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mmmttf · 5 years ago

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#Repost @mmm_dra with @make_repost ・・・ We’d like to welcome our newest series sponsor, ATI Racing: for more than 55 years, ATI has been producing quality, state-of-the-art racing products! When Jim Beattie, President of ATI Performance Products, Inc. first attacked the field of automatic transmissions, Funny Cars were blistering down the track at six seconds and dragsters were still trying to break 200 m.p.h. Today, one can’t help but notice the dominance of ATI decals at the track. Automatic Transmissions, Inc., which Jim built from a modest general rebuilding shop in Silver Spring, MD, is still a family-owned and operated business with JC Beattie, Jr. heading operations for the company. Other family members help in various capacities within the business. It’s obvious the entire family has a passion for the racing industry. From the age of three JC, along with his dad, could be found racing anything with wheels. Now, he sits behind the wheel of a 2009 Drag Pak Stocker or 2012 Super Stock COPO Camaro equipped with ATI parts to give ATI customers true track-tested and proven products. Over the years, ATI has earned a reputation for its cutting edge technology, attention to detail, and rigorous testing under race conditions. By staying true to these basic principles, ATI has built a loyal customer base; many of whom still use parts purchased from ATI in the 1980’s. Today, ATI manufactures a multitude of high performance parts including competition transmissions such as the incomparable Superglide®, Treemaster Converters®, Super Dampers®, Compu-Flow® Valve Bodies, Flexplates and Adapter Kits as well as a wide variety of performance enhancing internal transmission components. Innovative designs, partnered with a commitment to racing, allows the company to maintain a prominent position on the cutting edge of high performance component design and manufacturing. ATI proudly holds over a dozen U.S. Government patents, with others pending. Located just outside of Baltimore, Maryland ATI’s manufacturing facility houses one of the most advanced machine shops in the industry; all machinery operations take place in-house so that total quality control can be maintained. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7026jzH6wy/?igshid=qkz1kzsfe561

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itsworn · 7 years ago

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Events to See at the PRI Show – #TENPRI17

While there is plenty to see at PRI, it’s always important to have a plan of attack. From products, to seminars, to demonstrations, it’s easy to lose track of time inside the vast confines of the Indiana Convention Center.

To help you plan your schedule, we present a listing of demonstrations, product releases, and seminars given to use by several companies who will be displaying at the show. For the full list of exhibitor seminars, visit the PRI site here: PRI EXHIBITOR EVENTS

Here are some events to witness:

ATI Performance Products (Peninsula 951)

ATI Performance Products, Inc would like to invite you to come visit us at the “Hub of the Worldwide Racing Marketplace,” the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show. We are eager to share with you our new racing products and latest ATI information.

You will find us at Peninsula 951, in the Green Hall.

In the ever-changing world of racing transmission and torque converter technology, ATI Performance Products is staying one step ahead of the game. We are excited to introduce several new products to you this year at PRI.

In the converter department our new 8” Bolt Together Converter for the Chrysler 727 Torque Flite. This converter will be custom built and available in both Treemaster and MRT versions for racers who frequently need to change stall speeds.

Still popular in Stock and Super Stock, the Turbo 350 gets a new Super Front Pump Half. The Turbo 350 Super Front Pump Half starts out as an aluminum casting and is finished on one of ATI’s 4 axis CNC machines. At just 4.5 pounds, this is 2 pounds lighter than stock!

Putting an overdrive transmission in a high horsepower Street Rod or Muscle Car is more popular than ever and ATI has the transmissions and components you need to accomplish this. Our 4L85E Street Rod Transmission can handle 1500 horsepower! In this trans we feature our NEW Vasco Input Shaft and Vasco Intermediate shaft. Plus, we have adapters and bellhousings to bolt this up to any Mopar, Ford, GM or Toyota Supra engine.

Stop by and take a look at these new products and much more!

