After tons of anticipation, the SICC (Sportsman Import Compact Championship) debut was soiled by bad weather on July 10th, 2010. Rain kept the lights off and the gates closed for the kickoff to the series, creating tons of speculation. It was a blow to Nyce1s, but weather can happen. The track officials and owner stood by their decision that while the rain stopped, the lightning and puddles, along with other elements still created a challenge. The track owner did not want to damage any of the equipment or make an unsafe environment by using the lights with the way their electrical system was built. Knowing the Carolinas from living here, or any track around, they are probably just some lights up on poles!  But mother nature had a say in it, with the lightning still present. The owner did not want to put his workers and paid help in the conditions of heavy thunder and lightning, and I do not blame him.

I feel for Nyce1s in this, because in the end, it will come back on them and not the track. Weather issues can happen. There was a rain date planned if it rained, and the event can still take place. With the promotion, it will most certainly be a bigger and better.

When we first arriaved to the track about 1pm, there were cars already sitting at the gate waiting for the 3pm opening time. From then on out, it was a hope game to “hope” that the rain didnt stick us too bad! It was such a nasty hit though, as the rain and wind made for sheets of soaking weather and forced vendors who were already inside to start backing up. There was some food, and 1 vendor with a tent set up, but by the time they got it down it looked like the tent possibly was mangled. We went to the front gate after talking to Craig some, and we waited for a second before telling the 30-40 cars that the event was going to have to be called and gave out free passes to the next event.

More cars showed up, and we turned away more cars. After a few, the rain stopped, and we had a number of cars waiting, so I went out and snapped some shots of some of the crowd that was there throughout the rain.

Overall, I am glad I made the trip. Yes, I lost money in the trip, but what I gained along with a few other people was a chance to see exactly how things can goto hell in 1 second. Yes, bad situation, but I will continue to support Nyce1s and the SICC racing series. And for those who are still wanting an event in North Carolina, round 2 will be held back here at the same track again on Saturday, September 11th, 2010. I hope to see you all there, as Greasyblocks will be in the house.

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Check out whats going on in Compton lately! Its a battle for the streets, and 135th is the spot!

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670hp/485tq @29psi on Q16…

Just recently, Mister Hobbs fired the car up again and had it re-tuned just in time to get some track times and more testing done. Testing and development are kind of right up this guys alley. He and Wil from Exospeed Racing came together to get the perfect fitment on a street wheel setup that is now seeming to root its way out to others. After months of test fitments, back and forth shipping, and picking the right tire, Antwaine finally found the perfect fitment possible for the “street car” that sits in his garage waiting for days without rain. But the second catch is that Mister Hobbs fights fires by day, and those 24hr shifts start to take away from building and driving time!

Hats off to Antwaine for the build, R&D, and putting the effort into trying something new and keeping it street for the street guys out there!

Here are a few more random pics:

Some shots of lining up the wheels and seeing how close things are.

the only civic with this custom Peak Boost manifold & downpipe made to use with a 60mm wastegate.

The manifold shot. I took this from Ken@Peak Boost. Check out the bling option on this! Bananas!

The rear wheels were made using a “skinny” face, along with a lip and barrel from one of the other Exospeed wheels available. this together has made the “street edition” available from Exospeed. These wheels are Double Forged multi-piece with interchangeable faces.  The possibilities are endless!

Here is a video of what Antwaine and Tony1 believe is the 515 pump gas pull. Yes, you can get it from this car on pump gas. No Q or C16 needed!

Shot outs to Clayton, Wil, and Antwaine for keeping me updated on the car and the status of it! Also, big shot outs to Rudy for the top image! I appreciate you letting me use it!

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SRT-4 Owners and lovers unite! The Time Attack series this year was dominated in the street class by this “evil skittle” and for good reason! Doug Wind is a local to me here in upstate  South Carolina, and this car notorious on all levels of bad-ass! Sitting on 285’s and boasting over 450hp, this bitch hauls.

Doug clinched the street Championship with the Forced Performance/Continental Tire-backed SRT-4 taking home a victory in damn near every event! This title, The East Region Buddy Club Street FWD Class, was more or less Doug’s playground! He even won the west coast Super Lap Battle Finals at Buttonwillow, setting a new lap record and winning the Street FF title in the event! Congrats to a great season in 2009, and the best of luck for 2010. I hear the car is already under the knife for changes, and I cant wait to see what those changes will be! Stay tuned to Greasy, and you might just get a sneak peek here and here!!!

For more on Doug, his car, sponsors, ETC, check out his company website: www.windspeedmotorsports.com

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Digglers 88 GTA goes 9.44@139mph… on a stock LT1 shortblock with a 17 year old nitrous kit!

