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[snapshotgt]

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Just got back from the Texas 6gc meet in Austin.
13 Celicas in total showed. 1 mint condition alltrac ( ), 3s swapped monster and my V6 + a lot of really clean 6th gens.
Fun meet - it was a pleasure to meet all of you. Took LOTS of pics & vids. Here are some pictures to get started. Hope you all enjoy:

ps Knocking on the door of EC6gc.





















Rolling with the RCR cam bar:

[snapshotgt]

Yo

[snapshotgt]

Yes, this is 88 miles on a 1/2 tank of gas. Hmmm...

[zero07]

Awesome job Colin! Got any vids?

Cant wait to see the vids that Matt and his girl took on the windy road!

It was cool meetin all you guys hopefully next time we can do a two day meet so that we can all spend more time together.

Hope everyone got home safely.

Darthripley: thanks so much for bringin your alltrack out and tell your husband thanks so much for the small time i got to spend ridin in it, it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by zero07: Jul 12, 2008 - 8:32 PM

[Batman722]

nice pics

looks like you guys had a pretty good turnout.

[snapshotgt]

Awesome job Colin! Got any vids?

Thanks. Yes, i have TONS of footage. I just sat down to look at it, and its a lot. It will take me some time to sort it out and edit it into an epic movie. Maybe i'll post some teasers though.

Cant wait to see the vids that Matt and his girl took on the windy road!

Matt, please PM me about emailing my those.

It was cool meetin all you guys hopefully next time we can do a two day meet so that we can all spend more time together.

Next time we're taking that other road. It will be the same but EVEN MORE fun...partly because its 1.5 hrs of CONSTANT curves.

Hope everyone got home safely.

x2.

[CelicaGT04]

Awesome job Colin! Got any vids?

Thanks. Yes, i have TONS of footage. I just sat down to look at it, and its a lot. It will take me some time to sort it out and edit it into an epic movie. Maybe i'll post some teasers though.

Cant wait to see the vids that Matt and his girl took on the windy road!

Matt, please PM me about emailing my those.

It was cool meetin all you guys hopefully next time we can do a two day meet so that we can all spend more time together.

Next time we're taking that other road. It will be the same but EVEN MORE fun...partly because its 1.5 hrs of CONSTANT curves.

Hope everyone got home safely.

x2.

Maybe ill bring a few gallon tanks of gas so i can have it in the back so no one runs out on the twistys .. Anywhoo, just got back to M-town from the meet, and my back hurts like hell..

It was a great meet and everyone was great! I have a few pics and some WACK vids lol, but ill post them!

EDIT- Keri! YES Thank Joe for taking me and Zero for the ride.. it was PRICELESS!

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Jul 12, 2008 - 9:09 PM

[NgoFcukinWay]

minus the heat (started to get a headache), and the stalling of getting food after a vast majority of us said we were hungry (I get EXTREMELY disgruntled and aggravated when I don't eat), and the assnozzle in the Lexus SC400 (looked like a tool. I swear he did) that cut me off and I nearly rear-ended him, I had an absolute BLAST! Makes me curious to know what that other street you were talking about had in store.

Hopefully I'll have the Supra ready to give it a shot next time this rolls around. wrd Speakin' o' Supras. I think a few of the MK3 guys are doing the same thing come November if a few of you wanna do this again.

[snapshotgt]

Makes me curious to know what that other street you were talking about had in store.

This road:

[97celiman]

hey where was this in texas???? my buddys got a turbo mk3 that hes dying to actually drive and i wouldnt mind going

[CelicaGT04]

hey where was this in texas???? my buddys got a turbo mk3 that hes dying to actually drive and i wouldnt mind going

Where you been? lol, this was in "round rock"? I guess you could say, right outside of Austin..

Why were you not there?

[NgoFcukinWay]

Makes me curious to know what that other street you were talking about had in store.

This road:

oooooooh boy ohboy ohboy ohboy, George! This looks like it's gonna be fun!

[snapshotgt]

hey where was this in texas???? my buddys got a turbo mk3 that hes dying to actually drive and i wouldnt mind going

Where you been? lol, this was in "round rock"? I guess you could say, right outside of Austin..

Why were you not there?

Actually, it was right in west Austin (meet was 20mins from downtown). Round Rock is 30min north of where we were on I-35.

[NgoFcukinWay]

btw, who were those two dudes that showed up UBER last minute in that green(?) ST?

[snapshotgt]

btw, who were those two dudes that showed up UBER last minute in that green(?) ST?

I was wondering the same thing...
They had the same color car as me ("baltic blue").
I figured they were more Houston guys? Or was Panda and Havok the only two Houston guys to show up late? Maybe member "kylekonvicka" who said they'd roll w/the other two?

[darthripley]

love the pics snapshot

we had a great time meeting up with everyone & enjoyed the drive minus our cooler taking a nose dive in the backseat ... i'm gonna bungee that sucker down next time

thanks for welcoming us - there just aren't enough all-tracs around here to meet with, let alone ones that are running.

we didn't push the car as hard we could with the heat being so bad ... and i'm glad we didn't b/c on the way home the temp gauge was all the way to HOT so we had to stop in Waco & let the car cool down for 30-45 minutes before we could get going again.
the coolant was boiling out of the overflow tank & there was quite a bit of steam coming out of the radiator itself under the cap.
good thing we brought a jug of premixed toyota coolant along b/c it took the entire jug & the gauge stayed at only halfway the rest of the way home.
i'm not totally sure if the thermostat is taking a dive or if the radiator is just that inefficient when the temps under the hood & outside are that high...i've got some searching/investigating to do.

