Central NY peeps

Originally Posted by duane9586

Live around Albany with my 05 GP, I see alot of GPs around hear cant beleive not that many on here

I'm from there too. There used to be a North East Club Grand Prix, but it's since faded away. There were about 20 cars in it YEARS ago. I don't know if most of them still even have a GP. I rarely see any Grand Prixs around here, let alone a modified one.

Originally Posted by GP2003GT

tryin to find other gp owners in the central ny area..

Just moved back this winter, after being in the Midwest (GP central) since 2001. I've gathered up a small handful of folks in the Rome-Utica area, that I've begun chatting with & helping mod.

Currently doing a Series 2 swap on a '95 Riviera that had a Series 1 L67. The kid got pretty wild with the paint colors on the engine parts, so we'll see how it looks when I drop it in.

There's a handful of guys in UNYCGP who are in the Syracuse area, but not many. I've just kept contact with the new guys out here via phone/AIM/etc.

- Dave

yeah nice man im also apart of the unycgp...

Check out the Syracuse Area meeting thread. I attempted to get out there Saturday, but stopped halfway, at Sylvan Beach & partied at a buddy's camp while watching the Cup race.

I'm usually free on weekend nights to get out to stuff like that, though. Also we can try getting them to head to Sylvan on Thursdays for the cruise when it starts up after Memorial Day.

Plenty of excuses to get together and shoot the breeze. Hope to see you around, and maybe organize a convoy to one of the nicer non-ESTA tracks as well (although I may show up there once in a while for a quick visit during the summer).

- Dave

me and my best friend are drivin our gps down to carlisle in june for the car show! we want other gps to come too

dam my car wont be done by then....

just come any way...lol

I only plan on riding along with my buddy's Procharged '00 Camaro SS. My car's not in any sort of show condition right now, heck I barely take it to local things.

- Dave

Anywho an update... I've rustled up a handful of guys in the Utica & Rome area, along with a guy from near Albany (Amsterdam) who's got 3 L67's among his family.

As for travelling to meets, a few of us headed to the UNYCGP picnic near Geneseo in June. I also went with my LS1 buddy to check out a drag event at E-town in NJ last month.

We've now got one guy with a cam'd/header'd/9.4:1'd Regal looking to do more... a 3.5/plog/dp Regal determining the turbo/cam combo to reach his 450whp/11.5 goal next year... a 3.4/cam'd/header'd Monte in very clean condition... an HV3/int/exh Monte about to have me top-swap/cam it this winter... and my own car playing with an MP112/IC setup on my cam/header/9.4:1 setup I've had for years.

Fun-fun. I told the guys we should get together locally before any of the summer-only cars get put away. We just had a random trip to the Casino with 4 guys for a buffet hit, so something like that may work, or anything else.

- Dave

hey man, yeah my ride is about to be put away soon...lol but it sounds cool

oh and dezldave, know anyone who would want a 1996 gmc jimmy with 132k miles, new brake lines and brakes, just got oil changed, cruise control, a/c, 4 wheel drive, check engine light just came on, sellin it for 1k even

i'm in the binghamton area. are you from syracuse area? let me know. are there any gp groups in your area?

i am from the syracuse area...there are a few out here, but never really get to meet up with them

that sucks. i was looking for people in my area, but i don't know too many. do you know of any clubs or orgz that have autocross or track days in our area?

well there is a unycgp.com club, i really havnt talked too much with them but im sure they have a lot of meetings. i think this summer ill get into contact with some of them.

yeah, i will too. i'm going to look on their website. i found one on grandprixstore.com, they're in our area (it may be the same club), and they go to Watkins Glen once a year. I'd like to do that, too. I've been on that track (as a pass. in corvettes) and it's real fun to drive on. i'd like to meet up with (or at least talk to) some people who have modded their GP's for some info. Looks like you've done some work on yours, how are the ZZP parts? Good, bad or indifferent? If you join the club, or meet up there, let me know. I'd like to meet you and some of the people up there.

The main UNYCGP meet is a big picnic, usually in the Finger Lakes region each summer. They also go to the NYIRP track on a fairly regular basis, if you're close enough to make it alot. Most of that crew is in the Buf/Roc area, but those of us in the Syr/Uti region do some travelling to meet them on occasion.

The Glen experience with a FWD car will be slightly less fun than a Vette, but never hurts to try. Hope to meet you at an event in the future, and grow the community around here a little more.

- Dave

hey im from syracuse, u already know me chris,....yea i got nothing special besides my hood

well i guess you did check out the site...nice...you will enjoy it a lot, everyone gives out great information and you learn a lot on here.

i'm from the upstate area. little place on the lake called Pulaski. bout 45 min north of syracuse. I dont live there now cause im in the military, but i plan to move back when i get out in a year. anyone from the area?