I'll continue to rant on this since I lived with both guys at the time. CHASE ripped you off and tried dragging Ryan into it. CHASE is the horrible business operator who operated without a license and ripped people off left and right. Ryan was legit for years before Chase...license, paying taxes, etc.

Not aimed at you, just general information for all my EF brothers to recognize.

 

Well guys I figured I'd throw this up in here to see if anyone had some extra parts laying around.. At this point I dont see my car making it to Import Alliance due to money issues.. Suspension is whats killing me at this point, I just can't save up the $1,100 for the suspension I want.... :/
I am looking for Obd1 b16 alternator, fuel injectors, distributor, and ecu. I'm also looking for a set of Koni Yellow Ground control on the cheaper side so please keep your eyes open!

 

you may not have the funds, but the bank does

 

Good joke with the economy the way it is... hahahaha

 

 

i think he ment rob it lol

 

i drove 14 hours from chicago to VIR by myself. ran with Trackdaze. great organization.

i met some friends there. they were instructing...and i was placed in the advanced group-with 40+ cars-with a formula car, viper acrs, gt3rs's, etc. it was a HOOOT. i got wailed on on the back straight and front straight, but it was fun riding an ACRs bumper through the uphill esses floored in 5h gear revving pretty high.


i took pics, i'll put them up when i'm at a faster compueter.


what a beautiful place. its about as life changing as anything could be for me. i am considering a move to the east coast in 5 years . unbelieveable track.

sadly....Blu wasnt there. sadface.


i pulled an all nighter bombing home, got the car off the trailer/powerwashed/dried by 9, and went to work...and had the hardest day i've had in a LONG time.

 

i couldn't come...we had a family discussion about me spending too much time working on my car, or doing stuff with cars in general

but i did want to come

 

Yeah, I do realize that. I just wish that the phone stayed in Ryans hand thats all... I got an ECU from Ryan and I guess Chase did the Harness. Lets just hope they both work out when I actually finish the car! Im not bitching and I hope Ryan doesnt think I have any problem with his company, he explained it to me. I actually am hoping to order a clutch line and see if he can make me some custom brake lines to fit my type r calipers. Once all the dust settled it was clear what the problem was. I guess I just wish I waited a few extra weeks before sending out 2 oem harness's and a couple bills. hurts to think about. I don't plan to support Chase's business at any time. Maybe Ryan will remember an old customer!

 

massive pic post time. copied from Ef-honda a bit.


i made it back from the track yesterday morning just in time for a bit of a late start to work....running on almost no sleep, etc. long day. the trip was amazing though. i'd drive twice as far to get to that track (roughly 14 hours at 65 with my truck/trailer, and short stops).

the trip took me through some mountains, and i love mountains. mind you, all the pics will probably be camera-phone sucky. have fun?!



here is charleston WV...if you can make anything out





woke up at an amazing track. couldnt see anything when we got there due to the rain/fog. unloaded trailers, set up canopies, hopped in truck beds and fell asleep. the next two days were GORGEOUS though


a shot of my car and buddies's car, the penn brothers..(vq35HR powered 240...they were instructing, i was placed in the advanced run group)



view of the front straigh/grid area...that building in the back has condos on top with balconies on top of the start/finish line.. jeremy and allison (my brother and his wife) showed up and rented one, and hung out for the weekend on the way to florida to see the shuttle launch. i usually do a lot of trackdays a year with both of them (she rocks a turbo del sol, and jeremy has a massive/fast turbo maxima). they were tortured by spectating, but we had a great time. allison shrieked when i gave her a ride. she LOVED the track.



facing other way down front straight





view off balcony





morning meeting... 150 people tracking that day. thats actually not that full for VIR, as its a MASSIVE track. look how happy everyone is. thats because they are at VIR. VIR is happiness. happiness isnt a warm gun, its VIR.



hanging out in pits. this was a "vacation" for me, so i just kinda hung out, etc. didnt have to really mess with the car, as it was NA (the big cooler in front is an oil cooler). nothing really did anything...just took wheels off and checked brakes, etc. i did put a front caliper together wrong, and had a pad hanging up the first day..causing the car to pull right under braking. found that in the morning the next day. MUCH more confidence inspiring after that! haha





the infield area of the track is HUGE. like, has a lake w/island, forest area, massive fields, biggest paddocks (two) i've ever seen, etc. i had to drive around it, as its too big to walk around between sessions. here is a view of the lower esses entering the bridge straight, right before the upper esses (which you take floored in 5th if your car can do it. mine could , and it RULED)



i shifted to 5th under bridge.



