I think Siro worked for JDM, PSP, and JL and one time or another. Oh yes, the caged pulley episode in L history. All the Lightning tuners had their teething problems. The Lightning aftermarket has come a long way since 99-00.

 

AHHH.. Memory lane

-I had the first interchangeable 4lb pulley...

-I remember putting an 8lber on my stock block and promising Jim I would take it off after a few passes.. A year later I finally did.LOL

-FFWs with 30 plus trucks and Dougs great photos..(which I still have framed.Thanks Doug)

- A lot has changed..13s, 12s, 11s, 10s, 9s now 8s and 7s...Boy a lot has changed.

VINNIE

 

You are Welcome Vinnie
Glad you like them ...
Running the FFW events was fun
In a really hot, really exhausting, way too many Hooters wings and beer kind of way .....
I did a bunch of that travel with Paul Gamino from Houston - havent seen him in a few years - Wonder if he still has a truck

 

Yes. he does..But he does not race it much.

He is a hired gun for JDM..

Runs the Saleen truck in FFW and NMRA and also runs the 25th anniversary Saleen car in a Stang class in NMRA that JDM now sponsors.

VINNIE

 

I remember sitting in the Englishtown Raceway Park Grand Stands in 2003 @ JDM Day watching guys like Bill Jaynes (hdmlnium), Don's Bolt, Vinnie Telesco, Kevin White, & Paul Gamino running in the 10's !!!!
I couldn't believe how Fast these Guys were! I dreamed about running times like those!!!

Other Big Time Achievments that come to mind is when:

Jim D'Amore was towing his mustang down to the track to race it with his Black Gen 1 Lightning & MM&FF magazine asked him if he wanted to run his Lightning tow truck. He said yes & clicked off a 10.65!!!

Sal Mennella ran a 10.48 which was Unthinkable @ that time!!!

Johnny Lightning ran a 9.88 @ Maple Grove

Dave London Won the Street truck Shootout @ E-Town w/ 9.99

Charlie Stanley went a 9.98

Mike Redden (Rob Caruso) JDM truck ran 9.74

I set the Lightning track record @ E-Town (JDM DAY '06) 8.25

These are just a few stories of Many over the years!!! All the great Memories!!

 

my most memorable time is when some dumb surfer kid from ventura california became the fast gen2 lightning in the world and ran a 10.3. im not sure but i think he might have held the title the longest? if not the longest it was pretty danm long

 

Nah, we're just sleepin'.

 

It'll be 2 years in August. Still driving truck, only now I haul for DOD on secret stuff. Just turned 83K on the L and still goin'. Had a house built in So Col.

Being a grown up ain't so bad lol

CA

 

I still lurk though I sold my L earlier this year. No time for Lightning Wallpapers or April Fool's jokes though.

 

Will you post a link to all the Lightning wallpapers you have created? I can't find all of them.

 

They are all on my website: http://www.gearfx.com/chops/

 

another lurker signing in

 

I still stop by occasionally and would certainly help someone if I can. The love of my Lightning will last a lifetime.

Hello to all my old friends..... You too Raoul, you still crack me up. By the way, Just had the family to visit Williamsburg, Jamestown and of course Yorktown. It's beautiful country.

 

it cant be too dead this thread has been seen 2350+ times in 9 days

 

Just not much tech posted here anymore This was the PLACE back in the day...