reply #11 – March 04, 2010, 09:13:57 PM

lol yeah i don't think ill be going ether. thats a bit of a drive.

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Reply #12 – March 04, 2010, 09:14:50 PM

how bout this jerry we have our own dyno day.... Our butt dynos! lol :rolling:

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Reply #13 – March 04, 2010, 10:15:42 PM

a bit far away, but I should still be able to make it, especially if I could find a passenger, lol.

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Reply #14 – March 04, 2010, 10:19:38 PM

looks like about 7hrs, Ethan.
Mark(86T-bird) is just north of you, maybe you two could drive down together?