then keep it pinned through these, the infamous uphill esses, then breathe off the gas a bit before the big drop off turn 10, feeling like your dropping at 9.6m/sec/sec. its a REAL hoot. those are the villas you can rent off to the left..i guess they are really nice. TOP GEAR uk filmed on the balconies of them for their VIR episode recently.









a view of the sheltered grid area with Skip Barber cars ready for a monday morning event



ole' smokey-motor...she had a fun weekend.





the evening on saturday was fun. we went into the tiny town you go through in NC about a mile away, which seems to have about 50 people living in it. we ate across the street from this sweet old auto-shop. i want to just hang out here.



we ate amazing pizza at aunt millies. this place survives off track rats.you can tell. crappy facility, amazing people/pizza





next door is a building that has been occupied by nature for about 40 years i'd say.





woke up easter morning to a MINT sunrise, and lots of Dew.





car ran phenomenally...passed a few fast cars (couldnt quite run with vipers on these straights, but it ran with everybody through most of the track). the second day was a great day. working myself up to really pushing it through turns 10 and 14a/15 was hard, and i think i really grew as a driver. i LOVED running with this advanced group. over 40 of them too. we had a great classroom session/discussion in the morning, led by a couple of pro drivers (including peter krause!). it was a great couple days running with these guy. most of them had been running this track for over 10 years!

packing up was bittersweet (mainly because of the immanent rainy 14 hour drive ahead). here is a shot from the upper barn after i showered, all packed up and ready to go. shows the ENORMOUS paddock we were in.





the first couple hours home is backroads to get to a major highway. you get to do all kinds of neato roads, and run right by the entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway off of 58.







as soon as it got dark i got to the highway, and it started raining. it pretty much did that the whole way back. boo.

no more pics. its OVA!

 

lol, looks like you had fun. They say VIR spoils you when compared to other tracks. There’s a group of us that plan on running with NASA’s Octoberfast if you want to make the drive back down again.

 

Had 2 ef's and now looking for another civic for auto x.

 

Now thats a holiday vacation my friend! Looks awesome, I have been to Virginia a handful of times at least and it is a peaceful/ beautiful place... especially if your coming from city life.
I admire your dedication to that 14 hour drive!

Any Ariel Atom sightings? I hear they are built right over there.

 

i thought running open, NO-point passing at autobahn full with crazy porsches and doing very well was the pinacle of my automotive life last year.

being one of the mid/low-pack cars on track at VIR was way better. WHAT A TRACK.

when is the date for octoberfast? i might look into that. i'd make the drive any time i can.

didnt see an atoms though, nope. kinda surprised!

 

Aerial Atoms will be on the track this Saturday.

Octoberfast is 7-9th. They’ll be doing drifting and on the Patriot Course there will have CIRCUITCROSS!! Basically timed laps around course. I’ll be signing up for that as well.

 

Sick man, your pinnacle has just begun! Have you ever herd of the site iRacing.com? They have almost every track mapped out, the site is used for people to get a jump in a career of racing. Basically like a real life video game. Im thinking you'll dig it.

I know we say it once a year in here...but, I would love an "Official EF Discussion Track Weekend". I know not everyone can trailer their car cross-country, and being a spectator would just enrage some of us with frustration but it would most likely be a BA weekend! Or we could do that Ariel Atom experience at VIR, no cars needed.

 

Hmmmmm..full course then, right?

 

Circuitcross is on the Patriot. That course is harder than it looks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46DKPPiy_PY

 

Just read every word. THANK YOU for sharing stuff like this. Very, very cool.

 

Anything for you dollface, I'll do more. I liked documenting my lil' vacation

 

Who are you? Al Capone?

 

I am from Chicago. I've been saying dollface a lot. My wife seems to not enjoy it, so I keep doing it.

 

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i also enjoyed it alot, thanks

 

Bumping a thread that moves faster than nearly any other on these forums.... awesome