Calgary meet with a 3 car turnout!, Pictures Posted on Page 2. Options

[WALKER]

So I am always checking the meet/event board and hoping to see something that is close, and I have yet to see anything!

So how many people on this site are in Western Canada? Is there enough of us that we might get some interest for a possible meet? Thought I would throw the idea out there just to get an idea of numbers and hear what people have to say.

This post has been edited by WALKER: Aug 21, 2006 - 8:14 PM

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Go to BC and ill come! :-)

[WALKER]

I figured that we could probably get a few of you up from Washington! If we did it in B.C. we could sure have our pick of fun mountain roads to go cruise around on!

[WALKER]

Well I guess I am the only one here in Western Canada that wants to do a meet. Guess if I really want to meet some other 6gc's I will have to get in my car and drive to a meet somewhere.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Come to seattle or atleast BC! :-)

[Outsider]

Thanks for the heads up.... count me in.

[WALKER]

Thats great that there is some other interest locally! It may be a big meet of 2 of us from Calgary!

Anyways, what I am thinking is mid August sometime. However if it is just the two of us it could be anytime really!

[creis]

if its within resonable distance I'm in for sure.

[6gsillyca]

just tell me when n where

[WALKER]

Well it looks like this will be a Calgary meet, since there isn't really any other interest from Western Canada.

What day works best for you guys? Evenings or Weekends? Sunday is probably the best day for me to meet. I am thinking maybe Sunday August 20th?

[Outsider]

I work shift work. Days, four on, four off.
Just checked the schedule, August 20th is a day off for me.
Looks like I'm good to go.

There is another 6th gen I see driving around my house often.
I will try to catch the guy and also let him know.
It is yellow and he has had the rear wing removed.

[94Celi604]

Id be up for a meet anytime

[Tech9ine]

next time i make a trip to calgary i will post up here.

[WALKER]

I guess there is some interest starting to grow now in Western Canada. I think for this one it will be in Calgary on Sunday, August 20th. More details to come.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

cough BC cough!

I wanna meet you guys and hear yall say "eh" :-P

Can we get a BC meet together before end of September? puh-lease!

[WALKER]

Can we get a BC meet together before end of September? puh-lease!

Well, possibly I might be able to do a BC meet this year. Not sure though as my schedule is pretty busy right now. I just moved into a house and have a lot of unpacking to do as well as some renovations. Also have a couple of weddings coming up in August.

Will have to guage interest. How many people from BC or Washington would be interested in getting together for a meet?

I wouldn't mind getting together to meet a few of you from south of the border.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Ahh Calgary is 12 hours away!!

lets do a half way meet!

I gotta admit going further into Canada than Downtown Vancouver scares me! Its a different country and I guess I just expect it to be more foreign. lol! i dont do good with foreign. I went to Germany and didnt eat anything for a week except pretzel sticks cuz I was too afraid to order anything cuz I couldnt understand what people were saying

[Outsider]

I posted a link to this thread on CelicaTech

[WALKER]

I posted a link to this thread on CelicaTech

Hey thats a great idea!

[Outsider]

<Outsider> There is another 6th gen I see driving around my house often.
I will try to catch the guy and also let him know.
It is yellow and he has had the rear wing removed.

I talked to the guy today and he seemed interested.
He knew about this site which is a good sign.

This post has been edited by Outsider: Aug 4, 2006 - 1:25 PM

[WALKER]

That would be good if we could get a few of us out at least.

You mentioned that you posted this on celicatech, do you have a link to that thread?

[Outsider]

CelicaTech link

[WALKER]

Well it doesn't seem like there is too much interest. We will be lucky to get 4 cars out!

Anyways, know of a good place we should meet. Any that might have a half decent background for pictures?

[Outsider]

Date: Aug 20

Time: 1:00pm

Location: SAIT overflow parking lot next to the hill

[6gsillyca]

directions? I know where SAIT is, but not the overflow parking lot...

[WALKER]

directions? I know where SAIT is, but not the overflow parking lot...

Sait is on 16th ave NW between 14th street and 10th street. Access from 14th street by SEARS or 10th street half way up the hill (by the LRT bridge over 10th street).

That is what outsider posted on the celicatech thread. I can't offer you anything further as I have not been there myself.

[WALKER]

Here is a map of SAIT that I found. Is the overflow parking lot labeled P1?

