One week left, are YOU ready?

[TNathe]

Only one week left! woot! woot! Are YOU and your car ready for DDAY2? I'm not, but my car is. I Changed the engine oil, tranny oil, and diff. oil, this weekend. I need to get in some practice already. I've been watching and re-watching The Drift Bible to familiarize myself w/ ALL of the techniques so I can try various ones on different corners at the track because some of those techniques are way to dangerous for the street. I wanna drive my car at the track like he drives the AE86 on his video, BALLS TO THE WALL!

So what have you DONE to prepare yourself and your car for "THE DAY?"

[zenki_s14]

im ready......i think....but my car is no where close to ready... but dday is like the beggining of my vacation so ima just go out have sum fun....and worry bout my car when i get back....

[TNathe]

Well I hope for your sake that your car isn't too neglected on its maintenance because I know driving around a race track at almost redline the whole time isn't exactly good for the car.

[Regina]

Tonight:
Installing NISMO two-way Mechanical LSD
New steering rack (thanks to Josh only1.3)
New tie rods

Sometime this week:
Changing oil, etc
Breaking in LSD

Friday:
Going to see Atreyu; From Autumn To Ashes; Eighteen Visions; Anterrabe. Hopefully that will chill me out so I'm not too nervous Saturday. :lol:

[TNathe]

^ Damn, and I thought I went to the movies too much! hehe

[Regina]

Originally posted by TNathe
^ Damn, and I thought I went to the movies too much! hehe

Haha, it's a show with bands. :)

[Jonas]

iam ready

[TNathe]

Originally posted by ReginaVagina
Haha, it's a show with bands. :)

:lol: I thought those were movie titles. :nerd: I don't get out much. :lol:

[Slash]

Jess and I will be ready to spectate with my lil bro in law stephen (hes dying to see this)...

all my drifting was done last sat at my wedding, i'm straight outta tire monies LOL

[sucio]

im ready..i havent been sleeping at all ive been driving on deliveries all last week and this week...the pinkies are only on the back..i have extra tires..ive been making sweet love to the ebrake this past weekend....and i am finally changing my oil again..last time it was 20k thjis time it has been about 10k..so im doing great..hahaha..
friday night ill be up all night ill get some arse from my chicky and at 6 am hit up krispy kreme meet up with the orlando guys and head out...thank good for my case of red bull..

[TNathe]

20k and 10k miles seriously? Please tell me this is tranny or rear end oil and not motor oil. If theres one thing I learned from racing motocross, preventitive maintenance goes along ways and saves loads of money in the long run as well as keeps engine performance at its peak potential.

[sucio]

tranny oil gear oil..hahaha..im hardkore kneegro..it was motor oil..woo woo...the KA takes a beating and keeps on ticken..agemomai..he whitness my insanity..haha

[TNathe]

You are nuts! hehe. Remind me if you ever swap to an SR (I'm hoping that's a KA in your car) not to buy your engine from you. :lol:

[sucio]

hahaha..nah the engine is perfect shape..IF i decide to swap..ill of course be more careful...but they put KA in trucks for a reason didnt they... :lol:

[NismoZ]

hey sucio, we saw you sat. night driving around hooters. we were chillin in the old 85 300zx and 85 supra.

anywho i think she's ready, just gotta register and pass tech.

[steve]

hell no i'm not ready
install list
engine tranny(waitting)
seats
steering wheel
coilovers
exhaust
drive shaft
wireing harness
oil cooler
subfram spacers

dam i got a lot of shit to do

[TNathe]

whoa! good luck brutha.

[steve]

oh i got more
put new front end on
get 2 good tires

[Epstein]

Get working Steve!

On friday, I had a car with an auto and seized KA. I put in close to 20 hours this weekend with some pro help (thanks Matt and Tony), and it should be running wednesday with S14 KA and 5sp. It won't be drifting at dday2 because I'll be waving flags in the infield. Don't run me over!

Chris

[TNathe]

:lol: Better watch out! Don't wear anything that makes you look like a tree, telephone pole, stop sign, etc. because my car is attracted to those sorts of objects. :lol:

[sucio]

Originally posted by NismoZ
hey sucio, we saw you sat. night driving around hooters. we were chillin in the old 85 300zx and 85 supra.

anywho i think she's ready, just gotta register and pass tech. you should have hollered at a kneegrow..i was trying to get some mickey D's..my girl and i saw you guys and i was like "baby i want one of those"

[Geoffrie]

I prepaired for dday by removing all the special suspention pieces my car had and putting the car entirely back to stock.

Other than that All I need is some decient tires up front and enough out back to last me the day.

you don't need fancy parts - go as you are and have fun!

-Jeff

[aphxero]

I bought some tires and stuff. Now I just need to tune it up and find 75.00 :(

Jeff: I have extras if you need them. all 185

[neurovish]

man....thu. and fri. is gonna be serious crunch time.

I'm gonna be out of town Tues. and Wed.
Gotta change the fluids, slap on a new valve cover gasket, swap-on the 5 lug gear, chase down my o2 sensor gremlins, and work enough OT to pay for all this crap.

