I don't know if we should go with a ban, since we DON'T know what happened here. I think no names should be pointed, but we should ALL know what happened so that we don't make the same mistake twice. It's a group and no one should be singled out.

 

it wasn't the "groups" behavior in any way...punishment by association is what happened here.

 

well that sux. who's the *** that screwed up the o'charlies meet before i could make another one? what'd he do, donuts in the parking lot?

 

actually the only thing i can think off is that out of the whole group, not many people ate, probably a bit less than half, yet we took up all that space.....that's the only thing i can think of, lol.

 

The buzz on the OGTA thread is that this was the event at O'Charley's that's causing all the trouble:



If so, then add me to the list!

1) BigIslandSevens
2) Teh Jeezus
3) Ray

 

 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Destruction!

 

that just makes me wanna cry dave

 

Hooooly **** dave! I got a -SE rotor here with something like that but not THAT bad! oof...

 

I usually get some PB Blaster in it overnight, then get the 19mm 6 side socket and a long ratchet, then the Racing Beat 4foot exhaust tube here and use that as a breaker. Comes off with minimal fuss. I got the bar and some PB here if you need any.

 

[QUOTE=BigIslandSevens;8884169]On a lighter note...
Who all from our group is planning on going to ZOOM-FEST 09'? I think I am going to contact Billy(organizer) and give a couple ideas of activities for us all to participate in while there. such as: Engine building contest( might be difficult do to the costs of o-rings but a thought nonetheless.
Also, things like fastest tire change,best flame thorwing,worst fuel milage,Best burnout( if allowoed, doubtfull), best idle, easiest starting(FB,FC,FD Rx8,Etc..), Who has the most tools in their car, spare parts in the car, etc..

stupid, fun things like that, Any other ideas throw them out there. Even if you don't plan on going./QUOTE]

That sounds great. I doubt they will let us do the burnout contest.

The engine building contest would be great, I got some old oil control rings and springs and whatnot from the last couple engines I tore down that we could use as well.

Also, I am bringing a caravan of Miata's down with me. This should turn out to be one hell of a ZoomFest!

 

i was recommended a gasket material from CarQuest, supposedly very resistant and great product. I was wondering if anyone else has used anything similar, if so what do you recommend, other than oem?

i've replaced the oem gasket 2 times in the past 6 months and i need to replace it again, the first time the coolant o'rings went and got some anti-freeze on the gasket, 2nd time was my fault i'd left a freeze plug a bit crooked and the pressure just pushed it sideways...but this time there's no coolant or anything and it still broke, and it's just regular stockport with no boost nor anything.

 

on an engine build?

 

nope just regular intake gaskets....... but you did bring up another question i've had for a while, who do you guys get your seals (hard/soft) from?.... i wanna do an engine rebuild sometime, but i've never seen any seals kits.

 

Black RTV, 2 quarters. OEM Intake gasket.

I can get 12a and 13b gasket kits for about $100 and some change. Hard seal's I haven't really looked for but I could find some.

 

i jb welded the freeze plugs in there. i have no coolant leaks but my gasket still broke it's only (3-4 months old) the oem gasket, so i was looking for other good gaskets, that gasket material is about 8 bucks after tax for the whole roll, i guess i'm gonna try it and see how it turns out, just wondering if anyone's tried anything besides the oem.

hell yeah, i may have to get you to get me some gaskets and stuff when i decide to rebuild my engine, i'm definitely gonna need some help with that, i may just get Josh Long to help me out with it since he lives closer lol...but it's gonna be a while down the road.

 

So, what's the deal Dre? The only thing I can think of is the croud, we brought in. I don't know? Is it possible that I could speak with the manager and try to smooth things over? Damn, I hate this. I thought we had a good thing there. Speaking of banning people, if the OGTA guys aren't ever going to come to any of our meets, I think they need to stay out of our thread......

Just kidding Ray. The TII build is something that I have been wanting to do for ever. It's just now coming together. Should be putting the engine together shortly

 

so im n the works on a new location in huntersville. we will see what happens. any imput on a location sam? we need to see what we can do in the next few weeks if not, i guess its back to the target parking lot and just go from there. Lets just try to be civil ext time, where not a honda crowd after all. lol

 

you still up sam?

 

here is my suggestion. This is how the corvette club works. They let it free range. Every month some one new comes up with an activity or meeting place and they all try to fluctuate with one another so one person does not have to drive a hour every time and some one else is only 10 mins away each time. They made a small website with pic albums, and a calender. It works nice and keeps every one interested. We could try that for a while. Say some one could have a cookout one month, some one could have a day ride planned, some body could get everyone together for a autox, and so on. I think this would keep interest up and keep us from over staying our welcome at one place. It may take some time to get it all organized but in the long run it might be fun.

 

I could go for that . Like you said, it would keep every1's interest up

 

You hurt my little feeling Sam. Are all you TII guys this cruel?



Besides, I hear that when they arrest you up there in the Carolina's they throw away the key and nobody ever hears from you again.

How about Lake Hartwell for a meeting place, is that too far?

 

Damn I guess I'm going to have to change my signature now. Thanks a lot whoever caused this. I'm with Dave and Stu on the ban for whoever mans up on this.

Hmmm, Huntersville, thats close, me likee.

 

I get out of church at 2 now so its goin to b hard just to make it. Mayb for the drive afterwards only. Too bad what ever happened

 

I wouldn't mind Huntersville meet. I like Robbies idea about basically touring this corner of NC

Hey Picha, I think we can work something out about you getting out at 2 from church. We originally started the meet at 2pm but it started getting cold and darker sooner.