Matt - i'll look tommorrow on the hot start issue & shoot ya a PM on what i can find.

Mario & zero07 - no problem at all, Joe's glad ya'll enjoyed the ride

[CelicaGT04]

hey where was this in texas???? my buddys got a turbo mk3 that hes dying to actually drive and i wouldnt mind going

Where you been? lol, this was in "round rock"? I guess you could say, right outside of Austin..

Why were you not there?

Actually, it was right in west Austin (meet was 20mins from downtown). Round Rock is 30min north of where we were on I-35.

Bahaha tis why you are a mod sir! I LOVE IT!!!

This meet was awesome, its been a long time since i have driven my car that "spirited" (the last time was probably the day i got her and got a ticket ). But i loved every second of the wide eyed, heart pumpin, hand shakin, prairie dogg havin turns that i would do it all over again!

TEXAS MEET FTMFW!!!

[kylekonvicka]

yeah it was me and a friend that rode with i road with panda/havok i wasn't to talkative as i was fckin exhausted next meet should be more fun + i'll have more than $57 dollars which is what i spent on gas made it home with 3/4 tank left!

[808celica]

that's along cruise...it's like going around the island 5 times and then some

nice pics colin

[Toyota_Todd]

Really good turn out and great pics guys and gals!!! Collin sent me the link of the meet and I was suprised to see an all-trac (Vadar) that I recognized. Its always nice to see a bunch of clean Celicas together at one time. We have a meet in my area on July 19th in Champaign, IL. It is not just a Celica meet, but there are always a bunch that show up at the Speed-Source meet. The v6 swap looks great Collin, how does it perform in what was called spirited driving that was mentioned above?

[CelicaST_CALI]

sweet pics for texas whos that white celi with the c-one from??

[NgoFcukinWay]

some quick pics I took.

[DEATH]

Holy crap I'm tired. Anybody else's clutch leg refuse to work when they got to their hometown?
Lisa got tons of pics and vids too - gotta go through and edit them some.
Snap - no mod bashing - we just have a vested interest in keeping at least some fun left in the site. Hopefully you take some of what we said back to mod-ville and take it in the spirit we intended - love for 6gc.net.
You did an incredible job of mapping us a fun route and just overall taking the thankless task of leading the meet [A chore that is usually mine so I'm really happy to report you did well and I had a GREAT time sitting in the "backseat" for a change]. P.S. - you know when Ngofcukingway has such high praise the meet was an absolute success - pat yourself on the back.
Seems like everyone got home OK except maybe Panda and Havok who we somehow lost on the way home - even keeping it to 70mph speedlimit.
Everybody I met was cool as hell [hope you guys liked the stuff I brought you].
SA guys - we gotta get together before the end of the summer both in your town and mine [you guys'll have fun in my garage ].
Darthripley and Just joe - you're car is amazing [thanks for picking an uphill spot to remind me why GT4 owns GT2 - buttholes ]. I'm sure if I didn't spend 4+hrs last weekend overhauling the coolant system I would have been in worse shape. Thanks in advance if you can help me with the heatsoke issue. I'll hit you up when I get to DFW to hit up Aaron and ATS - maybe you can show me some fun roads around there.

Pics coming ASAP.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 13, 2008 - 4:40 PM

[zero07]

Hey Death p.m me your address so that we can even up on that TRD filter, thanks again!

Whoever asked Colin about his car handling on those roads......... it seemed great, i know i was having a great time driving behind him!

Matt post those vids!

This post has been edited by zero07: Jul 13, 2008 - 4:54 PM

[CelicaGT04]

Yes Matt post those pics and vids, im anxious to see what is the deal-io with the vids and pics!

Also, im gonna PM you about the hooooooood..

[CelicaST_CALI]

some quick pics I took.

name these ppl!!!

[NgoFcukinWay]

Anybody else's clutch leg refuse to work when they got to their hometown

ME!

[CelicaGT04]

sweet pics for texas whos that white celi with the c-one from??

Tis me with the c-one REPLICA front bumper!!

[snapshotgt]

The v6 swap looks great Collin, how does it perform in what was called spirited driving that was mentioned above?

Thanks Todd.
The V6 was great. It really can pull hard out of the turns and onto the straight-aways with instant torque.

I've got a bad feeling about this pic that is going to be posted in relation to this pic (**cough scott cough**). You can see my legs sticking out - the pedal pad (is300 type) fell off during the curvys.

....As seen here :

Snap - no mod bashing - we just have a vested interest in keeping at least some fun left in the site. Hopefully you take some of what we said back to mod-ville and take it in the spirit we intended - love for 6gc.net.
You did an incredible job of mapping us a fun route and just overall taking the thankless task of leading the meet [A chore that is usually mine so I'm really happy to report you did well and I had a GREAT time sitting in the "backseat" for a change]. P.S. - you know when Ngofcukingway has such high praise the meet was an absolute success - pat yourself on the back.