[zenki_s14]

oh yea jeff i still got your rims with perfectly good tires....hahah as long as i stay lazy and dont give them back till firday you dont have to worry bout tearing them up!!!

[DoomReaper]

i got stickers w00t ;)

[steve]

Originally posted by Epstein
Get working Steve!

i should of had my engine may 1st :roll:
coilovers where on back order

[Goopster1]

I was ready until like 2-3 nights ago when my car started shifting hard...I couldn't get it in gear without trying to break the shift fork.

Well the S.P.E.C stage 1 ate its own shit today and well yeah, no clutch means no go for me.So either I wasted 75 bucks or I better get a fucking clutch in there like this week before saturday with a break in period or not....

I dont really care bout breaking it in because I am only gonna power over anyway so its no big deal if it is not like 500 miles or whatever...

Hopefully I can still attend and actually use my car.

Life fucks u over when you need something the most.:roll:

[sucio]

i stole yet more magnetic signs..woo woo

[PSI240SX]

man I am stressed!!!! Here it is tuesday and my car still isn't out of the paint shop yet! Grrrr. They think maybe by thursday. What sux is, I still have to swap in a LSD, axle's, cooling fans, boost guage, alternator, and bolt the front lip on. I work everyday til atleast 5pm, and tonight I am doing a photo shoot with SCC mag for my green car, and thursday night is the perfect circle concert. So looks like friday night is going to be long and stressful!!!!! Hopefully it all comes together cuz I am ready as hell to slide.

[The Kyle]

new sus is installed. track wheels ready. new radiator installed. awaiting cage (should be here today..and no i cant tandem the cage is for pure bling;) )

but then again, i probly will have zero track time like everyone else staffing the event :(

[sucio]

eff track time..i am out there to break my car and have me a good ol' time and hang out with soem great people..thats what its all about..breaking ish..hanging out ..and making racial jokes non-stop..just like back in high school..but with more expensive toys :lol:

[Chin]

gotta install diff, and CAS hope everythign runs good.

[dan]

i have $5 scrounged up from change i found in my room. should be rollin down there with my dad. hell, might skip taking my car, head out to anna maria at 6am and go fishing, and then show up around 11 or noon to watch some action, boat in tow and all :)

[box240mod]

ill be there, hopefully with some company. spectating only :( as my car can barely drvie to work and back as of now...

[racerx_2003]

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[Regina]

Steering rack Josh gave me is bad. I guess you get what you pay for, even though he said it was good. Anyhow, if i don't get this figured out, I won't be driving in DDayII. Looks more like I won't be. :( Shit sucks.

[90240sx]

:clown:

[TNathe]

why is everyone trying to slap together new parts on their cars a week before dday? Everyone knows shit happens when you try to install something that you need for an upcoming event. Just drive your cars like they are and do it after dday when your not in a rush and can do shit right.

[zenki_s14]

damn seems like everyone is having some kinda problem.....i hope everything works out good for everyone....got four good tires only my back suspension in becuase the bolts on the front are GAY! but i aint gon stress it and just go out how my car is right now.... hopefully i'll pass tech....it passed last time...

[Regina]

Originally posted by TNathe
why is everyone trying to slap together new parts on their cars a week before dday? Everyone knows shit happens when you try to install something that you need for an upcoming event. Just drive your cars like they are and do it after dday when your not in a rush and can do shit right.

BECAUSE I didn't need the rack UNTIL recently. It's not a difficult process unless you get something you thought was good, but is really bad. I would've just not even registered for DDay and bought a new rack so that I wouldn't have to get the car aligned TWICE. Believe me, I know I made a mistake. You get what you pay for. It sucks. And anyway, I wouldn't be able to drive in DDayII without a working rack either way.

[zenki_s14]

i ordered all my stuff in a lil a month in advance...and the last pecies didnt get in untill a few days ago....

[TNathe]

Regina, I wasn't directing the statement specifically at you, it just seems like everyone's car is in the shop getting shit done to it. Don't you guys drive your cars, or are they in the shop most of the time?

If no one's car is ready that just means more track time for me. :grin:

[Regina]

My car is daily driven and I'll be driving it WITHOUT powersteering until I can get the new rack. I can't drive in DDayII because now with the leak my car will not pass tech. If i get the new rack this week it will be installed with yet ANOTHER alignment and I will be at DDayII. If not, I guess my LSD that we also installed will have to be tried out at another event, unfortunately.

[sucio]

its becuase we like to be different..some have way too many magnetic signs on their cars..some like to have bling some right shit on there cars..we are all ricers if you think about it..we are preparing to drive around in a circle to see who makes the most "Controlled" burn outs...so some of us like to go out there and put shit on out cars just for show..(pink wheels) (no bumper) ("im rick james bitch") its all about having fun...and then their are the people that are trying to get their cars ready for the physical strains...

[TNathe]

^ Yeah I know this but why wait till the last minute? Go out like your car is now and then afterwords work on it and get it ready for the next event as far as performance and looks. This idea of course excludes preparing you car for, as you put it, "the physical strains" which I firmly believe should be done.

[Shadytrixta1]

yeah looks like i got my clutch and flywheel in just in time for my car to shit on me.So now i have no money for tires or registration, and my car for an unknown reason still runs like ass.