E3 Spark Plugs (Booth 5173)

E3 Spark Plugs, manufacturer of DiamondFIRE spark plugs and performance ignition products, announces four top NHRA drag racers from Don Schumacher Racing, all who consistently run E3 products, will be available to sign autographs at this year’s Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show at E3’s booth, #5173, on select days.

Don Schumacher Racing is the largest and winningest race team in NHRA history. Tony Schumacher is the son of NHRA legend Don Schumacher and an eight time NHRA Top Fuel world champion holding Top Fuel’s record of 83 event titles. Antron Brown has an illustrious NHRA career and has won three Top Fuel world championships, Leah Pritchett joined Don Schumacher Racing in 2016 and won her first Top Fuel national event that year, and Tommy Johnson Jr. is one of 15 drivers to have won events in both Top Fuel and Funny Car and one of 18 drivers in NHRA history to qualify No. 1 in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. All four racers run E3 spark plugs in their 10,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragsters to maximize the fuel burn for more power and better fuel efficiency.

Autograph Signing Schedule / E3 Booth #5173

Thursday, December 7 (noon – 1:00 p.m.) Tony Schumacher and Antron Brown

Thursday, December 7 (3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Leah Pritchett

Friday, December 8 (3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Tommy Johnson Jr.

Five Star Race Car Bodies (Booth 2425)

Five Star Race Car Bodies will be unveiling their new asphalt Super Late Model Body at booth 2425 as the show opens on Thursday. Five Star will also be displaying its new MD3 Evolution Dirt Late Model front end/nosepiece at the show.

Intetcomp (Booth 1401, Meeting Room 244)

Intercomp, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of scales and other diagnostic equipment for motorsports, will be putting on a trio of Shock Dyno Seminars throughout the show. The Seminars will cover basic shock theory, as it relates to racing, and what role a shock dyno can play in the tuning process. Intercomp’s shock guru, Carter Gerlach, will lead each seminar, scheduled from 10-11am, Thursday through Saturday, in Meeting Room 244. Aside from our seminars, we will also have a wider selection of the entire Intercomp product line available for viewing at our booth in the Green Hall, No. 1401. For more information regarding Intercomp’s racing products, visit IntercompRacing.com.

Jerico Performance Products (Booth 3151)

Jerico Performance Products will be unveiling two new products at the outset of the show on Thursday. Jerico is confident these are products attendees will want to see – and that one will make a huge splash in the industry. Visit them at Booth 3151.

MAHLE (Booth 1601)

Legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty is scheduled to appear and sign autographs at the 2017 PRI show at MAHLE’s booth, # 1601, on Thursday, December 7 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

PRO Shocks (Booth 3811)

PRO Shocks will be dynoing their new shocks live throughout the show at Booth 3811.

QA1 (Booth 741)

QA1 will be displaying new products released at SEMA for those who did not get a chance to attend the trade show in Vegas. In particular, QA1 has included their 63 Series shock and their bleed adjust piston rod (both of these will be released at PRI). At the show, QA1’s Featured Products will also include the kits (new for GM B-Bodies), the driveshafts (new for Hellcats) and their new C10 suspension.

Racing Electronics (Booth 4721)

Racing Electronics will be displaying three new products at PRI starting at the beginning of the show Thursday. The will be displaying the Switch, Switch-R, and CLEAR. Switch and Switch-R are two versions of our their micro receiver. CLEAR is their newest 3M Peltor headset.

SoVADAT Seminars (Room 238)

SoVaDAT From the Driver’s Seat 9am to 10am December 7 and 8 room 238

SoVaDAT is a data analysis tool that is designed to work with a wide range of data loggers such as AIM, Motec, Pi, and Racepak. Using SoVaDAT drivers can view their data from testing quickly and easily allowing for vehicle changes and driver performance to be evaluated. Attending this seminar will teach individuals how to use SoVaDAT and how to apply the results to their racecars.

