Their is boating and........

Handymans342

Really Ray Really?

Handymans342

Anyone who lives in Alexandria IS RICH

raybo3

Handymans342 said:

Really Ray Really?

Yeah really......LOL

Michael T

@LaRea and @raybo3 you guys are killing me....and I'm not worried about Steve as I bet his wife is even tougher on him - so he's used to it! LOL

DanD2

This is my winter passion.......too busy at work in the summer to do anything else but boat on the weekends.

randy56

That is Beautiful but cold. Do they have heaters on those things? 

DanD2

Heated grips, you can add a heated seat if you want but I feel the need. With the right clothing, you stay pretty warm.

checkmate

Here is my other water passion.  Obviously the one sking.https://youtu.be/tqg4u1GcZj4

checkmate

A 6 year was videoing it, so kinda sloppy.  But it was my first sking all summer and first time sking a course in 7 years

Michael T

@checkmate. Beautiful to watch. That was my summer passion for 35+ years. Love the one ski take off. Twin boots or boot + toe grab? I used a lot of skis but my favorite was an O'Brien Synergy Z cut like a razor. My late wife, the best skier anywhere (imo) skied with an O'Brien Camille Duval. She would be so flat to the water that it would break over her ankle and her elbow would be in the water one handing it at 42 FEET off. Liked that you are one handing it.....AWESOME. Gave my skis away this summer. Haven't been able to use them for years, anyway. A fall and broken bone with bone marrow cancer is a death warrant - no whining, just reality. In my younger years I had a California J Craft with big outboards, then I went to a Moomba, then the family bought a Tige..... so much fun cutting at 50+ mph! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

aero3113

@Michael T that's funny that you had a Ghia and Healey also!!! Great minds think alike 

BellevilleMXZ

ChumpCar- endurance racing .....Have run at some real nice tracks over the years, This was when we traveled to Cali to run at Laguna Seca last year.

Michael T

Beautiful love the air intake filter out the hood! That filter is a K&N ?

LaRea

@BellevilleMXZ - that looks like a blast.  Low-budget endurance racing is such a great concept.  You should come to VIR someday.

checkmate

@Michael T.  Unfortunately I only get to ski a couple times a summer.  Mostly up at my brother's cabin up in northern Michigan.  So he has all the new ski stuff(Connelly double boot high wrap, Malibu boat).  I happen to be down in Dayton Ohio visiting a college roommate that joined a ski club their.  So I had to bring my 21 year icon ski that I purchased when I was 16(with a toe grab).  It got the job done though.  My roommate is 8 inches taller and 80 pounds heavier than me so I couldn't use his newer ski.   Back in the day we skied and barefoot 4 days a week.  Haven't barefooted in 2 years though.   We barefoot off regular rope by dropping a ski.  Brother just got a boom for his Malibu boat for some reason I couldn't do it that way.  Sking courses is a blast but a quick reminder of how out of sking shape you can get.  I was gasping for air after 2 passes.

Michael T

@checkmate...We started barefooting in '83 by stepping off our slalom skis. At first there were some wicked falls when someone leaned too far forward or caught a toe. Serious face slapping and enemas!!!!! LOL Then we got a boom - man we thought we were the kings of the river with that.... LOL.  I have a picture of me somewhere skiing with a cast on! In our 20's and nuts! Those were the days!

jme097

LMAO...

@LaRea You have to man. It's so much fun. Makes winter enjoyable lol

Michael T

@LaRea you and your Admiral's new cars have arrived: 2017 Audi R8 PLUS..... 5.2L  V-10....610HP ....415 torque. Tires 245/30R20 front...305/30R20 rear...serious tires for serious HP/Torque. You should be able to get twins for about 400K

BTW 100KPH....3 seconds.....tops at 330 (governed)....not governed, I'm guessing 370KPH?

NICE!

BellevilleMXZ

Michael T said:

Beautiful love the air intake filter out the hood! That filter is a K&N ?

Yep k@n style......Was done as a joke, but then kind of stuck

BellevilleMXZ

LaRea said:

@BellevilleMXZ - that looks like a blast.  Low-budget endurance racing is such a great concept.  You should come to VIR someday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8rEiJWwVVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoRjUzOoJM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxNxIQydHO8

69fastback

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbsyzBrJhg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWPZ8-OUWw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j-yBogdpgsQ

LaRea

Nice - front tires up in the air.

Michael T

Beautiful shots, love the torqued front wheel lift!

69fastback

I have some good pictures of it with the front tires about 3' in the air, but my photobucket links never work here. 

Michael T

@69fastback....that would be quite a lot of lift and torque on the DT it must be built really solid! What gears are you running in the rear end? Solid axle?

69fastback

It has 3.73s, and a stock 9" housing with Moser 31 spline axles, and a Detroit locker, with a chromoly driveshaft. 

Michael T

@69fastback......wicked. I read an article a couple of years back about one of the Ford grandsons, who is in the company as an exec in product development or something like that, testing a Mustang with a crazy engine. The car had a solid axle that they kept making bigger but kept twisting. They had multiple pictures of it smoking the tires and said they could easily blow them in one launch. It was something to see.

06Rinker270

@BellevilleMXZ are you driving or owner?  I need to get into that.

BellevilleMXZ

both......typical races are 8 hrs sat/8hrs sunday....5 of us split it all......2 hr stints

Michael T

@BMXZ....that must cut into the boating!