June Houston(LSTDR) Meeting, and Dyno day......?

[TxDieselKid]

Ok guys, here's the deal. The local meeting is marked for Sunday June 16th and is to start at 7am.



The Dyno day that we are invited to by the Ford guys is Saturday June 15th, and starts at 8am



Why not, just this one time, have the meeting on Saturday BEFORE the dyno day starts, and then head over there? We could have breafast somewhere around there at 6 or 7, and then go over directly, and we could do are regular BS Session there?



Anybody know of a good place to eat this early, here is a map



I will be fresh back from Munice, and don't really want to have to get up this early on the weekend concidering I close where I work(don't get home untill 1 or 2 am), but would love to make both.



Just an idea, thoughts?

Andrew

 

[gitchesum]

Souds like a good idea to me. I don't know of any place to eat breakfast in that part of town. Maybe someone else can chime in with that info.



Of course, I could be talked into a Sunday morning breakfast as well.



I'm planning to be at the dyno event most of the day. See ya'll there.

 

[TxDieselKid]

ttt



Come on now yall, chine in here.



Curtis, waking up before the butt crack of dawn one day is hard enough.



Andrew

 

[gitchesum]

Yeah, but I'll do it 3 days in a row. Flight leaves from Hobby Monday morning at 5am. That means I gotta be there by 3:30 or so. #ad

 

[TxDieselKid]

boo-hoo, let me get you my crying rag...



Andrew

 

[Shrimpy]

I'm about 75% sure I can make it, I will be bringing a couple extra guys and their trucks if I make it.



Curtis, where you going at 0500 in the morning... ... does that Big ole Oil Company you work for provide helicopter service to and from work... ...

 

[gitchesum]

I'm kicking off my "2002 Spring U. S. Tour"



Houston to El Paso to Albuquerque to Los Angeles to Houston.



Sounds like fun.

 

[Bill Lins]

Originally posted by TxDieselKid



Anybody know of a good place to eat this early

I'll be in that area later next week- I'll recon & report back to you.

 

[Des]

I'm game. Someone just keep me posted on the time and place. The movers will be moving us to Katy on Wed through Fri of this week, so I'll be able to attend.

 

[TxDieselKid]

So does this sound like a good idea guys or what, I'm still waiting for more folks to jump in. Okie, Grandpappy, Rusty, the rest?



Andrew

 

[TxDieselKid]

TTT



come on now, where are you all?



andrew

 

[JerryWallace]

what type of dyno do they have and can they read torque?

 

[gitchesum]

It's a DynoJet inertia dyno.

 

[TxDieselKid]

ttt

Allright Curtis,

I leave for Munice tommorw, so it all falls in your hands till I get back.



Okie, Rusty, Grandpappy, Duane Parks, MDW, Where are ya?



Andrew

 

[gitchesum]

Originally posted by NXS

what type of dyno do they have and can they read torque?

They do not have the RPM pickup for the Cummins engines so we cannot get a torque number from them.

 

[RustyJC]

I'll try to swing by around 9:00 AM or so. I have an Acura TL-S group meeting at 6:00 PM, so I'll have to bug out to swap vehicles and go to the other meeting.



I'm not planning on making any pulls since we can't get torque data and I'd have to take off my training wheels.



Rusty

 

[Bill Lins]

Reconned the area today- nearest breakfast place I found was a Denny's on the NE corner of E. T. C. Jester & North Loop (610). What time do y'all want to meet?

 

[me4osu]

Back on the fence

I don't know if I'll make it or not. This is a busy time of year for us. With temps going up, our compressors start having problems.



If I can make it, I won't run if I have to remove my two extra spars. However, the guys at Speedworks in Dallas used an optical tach using reflective tape on the dampner. These guys should have the same thing available.

 

[gitchesum]

They optical tach is an add on piece of equipment. I believe the unit cost around $400. Since the only reason to need one is for the CTD, I doubt they will buy one.

 

[me4osu]

If enough CTD showed up, and they charged $40 buck a run like Speedworks, the payout would be seen quickly.