Guest speaker – Ricky Johnson

Dirt Car 8-Post Testing 10am to 11am December 7 and 8 room 238

Using SoVa Motion’s 8-post shaker rig, SoVa created a one of a kind dirt car testing environment. SoVa Motion can accurately create track drive files that simulate laps around the race track, inputting longitudinal loads to excite the rear axle as it would do on the track. This type of shaker rig testing has several advantages when compared to track testing, such as drive file consistency in a lab environment, additional data that would be difficult to collect testing on track, and cost savings on tire, fuel, track rentals, and the motor. Attending this seminal will provide individuals of the many benefits that can be had with lab testing and will show several example of what types of information that can be obtained from this type of testing.

Guest Speaker – David Reutimann

Legends Simple and Affordable Methods to Go Faster 11am to 12 noon December 7 and 8 room 238

Although legends cars are limited in their ability to be adjusted, SoVa Motion has seen benefits to using simple and affordable methods to improve legend cars performance. Using data acquisition and SoVaDAT (data analysis tool) information can be learned and transferred to other tools such as pull down rigs. Attending this seminar will show racers how using SoVaDAT and pull down rigs on legend cars will provide additional understanding of the vehicles behaviors during corner entry, middle, and exit such as tire loads, camber, toe, bump steer and shock travels.

Guest Speaker – Kyle Beattie (Legends)

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indianatreetrimming · 8 years ago

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Just Pinned to Indiana Tree Trimming: RT @VermeerTreeCare: Tad Jacobs from the Treemasters team in California shares his secret on big tree projects. #treecare #FTWK https://t.co/4kFFVV87LS Tad Jacobs from the Treemasters team in California shares his secret on big tree projects. #treecare #FTWK https://t.co/ZXpZeB3sMl pic.twitter.com/cwW0HkTCmy Vermeer Tree Care (@VermeerTreeCare) February 23 2017 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/275001120977018427

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anydayabovegroundisagoodday · 10 years ago

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Natural coral ... Imagine the shadows this will cast in the right lighting! #treemasters #designdiva #HPMarket #plantlife #interiordesign (at IHFC (International Home Furnishings Center))

#hpmarket #interiordesign #designdiva #plantlife #treemasters

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coevolutiondesign · 11 years ago

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Today we transformed the campus of West Charlotte High School in the matter of hours by planting 400 trees in collaboration with #TreesCharlotte, who plan on planting 15,000 trees annually through volunteer efforts around the Charlotte Area. Great job today guys and gals! #treemasters (at West Charlotte High School)

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destroynineball · 12 years ago

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#colossus #horror #watchmen #treemasters #monster #creature #eerie #horde

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itsworn · 7 years ago

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Pro Street Is Far From Dead With This ’55 Bel Air!

The Bourikas brothers blend—and bend—Pro-Street with Pro-Mod in this wicked ’55 Chevy Bel Air.

There’s very little that hasn’t been attempted in the world of hot rodding when one takes into consideration the sheer amount of design, engineering, and creativity flowing from the minds of builders from coast to coast. Every so often, however, someone comes along with the fortitude to blend specific styles together to form something that’s been percolating in the back of their mind. Not that it’s the first time it’s been seen, but in their perspective it lends to a perfect balance of form following function.

Peter and George Bourikas of Quincy, Massachusetts, have spent plenty of time over the last 40-plus years flexing their creativity while building a number of hopped-up muscle cars, as well as spending plenty of time at the drag strip dialing them in. Growing up in the mid ‘70s, nothing spoke louder to them than an aggressive street machine with a big-block stuffed between the ‘rails. Peter’s fast to remember that: “you could hear a tough car coming from a block away as the owner squeezed the guts out of its V8, winding through the gears within an inch of its life.”

Then it happened. Scott Sullivan’s landmark ’67 Pro-Street Nova hit the scene, being awarded HOT ROD’s Street Machine of the Year in 1979. The car fast became the standard for Pro Street with its mile-wide rear rubber, badass stance, and supercharged mill. It left the pair awestruck and full of enthusiasm to join the ranks with a back-halfed ’69 Camaro Z-28 stuffed with an 8-71—blown small-block and candy blue paint. The fuse was lit and the car gained more attention than anything they had previously owned, especially at the track. At the same time, they had opened Perfection Auto Repair, a high-line auto body shop in their town, so the Camaro also became a calling card of the shop’s work.

