danny25

Casper, when and where in Arlington is the AutoX event?

CasperTL

Pennington Field (1501 Central Drive, Bedford TX)

You must be registered before 8:00am, but I don't know what time the registration starts. The actual event starts around 10:30 or so. I've never been, so this is what i've been told.

If you wanna go, let me know. If you want to race, i'll get you in touch with one of our DNE guys that offered to meet anyone that wanted to race. He lives in Arlington too.

suXor

Casper, how is Bedford in Arlington? LOL, that's like 20-30 minutes away.

CasperTL

Man, I don't know... I don't know that area at all. A buddy of mine that's apart of our Nissan group lives in Arlington and says that the AutoX is like down the street from his house, so I figured it was a neighboring city.

I try to stay in D-Town as much as possible....

CasperTL

This is the 15th post for this page, so guess what that means....

(i've got an evil post whorish grin right now!)

CasperTL

300 Pages!

Damn we talk alot.....

DALLAS RULES!

mantis23

whore!

That vid is hilarious.

CasperTL

Thank you!

Just cause I have some insight into the Ice Box in general, check this out. It's for the RSX.

Click here to download 3D RSX Ice Box

You can stop the animation and rotate the image! Cool shit!

Chris

danny25

Bedford's not too far from Arlington, I go play hockey there a lot. I'm not gonna race, but I may come out there and watch, I'll see.

InfernoTLS

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Originally posted by CasperTL
Pennington Field (1501 Central Drive, Bedford TX)

You must be registered before 8:00am, but I don't know what time the registration starts. The actual event starts around 10:30 or so. I've never been, so this is what i've been told.

If you wanna go, let me know. If you want to race, i'll get you in touch with one of our DNE guys that offered to meet anyone that wanted to race. He lives in Arlington too.
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I played all last weekend so this weekend I have to do "family" things with my girlfriend... Inferno

InfernoTLS

Happy Easter weekend, everyone!!!

InfernoTLS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean"
To: "John"
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: SSR Wheels

John,

We will be shipping them on Monday. =)

I will have tracking information on Monday evening for ya. =)

Dean

RUF87

I guess the only reason you forgot me is because I don't have anything new planned.

Or was it because I've been remissed in posting lately. :P

Ruf

RUF87

I bet they come in Tuesday because of Good Friday and Easter Weekend.

Keep us posted, and when you get them, finally, we need to schedule a group event at the Motorplex. Especially before it gets too hot.

Ruf

mantis23

suXor

Well, here are the only pictures I took at NOPI. Since we (The Drop Zone) were in the show, we couldn't really roam around as much as we would have liked to. Besides, every other car had the same riced out mods

We had 4 in the show:

mantis23

nice pics!

danny25

wow, cool pics. Looked like fun.

danny25

Hell Yeah!! the Stars finished off the Oilers tonight, and they're goin' to the 2nd round!

mantis23

I hope I'm saying the same thing about the mavericks in a week!

Hanzie

hey aaron,

a little bird told me that he saw your rommie's car in the shop at saturn? and that he done fucked it all up?

RUF87

Ruf

RUF87

So, what does everyone think about one last Spring fling down in Ennis?

Won't be too much longer and it'll be Hot.

Right now most Friday's are looking pretty good.


Ruf

CasperTL

This past Friday was AWESOME!


I started racing around 7pm (I would have started earlier, but I had to run to Walmart and get some cheap wind pants because you can't run in shorts ). I stopped racing 3 or 4 times for about 20 mins and I didn't leave until they closed. My buddy and I were the 3rd to last race of the night. All in all, I got in 9 runs! So needless to say, I was a happy camper. My lowest time was 15.27, but that's only because it was so freakin humid I could feel it. Oh, and the RX7.com car was out there! All I can say to that is OMFG was that car fast! Low 9s. I was in heaven.

Anyways, I'm officialy an Ennis nut, so whenever you guys go, I'M IN!

Casper

Bluesman

Hey Casper sounds like you had fun at the track. I am ready to try out my CAI. I had to replace brake pads this week end to make sure I can still stop. Hope everyone had a good Easter.

InfernoTLS

I will be ready to go when I get my new wheels! Seems like I have been saying the same thing since, oh say, March 1st? Better late than not at all is my new motto...

