GET TOGETHER 2007

Saturday afternoon - Warren Woods Lunch

After a busy morning touring the truck museum, Patty lead the group through the beautiful country side of lower Litchfield county up to the Warren hills and Warren Woods.Besides catching up with old buddies (or making new ones) the cookout was the first order of the afternoon.

Being at Warren Woods we had a dining hall with floor, roof and walls this year. Although we have always had a place to sit and eat the NEDGT was able to stretch its legs this year. Participants could relax inside the dining hall , eat on the outdoor patio or tailgate- it as has happened in most years past.

WORKSHOPS

If you left the NEDGT with unanswered questions about your GM diesel truck most likely you didn’t ask them. or had some excuse to stay home.
The 2007 get together saw the number of workshops expanded to three: Biodiesel, EFI Live and Allison Transmission. The presenters were all qualified experts in the workshops they gave with many miles and hours of real world experience on the road and racetrack with the Duramax and 6.5 / 6.2 engines.

BIODIESEL workshop

The presenter of this years biodiesel workshop was a first time participant at the Get Together, Doug Smith. Hailing from central New Hampshire he helped to found New Hampshire' s biodiesel activist organizations.

EFI LIVE workshop

Perhaps one of the hottest and most successfull upgrade programs for the GM Duramax is EFI Live. Tony Martino of Ridge Runner Diesel LLC is a leader in writing code for this performance enhancement.
Tony with the help of Jerry Deprey kept participants fully engaged with his introductory presentation on EFI live. Through the use of a multi media display of charts, graphs and a question answer session Tony helped participants gain a basic understanding of what Efi live could and couldn’t do. You can contact Tony at Ridge Runner LLC

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ALLISON

TRANSMISSION workshop

Unfortunately, due to some family issues our originally scheduled presenter for the Allison workshop was unable to attend.

To our rescue came Glen and Tom from FINE Tuning Transmissions out of Montréal, Que.

Glen and Tom discussed the transmission “INS and OUTS’ and specific issues with interested participants. Time constraints forced this workshop to be cut short, although Tom and Glen were happy to talk with anyone throughout the weekend. Fine Tuning Transmissions spot on the web

SHOW and SHINE

2007 was the first year for a structured Show and Shine with classes, prizes and trophies. Patricia Hilario volunteered to head up this very popular event at the annual get together. Participants were given two classes to pick from at registration.

Work trucks: Driven everyday and had minimum changes done to them, were not “lifted” more than 3 inches.
Toy Trucks: Had major changes and lifts over 3 inches and not driven daily.
Which class a truck fit into final determination could be made by the GTG staff.

The majority of the entrants could have entered either class. None of the trucks were “trailer queens” although Walter Sergio’s green 04 GMC Sierra crew cab dually did qualify looks wise, however performance wise check out the drag racing pictures for a big surprise!
Prizes included a bucket of goodies – which included micro fibre wash cloths, a bottle of anti gel diesel additive and a large flashlight for the two runners up winners.
The First place winners received a large trophy to proudly display.
Entered trucks were assigned a number and winners were chosen by popular vote through written ballots. Participants and GTG staff were eligible to enter the show and shine.
The winners were Gary Sutherland with his red “lowered” 04 Chevy Silverado in the Toy Truck class and Patricia Hilario in her charcoal gray 03 Chevy crew cab dually in the Work Truck class.
Patricia’s truck sees regular duty towing horse trailers for her equine business.