The Unrelenting Passion of a Car Enthusiast: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

Two months ago, I found myself at a crossroads, contemplating whether to fully unpack and prepare my car for 85 octane. The thought had been lingering in the back of my mind since then, but it wasn't until I received the CR1 that the decision became clear. The fuel system, however, proved to be a major hurdle, with the gauges still malfunctioning. It was a setback, but one that ultimately led to the installation of a cage, which would bring the car into compliance with regulations.

The cage itself is an impressive feat of engineering, and I'm eager to see if it will meet the certification requirements. The window's not yet fully functional, and there are concerns about running 9.0-liter nitrous oxide on top of the boost. But one thing is certain: the car has undergone a significant transformation, with new injectors and fuel lines in place.

As I reflect on my journey so far, it becomes clear that this car has been more than just a project – it's a labor of love. With over 2,000 miles already accumulated, including a grueling drive to Jersey and back, the car has proven itself to be both reliable and trustworthy. My fellow enthusiasts may disagree with my approach, but I'm convinced that the end result will be worth it.

The world of competitive driving is undoubtedly cutthroat, where the phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too" holds a peculiar significance. But for those who crave the ultimate adrenaline rush, there's no substitute for the thrill of the track. And so, I find myself itching to take my car out for a spin, feeling an unrelenting sense of restlessness as I contemplate the possibilities.

A glance at my collection reveals a motley crew of vehicles, each with its own unique quirks and characteristics. From the Camaro ZL1 to the Mustang GT, every ride has its own distinct personality, shaped by years of experimentation and refinement. And yet, despite their differences, there's an unspoken bond between these machines – a shared passion that drives us all forward.

As I ponder the results of my latest experiment, it becomes clear that there's only one way to truly measure progress: on the track itself. With 670 horsepower at its disposal, my Camaro ZL1 is well-equipped to take on the competition. But will it be enough? The answer, much like the world of competitive driving, remains a mystery – one that I'm eager to unravel.

The Vlog: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

Mike's latest vlog was a departure from his usual format, with no overarching theme or narrative thread tying everything together. Instead, it felt more like a collection of vignettes, each showcasing a unique aspect of his driving experience. From the truck's train horn to the absence of Chick-fil-A on Sundays, every detail was carefully considered and documented.

The result is an engaging, if somewhat disjointed, viewing experience that leaves the viewer wondering what came next. It's a testament to Mike's ability to think on his feet and adapt to changing circumstances – skills that serve him well in the world of competitive driving. And while some may find himself missing the traditional format, there's no denying the appeal of this more laid-back approach.

Nick's Take: A Perspective from the Periphery

From a distance, Nick seems like an affable companion, always ready with a witty remark or two to punctuate his observations. But scratch beneath the surface, and it becomes clear that he's been quietly observing the world around him – taking note of every detail, no matter how small.