Thanks, i'm glad you all enjoyed it. I think we have proved Texas can have a very successful 6gc meet.
I will say i agree with a lot of what you and others said. Its a balancing act on our end in running the "moderation" with forum rules, personal opinions, different personalities etc.

[darthripley]

Darthripley and Just joe - you're car is amazing [thanks for picking an uphill spot to remind me why GT4 owns GT2 - buttholes ]. I'm sure if I didn't spend 4+hrs last weekend overhauling the coolant system I would have been in worse shape. Thanks in advance if you can help me with the heatsoke issue. I'll hit you up when I get to DFW to hit up Aaron and ATS - maybe you can show me some fun roads around there.

Pics coming ASAP.

I sent you a PM regarding the hot start issue - hopefully it will help.
please hit us up when you come on up to dallas & you can see the MR2 & Camry also. there aren't too many fun roads around here ... they only last for 5 minutes, not a nice long rollercoaster like the road snapshot took us on, but we can find something.

Thanks again for all the kind words everyone & for welcoming us to join in

We both can't wait for the next meet with more twisties to attack with a much better suspension ... one that isn't 18yrs old.
zero07 you did a great job sticking right to us - what's your suspension setup?

in case anyone was wondering why i wasn't driving ... i'm still learning how to drive a 5spd & i get nervous driving in a lot of traffic .. think back to when ya'll were learning & that's where i am right now. next time i'm going to be sharing some of the driving along with joe

looking forward to more pics but especially the vids!

[DEATH]

OK here goes [You guys wanna see a bunch of pics? Cause I got over 100 - OK maybe I'll trim back a 1/4 of that].
The Trip Up to Austin:
The view I get when I race Hondas [ I'll fix the orientation later - I'm still working with a substitute comp running W97 ]:



Alex's Fighter Pilot Pose [Practise for when the Poopra finally hits the streets - real Texas mansion can be viewed in BG ]:

Last pit stop:

At Champion Toyota In Austin [Oddly enough one of the sites of '04's Texas Toyota Meet I organised way back]:

The Cruise to the bridge:







The Bridge/Big Meet up of cities [SA, Austin, Houston, DFW, Lufkin, Victoria]











The cruise to store/in the parking lot [Last prep for the main event]:





The main event cruise:





I WILL INSERT VIDEOS HERE [Much much later - not even gonna try with this comp]
The halfway point/Good Texas BBQ!:

Lineup photos 1:




Back at the bridge/Parking garage for final photoshoot/Lineup photos 2:







Individual shots [taken throughout the day in no particular order]:




















Random things we saw an photgraphed:
That's right: JR Ewing upgraded to a Texas Edition Tundra [Sadly enough this is no Photoshop folks]:


Supra boat!

Hardcore minivan

House boat for real:


Big Texas Scenery:




OK I'm done now guys - enjoy. I'll post a video or two later but I want to give Snap a chance to make an epic video from our footage before I post all the raw video.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 14, 2008 - 1:01 PM

[D-Man]

Damn guys, Looks like ya'll had a great time!! I really wish i could have had my car in a drivable condition to meet with ya'll. Hopefully i'll have everything good enough to go for the next one.

Great pix btw, the op 1st pic is Fantasterific!! (My car would have ruined it though )

[CelicaST_CALI]

sweet pics,u guys really take ur meets seriously down there..lol

[DEATH]

I sent you a PM regarding the hot start issue - hopefully it will help.

I saw thanks. Not exactly good news that it's probably wiring related. I'll get myself over to alltrac.net and maybe you can get some of the techs over there to walk me through it. I'll do that and the first part of the speedo wiring at the same time. Then I'll install my SAFC-II and knock out the second part of the speedo thing at that time and hopefully I'll be finished with all that nonsense then.
Know any friendly knowledgable alltrac peeps in Houston?
BTW - I called Juan at the junkers this morning and of course he doesn't know WTF I'm talking about with the badges but I'll get myself over there and pick them up for you. He did say that since they were just badges we could work out a deal for beer - my favorite kind of bribe . Soonest I would have them is Sat tho [assuming I don't get any oil change/tune up business in the meantime]. Don't worry tho - I'm on it.

zero07 you did a great job sticking right to us - what's your suspension setup?

X2 man - enlighten us.
On that subject - the cruise highlighted some major defiencies in the sway bar/bushings and what not in the rear of my car. Anybody wanna get a GB on the side going for bushings, end links and maybe some upgraded sways? PM me if you're interested. Anybody who has upgraded these components LMK what you're experiences were.

Snap - PM me your e-mail and mailing address [I'm thinking I won't have any way to e-mail them to you - might have to put them on DVD in data format] so that we can get these people their vids. You got a teaser for them at least?

I just wanna say again that everyone I met [everyone] was really cool Sat. Nice to see everybody check their egos and just have fun together.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 14, 2008 - 4:45 PM

[95celgt]

BLAHHHH well nobody called and then i heard you old timers flocked back home early lol...........
But i had a blast in SA with scott and other friends, got to drive on some twisties in pitch blackness!!! got vids of the celica / TT driving in the dark and scott kept raping cars while he drove the TT.....just got back this morning in time for work// next meet i'm planning on having built a celi by then so we'll see how that goes if not ill rape that road in the TT

[NgoFcukinWay]

Erik (zero07) said he was on DropTech springs with some balding Bridgestone tires.