As years passed and the Pro-Street movement continued to evolve, the pair kept track of the scene, continuing their study of trends and watching to see where the inspiration would come from for their next build. Once again, it was Sullivan with a pair of Tri-Fives, the legendary Cheez Whiz ’55 (awarded HOT ROD’s Hot Rod of the Year in ’88) and later the jet-black ’57 Chevy which eventually led them down a road to what you see here—but with a twist. The pair still continued to stay active building cars, but two decades passed as they wove a path leading to the start of this endeavor. With the popularity growing in the Pro Mod racing class, Peter gained new incentive to reboot the inspiration by studying Sullivan’s builds, and morphing them for the future.

After living through the original movement, Peter often wondered where its future might lie with the current blend of new design and fabrication technology. The time was right to start a search for a ’55 Bel Air to get the ball rolling. Historically, it’s known that East Coast cars suffer a terrible fate due to road salt, so finding a decent local car to start with was a chore. Luckily, one was sourced in New Hampshire that had lived through the street machine years, and a poorly attempted Pro-Street reboot. All they needed was a decent shell, so a deal was made and the teardown commenced.

The original chassis and driveline were sold off, and the body was hauled to the legendary Tube Chassis Designz (TDC) to have John Sandahl evaluate the build. Sandahl got busy by fabricating a custom 4130 chromoly double-rail Pro Mod chassis certified to 7.50, meeting SFI 25.1E specifications. A Strange Engineering 9-inch HD steel housing was packed with a 9-inch Pro Iron center, a spool spinning 4.30 gears, and linked to 40-spline gun-drilled axles. It’s suspended by a custom-fabbed TCD four-link, sway bar, and Panhard bar matched to a pair of Strange Engineering Ultra-Series Drag Race double-adjustable coilover shocks.

It’s all business up front, with Santhuff’s double-adjustable coilovers matched to TDC-fabbed chromoly lower control arms, and steering through a Strange Engineering manual rack-and-pinion unit. When it gets serious and you need to stop, a Strange Engineering dual master pushes fluid through stainless lines to Aerospace Components discs (11 ¾-inch front, 11 3/8-inch rear) with matching four-piston calipers. The TDC team then focused on the body, removing the floors and all related interior sheetmetal to integrate the shell to the new chassis. Fresh floors, firewall, and rear wheel tubs were fabricated from sheetmetal and welded in place. The chassis and related sheetmetal were then powdercoated in gloss silver by D&T Powder Coating of Pembroke. It all rolls on Radir Tri-Rib 15×4-inch wheels up front with Centerline Competition Series Vintage 15×15-inch rears, all wrapped in Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R radials.

To dial in a well-balanced combination of streetable power that could also hold its own on the track, the Bourikas brothers went to Camco Racing Engines of Weymouth to assemble a wicked big-block. Starting fresh, a Dart Big M Sportsman iron block was bored for 540ci and filled with plenty of go-fast goods. It starts with a Callies Magnum crank matched to Ultra I-beam rods, JE 11.5:1 dome pistons, and a custom-ground Comp cam setting a heavy beat. Up top, Camco warmed over a set of Brodix heads which are fed by Kinsler Fuel Injection. The team at Kinsler engineered a custom induction system from a Dart dual-quad tunnel ram that they converted to EFI with an Enderle bugcatcher flowing air specifically through only the center of the three butterflies. It’s fed by an Enderle mechanical cam-driven fuel pump for a nostalgic look, with an electric Weldon pump at the tank.

Turn the key and it all sparks to life through an MSD crank-trigger ignition linked to an MSD 7AL-2 box. Spent gasses rip through a set of one-off headers from Tubular Automotive of Rockland, then onto a TDC custom-fabbed 4-inch exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers. When tuned by Jim Reid Jr of Reid’s Automotive in Whitman, the engine made a725 hp at 6,500 rpm. Power moves rearward though a Triangle Transmission Turbo 400 with an ATI 10-inch Treemaster converter, then to a custom TDC driveshaft.

