Sacramento Road Trip to a Subaru Meet 8/23 - In and Out!! - Page 2 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2003-08-23, 10:24 AM

Crap, that sucks Matt. She better be hot.

Anyway, how about making this into a real road trip and hitting some better roads on the drive:

We can leave from my house at 2pm, and get to Sac around 5 or 5:30, which is plenty of time to make the In-n-Out meet.

We'll get to see Tahoe, and drive 49 to Auburn, which is a fun road IIRC.

Who's down?

pbaldy · 2003-08-23, 07:47 PM

Hey, hope you guys had fun. I was just ahead of you. I didn't do the highway 49 part; that should have been fun if traffic wasn't too bad. Picked up my daughter in South Shore this morning, brought her to Chico. I came back highway 70 up the Feather River. That's a fun road, especially when the traffic is light, like today!

BOO · 2003-08-23, 09:03 PM

Hey guys... Ummm Since I wasnt able to go .. How about some pics ??
I hope you guys took a hundred Pics.

Ok maybe not but I would like to see some pics ... Ahem!! And I may speak for everyone ..

tysonK · 2003-08-24, 10:23 PM

Yah. I had to do a fantasy football draft, how did the trip go, I want to go next time.

ArthurS · 2003-08-25, 08:02 AM

Actually it was tons of fun. The drive down all 5 cars hadwalky-talky's so that of course made the drive very interesting and fun. BAN SUVS said he counted 35 cars at one point. Thats a damn big meet!!!

We had no problems with the law either. I will post some pics later today. The drive back was a blast also, even though we were minus one vehicle.

Here are the pics listed on NASIOC:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...89#post4479889

And of course the best pic of all:

sperry · 2003-08-25, 08:12 AM

Yeah, the meet had a pretty big turn out!

I was there until about 9:30 hanging with Kevin (BAN SUVS) and a WRX owner (I totally forgot his name/handle...)

IMO, best of show goes to Egan's black WRX Wagon. VF30, Vishnu intercooler, fuel rails, injectors, pump, Xede, JIC coilovers... not to mention all the cool interior goodies... a very sick ride!

Looks like trhe Sac guys are going to try and make this a weekly deal... at a better location (less traffic)... so if we ever get some free weekends, we can go hit 'em up again!

ArthurS · 2003-08-25, 08:24 AM

And I would definatly like to go down again some time. (As long as its in a different spot. And I do agree, that Wagon took 'Best of Show'.

STIwish · 2003-08-25, 12:54 PM

but did he have a big cow catcher of a body kit?

ArthurS · 2003-08-25, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STIwish

but did he have a big cow catcher of a body kit?

No......and thats why he was cool.

sperry · 2003-08-25, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArthurS

Quote:

Originally Posted by STIwish

but did he have a big cow catcher of a body kit?

No......and thats why he was cool.

go >> show.

STIwish · 2003-08-25, 10:15 PM

eh, depends on who you ask.

sperry · 2003-08-26, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STIwish

eh, depends on who you ask.

I tend to speak for myself. So, if you ask me, go >> show.

However...

When was the last time a show car got a $1M bonus for winning a car show? In 1985 Bill Elliot won the Winston Million (Jeff Gordon also won it in 1997...), before and since then huge purses are up for grabs worldwide for autoracing events.

Name 10 people famous for building show cars. Andretti, Earnhardt, Shumacher, McCrae, de Ferran, Grist, Fittipaldi, Unser, Gurney, Brabham... etc, etc, etc... all household names due simply to their ability to go fast.

When was the last time 400,000 people went to see a car show? The '99 Indy 500 had over 400,000 people in attendance.

Name one movie about good looking cars. Driven, Formula 1, Days of Thunder, and even FATF1/2 (even when it comes down to it in those movies, it's all about being faster not better looking) are all movies about driving fast.

My point: Even though I can only speak for myself when I say "go >> show", there's overwhelming evidence that "go" brings more money, fame, popularity, and has a larger pop culture influence than "show" ever did. In short, if you did bother to ask... most people would say, "go >> show" too.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2003-08-26, 08:00 AM

Looks are pointless. Speed is King. Long live the King!

P.S. It's *Andretti* and *Schumacher*

Sorry, I couldn't resist... I love that picture

sperry · 2003-08-26, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

Looks are pointless. Speed is King. Long live the King!