The first time around, I made the mistake of going through the course in 5th gear most of the way, so I didn't really have any power coming out of the turns. Bleh. Afterwards though, I was in 3rd and 4th depending on the turns. I think my suspension set-up did fairly well. Probably better if I had stickier tires like Joe's Falken Azenis RT-615.

[Jared95]

had a blast at the meet. . . i didn't think my car was capable of those roads, but i say it felt pretty good.

maybe next time i'll actually have a 5 spd and not driving a gayomatic.

[Batman722]

that meet looks wicked good. Nice road !

[DEATH]

I think my suspension set-up did fairly well. Probably better if I had stickier tires like Joe's Falken Azenis RT-615.

Yokohama Parada Spec II's in 225-40r17 were what I was wishing for - they're damn near made for that kind of course [Sticky on the outside to hold the course, semi slick on the inside for the launch - would have been perfect for me]
I wanna go back - tonight [just trailered with an A/C'd matching Tundra for comfort - hell I'll even take JR's version above with the horns ]

that meet looks wicked good. Nice road !

Keep checking back - we got vids

BLAHHHH well nobody called and then i heard you old timers flocked back home early lol...........
But i had a blast in SA with scott and other friends, got to drive on some twisties in pitch blackness!!! got vids of the celica / TT driving in the dark and scott kept raping cars while he drove the TT.....just got back this morning in time for work// next meet i'm planning on having built a celi by then so we'll see how that goes if not ill rape that road in the TT

What the heck? I thought you were gonna meet us down there?

ps Knocking on the door of EC6gc.

3rd coast comin up. We need to have another one in New Orleans with everyone from the gulf states

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 14, 2008 - 6:03 PM

[snapshotgt]

Nice pics Matt. Your girlfriend got some good pics and angles that i missed since i was doing double duty on the video camera. Hopefully it will pay off with a video.

Snap - PM me your e-mail and mailing address [I'm thinking I won't have any way to e-mail them to you - might have to put them on DVD in data format] so that we can get these people their vids. You got a teaser for them at least?

I will try to get a short teaser up within a day or 2 (maybe 25-30 epics seconds?). As far as a full video, that'll be a little more of a wait. I need to get some of the footage from you anyway. Maybe we should all wait for the final video? Who needs a teaser?

I just wanna say again that everyone I met [everyone] was really cool Sat. Nice to see everybody check their egos and just have fun together.

How are we supposed to interpret this?

[DEATH]

Nice pics Matt. Your girlfriend got some good pics and angles that i missed since i was doing double duty on the video camera. Hopefully it will pay off with a video.

Snap - PM me your e-mail and mailing address [I'm thinking I won't have any way to e-mail them to you - might have to put them on DVD in data format] so that we can get these people their vids. You got a teaser for them at least?

I will try to get a short teaser up within a day or 2 (maybe 25-30 epics seconds?). As far as a full video, that'll be a little more of a wait. I need to get some of the footage from you anyway. Maybe we should all wait for the final video? Who needs a teaser?

I just wanna say again that everyone I met [everyone] was really cool Sat. Nice to see everybody check their egos and just have fun together.

How are we supposed to interpret this?

1. GF but thanks - I'll let her know.
2. I need a teaser
3. just what I told you before - in the spirit it was intended - as a compliment. I just know tuners - this wasn't pointed at anyone in particular.

[snapshotgt]

1. GF but thanks - I'll let her know.
2. I need a teaser
3. just what I told you before - in the spirit it was intended - as a compliment. I just know tuners - this wasn't pointed at anyone in particular.

1.) Edited above.
2.) Haha, ok.
3.) I hear you

[supershannon77]

Looks like an awesome meet...seems like us ec6gc will have to make a trip to tx or vice versa.

[NgoFcukinWay]

We should get a big national thing together like the Supras do with the Texas 2K series and the Supras Invade Los Vegas meets

[CelicaST_CALI]

id be down for vegas,id jsut need notice like 5 monts in advance to start saving lol

[95celgt]

well i kinda got there late so i knew you guys wouldn't be at the bridge so by the time i got ahold of scott you all had split already...oh well, i had a blast in SA anyway, plus i woulda been the only non-celica:P

[Havok1997GT]

Hey everyone. Me and Panda made it back ok. Panda stuck with me at 60 mph which was the best i could do. Thanks Houston Crew for stickin with me for a while. Total damage. Blown Tranny. Yep its gone. Having it rebuilt, be about a week in the shop. but i got a good guy working on it and hes going to be able to keep the repair under $800. But i dont care. even tho we didnt get to make the whole thing and we only got to say high to everyone, i got to meet you fackers and thats what counts for me. It was awesome meeting all of you and it was great seeing the houston crew again, need to do a houston meet soon. well wish my celi luck and hope she makes it out of surgery all better.

[CelicaST_CALI]

showing off???

[Havok1997GT]

showing off???

Nope. Blew 5th gear half way to Austin

[CelicaST_CALI]

hahah sucks that that would happen on a day like that

[kylekonvicka]

haha why were you calling me an as shole?