[TNathe]

^ that blows!

[zenki_s14]

Originally posted by Shadytrixta1
yeah looks like i got my clutch and flywheel in just in time for my car to shit on me.So now i have no money for tires or registration, and my car for an unknown reason still runs like ass.

maybe its a sign......and your not meant to drift at this event....you still gonna come out and check it out right!?!?

[Shadytrixta1]

most definetly if i have to ride my dirt bike out there i will be there to spectate and take some pics.

[TNathe]

bring your dirt bike and i'll bring mine too and we can to it like they do in japan with drifting and freestyle jumping over the track. haha

[n2ocamry]

uh yeah my car isnt ready

you know its funny when you need $300 to fix your suspension and you scrounge that up
and as soon as you drop your car your stock tires are so high in your wheel well you need new onesand seeing as how im gettin 2 azenis thats already 100+, but then there is my exhaust.. the pr that owned it before did an over axle exhaust (fuckin dumbass)
therefore my exhaust is goin clankity clank all up on my rear axles
thats gonna be $150

then theres registration that isnt even paid for yet $75
glenns just got done with my wheels so that $200
and im without a helmet $100


wow $625

anybody wanna give me $625

didnt think so

so ill be spectating there only

but ill be sprtin the camry

im f-in pissed

either way see you all out there

[TNathe]

If ANYONE needs to borrow a helmet I will have 1 or 2 someone can use all day.

[Regina]

Looks like I'll be getting a remanufactured rack tonight. We'll see what happens.

[Goopster1]

I got a King Cobra clutch today from AE so I hope my boy puts it in the car before Saturday....I really want to go and esopecially since I payed already...:mad:

Need the tranni dropped, flywheel out and resurfaced, old clutch out and new clutch in then we are set.Hopefully he will start on taking it apart tonight.

[Garage Battle]

lets see, i got:

PS pump to do (have hick-ass pump now)
rear left rotor and pads are toast
new steering rack hardline (mine = bent)
TIRES TIRES TIRES
graphics
and helmutt

eek3!!

[evlonedb]

hey check the thrift stores i just got a helmet for 4 dollars. hit it with some lysol and da shit is good ta go.

[Goopster1]

Originally posted by evlonedb
hey check the thrift stores i just got a helmet for 4 dollars. hit it with some lysol and da shit is good ta go.
no quite...

Hope its Snell 95:lol:

[hachibill]

well i haven't changed a thing on my car so i will be there in force in the KA that makes the SR's look stupid!!! w00t. don't fix what ain't broke. whatch, now my car will break a day before the event. just my kind of luck.

[n2ocamry]

you better knock on wood

[Garage Battle]

Originally posted by n2ocamry
you better knock on wood

ive got wood













but hes not knocking it










stupid wop

[JagnMe]

I am stoked. Whats the deal with cameras? Can we get a nice spot on the infield?

[sucio]

i actually changed my oil....money says it rains tomorrow..haha

[evlonedb]

hey does ne1 know if the cheap steering wheel hubs from discount auto fits a s14 i need a cheap steering wheel.removal of airbag=hand catching. not fun

[agemomai]

im not gonna be turbo, that sucks hard. oh well, cant rush things that just dont work out.

need to change tranny oil, need more tires, need brakes, need money...

at least i pre-reg'd!

[TNathe]

Originally posted by agemomai
need money...


:w/stupid:

[n2ocamry]

fuck brakes

go flintstone style

[Vtaaak y0]

Or watch some porn.

[sucio]

Originally posted by n2ocamry
fuck brakes

go flintstone style

thats what i am doing...i spent my cash on fluids

[aphxero]

I'm ready now :)

Too bad I'm not a good drifter. Who's ready to see me spin out?!

[TNathe]

[in super trooper dutch accent] OOO, I DO! I DO! :lol: Maybe we can do tandem donuts.

[steve]

coilovers and engine are in

[Laurentz]

Originally posted by steve
coilovers and engine are in

Word to the third. The sliz on the left in your sig has a sweet mosquito bite on her index finger knuckle.

[Geoffrie]

I just realized I should swap my lsd rear end from my 85' project car into the open diff car I'll be driving... THe only thing is I don't know if the lsd works, it failed the "spin test", but of course all my corolla's have... aww, couldn't hurt I guess...

[TNathe]

Well, after some "tuning drift" runs last night, I need to change my front tires from the bald 18's I'm running up there now to something with a little better grip. Understeering own3d me.

[zenki_s14]

for some odd reason...i swore there where more than 5 weekdays...or that time was standing still....but its thursday....and i have a few minor stuff to do plus go to work and get ready for my trip.....damn i better get my crap together.....

[agemomai]

yeh the deadline is soon approaching, getting an alignment and flushing tranny tonight, w00t!

[Regina]

2nd steering rack installed and 2nd alignment done. Looks like I'll make it. :-D Going to adjust clutch, change fluids, etc tonight.

[TNathe]

Awsome! I knew ya'll were up to something since you guys weren't hanging out in the dark with everyone out at Super Target last night. Glad to hear you'll be driving.