post pics of your other toys and interests

[crazzy maxx]

well here are mine
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/SIGNATURE.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/helmutbronco2.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/resizedbrett.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/brettspics016-1.jpg
post pics of yours...
sorry for the different size pics.

[Diegoboy]

Here's mine...

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0815-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0815.jpg)

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0804-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0804.jpg)

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0720-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0720.jpg)

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0814-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_0814.jpg)

[crazzy maxx]

what do u have done to that???

[Eyekandyboats]

Just my toys and what i like to do in my spare time
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/2001512822359840434_rs.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/adrienne007.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/cadillac3.jpg
Shop at my condo ( in the garage)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/IMG_2476.jpg
Yes i like Cadillac. just waiting for the CTS-C to come out ( coupe for release on 09)

[Eyekandyboats]

view from my condo
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/IMG_2479.jpg
that little yellow one at the end there is my little toy which is called"jus fun" which it is, 18ft long chaparral with a merc 496 mag V8. . . its a fast toy. she actaly chine walkes and prop rides most of the time. from a slow idle i can pop the bow up so high that you could get throw out of the boat.
I have more pictures of my bigger boats. . toys. but i can't find them at the moment

[Diegoboy]

what do u have done to that???
Blue AEM Cold Air Intake
Trubendz / Magnaflow 2.5" Stainless Steel Exhaust w/ High Flow Cat
Garage Vary eyelids
Garage Vary Lip Spoiler
Blue LED's inside
Sharkfin Antenna
G-Sleeve "Yellow" hose braid engine dressing
Airbrushed engine cover
Painted air duct
Throttle body grounding mod
"Modified" Independent fog light Mod.
Virginia legal tint
Painted calipers,
Ceramic Brake pads

[Rex R]

other toys eh, oookaaay a 0.68 cal spudgun

[Diegoboy]

Interests?

My Pet Max...

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/Max01-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/Max01.jpg)

It's a Normal pattern, Anerythristic Type A, Corn snake

Gentle & docile as can be!

[Avanti]

I'm lazy heres a myspace link http://www.myspace.com/jl_fl

[mike a.]

The first two are my brothers turbo ranger which i work a ton on with him and we have two boats that i just could not find a picture of so i found a picture off the internet of what they look like. The first of the boats is a 130 sport boston whaler and the second one is a 42 MK 1 Catalina

The truck has a 2.3 turbo out of a thunderbird turbocoupe. It is now running on megasquirt and soon will have 25 pounds of boost. Has an NPR intercooler, header, ported intake mainifold and head and i think a t3/t4 turbo. It suprises a ton of people which is pretty funny. The reason its a 4 cylinder is that my dad doesnt allow us to have v8's but this is faster than most stock v8's.

[avengersteve]

fireturd and daytona

[ozboater]

cool thread...

heres some of my fave toys... i ve been into bikes for too long

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/bianchiside.jpg

my single speed... in all it s italian glory

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/DSC03085.jpg

my main ride... giant reign x1 custom build

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/Picture_020.jpg

the reign in action on a local trail... a little double i built late last year...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/DSC03087.jpg

the bike workshop

[ozboater]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/snowboards.jpg

our boards...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/paulseq3.jpg

in action on a glacier in austria (solden)...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/partsbara/guitarampandstuff.jpg

last but not least the axe... ROCK ON !!!

[Avanti]

sweet bikes

[crazzy maxx]

keep em coming!

[ozboater]

sweet bikes


thanks avanti... i love my bikes... can t wait to get back out to downieville next season... something about a 14 mile downhill run that just gets the blood pumping :)

no one else has any photos of toys.... SAD

[Darin Jordan]

I'm kind of partial to this toy:

http://home.comcast.net/~djjordan/Tahoe_and_Maxum.jpg

[ozboater]

nice... that looks like a good way to spend and afternoon or 12...

[Darin Jordan]

nice... that looks like a good way to spend and afternoon or 12...


Yup! OH, I forgot to mention... it's a 1990 24' Maxum with a 330hp 454 w/ Bravo One... Hit's 60mph on the GPS... Not bad for a boat with a bed, sink, and toilet!