[Tech9ine]

20th? damn, cause it turns out, the next time i'm in calgary is going to be this month, from the29th to the 2nd. Probably wont bring my car out though. oddly enough i'll most likely be in my friends '06 WRX.

[6gsillyca]

How many people are actually planning to show up? (ME!)

[WALKER]

I will be there.

[Outsider]

I'll be there.

[WALKER]

I'll be there.

Wow you are either up very early this morning or going to bed really late!

[6gsillyca]

WooHoo!!!! The whole THREE of us that showed up! Hahaha it was fun. Nice to get to know some local celica owners. Post up some pics!

[WALKER]

WooHoo!!!! The whole THREE of us that showed up! Hahaha it was fun. Nice to get to know some local celica owners. Post up some pics!

Ya we had a good turn out, lol! It was fun though. I will try and get the pictures off my camera tonight and post them up.

[WALKER]

Well we had our big turn out with 3 people, oh well its still a meet!

From left to right, Outsider, WALKER, 6gsillyca.




The meet didn't last too long, we just looked at a few things on each others cars mostly looking at Outsider's BEAMS engine. What a nice looking engine that sounds even better! It was a good meet since we got to meet some of the local 6GC enthusiasts.

6gsillyca had to go to work so Outsider and I went on a little road trip to the mountains in search of some fun winding roads and a possible photo op.

The drive was very relaxing with gorgeous scenery on a nice hot sunny day!


It involved us going across some bridges...


...but it allowed for some rather nice pictures.

[Valo666]

looks like fun. Outsider, your car is sooo...sleeper..i love it.

[Outsider]

Thanks, I like to keep things "low-key".

This was the car's first highway run on the new drivetrain. I hope I don't get a ticket from the launch we did at the first lights coming back into town.(At the last second we saw phot-radar parked at the corner.... ).

As for the performance, Walker seemed to have no troubles matching me until I hit about 3500rpm. I noticed that I have to keep an eye on myself now. I ALWAYS have to slow down. The new motor wants to GO.....I am slowly pushing the top end up as I test things out. The speedo goes to 245km/hr and I have been to about 180 so far. I had the speedo pegged a few times with the old motor. It was an effort to get it there and this new motor seems to want to live in that range.

[azian_advanced]

Outsider, are you on stock suspension? it seems like the front is a little lower than it should be. could the weight of the Beams engine be causing this? i didn't think it would be that much heavier, if not lighter, than the 5sfe.

[Outsider]

I have Eibach Pro-Kit springs.
It's dropped about 1 inch in the front and about 1 1/2 inches in the rear.

This post has been edited by Outsider: Aug 23, 2006 - 8:18 AM

[KAOS]

You guys want to have another psuedo mini meet after the 1st of October...? I'll have my GTS in town by then...

[WALKER]

I am usually up for a meet. We will have to set something up.

[Outsider]

The way things are looking, I might be getting transfered to Kelowna. I won't know for sure until the end of October. If we are gonna have another meet, it will have to be before then and on a day that I am not "in" Kelowna. I am game but for me it will take some planning.

[KAOS]

Sounds good to me. May have to plan for a weekend thing... as I'm usually pretty busy during the week. If all goes according to plan we should be in Calgary on the 1st.

[WALKER]

The way the weather has been, we might now be able to get another meet in. That was definately snow that was falling yesturday, good thing it didn't collect on the ground.

If we do end up doing a meet, Saturdays would be best for me.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

cough shoulda had it in vancouver cough

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Sep 16, 2006 - 6:53 PM

[Starcraftjunkie]

Let's keep it location of the next unbiased.. have it in the middle.. you should all come to Winnipeg.

[KAOS]

Hahaha... maybe when I'm breaking in my 3SGTE SCJunkie... haha

[KAOS]

Ok so we're in town now, and my car has some new taillights I wouldn't mind showing off... before I sell it. Lets get something going...

[WALKER]

Ok so we're in town now, and my car has some new taillights I wouldn't mind showing off... before I sell it. Lets get something going...

If you want to setup a meet, start a new topic and we can try and get something going. I would be available for a meet on Oct. 21st or later. So lets try and set something up before the snow flies!

[KAOS]

Any one be interested in a Spring meet? WoW is this weekend, I wouldn't mind checking that out... haha.