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Round 1....
Screw exams.... I'm going racing. I'm gonna make the 2 or so hour drive up from West Lafayette to South Bend for this. It was too much fun last fall. Who else wants to go.

 
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Awwww.... come on now... no one wants to do a little racing?

 
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kinda far away from me. i would like to test my tein ss though.
becareful though gl[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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mmm, sounds tempting...

I'll have to check my schedule. The GF wants to do this too, so I'll have to let her know. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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If I had an SCCA liscense, I would in a heartbeat. But, I don't. How long does it take to get certified?

 
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You don't need anything but a drivers liscence, entry money and a car that'll pass inspection (all the lugnuts, a battery tie down, nothing loose in the interior, and everything is mechanically sound). If you don't have a helmet, they usually have some to borrow. That's it.... no certification required.

 
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I may be crazy, but my dad told me that you needed the SCCA liscense to do any solo 1 driving.
And for helmets, would motorcycle helmets do fine? We've got a few of those.

Crap... are there any other dates? I've got the state debate tourney that day. Please tell me there are some more...

 
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SCCA South Bend Region Schedule

I think this is Solo II. Solo 1 may be the race cars.... which you probably need a license for. But you don't for this.

 
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I can't make it to this one, but I'll do my best to try for one of the later ones. Now I gotta convince my parents...

 
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hmm..i dind't see ya posted this i just made a post about it too..hehe...i'm for sure there....

no lic. needed for solo II, your can become a member and get points if you race al season and get prizes at the end. but alot of people just go for fun. I will be joining the SCCA this year i think, rolly run H stock or STS depending on how they treat my rims, technically i should go to STS.

 
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Whats up!!!

Hey guys.. you can count me in again!!! only this time.. im not gonna just sit and watch.. i ready for some autoxing... So tire rack here come the 7thgens!!! lets plan another meet and drive over like last time.. only lets roll several deep!!! Keep me posted... and yes.. i am excited about this!!! [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

 
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yes. of you haven't auto crossed before, please RACE, you will be kicking yourself if you dont. it isn't hard, you don't have to be the fastest it is all about having fun, i mean come one, we drive 7thgen civics, not known for there extreme speed, you wont' ever get out of 2nd gear so always under 60pmh, seems alot faster out there, very controled eviroment very safe for you , your car, and others. Hope to see ya'll out there...BTW mroe than 1 person can drive the car, both pay full price, but rotate drivers, one usually in the front drivers and the other usually drives in the middle of the pack, any ?'s on thsi aim me Oryp

 
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What's up guys???? Hey, are you gonna pre-register for it or just sign up day of? It says its limited to 120, but I can't remember if that's a lot or not. Gonna be running STS again... don't feel like taking my intake off and I'm gonna have my new 17's and better than stock tires this time... should make it more fun than the slip and slide last fall.

 
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Double... I dunno why... it usually doesn't do that.

 
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Hey... yeah.. i dunno if i am going to pre-sign or not... thinking about taking the class the day before.. but with my stock tires.. i am sure i will be all over the place... but i am looking forward to it... going to try to go find me a helmet so i have all the needed equipment... hope to see you all there!

 
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Before I forget.... I was up at the Rack yesterday and the bridge over 80/90 is not there anymore... so here's the NEW DIRECTIONS assuming we're going to meet at the Perkin's on the corner of 31 and 80/90. I may just go directly to the Tire Rack, it depends what time I get up there, I'm not exactly sure how long it takes to get there from West Lafayette.

Starting at Perkins: Go under the Toll Road and go LEFT on Cleveland
When you get to Bendix Dr, turn LEFT and get into the right lane quickly.
Turn RIGHT onto Nimtz Parkway (signs for 'Blackthorn'). Go about 2 miles, you'll pass the State Police Post and 2 lights.
You'll get to a stop sign that is OLIVE RD. Turn RIGHT. Take it to Vorden Parkway which is the rode the Tire Rack is on.

Alternate route if you're coming up from the south is to take the 31/20 Bypass to Olive Rd, go west when you get off the Bypass and turn right at the stop sign.

 
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I won't go to race (slippin auto-tranny probs ), but I might just go to hang out.

 
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hey all... havent heard much about who is going and who isnt... i guess there wont be any meeting up anywhere just showing up... i hope it is nice out.. but from the sounds of it... i doubt it... its crappy today... cold and rainy... but i will for sure be up there sunday... myself and the guys from the shop will be up too... hope to see ya'll up there for some slip and slide auto crossing!

 
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you know i'm there for sure, so far racing it looks like me you and boliermaker. i just got my short shifter installed. also my car is makin a funny sound (before the shifter was put on) think you could listen to it and tell me if you think it is my tranny, thats the only thing i coudl come up with...


let me know...talk to ya later..

 
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yeah.. we can take a listen to your tranny... i can tell ya right now that sounds = bad news most of the time.. hope your still under 36,000 miles... if not.. might be a good time to start considering a k20 swap... hehehe... nah... if its something in the tranny but isnt making a difference in the way it drives it SHOULDNT be that big of a deal.. but then again... it is a honda... who knows...

 
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yeah....it isn't driving differently but the nois is scaring me...yeah i'm only at like 26000 miles i can take it in if i need to but i always hate taking it to the dealer ships...i refuse to take it to basney honda (where i got it) i take it to G Leep in elkhart (basney told me that i have a bad front right lower control arm and not cover under warranty due to customer abuse (i had the car like 3 months it was still snowing hehe) i took it to g leep and they said oh no its just part of the exhaust there is a tech bulletin out for it..covered under warranty 100%

 
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yeah.. gurley leep is pretty good about service... buddy of mine is the service manager now.. so i get a hook up.. gotta love that... i am thinking about rotating my tires because my passanger front is about gone... lol only 12,700 miles... but yeah.. the car just does good burn-outs... i dunno.. we shall see... i can leave my hubbies on cant i?

 
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Sorry guys, I probaly won't make it to hang out. The car is going to the dealership on Monday and I want to put the least amount of miles on it as possible. It's at ~38050 and I hope they still cover it under warranty or at least give me a courtesy repair (I pay for labor). Another thing I noticed w/ the slippin' auto tranny is that my gas mileage is down the tubes. 220 miles on the odometer and the tank is almost empty.

 
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Well, I tried valiantly to get all my stuff done so I could get up there... but I've got 2 exams next week and I've now got 2 projects due this week too... one of which was unexpected as it came out of no where on thursday. So it doesn't look like I'll make this one... but once school lets out, I should be at most if not all the rest... Sorry guys

 
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ok...then looks like me and snakey then. anyone else planning on coming out and watchin? registration is at 9-9:30.

 
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Well jeez... everyone is backing out... i am for sure going... i am hoping that it will be somewhat nice out.. but who knows... it snowed like it was dec. today... this stuff sucks.. im ready for some nice sunshine and high temps... but oh well... i will take what i get... hehehe see ya tomorrow Tim...

Ryan

 
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Good deal yeah it was friggin cold out ther today... i'm bringing a cooloer tommarrow with some pop or something i'm showing up there a little befor 9 like 8:45. i need to find some masking tape (instead of using shoe polish) if you can bring some masking tape incase i forget hehe...worst case we run over to meijer and gets some....see ya tommarrow


Tim

 
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WOW....

Just got home from the outing... i must say... that was the best thing in the entire world!!! I am so hooked... lots of fun... didnt wreck.. and turned some really good times... so yeah... i think this stuff is the greatest... to bad you guys had to miss it... there will be many more times though... be sure to make them!!! ITS WORTH IT!