My visit to Greg's house (ks13)

[r34 gtr]

I just got tese pictures loaded up onto my computer. I IZ IN UR HOUSE DRIVIN UR SEAT!!!1

So a little back story: Every year during the summer my friend and I have been going to his family's house in New Hampshire (live free or die FTW) because its about the nicest place ever during the summer. His uncle restores old wooden boats, and we got to tour his shop and see the stuff he was working on. These boats were nice. Like, nicer than I could ever hope to afford. Sorry, but I have priorities, and a $600k mahogany race boat from the mid 30s is not one of them.



I believe this boat was theirs, but am not 100% sure. The attention to detail on these things is incredible. I only had my crappy 2MP phone camera, as usual, but a Nikon D100 wouldn['t have done these boats justice.



My friend in front of one serious engine. 1300CID 12cyl Allison making 1400hp WITHOUT the supercharger. It was making something like 2200HP with the supercharger, but it kept ripping itself loose from its motor mounts, and they had to de-tune it so the boat was drivable.



The boat on the left here is the original launch from Sunapee harbor, I believe. Might have been Newbury harbor, but its from 1934 or something, and still runs. Its getting a full restoration as we speak. One hell of a boat, with some real history. Behind me there is a wall of 426 hemis. No joke, it was a sea of awesome. I wanted one sooo bad! He had like, 12, so I couldn't see the harm in parting with ONE.



Uncle's really nice 1986 911 carrera. under 80k original miles. A very nice little car!



And now on to stuff you guys might actually care about. Proof I went and saw Greg!! Here is the totally sick engine in his totally sick car. Ive seen more than a few CA18s in my day, and this was definitely the nicest setup I have seen in person. Hell yeah greg, your car rules!



Then Greg and my friend Robert went for a drive in Robert's 2002 WRX. Robert was like "want to drive it?" and Greg says "wait, what? I can drive it? HELL YEAH!!" Off they went, leaving me to my own devices. Terrible idea guys.







That was a really cool seat man, OMP one piece bucket FTW. I am wearing your shift boot on my head, accentuating my receding hairline like no hat could ever do. To top it off you had a steering wheel nearby, so I could drive your garage around like I freaking stole it!! WEEW!!! In the last pic, you can see the monster engine that he has just waiting to be installed. It was/is one hell of a bada** CA18.

[bentvalves]

the omp wasnt in the car when you came!?

I have it mounted as a passenger seat, so low in a fixed position, passengers struggle to see over the dashboard. It is awsome, I feel like they are in a safe place now with 300 + whp.

lol at the shift boot on your head haha.

[ca18detgabby]

what on earth is that red thing on your exhaust side by the oil cap? did you put a tow hook in the engine bay?

those boats are freaking awesome . God I need to get out fishing again

engine looks great greg . less than I can say for shiftboot head. but I suppose that is to be expected

[bentvalves]

yea that tow hook helped keep the dipstick secure at 20psi before It broke. I would bend it over so it was ontop of the dipstick and I never had an issue again. Time for a spring now I suppose.

[ca18detgabby]

wow.... and you gave me crap about IC piping. thats a little magiver move right there.

though maybe it was something to help pull the engine or exhaust manifold maybe

[bentvalves]

well I did use it to pull and install the engine 3 times total, so it was functional no doubt.

and do you remember the spec on that CA from when dude sold it on here?

mmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmm
Modified by ks13 at 7:17 PM 11/16/2008

[r34 gtr]

Greg, next time I come up there I'll be sure to arrive in a car that will hand you your a**.

[bentvalves]

please do, that makes both you and Phil dream weavers now lol.

[float_6969]

LOL, I'm not at all surprised by the shift boot on Tim's head. That was classic.

Motor looks great Greg!

[bentvalves]

hahahah i missed the text about us going for a ride in your buddies car and being left to your own devices LOLLOL.

[DALAZ_68]

i need more CA buddies here in socal...im so lonely

[r34 gtr]

i need more CA buddies here in socal...im so lonely

I drove 1300 miles to see Greg. I am from nowhere near NH.



Greg I never said it would be a Nissan. I might show up in a tubbed '67 Nova with a weiand blower on it. There's also a good probability I would have to steal such a car. Going to jail would be sooo worth it though. They have nice jails in New Hampshire, right?