Every Friday night I usually meet up with some other local domestic guys who are big GM guys and as usual we were talking about how can we squeeze some more power out of a car or how can we make it work better at the track. Well we come up to talking about my buddy Digglers Turd-Gen GTA and how he did this past Thursday at our local 1/8th mile track. The topic was  on how the car was doing fairly well and that they had managed to keep the front end from jumping way up in the air as the car had previously done. Next thing I know we’re talking about taking the car to Darlington to run it in the 1/4 mile and how I need to come get some shots of it. So we figure out a time for me and Russ Ethridge, who himself holds the Bolt-on 6-speed LS1 GTO record and held the bolt-on LT1 record for a number of years in Shon Herron’s car, to show up at Digglers house so we can get the car loaded up and head out.

Most people wouldn’t think too much about a 88 Pontiac Trans-Am GTA at the track but this GTA is one that will surprise you. It’s not your typical “Turd-Gen” F-body.  The first thing you realize is that its got a weird intake on it and that its got a crank trigger. “SoulGlo” is powered by an LT1 which came from the 4th Generation Camaro and Trans-Ams and C4 Vettes. Even more surprising is its no longer plagued by its notorious Optispark nor an OEM ECU. This LT1 has a Single-Plane intake and 4bbl throttle body atop of it and a Megasquirt EMS, that Diggler built himself, along with a single plate kit.

With this fairly “mild” setup most people don’t expect much, but we proved those in attendance at Darlington International Raceway wrong. After warming the car up and doing a quick check of the car Diggler pulled the car into the staging lanes. Nothing had changed since the car was at Greer on Thursday night. We were expecting the car to pull the front tires maybe 6-8″ and carry the car out and set back down smooth as usual. The track decided we were wrong. I’ll let the photos do the talking.

Yes, that is the HOOD of the car you see from behind, Diggler tried to pedal it and keep the car from slamming down but some times you just cant react fast enough. The car slammed down and put a slight dent in one of the header primaries and knocked the car out of alignment and I’m sure emptied Digglers bowels. All three of us were not all that happy with what just happened and we were just hoping that our day didn’t end as soon as it started.

After some looking around we decided to try to eyeball the drivers side suspension back into spec. Out comes the tape measure and some desperation to fix the alignment and a wrench to shorten up the travel limiters in hopes that we can keep the front end down this time.  We all agree that the car needs to run again and hope that it doesn’t blow up on the top end, considering the 200 shot on a stock shortblock.

You might not believe this but with our parking lot alignment quick limiter adjustment and some KILLER air, the DA was 97 feet, Diggler managed to bust off a 9.65@137mph which took the fastest stock shortblock LT1 record but as with anyone who races we knew there was more in it as we had brought an .082 jet with us for the plate as a “this is going to get us the record or blow it up” last grasp… we’re hitting it with 210hp now once fully progressed… Here is where we screwed up tho, we started fiddling with the FJO trying to keep it at the same ~175hp hit that we had on the previous pills and during this they announce that the track will only be running for another 15 minutes or so and we get in a hurry. Next thing we know we’ve stupidly added a 3 tenths of a second delay before the progressed hit even began. Even with that screw up the car lazily went down the track to a 9.44@139mph… on a stock LT1 shortblock with a 17 year old nitrous kit!

-Cone

Specs:

• 1988 Pontiac Trans-Am GTA
• Stock LT1 shortblock
• Off the shelf 236/248 Comp cam
• TH400 Transmission
• Nitrous Converter
• 9″ rear-end
• 28×10.5×15 Hoosier slicks
• 17 year old nitrous kit
• Megasquirt EMS

Check out more of Digglers car here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadconetuning/sets/72157622854489572/

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When all of these interviews started to go out, as I said we at Greasyblocks got a number of emails concerning the event and what we were posting. Well, I ended up getting contacted on a social media site by Jake about the Shootout. Dude hit me up with a line mentioning he wanted to share his opinions. I gave him a phone number, and about 15mins later we were on the phone…

Those of you who dont know who Jake is, let me refresh your memory…

Being the 2nd car from the TGR crew, consisting of Tim Grey and Jake Gavio, Jake is possibly at every race that goes down, and knows all of the action both in person and what is posted on forums. His F2k (F20c-s2k block, mounted to a K-Series trans) looks like its breaking into the 10s with a good mph and  possibly what it takes to win the event. I guess this is why we see this video, but I think we need to know what Jake has to say to really back up the claims in the video. Being the co-creator of the All Motor Shootout gives him room to speak, too!