[DEATH]

haha why were you calling me an as shole?

What the hell are you talking about? Didn't seem like one to me, but I only shook your hand so IDK.

On the subject of a North American Celica meet - we all just saw what it took to plan a Texas-wide meet [Granted Texas is the size of several small states but]. I'm pretty sure all we are capabale of is coast-wide meets but I'd def like to tbe proven wrong. Kansas would seem to be the logical place for one. Barring that, I still see a 3rd Coast meet as being doable with it's location in New Orleans [Doesn't hurt that that town is killer to party in either]. Mardi Gras anyone?

[playr158]

wow looks like you guys had a great meet.

I think this qualifies for more than just knocking on the e6gc door

[zero07]

wow looks like you guys had a great meet.

I think this qualifies for more than just knocking on the e6gc door

I agree!!!!!!!

Death and Darthripely: my suspension set-up..... Dropzone springs, stock struts, and some really wasted potenzas!

I think its mostley balls and the love to drive, you gotta know what your cars capable of and dont push it any further.

Next time: Strut bar, new rubber, new struts, this should let me be a little more comfortable on those rodes!

But thanks for the compliment on my driving skillz!

[playr158]

I think its mostley balls and the love to drive, you gotta know what you are capable of and dont push it any further.

edit

and just remember having balls and assuming you have balls are two different things which will get you killed.

[DEATH]

Very true. I had a buddy follow me through some pretty hairy high speed turns [at the track] here and he and his '01 GTS found themselves off the course - took out the whole bottom of that car. I'm positive it was driver error. No insurance will cover that either. Poor guy - he loved that car too.

[snapshotgt]

Posting a teaser video later today.

[snapshotgt]

Posting a teaser video later today.

Okay nvm.
After going through the footage,
looks like i only have enough good stuff for a quality 2-3 min video. It'll be short, but it'll be sweet and action packed.

[CelicaGT04]

wow looks like you guys had a great meet.

I think this qualifies for more than just knocking on the e6gc door

I agree!!!!!!!

Death and Darthripely: my suspension set-up..... Dropzone springs, stock struts, and some really wasted potenzas!

I think its mostley balls and the love to drive, you gotta know what your cars capable of and dont push it any further.

Next time: Strut bar, new rubber, new struts, this should let me be a little more comfortable on those rodes!

But thanks for the compliment on my driving skillz!

We kicked that hoe down! (the door i mean)

I have DZ springs too, but i guess my balls arent as big as yours zero...

When i was following Keri and Joe (Darthripley) they were leaving me behind and i doubt they were even trying.. lol.. they breeeeeeeeezed around the turns, and when i say breeze i mean literally they made it look sexy and fun (i prob made it look nasty and unsafe) lol

Maybe i was just scared to go around blind turns pretty quickly, and i was scared for my life.. but if i hesitated then i knew i would definitely lose control..

PRACTICE FTW and maybe some coilovers lol

WE GOTTTA DO IT AGAIN PEOPLE!!!

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Jul 15, 2008 - 3:31 PM

[Havok1997GT]

Tranny update: anything and everything that has to do with 5th gear is torn all the Sh!t. Total damage: 1800 bucks. Really sucks too cuz i cant just go buy a new one and install it cuz i have no other car and im in between jobs right now trying to find better employment and i need to get to enterviews, and i dont have the time to replace it myself or with Deaths and Pandas help. I need it back now. Sucks!

But oh well. Glad it happened now then later cuz its never a good idea to be late to a new job. i can be late to the job i have now and they dont say anything. And now my Tranny will be in great shap, so there is a plus to all this.

This post has been edited by Havok1997GT: Jul 15, 2008 - 4:51 PM

[darthripley]

But thanks for the compliment on my driving skillz!

no prob - with better suspension that should help you out a lot

When i was following Keri and Joe (Darthripley) they were leaving me behind and i doubt they were even trying.. lol.. they breeeeeeeeezed around the turns, and when i say breeze i mean literally they made it look sexy and fun (i prob made it look nasty and unsafe) lol

Thanks Mario!

Joe was at about 50% so not pushing too hard ... we didn't want to completely leave you behind

I was pleased with the alltrac's performance given the fact the suspension is old & worn & original to the car.
the only things we have to help around corners is a Torsen LSD in the rear + the Falken Azenis

Next time we'll have a completely redone suspension - GAB 4 way adjustable struts, Jspeed springs, whiteline RSB & new bushings .. should make the handling a bit better

Havoc, sorry to hear about your tranny, but glad you're getting it all fixed up.

If ya'll are looking to do a really big meet, Kansas would be a great place ... Heartland Park in Topeka is where the MR2's/Elises/Alltracs used to meet in past years. they have a drag strip & a nice road course so there would be events for everyone. maybe it could be an all gen Celica get together?

[95celgt]

the REAL SA car meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TT, GT, SUPRA

[97Celica]

post the damned video!

[kylekonvicka]

no death i wasn't talking about you calling me an ashole when i drove by havok with my siren on he was shaking his head calling me an ashole lol

[DEATH]

Tranny update: anything and everything that has to do with 5th gear is torn all the Sh!t. Total damage: 1800 bucks. Really sucks too cuz i cant just go buy a new one and install it cuz i have no other car and im in between jobs right now trying to find better employment and i need to get to enterviews, and i dont have the time to replace it myself or with Deaths and Pandas help. I need it back now. Sucks!

