T-Bone
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Flew to Harrisburg PA yesterday to check out a Typhoon. To assure my wife it was a good deal, I bought her a flight package and took her too. Planned dinner in Lancaster, Motel, then catch the return flight this AM.
Well, they got hit with one of the worst snow storms in history. The airport shut down Friday evening so we bought the Ty, returned the rental car and planned to park the Ty at my folks place in WV and finish the trip in one of their cars. Never happened.....I-81 was moving at 20 MPH and about midnight, in blinding conditions, I caught the edge of some 14" snow and got sucked into the really deep 2 foot stuff, just beside the barely passable area. State Trooper comes 20 minutes later and calls a wrecker. 1 hour later, an old jalopy arrives and in 3 minutes, we are pulled out to the tune of $100. Next exit, I get fuel and when entering I-81 again, the Ty is pushing snow while I am praying for traction. Never came and so much snow was packed under the front that the front wheels were barely touching. I was 20 feet from getting back on I-81!!! I'm thinking....there goes another Benjamin!! Within 4 minutes, a guy coming down the ramp in a 4x4 whips around me and pulls us onto I-81. After another 2 hours at 25 MPH max, we catch a motel. Today, we get close to Wytheville VA and I am about empty on fuel but they have great prices so we chance it. I made it BUT they were without power sooo the pumps were down. Risked another 9 miles and we made it to another fuel station that had power.
Good news was by this time the roads were cleared and I could ramp up the Ty to 75-80 and I averaged 16.8 MPG out of a highly modded truck that ran like a dream. One of my best deals to date IMO, even with all the drama. Truck is tuned to 547 HP / 622 FPT at 16 pounds of boost and it definately plays the part. Gotta get Jimmy out in it for his thoughts :thumbsup:
Well, they got hit with one of the worst snow storms in history. The airport shut down Friday evening so we bought the Ty, returned the rental car and planned to park the Ty at my folks place in WV and finish the trip in one of their cars. Never happened.....I-81 was moving at 20 MPH and about midnight, in blinding conditions, I caught the edge of some 14" snow and got sucked into the really deep 2 foot stuff, just beside the barely passable area. State Trooper comes 20 minutes later and calls a wrecker. 1 hour later, an old jalopy arrives and in 3 minutes, we are pulled out to the tune of $100. Next exit, I get fuel and when entering I-81 again, the Ty is pushing snow while I am praying for traction. Never came and so much snow was packed under the front that the front wheels were barely touching. I was 20 feet from getting back on I-81!!! I'm thinking....there goes another Benjamin!! Within 4 minutes, a guy coming down the ramp in a 4x4 whips around me and pulls us onto I-81. After another 2 hours at 25 MPH max, we catch a motel. Today, we get close to Wytheville VA and I am about empty on fuel but they have great prices so we chance it. I made it BUT they were without power sooo the pumps were down. Risked another 9 miles and we made it to another fuel station that had power.
Good news was by this time the roads were cleared and I could ramp up the Ty to 75-80 and I averaged 16.8 MPG out of a highly modded truck that ran like a dream. One of my best deals to date IMO, even with all the drama. Truck is tuned to 547 HP / 622 FPT at 16 pounds of boost and it definately plays the part. Gotta get Jimmy out in it for his thoughts :thumbsup:
. It is a white/grey 92 (0393) that was run in Lap 1. I bought it primarily for the Bowtie block but think I am gonna have all the cladding sprayed white and replace the OZ racing wheels with a set of white powdercoated ZR1's and just have fun with it. I still am amazed how fast and smooth this thing pulls through the gears. It looks like a contraption under the hood but somebody knew what they were doing a whole, whole lot better than me. I'll try to post pics in a few days as it is not very presentable right now after the 912 mile winter saga. 
