British Columbia DSM
Van Island - BC DSM Club => Meets => Topic started by: CamWeiss on March 14, 2010, 11:46:44 pm
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Spring is just around the corner - Time for another BCDSM meeting!
Here's what I'm thinking...
Driving around the Victoria area just isn't that great. The roads are busy and rough, as we found at the last meet.
So, why not get out of town?
The drive out to Jordan River is always a great one. The road, while not perfect, is in better condition than any of the 'fun' roads around Victoria. It offers some cool views and great curves while still being a relatively short drive at a hair over 100 km round trip.
I'd like to meet in Colwood or Langford during the last part of the morning, stop to get food (Subway/etc), drive out to Jordan River where the road meets the beach, have lunch/socialize/photos/etc, and then return to Victoria.
As for dates, I'd like to look at April. Just throwing it out there, but April 25?
Date is set. April 25, it is!
Schedule:
11:30am - Meet at the Spencer Road Subway/Shell Station. Grab lunch to go.
12:00 - Depart through Langford to Sooke Rd & head to Jordan River.
This should put us at Jordan River for approximately 1:00. Stop for lunch. At this point we can:
-Return to Victoria and part ways.
-Continue through the Renfrew Loop to Cowichan
-Return to Cam's house for a few games of pool and some BS.
04/18/10 - Edited last details.
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sounds like something a bible camp group would do :)
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hopefully my car will be on the road by then...lol
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Those dates are in the midst of my final exams so I am tentatively out. :-\ However I assume they are not set in stone.
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Fingers crossed mine will be done also.
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If this is exam time, it'd be silly to have it then.
Dates are tenative... What works for those of you in school?
Edit: Vote in the poll, guys!
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Bump
Is there any serious interest in a Spring Meet? Of any sort?
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I'd be down if I have a moving/ reliable car at the time.
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I'm in, but vote for April 25th. Is that in the middle if anyones exams? Oh ya that's a Sunday.
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April 25 would be good, too.
I had an autocross on my calender for then but I think it's been moved to another weekend.
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The 25th should work for me, unless I start working then.
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I can do April 25th im hoping we will see what happens with the car tho.
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25TH sounds great to me... should have my car on the road by then. :)
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I can do April 25th im hoping we will see what happens with the car tho.
You broken or something?
Anyway...
Attendees:
1. Cam W
2. Dan Harshey
3. Richard Clark
4. Jason Spielman
5. Dan Silburn
6. Matt Mann
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I'll be in the Evo not a DSM tho.
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Sweet. I want to see this thing.
[PS, you're going to make Maurits come, right? I'm sure he should manage to keep one of his two alive]
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Yea, I'll try to get him to come, I think we should do the circle route if others are interested.
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Me and Taylor will come aha
not sure the 5.0 will do good on the circle route tho ahaha
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I may be able to come... not in a dsm tho :-[
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The Talooon may be coming off the road sooner than I expected..the seizing rear caliper is noisey as hell I looked at the pad and its crumbling away as well as the heater fan needs to be replaced. To add to this we are going to be fostering a rescued dog from Taiwan starting this Saturday so two huskies in the back is a little too much.
So I am tentatively going to I won`t be able to make it :'(. Things may change from now till then but I doubt I will have time to replace that crap and study for finals in the next few weeks...
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used caliper from Rich, not much money, a set of used pads, even cheaper. Git-er-done!!
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C'mon Matt
You've missed too many meets!
I'm sure some of us Vic members could find a bit of time to help out...
Get it up in the air, pop the wheels off, one person on each side for brakes. Half hour, tops.
It's pretty much April now... You won't need a heater fan for a few months!
Hell, I've got Friday, Saturday, Sunday off. If you can find parts I'll help out.
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I will come to meet unless I take insurance off my talon and put it on my other car.
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I know I have missed all the meets....Looosser I am 8). I will do my best but things a getting a little a little stressful. I have talked to Jake Webber`s Dad about getting a caliper from him, but have not had time to go pull one off and slap her on. I will do my best !!! :D
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go out right now and spray all the ebrake lever/springs etc on the caliper with penetrating oil. Hit anything that looks like it might sieze up.