P.S. It's *Andretti* and *Schumacher*

Sorry, I couldn't resist... I love that picture

Yeah, I know... I was ranting! Its eazy too misspeel whun yer ranghting!

STIwish · 2003-08-26, 12:05 PM

Just so you know, I actually agree 100% that go >> show, but I still respect someone who wants to do a really nice show car, and if thats what their perogative is, thats cool by me

JC · 2003-08-31, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

IMO, best of show goes to Egan's black WRX Wagon. VF30, Vishnu intercooler, fuel rails, injectors, pump, Xede, JIC coilovers... not to mention all the cool interior goodies... a very sick ride!

RICE

Egan · 2003-09-16, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JC

RICE

Care to explain that comment? What on my WRX do you consider as RICE? I can't think of anything on my car that does not contribute to the functionaility of it (except maybe the lone Vishnu sticker and ScoobyDoo license plate holder).

Thanks to everyone else for the props. It's been a blast building this car up (I did all of the work myself).

Hopefully us lazy Sac folks can make it up to one of your meets to return the favor.

See: NON-RICE:

ArthurS · 2003-09-16, 12:06 PM

JC is just jealous.

sperry · 2003-09-16, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArthurS

JC is just jealous.

If JC sez your car is rice... chances are the opposite is exactly true. He likes to say the STi is the crappiest, rice-est Subaru ever made... precicely because it's so much faster than his car.

Take it as a compliment!

(no really, he's totally kidding)

Oh, and welcome to the board! Yet another Subaru website for you to check, eh?

Egan · 2003-09-16, 01:32 PM

Hahaha!

Ya, another subie board to check. At least you guys seem to be pretty active. I've got to pull teeth to get the Sac folks to do anything. I'm trying to put together a Wentworth Springs drive and I've only gotten a few respsonses, despite the fact that I gave them 6 different choices for a date.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2003-09-16, 01:35 PM

Hell I'm a Mustang driver and even I think that car is non-rice (on-track photo gives it +10 bonus points). Special props for the license plate too, that rules.

dknv · 2003-09-16, 02:14 PM

ya, good license plate. Welcome to the board!

I looked at Scott's rundown of your upgrades, and saw fuel rails - help me understand?: what is the benefit of upgraded fuel rails? I recently found a nasioc topic talking about spraying the intercooler between runs (autox), and someone suggested also spraying the fuel rails and some other part. So, my awareness needs to be fed.
Thx.

sperry · 2003-09-16, 02:17 PM

When you run high boost (upgraded turbo) you need more fuel that the stock fuel delivery system can provide. Usually just upgraded injectors are enought, but due to the stock fuel rails design, cylinder #3 tends to be a little lower on pressure than the other 4, meaning it can run lean under high demand and detonate. The solution is to upgrade the fuel rails to a setup that can flow more fuel and provide more even fuel pressure to the injectors.

dknv · 2003-09-16, 02:33 PM

Makes sense! Thanks Scott.

BOO · 2003-09-16, 06:20 PM

OK help me out here .. I thought "RICE" Meant .. it looks cool !!! ...

:?
(I know I will get hell for this question ... lol )

2003-08-23, 10:24 AM	#26
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Crap, that sucks Matt. She better be hot. Anyway, how about making this into a real road trip and hitting some better roads on the drive: We can leave from my house at 2pm, and get to Sac around 5 or 5:30, which is plenty of time to make the In-n-Out meet. We'll get to see Tahoe, and drive 49 to Auburn, which is a fun road IIRC. Who's down? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2003-08-23, 09:03 PM	#28
BOO EJ205 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 2,076 Car: 12+tires Class: Spec. without hard work, nothing grows but weeds	Hey guys... Ummm Since I wasnt able to go .. How about some pics ?? I hope you guys took a hundred Pics. Ok maybe not but I would like to see some pics ... Ahem!! And I may speak for everyone .. __________________ LOL.. The other White Meat ... lol ------------------------------------------------ subaru(STi) is a boys car, mitsubishi(evo) is a man's car - Jeremy (Top Gear) GC,GD,GM