[Avanti]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/J_Lightning/stillrun12s.jpg
my rig 1998 27' Avanti offshore built in NJ twin 250hp merc efi
2003 FORD Lightning just your basic 12 second work truck

[Darin Jordan]

my rig 1998 27' Avanti offshore built in NJ twin 250hp merc efi
2003 FORD Lightning just your basic 12 second work truck

NICE!! :buttrock:

[ozboater]

you lads have some nice boats... no wonder you re RC boat nuts :)

[Avanti]

thanks guys

['83 chevy]

heres mine, they are a type of small scale jet engine, that make power without any moving or vibrating parts.
working on building a new one out of TIG welded 304 stainless
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e300/TLTCRAWLR/100_1377.jpg

heres a vid(thats about 400 hertz, or explosions per second, making about 10lbs. of thrust)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e300/TLTCRAWLR/th_100_1393.jpg (http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e300/TLTCRAWLR/?action=view&current=100_1393.flv)

[ozboater]

jesus.... that thing looks dangerous / fun / interesting all in one... :buttrock:

[Eyekandyboats]

here is my other one. .
losi XXX cr, lehner 4200 XL on 2s and 3s with a 28T pinion. . . sheer speed and a crap load of fun on the track it will kill all those silly mamba max power'd cars they call"brushless" LOL

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/eyekandy19/IMG_2562.jpg

[crazzy maxx]

hahaha nice buggy
deffintily blow away mine
i gots a b4 w/ a 17t venom motor w/ 19turn stickers.
(track only aloows up to 19t motors...)hehe

[SJFE]

Hmmmm I sold my gun collection, boat, quad, both sport bikes & computers. There are days when I do get alot of enjoyment & have some fun with this....

Well this is not a toy....& I don't own it. I am responsible for this 225 thousand dollar beast 40 hours a week. At my disposal is a robotic arm with the ability to lift 1500 pounds with the gripping force of 4000 pounds per square inch. Direct control for the arm comes from the 8 position joystick that's controlled by an air/electric over hydraulic system with a high flow computer controlled hydraulic pump run off the 350 HP intercooled turbo charged Mack engine, which I happen to sit next to in the cab. She goes 67000+ loaded and takes 350to 400 feet to stop from 55mph(loaded). Operating this thing is multitasking to say the least. While operating the arm I am driving, watching out for parked cars, kids on bikes, home owners who insist on reloading cans and stepping in front of the grippers, traffic in general, monitoring the engine vitals, communications equipment & talking to my lovely wife via the bluetooth hands free. For my amusement I have crushed, destroyed and otherwise mangled washing machines, dishwashers, 60+ TV's(messy) & a half dozen mail boxes(by mistake of course)..lol. Snow removal is another one of the fun things I get to do. After hour 15 or 16 it gets old but the first couple of storms are always fun. Nothing like a 5to 10ft high wall of snow coming off the blade to strip mail boxes off of posts. 14 in a row was my record...lol Funny until I had to repair them the next morning when it was 14 degrees out. Sure it's work but hey works what you make of it.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/STOAK/theoffice1.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/STOAK/215-1.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/STOAK/215s.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e343/STOAK/P1010024-1.jpg

[domwilson]

Too bad it doesn't float. You could use it to retreive boats!:buttrock:

[Eyekandyboats]

why would you use it as a retrieval boat ?? its a garbage truck not a boat nor a retrieval boat :S

[obrien]

Well here is my other expensive hobby.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e128/obrien79/FlameBurn.jpg

[obrien]

Even thought this is the kind of work I do, I still have fun with this stuff as well.
This boat is a 36' Spectre Catamaran with a pair of 625 hp Illmore Viper v10 engines. that runs in th e low 120 mph range. Now I don't get to do many boats like this anymore, but these were my favorites.

[obrien]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/J_Lightning/stillrun12s.jpg
my rig 1998 27' Avanti offshore built in NJ twin 250hp merc efi
2003 FORD Lightning just your basic 12 second work truck


Hey moe, there is something missing in that pic. I wonder if anyone can figure it out? Actually there are a couple of things missing. lol

[Avanti]

nah, them are the new wish drives...... they run on hopes and dreams everyone is switching to them for 08

[Diegoboy]

Is it the lower end of the 2 motors?
:confused1:

[obrien]

lol

nice eye diego!

[domwilson]

It was either that or two hot babes...

[domwilson]

Obrien, What are you running in the quarter? It looks like it's on the bottle.