But oh well. Glad it happened now then later cuz its never a good idea to be late to a new job. i can be late to the job i have now and they dont say anything. And now my Tranny will be in great shap, so there is a plus to all this.

Sh*t - is it such that you can still drive but have no 5th or is it like the whole tranny is dead? Reason being is cause I'm getting an E153, Rear Mount, Axle Carrier and Axles from an SS-III clip here in town really cheap but it's not like I can rush the guy. As far as I know the clip is still not stripped down and when you're swapping that's not something you wanna do fast - best to take your time and label/photgraph everything you can. I know the guy doing the swap and if I know him at all it'll be at least a month before my parts are ready to go.
If you don't need it cause you're in a bind I still know one person who needs my old tranny anyway so no big deal any way you look at it.

What I wanna know is how cars like mine and especially Itchy's can drive around swapped on S54 and beating the hell out of it for years and yours takes a dump on a basically stock 5S?

the REAL SA car meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TT, GT, POOPRA

Fixed.
No offense to the Poopra but untill they shed the travesty that is the 7M they remain Poopra's. I wonder if that's anyone Alex knows? I swear that boy knows every Poopra [And no longer Poopra] in Texas. 1JZ's everywhere.

BLAHHHH well nobody called and then i heard you old timers flocked back home early lol...........

Just so you know - It was the much younger people in my car that I left for. Despite the fact I'd been up since 6am, sunburnt, hot and clutch leg mutiny I was ready to stick around and/or head for SA

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 16, 2008 - 6:23 AM

[snapshotgt]

The meet video is here. TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP and enjoy.
disclaimer: Youtube killed the qaulity. It's 3mins 38secs in length.

MEET VIDEO

[Jared95]

Snap that is an amazing video

[CelicaGT04]

Snap that is an amazing video

X2!!! Not only was the music beyond perfect for every scene... the video footage is viewable lol.

Colin, great work man!

Edit*- I really loved the ending! (darthripleys GT-4)

P.s. Im still tryin to get that "epic" one up for you lol

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Jul 16, 2008 - 11:05 AM

[zero07]

O.K its official, your the producer of the next Texas meet vid!!

Texas FTMFW!

[darthripley]

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

[D-Man]

Damn! i wish i could have been there.

Costly car repairs + inspection + Weddings to attend = FTL

Oh well, maybe next time

GREAT VID though!!

[CelicaST_CALI]

its not the end of the world...-_- lol nice video

[DEATH]

Texas FTMFW!

X1000000000000000000
F*ck ya'll - I'm from Texas!

Sux - I can't see the video cause I just got a new comp and the firewall won't let me DL flash player but with Snap at the controls I have full confidence it was extremely well made. Our video is bouncy due to no car stand for the camera but we all went up a steep steep hill at one point and it [Appears] that Lisa couldn't bring the camera back up due to the G's we were pulling. It's great vid of Snap and Zero. As soon as Photobucket let's me finish the DL's I'll get them right up. Raw shaky footage but cool nonetheless.

Snap - can I get the raw footage and the vid you made for Houston Toyota Club's records? You'll get full ownership/props of course.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 16, 2008 - 3:31 PM

[97Celica]

nice vid. I don't any "legal" ones but I'd share if I could! aha.

[DEATH]

its not the end of the world...-_- lol nice video

It kind of is for D-Man - he was the most psyched out of all the Houston crew and was the only one of us that didn't at least make it there.
D-man, Look at it this way tho - only Alex and I we're able to make the run in the hills out of the entire Houston Crew.

BTW - Houston/Lufkin/Victoria/and hell whoever else would want one - I got HTC stickers in red [of course - I'm out of the rest] if anybody wants one. Hell - Alex and I are HTC OG's - we'll give them to whoever we want. They get you 20% off parts at Joe Myer's and Don McGill Katy BTW.

nice vid. I don't any "legal" ones but I'd share if I could! aha.

Texas highways are 70mph Yellow speed limit signs are "suggested" but the 70mph stands in the absense of slower white speedlimit signs.
Snaps a mod - he's not gonna break the rules - trust me.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 16, 2008 - 3:30 PM

[Havok1997GT]

Tranny update: anything and everything that has to do with 5th gear is torn all the Sh!t. Total damage: 1800 bucks. Really sucks too cuz i cant just go buy a new one and install it cuz i have no other car and im in between jobs right now trying to find better employment and i need to get to enterviews, and i dont have the time to replace it myself or with Deaths and Pandas help. I need it back now. Sucks!

But oh well. Glad it happened now then later cuz its never a good idea to be late to a new job. i can be late to the job i have now and they dont say anything. And now my Tranny will be in great shap, so there is a plus to all this.

Sh*t - is it such that you can still drive but have no 5th or is it like the whole tranny is dead? Reason being is cause I'm getting an E153, Rear Mount, Axle Carrier and Axles from an SS-III clip here in town really cheap but it's not like I can rush the guy. As far as I know the clip is still not stripped down and when you're swapping that's not something you wanna do fast - best to take your time and label/photgraph everything you can. I know the guy doing the swap and if I know him at all it'll be at least a month before my parts are ready to go.
If you don't need it cause you're in a bind I still know one person who needs my old tranny anyway so no big deal any way you look at it.