Mike's decision to move to California has left a void in Nick's life, one that's still being filled by a deep sense of disappointment. His usual banter with Mike seems to have disappeared, replaced by a more measured tone that hints at a deeper emotional complexity. It's a reminder that, even in the world of competitive driving, there are no clear-cut winners or losers – only a complex web of relationships and motivations that shape our experiences.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat do you guys doing well good morning and welcome to the channel welcome back to Street speed sub-17 hope you guys are having a great day it is a gorgeous day here in PA for once and we're starting out with great news number one my allergies are back number two we still have to give away bet here I did not drop it off to get the oil change yet I'll be doing that tomorrow I didn't have time with the track day which by the way if you didn't see the video from last night check it out we had the zr1 and the McLaren on track together was a really really fun upload also have our YouTube call-out event coming up on the 29th hearing about what 7 days so the infos down below hope to see a lot of you out there and if you want to enter the car show check out youtube call out com the final piece of good news this morning is Mikey tags are back in stock as I said and I now have some examples for you these are the American flag key tags kind of a combat style all black and green very cool to come in a little bag and there you go check out the link down below the first link in the description I said I'm not saying this to be like oh you got to get him now like a infomercial but they do tend to sell out very quick so if you want one I would check them out this is what it looks like outside of the package really good a good quality to what that being said today we were meeting up with old Nick he wants to make a video with the dirty max he wants to make a video of all the mods and everything so we got to go clean her up a little bit to make her look nice but we're gonna cheat just a little bit and we're going to get some black spray paint and spray paint towards me from satin black what you do is you get some black spray paint real quick and when you have some little rust spots on the frame you just kind of spray paint them now that's not really fixing it but it makes it look nice look there he is in the Camaro look he's filming - god only knows what he's talking about in there I'd never know you never know look there's a giant hole in this parking lot that's nice hey buddy look at Nick wearing shorts we're both wearing shorts it's been a long time Dan oh it's been a long time buddy I'm so excited to wear shorts I know dude it's been a lot dude I like them shoes bah that's very nice how you liking them adidas Alan yep looks good looks good very happy for you switched over to the air max to 70s okay really loving them so if you ever want to get them try them out they're nice see I'm a fan of the ultra boost these aren't ultra boost but I think we should probably just start up some sneaker channels with Troy definitely Troy we could definitely dude yeah Troy would just totally threw up Troy blow us out of the water spray painted some parts to make them look nice and black all did you yeah yeah yeah you got to do that remember it Motorama two years ago so everyone's like detailing their cars and everything at Motorama two years ago yeah and I show up with a can of black spray paint I'm just under there painting because it's easier than washing it so I'm just painting over all the dirt yeah you know I've got about 18 layers of paint on this truck now probably more Nikki is making a video for the truck central YouTube channel that he is a part of and a partial owner of so you'll have to check out the full video what are we doing next okay we're gonna do this is the parking lot that I use it's quiet just gonna basically briefly tell everybody what's done to the truck briefly that'll be most idle be tough true I've never even seen it print and now I've moved up to it that was a zone lip kit now I moved up to a 10 inch kognito they've custom-made royalty core grill you can see it says Duramax instead of the Chevy emblem what a ridiculous oh yeah look at that he's in worry my little treat my felony forest is uh permanent felony for a felony forest if you call it ask Mikey about that the felony bars yes almost at sixty now that's got to be sixty right okay I told you did the freedom rock it is nothing man it's like my seat yeah it's lightheaded I actually threw off did you yeah I was blinded it's perfect we can get up next to him we found a train we're gonna see if your response so I just push the up you push that button okay we'll get up next to him here let's see if see if he responds alright so there's a silver button down here that's on command you don't hear there he is there's a conductor that's awesome I feel like my train was louder than what our than what a savage do that guy's awesome thank you for responding I've done it to two trains and they don't respond everything so yes Norfolk South southern we support you in any way that we can use if you need a trained by from the poor folks other yeah we okay I got a little collection going here I'm like a liar things have gotten out of hand we got a zero one two zero six and a stingray we need a Grand Sport and then I'll have the whole collection I'm gonna collect them all let me get this car back yeah finally ready to race the freedom rocket buddy she's ready car was finished like two months ago then I was like well let's do fully 85 so I'll unpack for that and then it was it's been sitting for about we're really about a month then I got the cr1 and like I didn't even really think about it well we can't run it because the fuel system is is kind of jacked up and I could have rpm build their system which is the one they like - you see that's why the gas gauge is still broken by the way a lot of people asking about that in the blog from two days ago was an Andy who did it wrong wasn't rpm is just that's the fuel system just doesn't work that well yeah I do now have a cage so I should be legal should be legal now do that one your car is like totally good to go no it's not certified the chassis is not certified so the cage itself is like they have to certify it you know well hopefully