[crazzy maxx]

forgot to post pics of the boat
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/IMG_4995.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/IMG_5010.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/brettsboard/61mh3yh-1.jpg

[Ron B]

Hey guys, new to this site but not R/C . Heres my last boat I built.

[obrien]

Obrien, What are you running in the quarter? It looks like it's on the bottle.

So far my best is 11.08 @ 128 with a 1.67 60' spinning.
that was on 27" et streets.

Full weight street setup on nittos the car has run 11.88 @ 119 n/a and 11.53 @ 124 on the bottle hitting the limiter. The nittos aren't quite tall enough.

I made some changes and tried a set of 28" et drags only to break the 12 bolt moser 3 times.

So as of right now the car hasn't quite hit the 10s.

Here is a vid. I was doing 5500 rpm clutch dumps. Man is it fun when it holds. lol
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/d03b3d6e-d2fd-4dc7-ac82-432d138f44bb.htm

[domwilson]

That's cool! Reminds me of my younger days. But here in Calif. the city ordinances/smog laws have choked this sport. Made it hard to own a "Hot Rod."

[obrien]

Yeah, my car would not be welcome in the state of cali. With my exhaust setup and cam, there is no way it would pass any smog testing.

I would also have to say the Avanti's truck at one point was capable of running 11's, he just never had a chance to find out.

[Avanti]

yeah should have been good for 11.20s on the bottle
only runs mid 12s now (it's slow)

[domwilson]

It's an expensive hobby/sport. But the satifaction is immeasurable!

[NTM]

Well here is my other expensive hobby.


Another mullet head !

My black hole money pit, 642 rwhp.
RC boats and helis are cheap compared to cars.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0511.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0508.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0035.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0323.jpg

[obrien]

thats a very nice looking LT1!

Now you can't leave out the juicy info

[crazzy maxx]

:iagree:
very nice

[domwilson]

Oh the memories! I can still remember the sweet smell of blow-by gases from a freshly built, high compression engine. At least until the rings fully seated.

[Avanti]

force fed huh........ you have obrien creaming now

[NTM]

The car was kind of an outlet for my negative energy that resulted from a rough patch in my life. I built the car over the winter, a few years ago, in my garage. The engine machining work was the only thing that was farmed out, I handled the rest of the assembly and fabrication.

It's a forged 355 with heavily ported afr heads, ATI D1 blower head unit with a 12 rib drive, custom intercooler (I chopped the front end of the car off to fit that thing !), custom piping.
The blower dumps air out the 2" flange that you can see on the drivers side front fender, from a greddy 2" blow off valve.
A 90 shot of nitrous is on tap from the wet kit.

Exhaust consists of long tube 1 7/8" primary headers to a custom 4" exhaust.

The fuel system consists of twin in-tank walbro 255 pumps, 65lbs/hr injectors, and tunercat to reflash the stock pcm and datalog. An Innovate wideband is also hooked up to the datalogger.

Koni dampers, strano springs, bmr control arms+a arms, poly bushings, etc.
It was set up more for open track (road course) days than drag racing .

To that end the drive train isn't what you'd expect, the rear is still a ten bolt (beefed up as much as possible, strange axles etc.) running a torsen t2r differential. The differential is darn near magical on a road course, and only made for the ten bolt. 3.73 gears, you have to shift to fifth in the quarter mile, but nicer for road course stuff.
Carbon driveshaft.
The clutch is a spec stage 4 ceramic and has held up very well.
The 6 speed t-56 is stock and performing well.
Tires are nitto r2 305/35/18's out back and 285/35/18's in the front, r compound so they only last a couple thousand miles, they hook really well for a stiff side wall tire though.

The car is kind of stripped, the carpet and plastic panels are still there, but there's nothing underneath. I tossed the a/c, air bags, rear seats, carpet underlay, sound deadening, horns, windshield wipers, all unnessecary wiring, etc.

The result is a car that weighs 3100 pounds ready to race with driver, comparable cars are usually well above 3600 pounds. The interior still looks like this though, other than the stereo, that was removed after this picture (dead weight !):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0320.jpg

Here's a pic from the track, I entered it in the outlaw class of a major sport compact car meet, I had some good laughs that day !
Didn't even bolt on the et streets, just ran it on the nitto r2's.
They didn't invite me back the following year :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/sccedmonton192.jpg

It's been fun, but quite a money sponge :olleyes:

Regards,
Nathan

[obrien]

lol I can't imagine why they wouldn't invite you back.