And do it on the "new" one too. Make sure the new ones ebrake lever etc moves properly now. Its easier off the car to get it to move.
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Well this weekend its wife and I's 2 year anniversary so this weekend is pretty gone....I don't think the wife would appreciate me working on my car...... :-\ lol I think come back in the house and find a pissed off wife threatning for a divorce!! lol
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yea but still go spray those parts!! Its ok if it sits a while ;)
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Just over two weeks to go.
Matt, you got your car ready to go?
I might be down to continue to Renfrew and Cowichan... The suspension is hooped anyway so I guess a bit of fun with it might be okay.
All BCDSM members are welcome, whether they're currently in ownership of one or not.
Guess I'd better get mine into a presentable state pretty quick.
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Guess I'd better get mine into a presentable state pretty quick.
+1, hopefully I get a new set of wheels by then, altho im getting used to the vibrator now.
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Well my timing kit has finally showed up, all I need now is some knowledge on how to do it haha.
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Well my timing kit has finally showed up, all I need now is some knowledge on how to do it haha.
I did my first timing job on the laser in Nov. I had never done timing before, just lined up all the marks and had no issues, same should be for you, altho a 2g has less room but you should be fine.
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VFAQ has top notch instructions.
Mine's coming due for a timing belt as well. 70k on Lordco components... I think I've got a bit of an oil leak in the front case as well... Mabye this summer.
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VFAQ has top notch instructions.
Mine's coming due for a timing belt as well. 70k on Lordco components... I think I've got a bit of an oil leak in the front case as well... Mabye this summer.
First time i did it I didnt do the waterpump, I went slow, it took about 1.5 hours to do. waterpump went 1 week later, i tore it down and put in a new waterpump in under an hour.
I made marks on the old timing belt with white out where everything lines up, transfered the marks to the new tbelt, slapped it on and fired it up.
Oh, and fill your coolant back up BEFORE you put the timing on so you know if it leaks coolant from the waterpump gasket.
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and don't skimp out, change everything in there.
also, follow the VFAQ to the letter. If it says wait 15min, wait 15min.
and make sure your rear bshaft is in phase. You pretty much have to redo all the hard work to phase again.
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Well, its looking like I won't have a Mitsubishi related product on the rd by then. Evo is coming off tommorow for some work and the Mustang is getting insured. Sooo, my idea of the circle route is out, atleast for me. But the Vic to Jordon river would be a good run.
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Two weeks worth of work?
Yeah, come on out even if it's in the Stank.
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Two weeks worth of work?
Yeah, come on out even if it's in the Stank.
Yea the work could be done before then but the funds dont warrent it to be. I have a list of stuff it needs. Plus the wait for parts to come in.
Turbo rebuild, pull off all IC pipes and clean out oil, get new wheels. Seems like the HG might be going, I am over heating under boost but at no other time so its like the head is lifting and allowing exhaust to enter the cooling system.
Also going to do timing components w/p, put in a set of 3g lifters. And a Possibility of a set of HKS 264's
Altho, My purple 91 might be ready by then so we will see.
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Alright, one week to go.
I'll be sending a PM out to anyone who posted as a reminder.
I'll also have BCDSM decals and waterbottles available for purchase.
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So how many playaz are coming out?
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So how many playaz are coming out?
:o :o :o :o Does that comment mean your coming out ? :o
... ill be there... in my skyline :-[
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I'm not sure whats happening yet, but if I do go it will be in the mustang.
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Im still on schedule i believe to make it ill still be on stock fuel tho :(
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I just looked at the first post... guess I'd better figure out the final details.
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So how many playaz are coming out?
:o :o :o :o Does that comment mean your coming out ? :o
... ill be there... in my skyline :-[
Yes I am coming out....finally 8)
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So how many playaz are coming out?
:o :o :o :o Does that comment mean your coming out ? :o
... ill be there... in my skyline :-[
Yes I am coming out....finally 8)
right on!! :o i cant believe it ! lol
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Talon is not insured. I might show up in my e30.