mine is good to go then I don't know all you need the window know if you run nines well but you have to call out we make the rule so yeah right so that's good yeah you have it to stuff is one of my favorite things to use yep that's pretty gnarly okay so the reason I'm running out of pump is the pumps it's a dual pump but it's not same as mine very easy to a pump like I probably would need a triple pump okay and your your car does this run meth yep so your yeah you can take some fuel out of the right so you have too much I don't I'm just straight 85 so on blower only and really while blower and nitrous really but like well Nitra your nitrous has its own fuel system right it's still using that max amount still for the oh it is okay okay so what we did was we up the injectors to seventeen hundred's and it takes a little off yep still running the forge lines still on the Mickey Thompson Street SS yeah hoping to run lay all I want to do with the call-out is like nine fives they're about I'd like if I saw nine five something I'll be very happy I don't see any issue 920 wheel I'm hoping to see this car loan I would think if I hook well we'll see if traction is no issue then it could be even better than nine five well you know how they prep it for us do you put on a pretty good call to bed not that way not gonna lie by the way I plug that this morning okay good it's been the workhorse I was just telling Nick we have two thousand miles on it already he was shocked but it's true it's like eighteen hundred something but yeah bug in two thousand miles on it yesterday alone and driving to Jersey I was four hundred there and back and then tracked it drove home cars been great though super reliable yeah driving I Drive my cars you drive your cars absolutely you know no rest for the weary what I'm getting if you don't draw I know that's why well and most the forum's agree but you always you always get those some guys are like are you know you should be sitting in a garage there's only one thing we can do now yeah which is faster well there you go that's about about the results I would expect the zr1 has 670 horsepower to the wheels stock with a manual a little bit lighter about 200 pounds or so lighter than the zl1 the zl1 in particular that was racing had 620 630 ish to the wheels with a few mods so you're looking at 40 horsepower less for the Camaro with a 10 speed auto a little bit quicker but the car is a little bit heavier and a little maybe a little less aerodynamic so that's right about what you would expect results wise in a side-by-side race what do you think Nick that's some good footage they didn't know chick-fil-a is closed you tried that's not the first car that's come up here and it turns around yeah I was disappointed I was like Nick let's get a chick-fil-a he's like dude it's Sunday and then I almost killed myself basically shows what he wants to show in his videos not friends with you anymore do not after that no I thought I thought it was all nice and fun and games now here I am apparently it's hard to watch my videos without being disappointed Mike's done Mike's moving to California really know what today's vlog was about it didn't really have any big underlying theme he found out that the train horn on the truck is really great we found out the chick-fil-a's are closed on Sunday so I hope you enjoyed this upload if you are stopping in for the first time please subscribe take care have a great daywhat do you guys doing well good morning and welcome to the channel welcome back to Street speed sub-17 hope you guys are having a great day it is a gorgeous day here in PA for once and we're starting out with great news number one my allergies are back number two we still have to give away bet here I did not drop it off to get the oil change yet I'll be doing that tomorrow I didn't have time with the track day which by the way if you didn't see the video from last night check it out we had the zr1 and the McLaren on track together was a really really fun upload also have our YouTube call-out event coming up on the 29th hearing about what 7 days so the infos down below hope to see a lot of you out there and if you want to enter the car show check out youtube call out com the final piece of good news this morning is Mikey tags are back in stock as I said and I now have some examples for you these are the American flag key tags kind of a combat style all black and green very cool to come in a little bag and there you go check out the link down below the first link in the description I said I'm not saying this to be like oh you got to get him now like a infomercial but they do tend to sell out very quick so if you want one I would check them out this is what it looks like outside of the package really good a good quality to what that being said today we were meeting up with old Nick he wants to make a video with the dirty max he wants to make a video of all the mods and everything so we got to go clean her up a little bit to make her look nice but we're gonna cheat just a little bit and we're going to get some black spray paint and spray paint towards me from satin black what you do is you get some black spray paint real quick and when you have some little rust spots on the frame you just kind of spray paint them now that's not really fixing it but it makes it look nice look there he is in the Camaro look he's filming - god only knows what he's talking about in there I'd never know you never know look there's a giant hole in this parking lot that's nice hey buddy look at Nick wearing shorts we're both wearing shorts it's been a long time Dan oh it's been a long time buddy I'm so excited to wear shorts I know dude it's been a lot dude I like them shoes bah that's very nice how you liking them adidas Alan yep looks good looks good very happy for you switched over to the air max to 70s okay really loving them so if you ever want to get them try them out they're nice see I'm a fan of the ultra boost these aren't ultra boost but I think we should probably just start up some sneaker channels with Troy definitely Troy we could definitely dude yeah Troy would just totally threw up Troy blow us out of the water spray painted some parts to make them look nice and black all did you yeah yeah yeah you got to do that remember it Motorama two years ago so everyone's like detailing their cars and everything at Motorama two years