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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:47 AM
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OMG where do I start. Last week I brought my car to millers “NRGTech” to get ready for the outlaw race. My dad’s shop is located upstate in Albany NY but I live in long island 5min from NRG Tech. I took the week off work just to get the car ready. I didn’t know I was going to be up 96hr straight working on the car.

We worked on corner balancing the car, alignment, building an intake box, and figuring out why my NLR would shut off at high RPM. We spent most of the time getting the NRL to work. There is some kind of interference with the MSD or something because it would shut off and turn back on during high RPM. Miller and I spent all night trying to figure it out the problem. We don’t know what we did but we got it to stay on at 5am on the dyno Friday morning. We made 820@28psi with my new vtec setup. Most of you know me for my non-vtec setup that ran 10.1@148. This motor was making stupid power and I got to thank my dad @ CCC racing for the sick motor.

So after we had the NLR working for a bit, miller kept tuning other cars until 8am. We left right from the shop to etown for testing. When I got to etown off the trailer I ran a 9.47@155 and got kicked out for not having my 9sec license. OMG the car pull so hard in 4th gear. I was cutting 1.5 60ft all day. I was so excited to finally reach my goal in such a short time. After Friday it all went down hill, if I ran faster that 9’s or 135 they were going to give me the boot. Also my NLR started to act up again and it would shut off every time I hit tow step.
I’m going to take out the MDS box this weekend and get my license so I can get the car ready for world cup.

I want to thank Miller,Tom,PJ,Bill,Greg and the whole NRG crew for letting me working on my car at the shop and getting my car setup for the outlaw race. I also want to thank my dad and brother for building a sick motor for me. I made a lot of new friend, Aldo,Jose,danny and all the guys from 1320 racing. I can’t wait for next years outlaw race.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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Cogratulations, and that is what happens when you let the right people work on your car. Miller have been doing an excellent work in all the cars he touches.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:20 AM
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congrats video????
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:21 AM
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Good stuff Alberto .. catch you at the next T&T at LVD or something ..
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:22 AM
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I can't explain to you how hard this guy worked on this car all week. He(and everybody else at NRG for that matter), thrashed all week to get this thing ready. It was a monster on the dyno, I knew it would go fast, but I was shocked to hear 9.40's. AROD must be a maniac behind the wheel! Congrat's! You definately worked hard and deserve it!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:25 AM
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Congrats, looks like all that hard work really paid off.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by turbotypeR@SPEC
I can't explain to you how hard this guy worked on this car all week. He(and everybody else at NRG for that matter), thrashed all week to get this thing ready. It was a monster on the dyno, I knew it would go fast, but I was shocked to hear 9.40's. AROD must be a maniac behind the wheel! Congrat's! You definately worked hard and deserve it!
thanks for helping me with my tranny. Hope to see you next year for the outlaw race.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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whats your setup? Is this the same non - vtec setup ou ave in your sig?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:41 AM
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Hey I caught you sleeping a couple times out side in the car, lol.

Congrats man. Now you need to get that license so we can really start to dial it in.

Congrats to your Dad and Brother for building a badass engine
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Wopsicle69
whats your setup? Is this the same non - vtec setup ou ave in your sig?
same turbo setup as the non-vtec. Gsr motor with brian crower cams. S327 pretty much like every other SFWD setup....lol
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:46 AM
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how much boost?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:47 AM
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If he posted the log most wouldnt believe him.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:54 AM
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lol ohhhh Id believe it, everything you seem to touch is absolutely flying. Whats it at?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:55 AM
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Congrats bro!!!!!!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 06:10 AM
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great job alberto! get that license and keep up the good work. look out everybody this car is going to be a problem in spfwd.
-Roger
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 06:12 AM
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Congrads man, great to see the car going good!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 06:53 AM
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That's moving Alberto, awesome job with the car
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by E-Town4229
great job alberto! get that license and keep up the good work. look out everybody this car is going to be a problem in spfwd.
-Roger
congrats arod !!!roger dont forget DP lol!!!!!!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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Alberto! Congrats bro, it's only going to get faster...
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:17 AM
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super nice!!!

timeslip please....hehe


or a break down. just wanna see
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Congrats man! Has come ALONG way since way back!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Good deal! Like seeing all of these cars running well when it comes to race day! All the hard work tends to pay off.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Congrats Al, never knew you lived around here now either let me know whenever you need something.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by dynamicperformance1llc
congrats arod !!!roger dont forget DP lol!!!!!!
how could i forget dp??! you guys have been running ****! gotta watch your back now though. its really good to see the regular spfwd fields continue to grow and get faster.
-Roger
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