As a loaded roller with its suspension dialed in, the car had already achieved a nasty stance with plenty of attitude. It was now time to focus on breathing life back into its weathered shell. George replaced the rear quarters, rockers, and doors with fresh stock from CARS Inc. Wanting the car to have a signature look, the brothers consulted with Paul Gamache of Gamache Rod & Custom in Freetown. Well-known for his custom fabrication and vision, Gamache outlined a number of design changes. He crafted the signature hood scoop to embrace the Enderle butterflies and added the floating Corvette grille, new inner fenders, and radiator filler panel. Once back at Perfection, George metal finished the body, set all the gaps, and blended a custom House of Kolor Brandywine Kandy gloss with a mile-deep vibe.

Inside, you immediately see the custom sheetmetal dash by Gamache packed with Auto Meter Ultra-Lite carbon fiber dials, which are set into individual gauge pods by TCD. A custom steering column by TDC, a Grant steering wheel, a Hurst Pistol-Grip Quarter Stick, and Painless Performance ceiling-mounted switch panel cement the new-era Pro Street vibe. To add just the right hint of nostalgia, Carello Upholstery of Warwick, Rhode Island, hit a homerun covering a pair of Kirkey Racing seats and surrounding panels with diamond-pattern black vinyl. The finished car showcases plenty of innovation and personal style, making itself known wherever it goes.

For some, the Pro Street movement might be a thing of the past, but for the Bourikas brothers and many more, the movement that started in the late ’70s is just a jumping-off point for what comes next. By combining old-world craftsmanship with 21st-century technology, Peter and George Bourikas have taken the Pro Street and Pro Mod ethos to the next level. Perhaps the fusion of styles will serve as inspiration for the next generation of builders, just as Scott Sullivan’s work has for the Bourikas brothers. Ultimately, you are the ones who will decide that!

It’s all about proportions and balance. The ’55 nails the look from front to back, paying homage to classic original lines while infusing plenty of ferocity. The combination of Radir Tri-Rib front wheels and Centerline Competition Series Vintage rear wheels adds a classic look.

The team at Camco Racing Engines massaged a Dart Big M Sportsman iron block to 540ci and packed it with high-energy bits including a Callies Magnum crank, Ultra I-beam rods, and JE 11.5:1 domed slugs. Kinsler Fuel Injection converted the Dart dual-quad tunnel ram to EFI, topping it with an Enderle bugcatcher.

The boxed firewall and wiring harness quick disconnects are to accommodate a much more powerful 2,000hp supercharged Rodek alcohol-burning V8 that is planned for track use at a later date.

Looking down into the front of the engine bay you can see the Kinsler vapor separator tank and matching mechanical fuel pump as well as a Meziere remote electric water pump and plenty of Earl’s stainless braided lines.

Warming the massive Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R 33x22xR15 hides for extra bite is effortless with 725hp of big-block power on tap.

Inside is an immaculate cage and sheetmetal panels from TCD. Look deeper and you’ll see a custom dash cradling Auto Meter Ultra-Lite gauges, and a traditional black diamond-pattern vinyl interior with matching black loop carpet by Carello Upholstery. Shifts fly through a Hurst Pistol-Grip Quarter Stick.

Wheelie bars protrude the tail end of a TCD custom 4130 chromoly double-rail Pro-Mod chassis. The trunk-mounted Simpson drag chute and 4-inch exhaust are just wicked.

The front is a work of art, thanks to Paul Gamache of Gamache Rod & Custom. The sculpted steel hood showcases an Enderle injector; a floating Corvette grille easily separates the car from the rest.

To deliver brute force to the street, a Strange Engineering 9-inch HD steel housing passes the goods through a matching 9-inch Pro Iron center packing spooled 4.30 gears and 40-spline gun-drilled axles.

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