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Sounds like this is going to be more of a BCDSM members meet not a BCDSM meet with actual dsm's.
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I'm in still, and I'll be in a DSM
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Talon is not insured. I might show up in my e30.
Givver.
If I didn't have a Talon I'd have an e30... I always like seeing them.
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Wow Not too many DSMs thats no good nonetheless I will be there
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Wow Not too many DSMs thats no good nonetheless I will be there
Should've came to last meet. Even then we only had 4 dsms.
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Cars running everything seems in place... Looks like ill be makin it out tomorrow as planned. Props to shane for lendin a hand.
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How'd the meet go guys? How many dsm's showed? I would have if I had a dsm.
Any pics?
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Meet was good, 5 DSMs 1 skyline and no troubles (touch wood ;))
It would have been nice to see the Evo out though.
Cam took a few, i'm sure they'll be posted soon. It was a good run and great to meet some of the guys from around here.
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Good stuff, If I went it wouldn't have been in the evo anyways. Hopefully we have another meet in a month or 2, It should be ready by then.
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Meet went well.
I have photos to upload, but I screwed up on the flyby video - Just learning the new camera and forgot that you don't use the shutter button for video mode. I've gotta install the Canon software on the computer before I upload things... So be patient. There's a good chance that I'll fall asleep before it finishes.
It was good to see everyone. A new member, some old members, and our resident DSM-less member.
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Meet went well.
I have photos to upload, but I screwed up on the flyby video - Just learning the new camera and forgot that you don't use the shutter button for video mode. I've gotta install the Canon software on the computer before I upload things... So be patient. There's a good chance that I'll fall asleep before it finishes.
It was good to see everyone. A new member, some old members, and our resident DSM-less member.
:-\ i know i know.
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Cam, from experience, don't install the Canon software, just set your camera up as a disc drive or put the memory card in a USB card reader(or in the computers card reader) and use that as a disc drive.
Windows has ok/decent software for viewing and basic editing, so you can use that.
Upload to Flickr or whatever from there.
Most commercial software for cameras(aside from the really good big dollar editing ones) is not really worth cluttering up your drive with.
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Some cameras (Like Sigmas) need the software, as the data stored in the camera isn't actually an image file until its translated on your pc.
... most cameras do this internally when you take the picture.
On a completely random note it just occured to me that I end up buying the "DSM" of whatever product world I buy from. I have the DSM of cameras, of computers, of guitars, girlfriends, etc...
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I likely won't be using the majority of the Canon software - I've got Photoshop.
However, it looks as if they've got a couple useful ones. Primarily, their import & edit utility has batch editing options. I HATE going through a hundred photos in Photoshop to resize & crop if necessary. I hear that CS4 will have batch editing options... Might have to have a look around for it.
Anyhow...
A few photos follow. Bigger/More can be found on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/38991683@N00/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38991683@N00/). I have fullsize copies on my HD - Feel free to request.
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"Traditional DSM pose"
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hey cam if your interested i have a copy of cs4 extended edition of photoshop u can borrow and copy
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whos darker 1GA beside Matt?
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pretty sure thats mine your talking about
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ahaha yeah it is sorry i completely blanked of who it could of been. i like your car, too bad you werent selling that one when i was looking at your green one :P
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fuck,.. probably would of helped if i clicked the link to see more pictures which i just did now haha
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I like the grey Laser, looks clean and purposeful.
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Looks like you guys had a blast. Nice pictures.
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hey cam if your interested i have a copy of cs4 extended edition of photoshop u can borrow and copy
I'll put it on my to-do list...
I've gotta get the bike back on the road, hoping to spend my free time this week on that. Mabye next week...
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hey cam if your interested i have a copy of cs4 extended edition of photoshop u can borrow and copy
I'll put it on my to-do list...
I've gotta get the bike back on the road, hoping to spend my free time this week on that. Mabye next week...
alright let me know when ever u want it you can borrow it
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I like the grey Laser, looks clean and purposeful.
Thanks, I'm pretty happy with it.
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who the hell let a skywhine cruise with the DSM's
Jeeze guys... get with it.