What were you able to muster in the 1/4 with that setup? I would have to think you were close to the 10s

[NTM]

11.2 @ 139mph, 1.86 60 foot, shifting to fifth wastes alot of time and it was hunting for traction the whole way down the track. It's just not a very good drag car.
It's an ihra track, so anything trapping over 135 mph has to be nine second certified, chute, halon, full nomex, etc.
I'm officially banned this year !
I managed to sneak back a few times last year, but they're putting their foot down.
Strange that tech is much more relaxed for road courses, when it seems more dangerous ?
All I do for those is bolt in the wolfe 6 point and change brake pads.
The instructors that came along for my first few lapping days at the road course darn near started crying on the front and back straights, lol.
The brakes were upgraded to c5 calipers after that first day too. The ls1 calipers I had on the front were actually spread open !

Here's pics of some other toys and interests:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_1059.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_1036.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0585.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/NTM95/IMG_0279.jpg


Regards,
Nathan

[Eodman]

That is pretty!

Back in the 70's when I got out of the Marine Corps the first time, I bought a Chevelle from "Baldwin Motion " out on Long island! SS 396 425 HP so the papers said!

Ran it a couple times at Englishtown mid to high 13's then I got in to english cars!

Memories are still pretty vivid for an old fart!

[obrien]

Too bad you don't still have that car. It would be worth a pretty good amount today.

[FE_Chris]

Wow you guys have some nice trucks......

Avanti...I did'nt think the lightning was made to tow all that weight? expecially with a blower? Just curious cause that HAS to look bad ass on the way to the lake.

I wanted one when I purchased my mustang GT, but I did'nt wanna have to feed that dam 5.4l. My GT gets 20-23MPG city/hwy!!!! :-)

nice cars guys(and trucks)....I like cars!!!!!!(and trucks)

[Avanti]

fe_chris --- the Lightning http://www.svt.ford.com/flash/index.html

Payload: 1350 lbs. (612 kg)
Towing Capacity: 5,000 lbs. (2,270 kg)

[FE_Chris]

That boat weighs less than 5k?

PS - The link does'nt work.

[Avanti]

the boat is right at 5k

the link works on my MAC

google: svt 2003

it is the top link

[obrien]

The other day, Avanti had is work trailer behind the Lightning and decided to have a little race with our buddy in his 02 mustang GT. Needless to say it was pretty sad when the truck could keep up with the stang towing a loaded trailer.

[Avanti]

good times
I just wish I would have got traction, then I would have clobbered him instead of just staying next to him.

[obrien]

lol that would have really hurt his ego!

[FE_Chris]

Avanti, what have you done to that thing? From what I read, the Lightning is about a low 14 second truck in the 1/4. About as fast as a Stang GT from 99-04....just curious...I could be wrong.

At any rate thats a nice truck. I dig it.

[Avanti]

the truck has a 6# lower pulley
Predator programmer
K&N drop in filter
and a set of JLP 54" traction bars
icing the intake has put me at a 12.4 @ 108 in the quarter on street tires.
I have had 4 Lightnings I have a lot of seat time.
400hp to the rear wheels just your basic work truck

[NTM]

the truck has a 6# lower pulley
Predator programmer
K&N drop in filter
and a set of JLP 54" traction bars
icing the intake has put me at a 12.4 @ 108 in the quarter on street tires.
I have had 4 Lightnings I have a lot of seat time.
400hp to the rear wheels just your basic work truck


That must have been a heck of a 60 foot time to run that et, with that low of a mph !
Slicks or drag radials ?

At any rate the lightning is probably a more perfomance oriented vehicle than the mustang. Kind of funny.
The only stock mustang I have any love for at all is the '03,'04 cobra.
The gt500 has the right motor, but is a heavy pig of a car.

Regards,
Nathan

[Avanti]

1.7** 60' on street radials (not drag tires)

[NTM]

That's nuts for a plain old street tire !
She really digs !
Be a great stoplight to stoplight machine, not that I'd condone such a thing, lol :tongue:

[obrien]

street racing?? who would do such a thing?

The lightnings actually hook really good at the track as long as there is decent prep, but on the street, its rare that you will find enough traction to handle the torque, unless you have a really good set of tires of course.