I haven't gotten the head off the motor yet Brian. Almost had it last night but I snapped the head off a down pipe bolt so I just said **** it and went back inside. I will probably get the head off today, I got everything else off, just need to disconnect exhaust from it.

 

so i here u guys have some preety sick meets out in pittsburg. when r u guys thinkin about havin ur next one?

 

LOL it's pretty much ongoing, at least some of us meet up once a week if not more. Right now more because WSFrazier's tearing his engine apart so everyone's been getting together for that.

Next time we all get together MIGHT be for the Pgh Auto Show...IF we have one this year...part of the convention center floor collapsed so don't know if that will affect it or not. Otherwise once spring gets here everyone will be out a lot more.

 

when we don't have salt & snow on the ground....lol

Seriously... our meets in the good weather are usually alot of fun and have good turnouts, so I would say once April rolls around and the drag strips and autocross course start up, we'll all be out in some way shape and form.

Bewteen car shows, racing, hanging out and "activity day" we are always doing something.

Go karts, mini golf, Dave & Buster's... paint ball, etc...

 

Some of us get together pretty much daily, the locals anyway. 1 class canceled FTW.

 

nice, yea i was thinkin about comin to one prolly in may since my april weekends are full. lol since were havin a jersey meet on the 14th at hooters,a dyno day in ct on the 21st and im gonna be in hin in boston on the 28th,and im shootin for the 7th for my car to go in for paint,and march 24 everything getting dropped off for powder coating. but yeah ill def. be out there this year. not that i know exactly how far it is,but i dont care.

just found out how far it is to pittsburgh from me lol. 7 hours 47 minutes via mapquest. so 4 hours via mike quest.

 

I was gonna say... how far you thought the burgh was frm CT....lol

That's a bit of a commute to hang out, but there's alot of hotels and such around the area...

We seem to be one of the more active groups both car stuff and non-car stuff.

Good bucnh of peeps here.

 

This summer is going to be even crazier than last.

 

good to hear im mean not that i wouldnt drive out there hang out and drive home the same day lol (im known for being crazy lol) but yeah def. cant wait to come out

 

You can say that again.

But I'd rather you didn't.



I got the impression that now that everyone knows everyone alot better and there's more of us... it's going to be a nutty summer.

 

x2, cant wait for the track to open.

 

It's gonna be crazy for me just because I want to do SO much stuff now that I have the money.

My goal is to DEFINITELY be an instructor at BeaveRun by the end of the summer, so track days galore for me!

Also want to auto-x a LOT in State College, and a little here and there are Pgh.

Drag racing is out for me. I tried it, still don't like it. Maybe before I go to Solo Nats I'll give it a go just to get my launch down. Not too excited by the idea of spectating, but I might come out once in a while when I'm bored.

 

I definitely want to do more auto-x this summer. I want to get in on the season from the start and stick with it. I wouldn't mind doing a track day too.

I have a lot of extra cash flow coming in the next month. A good bit of that is going to be used wisely to pay off the credit card and some other bills... but another good bit of it is going straight to mods. I may have scrapped the turbo, but I'm not done modding just yet.

 

im hoping to make my way south a bit more than last summer now that i know some of you a bit better

 

yeah i do auto-x out here in ct at one place now but im gonna try and start doing another one too. im even thinkin about this sunday doing winter-x lol.

 

Well I have too many car parts sitting in boxes at home to not make this a fun track season. I'm just not looking forward to tearing into my perfectly good running engine with 15K miles on it. But when I do, its gonna be fast when I'm done.

 

yeah i def. cant wait for this summer... i think its is going to be a blast!

 

i just hope it doenst rain every day like last summer...

 

Honestly Dan, you should be able to clean up at an auto-x with your car. The 2.4 isn't THAT far off from the 2.0 suspension. Do you have a cat delete or no? If so you're in a street prepared class, which I like a little better than STS/STX.

I'm trying to drag more Cobalt people up to the track days. They're a lot of fun and you don't necessarily need raw power at BR, there's really only two long straights and the rest is cornering.

 

just do what we did in jersey when it rained at meets, ebrake fun at the beach lol.

 

Are you doing suspension stuff. If so there's a GB on the Progress Rear Anti-Sway bar, $125 shipped, I think they need like 4 more people. I'm on that like Rosie O'Donnell at an all-you-can-eat buffet.

 

I have a few other minor purchases to make first. But suspension is definitely in the plans for this summer.

I don't have a cat at the moment... I prefer dogs. But seriously, cat-delete. Now I was planning on putting one back on with the new exhaust, but I'm not sure. I'm torn. I'm getting a cut-out for sure. I just don't know if I want the high flow cat or not.

 

Sounds fun!

For now I'm going all suspension. I need to know what the suspension will handle before I go adding power to the mix. I am still considering the GM 300hp build. That's an almost-definite, but probably on hold until next summer. I really want to do that with my dad's uncle though, he's worked on engines for years, so it'd be a lot of fun. Probably doing the TVS swap for sure, my cousin's practically begging me to give her the M62 so we can do something with her car.

 

Yeah, I'm staying in D-stock for now..... SO... I'm going to get the Koni's here soon, and the sway bar. A cat-back is on the table as well.

If I get this beater I'm hoping to get, then I might do some cosmetic ( interior AND Exterior ) to the car for shows and just to be a bit different.

Guages are a given....

 

lol they still put me in yn and im full exhaust catless,injen cai,and lowered. ill prolly be moving up to a reg. class this year after a couple. hopefully by then i can have my coil overs.