----- Original Message -----
From: "John"
To: "Dean"
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 3:36 PM
Subject: SSR Competitions

Dean, I am ready on the 17" silver SSR Competition wheels for my 2002 Acura TL-S ($1,500 shipped). What do you need to get this started? Thanks, John

InfernoTLS

Who is in for the September event at Motorsport Ranch? And don't say there isn't enough time to schedule this...how much advanced notice do you need? Inferno

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From: The Drivers Edge
To: John
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: RE: September MSR

John, You are on the list. Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: John
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:11 PM
To: The Drivers Edge
Subject: September MSR

Rick, please add me to the list for the September event at MSR! John

InfernoTLS

Did I post my most recent dyno results? I guess not (if I did, sorry for the old news). I need to get the printout scanned (and I will post it for those that want to look).

Here are the basics: max power = 220.5 HP max torque = 182.8 with the gains being +/- 5 HP and +/- 4 TQ across the whole powerband. The power curve was also extended before it started dropping off from 6,700 out to almost 7,000 RPM.

The shop said it was hard to directly compare the results from November to April because of a lot of variables but I was pretty satisfied with the results. I really wasn't expecting big, 8-12 HP gains in the peak numbers (same with torque).

The real test was dropping 2/10ths at the track the first time out with the ice box.

I am also very interested in the Nissan dyno day to compare the two shops' numbers on the same car. Could be very interesting...

Cheers, Inferno

InfernoTLS

Dallas Forum Posting Whore of Fame

Total Posts: 4,508

mantis23 1078 (In a league of his own)

danny25 816 (The only one close to Mantis--come on, Danny, push him harder)

InfernoTLS 401 (I got you by one, RUF!!!)

RUF87 400 (Father RUF, the man who started it all)

CasperTL 351 (And he doesn't even drive an Acura...)

Hanzie 349 (But they are all just titty flashes--but who cares?)

Bluesman 177 (Moving up the ranks fast)

civic4982 162 (Studying too much in Austin)

DuckBlue 134 (Where have you gone, Ducky?)

DeezNutz 128 (Which nutz?)

chrisbpickering 127 (Show Car Slam Man)

danny25

I haven't been posting much lately, I guess I need to get on the ball.

RUF87

September you say . . . hummm :thinking:

I might be able to pull that off. Especially since my B-day is in September. It might be just the ticket I need to justify it.

Let me know if we can secure a date without any formal commitiment at this time.

BTW - What was your final costs for this event. Any hidden charges? Car prep, driving gloves, helmet, etc.

Ruf

CasperTL

You should see me on the Nissan Forums..... it's really rather scary.....

I'm curious about going to the Motorplex. I have the same questions Ruf has.....

RUF87

Question:

Anyone interested in trying a new oil for their next oil change?

Check this link out and let me know. The resident lubrications guru on the TLS Forum says this has surpased Redline as the best engine lubricant.

http://www.eliteone.com/neo.htm

I'm seriously looking at trying it out. The best way is to get it by the 1gal or 2.5gal containers. It comes out to $7.00 or less, before shipping and tax.

Ruf

mantis23

bahahah, yep, thats his car...its pretty fucked up, he tried to get a quaife differential installed, but it didnt fit, and the installer fucked it up pretty good. He just got it out this morning.

How did you know it was his ride?

mantis23

I need more time....

Dude, I'm soo in...
AP

mantis23

Pick a date, I'm in.

mantis23

In all fairness, Danny is the true whore here.. I've just been here longer...

Deathlok

I'm kind of curious, too. How _did_ you know about it? I didn't think my car was that recognizable...much less automagically tracable back to me.

Veddy interesting.

Too bad about the transmission. Total repair bill = $3800. *cough* Now to see if I can't trade it in for something better. ^_^

danny25

How kind...

InfernoTLS

$275 for the event registration
$100 for two nights at Hotel 6 (you need to go Friday night)
$50 for food (varies by diet)
$50 for gas (3/4 tank per day to drive 80 minutes per day)
$20 to rent a helmet ($300 to buy a really good helmet)
$20 for "race photo" by a pro photographer

$??? to prep your car. This will include about $30 for the inspection, I had new pads and the rotors turned (under warranty--and I used 1/2 my new pad in one weekend), tires need to be in good shape, etc. I did my 22,500 mile tune-up to "prep" the car and had them flush the brake fluid with Super Blue (Redline would work, etc). I think I spent about $200 but I had to anyway.

$50 misc. other stuff: window cleaner, big plastic tote box to put stuff in, folding lawn chair, sun screen, etc.

All told, you are going to drop $600 on the weekend, which is pretty steep.

The good news is that you can spread half before the event and half after the event if you use your credit card to pay for everything.

The bad news is that you want to go back again immediately because it is more fun than you have ever had in your life. Seriously...