2003-08-24, 10:23 PM	#29
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	Yah. I had to do a fantasy football draft, how did the trip go, I want to go next time. __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2003-08-25, 08:02 AM	#30
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	Actually it was tons of fun. The drive down all 5 cars hadwalky-talky's so that of course made the drive very interesting and fun. BAN SUVS said he counted 35 cars at one point. Thats a damn big meet!!! We had no problems with the law either. I will post some pics later today. The drive back was a blast also, even though we were minus one vehicle. Here are the pics listed on NASIOC: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...89#post4479889 And of course the best pic of all: __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2003-08-25, 08:12 AM	#31
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Yeah, the meet had a pretty big turn out! I was there until about 9:30 hanging with Kevin (BAN SUVS) and a WRX owner (I totally forgot his name/handle...) IMO, best of show goes to Egan's black WRX Wagon. VF30, Vishnu intercooler, fuel rails, injectors, pump, Xede, JIC coilovers... not to mention all the cool interior goodies... a very sick ride! Looks like trhe Sac guys are going to try and make this a weekly deal... at a better location (less traffic)... so if we ever get some free weekends, we can go hit 'em up again! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2003-08-23, 07:47 PM	#27
pbaldy EJ18 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 25	Hey, hope you guys had fun. I was just ahead of you. I didn't do the highway 49 part; that should have been fun if traffic wasn't too bad. Picked up my daughter in South Shore this morning, brought her to Chico. I came back highway 70 up the Feather River. That's a fun road, especially when the traffic is light, like today!

2003-08-25, 08:24 AM	#32
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	And I would definatly like to go down again some time. (As long as its in a different spot. And I do agree, that Wagon took 'Best of Show'. __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2003-08-25, 12:54 PM	#33
STIwish EJ251 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 894	but did he have a big cow catcher of a body kit? __________________ STIwish

2003-08-25, 10:15 PM	#36
STIwish EJ251 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 894	eh, depends on who you ask. __________________ STIwish

2003-08-26, 08:00 AM	#38
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	Looks are pointless. Speed is King. Long live the King! P.S. It's Andretti and Schumacher Sorry, I couldn't resist... I love that picture __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."

2003-08-26, 12:05 PM	#40
STIwish EJ251 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 894	Just so you know, I actually agree 100% that go >> show, but I still respect someone who wants to do a really nice show car, and if thats what their perogative is, thats cool by me __________________ STIwish

2003-09-16, 12:06 PM	#43
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	JC is just jealous. __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2003-09-16, 01:32 PM	#45
Egan EJ18 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Granite Bay, Kalifornia Posts: 68	Hahaha! Ya, another subie board to check. At least you guys seem to be pretty active. I've got to pull teeth to get the Sac folks to do anything. I'm trying to put together a Wentworth Springs drive and I've only gotten a few respsonses, despite the fact that I gave them 6 different choices for a date.

2003-09-16, 01:35 PM	#46
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	Hell I'm a Mustang driver and even I think that car is non-rice (on-track photo gives it +10 bonus points). Special props for the license plate too, that rules. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."

2003-09-16, 02:14 PM	#47
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	ya, good license plate. Welcome to the board! I looked at Scott's rundown of your upgrades, and saw fuel rails - help me understand?: what is the benefit of upgraded fuel rails? I recently found a nasioc topic talking about spraying the intercooler between runs (autox), and someone suggested also spraying the fuel rails and some other part. So, my awareness needs to be fed. Thx.

2003-09-16, 02:17 PM	#48
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	When you run high boost (upgraded turbo) you need more fuel that the stock fuel delivery system can provide. Usually just upgraded injectors are enought, but due to the stock fuel rails design, cylinder #3 tends to be a little lower on pressure than the other 4, meaning it can run lean under high demand and detonate. The solution is to upgrade the fuel rails to a setup that can flow more fuel and provide more even fuel pressure to the injectors. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2003-09-16, 02:33 PM	#49
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	Makes sense! Thanks Scott.

2003-09-16, 06:20 PM	#50
BOO EJ205 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 2,076 Car: 12+tires Class: Spec. without hard work, nothing grows but weeds	OK help me out here .. I thought "RICE" Meant .. it looks cool !!! ... :? (I know I will get hell for this question ... lol ) __________________ LOL.. The other White Meat ... lol ------------------------------------------------ subaru(STi) is a boys car, mitsubishi(evo) is a man's car - Jeremy (Top Gear) GC,GD,GM