ago yeah and I show up with a can of black spray paint I'm just under there painting because it's easier than washing it so I'm just painting over all the dirt yeah you know I've got about 18 layers of paint on this truck now probably more Nikki is making a video for the truck central YouTube channel that he is a part of and a partial owner of so you'll have to check out the full video what are we doing next okay we're gonna do this is the parking lot that I use it's quiet just gonna basically briefly tell everybody what's done to the truck briefly that'll be most idle be tough true I've never even seen it print and now I've moved up to it that was a zone lip kit now I moved up to a 10 inch kognito they've custom-made royalty core grill you can see it says Duramax instead of the Chevy emblem what a ridiculous oh yeah look at that he's in worry my little treat my felony forest is uh permanent felony for a felony forest if you call it ask Mikey about that the felony bars yes almost at sixty now that's got to be sixty right okay I told you did the freedom rock it is nothing man it's like my seat yeah it's lightheaded I actually threw off did you yeah I was blinded it's perfect we can get up next to him we found a train we're gonna see if your response so I just push the up you push that button okay we'll get up next to him here let's see if see if he responds alright so there's a silver button down here that's on command you don't hear there he is there's a conductor that's awesome I feel like my train was louder than what our than what a savage do that guy's awesome thank you for responding I've done it to two trains and they don't respond everything so yes Norfolk South southern we support you in any way that we can use if you need a trained by from the poor folks other yeah we okay I got a little collection going here I'm like a liar things have gotten out of hand we got a zero one two zero six and a stingray we need a Grand Sport and then I'll have the whole collection I'm gonna collect them all let me get this car back yeah finally ready to race the freedom rocket buddy she's ready car was finished like two months ago then I was like well let's do fully 85 so I'll unpack for that and then it was it's been sitting for about we're really about a month then I got the cr1 and like I didn't even really think about it well we can't run it because the fuel system is is kind of jacked up and I could have rpm build their system which is the one they like - you see that's why the gas gauge is still broken by the way a lot of people asking about that in the blog from two days ago was an Andy who did it wrong wasn't rpm is just that's the fuel system just doesn't work that well yeah I do now have a cage so I should be legal should be legal now do that one your car is like totally good to go no it's not certified the chassis is not certified so the cage itself is like they have to certify it you know well hopefully mine is good to go then I don't know all you need the window know if you run nines well but you have to call out we make the rule so yeah right so that's good yeah you have it to stuff is one of my favorite things to use yep that's pretty gnarly okay so the reason I'm running out of pump is the pumps it's a dual pump but it's not same as mine very easy to a pump like I probably would need a triple pump okay and your your car does this run meth yep so your yeah you can take some fuel out of the right so you have too much I don't I'm just straight 85 so on blower only and really while blower and nitrous really but like well Nitra your nitrous has its own fuel system right it's still using that max amount still for the oh it is okay okay so what we did was we up the injectors to seventeen hundred's and it takes a little off yep still running the forge lines still on the Mickey Thompson Street SS yeah hoping to run lay all I want to do with the call-out is like nine fives they're about I'd like if I saw nine five something I'll be very happy I don't see any issue 920 wheel I'm hoping to see this car loan I would think if I hook well we'll see if traction is no issue then it could be even better than nine five well you know how they prep it for us do you put on a pretty good call to bed not that way not gonna lie by the way I plug that this morning okay good it's been the workhorse I was just telling Nick we have two thousand miles on it already he was shocked but it's true it's like eighteen hundred something but yeah bug in two thousand miles on it yesterday alone and driving to Jersey I was four hundred there and back and then tracked it drove home cars been great though super reliable yeah driving I Drive my cars you drive your cars absolutely you know no rest for the weary what I'm getting if you don't draw I know that's why well and most the forum's agree but you always you always get those some guys are like are you know you should be sitting in a garage there's only one thing we can do now yeah which is faster well there you go that's about about the results I would expect the zr1 has 670 horsepower to the wheels stock with a manual a little bit lighter about 200 pounds or so lighter than the zl1 the zl1 in particular that was racing had 620 630 ish to the wheels with a few mods so you're looking at 40 horsepower less for the Camaro with a 10 speed auto a little bit quicker but the car is a little bit heavier and a little maybe a little less aerodynamic so that's right about what you would expect results wise in a side-by-side race what do you think Nick that's some good footage they didn't know chick-fil-a is closed you tried that's not the first car that's come up here and it turns around yeah I was disappointed I was like Nick let's get a chick-fil-a he's like dude it's Sunday and then I almost killed myself basically shows what he wants to show in his videos not friends with you anymore do not after that no I thought I thought it was all nice and fun and games now here I am apparently it's hard to watch my videos without being disappointed Mike's done Mike's moving to California really know what today's vlog was about it didn't really have any big underlying theme he found out that the train horn on the truck is really great we found out the chick-fil-a's are closed on Sunday so I hope you enjoyed this upload if you are stopping in for the first time please subscribe take care have a great day\n"