…Ganked the photos from Jake’s build thread since dude didn’t send me any! Yea, call out!

Anyways, I wont babble you guys up who want to know what Jake had to say. We chatted on the phone for a second, and I was on the way out the door with a friend to grab some dinner and to check out something we were doing on my K-Series build, so I quickly emailed Jake the questions. He got back to me within a few hours, and here is what he had to say…

GB: Jake, I appreciate you calling me! What exactly made you put this event together and what were you involved with?
Jake: Tim grey and I were just sitting around BSing like we normally do and we jokingly were saying how bad ass it would be if the all motor guys had a shootout like the turbo class did last year. However we knew most people would not put up $1000 deposit like the turbo guys did. So Tim and I posted up a thread on HT, K20a.org and b20vtec that basically gauged the interest of everyone in the all motor scene. We had over 30 replies from people all over north america saying they would race. With everyones commitment , Tim and I stepped up and ran with the idea.

GB: You mentioned to me when we talked that you have a different view on the event than many may think. Lets hear it!
Jake: Our point of view from this race is different than many because of the efforts Tim and I put forth to get this race to happen. We took everyone’s word that they would step up and race when we first posed the question to all the racers. We took a mass amount of time out of our busy race schedule to build a very understanding relationship with the event organizer, to establish bank account, emails, paypal addresses, advertisements, etc in order to promote this event. I guess you can say our point of view on everything is different because not only are we racers but we also took on the role of organizers in getting this class going. So we saw things unfold right before us and struggled to keep it going.

GB: So we all saw the video of you pulling out your credit card, calling out the Cali guys. What sparked that comment?
Jake: Haha ok this is one thing that I feel definitely needs to be clarified. I have a HUGE amount of respect for everyone on the west coast. At the point we made that video (mid august) the event had been posted up for over 4 months and we only had 8 cars signed up for the shootout. I felt like I lived up to my end of the bargain by busting my ass to make this race happen, but all the racers did not because they were not entering the race. I felt as if I was being made to look like a fool because I was going to fail in my attempt to make an event of epic proportions happen. So I started to think , how can we drum up more excitement. Well I figured rappers can sell CDs by starting “fake” beef , so why can’t I “sell” spots by starting shit haha. So I decided to target the west because the only racers who had entered from that point were from east coast.
I have to say I may have let a little bitterness get the best of me during that video, with good reason for it though. Last year when Tim and I went out to Cali we were NOT met with open arms as you may have been lead to believe. Before we went out there Tim posted a video of his car going 10.58 which was met with a lot of praise and even more criticism. Most from west coasters. We are not angels by any stretch of the imagination so we definitely talked a lot of shit back. Long story short – when we were out there, there was only 1 or 2 racers that did NOT try to stare us down. It even went as far as people somehow getting my cell phone number and we were receiving some pretty crazy texts saying we were going to get our asses kicked and to bring the car “to the streets.” So I want to touch on the king of cali comment because I have to take blame for that one. That was a joke between Tim and I, but when we got home from Cali, after being talked shit to our whole ride home, I definitely threw that in the West’s face a little too much and that I apologize for. Sorry to go off on a tangent , I just wanted to explain our side of the cali trip that correlates to that video. Every place has its shit talkers, the east is no different. I tried to create some excitement and may have gone a little too far. I apologize to anyone from the west that was offended by that video, I just hope they understand the frustration I had with the event not taking off like we all thought it would to start out.

GB: How many are signed up in each class?
Jake:Well right now we have 18 cars in the all motor shootout. We have a full 16 car field so it will definitely be interesting to see how the bump spot is. Although the east is known for its “diet” so we’ll see how all the cars react to the added weight limits.
I’m sorry I can not speak to the turbo shootout as that is not my class and I dont have anything to do with it.

GB: $5k payout, $10 payout, These classes are like Christmas! How was the response when you guys announced the event?
Jake: The initial response was great. Last year the turbo shootout was a big success for those guys so I think that emotion bled off to the all motor scene. The initial response was the reason that Tim and I ran with the idea to begin with. We just decided to start with a $5000 race because a $500 deposit was a little easier to swallow for most.

GB: The all motor class is dominated by the K-Series. A birdy told me that you have an S2000 Longblock in the bay. What made you go that route?
Jake: Yessir I run a fwd f20c (s2000) motor. This was designed by InlinePro. What made me do this? To be different. We were already running very fast with Tim’s K series car so why make 2 of the exact same? We decided to try something different. We went the best of 10.97 and 126.8mph with a pretty basic build. It has a built shortblock but a stock head a what is technically considered a street cam. Once we get some more power it should show the full potential of the F series. Unfortunately we lost that motor in testing. Due to a few personal family issues weren’t able to have the new one done in time for the shootout.