What I wanna know is how cars like mine and especially Itchy's can drive around swapped on S54 and beating the hell out of it for years and yours takes a dump on a basically stock 5S?

the REAL SA car meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TT, GT, POOPRA

Fixed.
No offense to the Poopra but untill they shed the travesty that is the 7M they remain Poopra's. I wonder if that's anyone Alex knows? I swear that boy knows every Poopra [And no longer Poopra] in Texas. 1JZ's everywhere.

BLAHHHH well nobody called and then i heard you old timers flocked back home early lol...........

Just so you know - It was the much younger people in my car that I left for. Despite the fact I'd been up since 6am, sunburnt, hot and clutch leg mutiny I was ready to stick around and/or head for SA

I cant drive around without 5th. I drive way to much just from work and back, it was bad enough driving it home. But id do more damage then just going ahead and fixing it. Its going to suck every bit of cash i have out of me but it will be finished 2mrw. And i can tell you exactly why it crapped out even tho its just a 5s.

1, people that drove it before me suck and dont know how to drive a standard
2, it has 222,000 miles on it. Give it some credit. I checked out all the reports that i had when i bought the car and i carfaxed it before i bought. Its never had any tranny work done to it.

[D-Man]

its not the end of the world...-_- lol nice video

It kind of is for D-Man - he was the most psyched out of all the Houston crew and was the only one of us that didn't at least make it there.
D-man, Look at it this way tho - only Alex and I we're able to make the run in the hills out of the entire Houston Crew.

BTW - Houston/Lufkin/Victoria/and hell whoever else would want one - I got HTC stickers in red [of course - I'm out of the rest] if anybody wants one. Hell - Alex and I are HTC OG's - we'll give them to whoever we want. They get you 20% off parts at Joe Myer's and Don McGill Katy BTW.

nice vid. I don't any "legal" ones but I'd share if I could! aha.

Texas highways are 70mph Yellow speed limit signs are "suggested" but the 70mph stands in the absense of slower white speedlimit signs.
Snaps a mod - he's not gonna break the rules - trust me.

Yeah, i am the happy-go-lucky type. Besides, i'd have liked everyone to take a look at my car before it undergoes a few changes. Oh well, ya'lls loss. (too bad that you didnt get to see the crapyest car that couldn't make it )

HTC stickers? I'll be haveing one. i'll put an HTC on one side, and 6gc.net on the other

And Texas hwy laws are pretty insane, hell, they've been known to be higher than 70 before. This is us facing a gas shortage problem But we dont have to follow the rules of the other states. We're still the only state that demands the respect of a country (and the only state allowed to declare ourselfs our own country...again...)

Texas... FTMFW.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 16, 2008 - 3:38 PM

[DEATH]

I cant drive around without 5th. I drive way to much just from work and back, it was bad enough driving it home. But id do more damage then just going ahead and fixing it. Its going to suck every bit of cash i have out of me but it will be finished 2mrw. And i can tell you exactly why it crapped out even tho its just a 5s.
1, people that drove it before me suck and dont know how to drive a standard
2, it has 222,000 miles on it. Give it some credit. I checked out all the reports that i had when i bought the car and i carfaxed it before i bought. Its never had any tranny work done to it.

No - not saying anything against it at all. 222,000 is a respectable amount of time for any tranny to last and I'm sure the uphills on the way to Austin took a few more Houston miles out of her. Your gonna be lovin a new tranny anyway. Better get yourself to my house and pick up that other poly mount while you can for the rear since it will be out anyway - no excuse not to upgrade it [especially when I'm not asking anything for it]

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:04 AM

[Havok1997GT]

hah! well i have to wait till the thing gets back to me first. But i think a trip to your place to hang out is long over due anyways. i got to get that Cover for under my CD player anyways.

[DEATH]

(too bad that you didnt get to see the crapyest car that couldn't make it )
HTC stickers? I'll be haveing one. i'll put an HTC on one side, and 6gc.net on the other

Maybe not since we got you 90% fixed up - there were a couple of cars there with body damage worse than what you got. Plus we needed the representative Vert.
1 5th gen GT4
1 Vert
1 Coupe
and a buttload of HB's


BTW - I got plenty of stickers - you can have two.

hah! well i have to wait till the thing gets back to me first. But i think a trip to your place to hang out is long over due anyways. i got to get that Cover for under my CD player anyways.

Yup - I know right where that is - I'll put it with the mount. You better get it to your mech tho before he buttons it up - you know how much of a B it is otherwise [Pretty much why it's not yet on my car]. Wanna stop by on the way home tonight?

[Havok1997GT]

That guy wouldnt put it on. I just called and he gave me some BS about Warrenty and it not being a part he ordered and (what cought my attention) was that if he did put it on he wouldnt warrenty any of the work he did. So nah that will be some im doing myself. And to be honest if you want to just give it to me, ill take it and just do it when i do my shocks,Springs and CVs since ill be under the car and now that i know how to get that stupid mount in and out it shouldnt be a problem. Remember, we had so much trouble because we didnt life the engine up by the Oil Pan thus not getting it high enough to get the mount out. it should be a walk in the park the next time around. and to add on to it, i have a new front mount finally that needs to be put on so while im under there i might as well just do the inserts too

[DEATH]

Did you ever get with Kirk? I need to order a set and split it with you.

