11/21 DFW Shop Day/Meet?

mandm177 · Post by **mandm177** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:59 pm

Ok, well im sure most of you know the situation with my car. Chris (madeinthe80's) has graciously allowed me to use his family's shop to install the engine.

He also has to do some stuff to his car as well, so we decided that this might be a good time to just make it an install/work on 86's/meet day.

Now, we want to have this organized, and want people to tell us what they wish to work on or need to have worked on. This will be a great opportunity for those that havent worked on cars or that want to learn to work on cars to experience getting greasy and dirty.

I hope to start early in the morning, and have my car running by the time we go home. I think that is very doable considering i dont have to buy parts or anything, its just take engine out, swap parts, put engine back in type thing. I also dont want this to become an "Install Mark's Engine Day" either, so i really want others to come and work on whatever needs to be done.

Im willing to buy pizza for dinner (say around 6-7) for the group (if its not super huge), and would be willing to buy some beers as well, if there are some drinkers out there.

I havent ordered the engine yet, as i want to be sure that others will come and participate, so let us know!

HondaRue · Post by **HondaRue** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:10 pm

I'll be there!

Jorsh · Post by **Jorsh** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:32 pm

My car has been making an odd squeaking coming from the rear end.. I would appreciate if anyone could have an idea as to what it was.. I have noticed it tends to do it only on left turns.... any ideas? if nothing else I am down to come for the motor swap, because I could dig on learning...

corollaman · Post by **corollaman** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:31 pm

I think I can go, where at exactly?

daveskatesallday · Post by **daveskatesallday** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:13 pm

is every meet in dallas ?? if so im never gonna be able to make it lol

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mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:10 pm

I have a project due on the 24, so I may not be able to make it. But Ill sure as hell try.

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:12 pm

Olen Williams Inc.
1123 S Airport Circle
Euless, TX 76040

Thats the location.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 8,,0,-1.62

HondaRue · Post by **HondaRue** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:43 pm

daveskatesallday wrote:is every meet in dallas ?? if so im never gonna be able to make it lol

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Where are you from?

mandm177 · Post by **mandm177** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:53 am

he's in san antonio. i went down there to trade him seats :D

ok, so far, this is what i see going on that day

1. Swap Mark's (mandm177) engine
2. Install Chris's (madeinthe80's) AC stuff
3. Possibly inspect Josh's (jorsh) rear suspension squeek (if he comes, btw, check bushings to see if they're greased up)
4. ?

id be comfortable doing this if we had a couple of other small-ish projects.

madcao · Post by **madcao** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:00 am

damn, i so wanna see a 20v install. but i gotta go to brenham that weekend to help out at the family store. oh well, u guys have fun and drink a few beers for me. -sang

mandm177 · Post by **mandm177** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:42 am

madcao wrote:damn, i so wanna see a 20v install. but i gotta go to brenham that weekend to help out at the family store. oh well, u guys have fun and drink a few beers for me. -sang

just had a quick/cool thought...it would be interesting if someone had a time lapse camera that we can setup to record throughout the day. haha

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:02 am

That would be interesting.

I'll also bring up my PS3 for some GT5 action on our 32" LCD if anyone gets bored. Ive also got a 24" monitor with HDMI we can use on my computer for it.

Just trying my best to get people out!

Jorsh · Post by **Jorsh** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:52 pm

mandm177 wrote: 3. Possibly inspect Josh's (jorsh) rear suspension squeek (if he comes, btw, check bushings to see if they're greased up)
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To me it sounds more like a rotational noise as it gets louder and faster the faster I go.. I will check anyway, but I will admit I'm a bit confused. I didn't see any obvoius signs of rubbing.

mandm177 · Post by **mandm177** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:18 pm

if its rotational, then its most likely not suspension. other possibilities could be wheel bearing or binding brakes

daveskatesallday · Post by **daveskatesallday** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:31 pm

HondaRue wrote:
daveskatesallday wrote:is every meet in dallas ?? if so im never gonna be able to make it lol

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Where are you from?

i live in san antonio but im from houston :]

and i just notice every meet is like "dfw" haha so that's why i asked but yea maybe after im done with my engine i wouldn't mind the drive down there but right now i don't think i would wanna take it too far