GB: Are you excited about the west coast guys coming over to run in the class, unlike many on the forums who commented and couldn’t go? (Like myself might i add!)
Jake: I am extremely happy that the West coast will be not only represented in the shootout, but represented by the car that is at the top of his game over there. It is only fitting that they are represented well. I have a lot of friends on the west and like to help as many people out as we can. I don’t need to put our business out there but I have been in contact with Jerry almost every day and am trying to help make his trip out here as pleasant as possible. In fact as I type this , I am in the passenger seat while we are going to pick up fuel for him haha. Trust me when I say that I wanted this race to be huge and it is only right that the best from all over the country show up.

Jeff definitely gave more of a look to everyone on the origins of this event, the feelings expressed in the video by Nyce1s, and and where the East and West talk sits right now. I am a day late posting this. Still, I hope it is noticed that there is a lot riding on this race. If anything, this race (All motor, SFWD, and Outlaw classes) is banging a huge buzz for drag racing in 2010. Can I get a witness?!?

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Yo I got a call last night saying that Stage 2 was still prepping for the Shootout, but I didnt expect what I saw when I signed on and got the email. 352 at a little over 8500rpm! Props to Albert and the guys over at Stage 2 in their efforts to make this years shootout exciting. I really need to get in touch wtih those guys on some questions! Keep it locked for more info as it comes.
Shot out to Nyce1s.com as well. I bet my phone will be ringing shortly for one of those late night tuning calls!

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Camo hatchbacks are a rarity, but even more on the unicorn status if they set the traps on fire with passes like Miller just did 2 weeks ago in Maryland. Screaming down the track, Miller passed through the traps running an 8.75 @169mph,  setting the new World Record in the Outlaw Turbo class!

Millers 8.75 pass…

The outlaw class, which is possibly one of the most exciting classes to watch lately, is where NRG Tech resides. Miller is the Co-Owner of NRG Tech Racing out of West Babylon, NY and they do everything from what it seems at the shop. Check out their site over at NRGtechracing.com but make sure when you go you check out the C5 Vette with the custom twins in the trunk which is a 200mph car too!

In car vid!

Nyce1s.com on the Miller Tribute video!

Tuesday night Julian from Nyce1s.com and I were catching up on our nightly negro-chat, I was interested in getting in touch with Miller. It just so happened that Julian had to text him up anyways, so within about 3 hours I had a text with Millers celly saying to call him. When I called today, I got him for just a few minutes, but we just caught up on some current news and we wanted to go over some information before I emailed over the questions to him. Here is the interview uncut!

1. First is first, how did you feel when you ran that World Record Setting pass of 8.75 @169mph in Maryland at the IMSTAR event a few weeks ago?

7. Is NRG Tech campaigning more cars and planning to run more events in 2010?

Among helping out all of our customers there are a few things in the works. I will make sure that Greasy Blocks is the first to know the inside scoop.

At the end of reading these replies when I recived the email back from Miller, I knew that these guys posess the family motto I saw with the Jerrybuilt camp. On a few forums I went to, I saw many posts acting as if the east coast guys dont have this same helping spirit that the cali guys share. I am here with the proof that those posts and comments were incorrect. I am glad to have guys like Miller around to be able to help in this movement to push our industry into 2010 and beyond with a new outlook on our sport!

Jeff Blumenfeld and Sean Bradford on the pics throughout the post BTW!

Check out the NRG Tech guys at and also check out their blog at

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Julian hit me up with a new video he put out today. Shot outs to Albert and the guys at Stage 2 for possibly being ready to ride for the event!

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Yesterday, after getting a number of emails and texts about my post about the All Motor Shootout, I was sitting here on Youtube just looking at the responses from some of the videos that I posted hyping up the Shootout and also the Outlaw race. The urge came to get contact a few who are racing in the event and to ask them a few questions.

The 1st person I decided to contact was Jerry Guzman aka the Infamous “JerryBuilt”  to ask him a few questions and clear up some of these posts that I am seeing on several forums. I sent an email out over Youtube to Daniel Alaniz to possibly get in touch with Jerry, so that Greasyblocks could set peoples minds right, instead of just talk smack. Within 30 minutes I already had an email back and a phone number.

…Here is the video I was watching BTW. This will show you guys more about who Jerry is, and what JerryBuilt is about:

…Big ups to Daniel Alaniz for all of your help, the hookup on the phone numbers, and the video!!