[Havok1997GT]

nah i hadnt yet. but i check not to long ago and he had updated the Thread and said he was still doing them, for the same price. let me catch my breath after this tranny stuff and ill go in halfs with yah.

[DEATH]

Cool cool - I'm in no rush. i gotta find the poly sway mounts and endlink bushing first. plus I have zero wheelhop as is and my motor moves not a bit

[UTSlickVic]

WOW! Looks like a yall had a great meet! Great turn out. Great Video. Austin is the BEST.... I miss the heck out of it...sigh

Good Job!

[DEATH]

WOW! Looks like a yall had a great meet! Great turn out. Great Video. Austin is the BEST.... I miss the heck out of it...sigh

Good Job!

Oh yeah duh! That's why you didn't reply to my invitation - you already did two meet threads back huh? Sorry to keep buggin ya.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Hell - Alex and I are HTC OG's - we'll give them to whoever we want. They get you 20% off parts at Joe Myer's and Don McGill Katy BTW.

I get a bigger discount at Champions Toyota as well. I'm not sure if it covers non-Supra parts, but hey, it's worth a shot.

[snapshotgt]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

I knew we had a few Star Wars lovers here, just couldn't resist.

[Havok1997GT]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

I knew we had a few Star Wars lovers here, just couldn't resist.

at least 3





This post has been edited by Havok1997GT: Jul 16, 2008 - 7:57 PM

[parriehunter]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

I knew we had a few Star Wars lovers here, just couldn't resist.

at least 3

at least 4

[kylekonvicka]

i'll take 2 stickers and a hat i'll compensate if i need, death. <3 your celi has given me goals for mine btw

[DEATH]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

I knew we had a few Star Wars lovers here, just couldn't resist.

at least 3

at least 4

Make that 5 - I still got all my figures from childhood + hundreds of EPI carded figures and every version of the movies, spinoffs, making of's ever produced including two 1st edition EPIV VHS still wrapped in plastic. Oh yeah, and my '83 Rancor Monster too

i'll take 2 stickers and a hat i'll compensate if i need, death. <3 your celi has given me goals for mine btw

Stickers are $5/pair and a hat is free if you buy parts from me
Thanks alot man - She's still a Work In Progress. The engine/clutch are built and broken in. Now just gotta buy and install my EGT gauge this week and it's time to turn up the boost. I'll be having my upgraded Turbo built by 2 weeks at the latest
Check out my build thread and progress thread for details [And show her some love - leave me a comment or two]:
Build thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=55164
Progress thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=57042
It's been a rocky road but soooooo worth it!

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 17, 2008 - 8:22 AM

[D-Man]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

+3 great vid work snapshot & perfect music too i might add!!

I knew we had a few Star Wars lovers here, just couldn't resist.

at least 3

at least 4

Make that 5 - I still got all my figures from childhood + hundreds of EPI carded figures and every version of the movies, spinoffs, making of's ever produced including two 1st edition EPIV VHS still wrapped in plastic. Oh yeah, and my '83 Rancor Monster too

6

i'll take 2 stickers and a hat i'll compensate if i need, death. <3 your celi has given me goals for mine btw

Stickers are $5/pair and a hat is free if you buy parts from me
Thanks alot man - She's still a Work In Progress. The engine/clutch are built and broken in. Now just gotta buy and install my EGT gauge this week and it's time to turn up the boost. I'll be having my upgraded Turbo built by 2 weeks at the latest
Check out my build thread and progress thread for details [And show her some love - leave me a comment or two]:
Build thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=55164
Progress thread: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=57042
It's been a rocky road but soooooo worth it!

Hey, i buy parts from you, I'll be having my hat this weekend when i come for more

And speaking of upgrading turbos... oh, we'll talk about it on sat.

[DEATH]

That's fine provided I hook you up on those gauges tomorrow like we said You won't have to wait on the boost gauge either cause I already have the new EGT picked out and waiting on your cash Remember those badass gauges with the stepper motors available in various lighting schemes that Turbochargers has on display right when you walk in? Those

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 17, 2008 - 9:59 AM

[D-Man]

Nope, i aint been to Turbochargers yet I really need to go!! and yeah, i'm going to sticker tomorrow, then dropping by your house. Answer your phone when i call, you're always sending me to Voice Mail And get that hard rock Aqua-Teen-Hunger-Force theme back on their, i'm tired of hearing regular ringing.

[spolski07]

buhahaahahahahahahahahahah

[D-Man]

^ ^

I dont get it...

[NgoFcukinWay]

I was wondering when that picture would show up

[D-Man]

I was wondering when that picture would show up

What am i looking at exacaly? Mr. Harry legs wiring something? Changing a fuse? Or b/c i didn't goto the meet, i'm not on the "in" croud enough to under stand; and nobodys gunna tell me, and leave me in suspense...

[DEATH]

Or b/c i didn't goto the meet, i'm not on the "in" croud enough to under stand; and nobodys gunna tell me, and leave me in suspense...

Exactly.
There is a very obvious clue a few pages back - he even predicted this would happen