Last night, I sat down and had the conversation with Jerry over the phone instead of through email. Some things are just meant to be talked about directly, and this was the best way in the situation. Here are the questions straight up that I asked Jerry, along with his responses.

GB: What made you turn the yard into a “shop”

Jerry:  Back when I got my 1st car in 93-94, I worked at Atomic Performance with Dr. Charles.  I was fucking around with cars, building engines, and learning more and more along the way. After Atomic, I worked over at Import Builders for a bit til I just got tired of working for everyone else. I said fuck it, I know what I’m doing, why don’t I do this for myself. So that’s why the backyard is the shop now. I do everything from home. I work on everything too, me and my brother. We do it all.

GB: How long have you been laying it down? (drag racing cars)

Jerry:  Back when I got that Accord in 93-94, I was out right then. Since then I have been doing it. It will never stop either, I will always be a drag racer. In 2003, I got the hatchback and ran with a built B-Series until I got the K-Series in 2005. I had many problems with it at 1st with hardly any help. The trannies were trash, but the dogbox quickly fixed that problem. Then it was on to the tentioners and those were a little more work, but after I figured that out it was on to the electronic issues and we started getting better runs in.

GB: Do you feel drag racing will make a come back to the feeling it had years ago, now that the cars are much faster?

Jerry: Its always been the same for us. Since like the mid 90s we have been running on the track and on the street. But when fast and furious came out, it kinda killed it. See, so many people that saw it on the screen came out and blew up the spot. Before that movie, cops could stop us and really didn’t know what they were looking at. We didn’t have to worry as much. At the races, we could stay at a spot for hours and not have to worry about getting busted. But, after that movie came out, we had to cut back. So many people were coming out, being idiots, and now everyone with a body kit thought they were a racer. It really hurt street racing as a whole. It will never get as big as it was, but possibly we might see more people coming back who will actually race, now that the K-Series is easier to build.

GB:  On record, since there seems to be talk on forums from the east, DID SKUNK2 give you that motor?

Jerry:  NO they didn’t give me that motor. But they did let me borrow, not give me, the throttle body setup on the car. They also supplied me with some Skunk2 cams and a good bit of dyno time. Charles stayed on the dyno countless hours helping over the last week or 2. Oscar Jackson helped us out big time with an alignment too. And who wouldn’t want Oscar working on their car? The man has history. Dr. Charles too, being one of the fathers of import drag racing. I was happy to have their help.

GB:  What was the initial thought that made you and the fellas come together and say “lets make this trip to the east coast”

Jerry: Tim Grey aka TGR! (this response was hella quick, too!) Tim Came to Cali and won one event and claimed to be the King of Cali. To be the king, you have to do a sweep. I won 3 times back to back at Irwindale. I have been to tracks all over Cali. That would be like me going to this event and winning then claiming I am the king of the east coast. Its not possible. You gotta sweep. I also have never been out of Cali, travel or anything, so its going to be a new experience for me, a big experience at that.

GB: Do you want to see any other events like this? (east coasters on the west coast perhaps?!)

Jerry: Do I? How about every month man! I love this shit, and like I have said over and over this is what we do. It will never die for us. If the events are closer (mid states perhaps) more Cali guys and more racers can possibly attend. I think that this should go down next year, it would really help the sport.

Jerry and I spoke a little bit more after the questions and here are few things that he let me in on that i would like to share:

Jerry on;
-the trip funding: We didn’t have the money to just bounce to the north east like that. We collected money from whomever wanted to see the car run out there. We hit up a bunch of shops, the homeboys chipped in, everyone helped. Some shops and people gave me a few hundred here and there, but there was no big money given out.  I worked on the car places to get it done in time, it was a big effort and I thank everyone for the help. Thanks to all who helped BTW.
-what he wants to do at the race: I don’t know anyone out there. I am excited to meet people. I want to compete, but like everyone, my main goal for this trip, going there racing, and anything of the type is to win. Whenever people come out to the west we try to show them a home away from home and help where it is needed. I hope we see the same. (I am a witness to this help and respect given when out in Cali from the east coast at events.)

That interview with Jerry helped me out get to know one of the biggest names in street racing on the video sites. There are so many memorable videos to watch.  DJM productions, Daniel Alaniz and his Street Dreams video, Sonics channel, zendejs all of these guys are strong with video content from the Cali spots. Tune in!

Big ups to you Jerry and crew. I know that I said im pulling for the east coast while we were on the phone but I swear, if you win, I will plaster that news and some major props all over Greasyblocks for you! Make it a good event man!

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