***MINNESOTA/ NORTH & SOUTH DAKOTA Check-IN!

Post by **Ajax** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:13 am

I've never heard anything bad about RSmotors swaps- and they are pretty close to you too, so that's a bonus. That's is if you don't take sieways=smiles offer of assistance.

Post by **MNVERT** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:15 am

Ajax wrote:I've never heard anything bad about RSmotors swaps- and they are pretty close to you too, so that's a bonus. That's is if you don't take sieways=smiles offer of assistance.

yea i talked to ron from there today he qouted me $600 for labor and he said he'll sell me a manual tranny minus the clutch flywheel for 300 i dont know if that includes everything that is needed to do the swap such as master and slave cylinder, bolts clutch pedal,so im guessing he wants around $1100-1200 for parts and labor that seems kinda steep to me. than i got a second qoute for a SR blacktop swap including the manual swap at a rough $4700 including parts and labor which seems really steep to me, let me know what u guys think i should do my ka24de still has plenty of life left in it its only got like 101k miles on it.

Post by **IanS** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:25 pm

MNVERT wrote:yea i talked to ron from there today he qouted me $600 for labor and he said he'll sell me a manual tranny minus the clutch flywheel for 300 i dont know if that includes everything that is needed to do the swap such as master and slave cylinder, bolts clutch pedal,so im guessing he wants around $1100-1200 for parts and labor that seIems kinda steep to me. than i got a second qoute for a SR blacktop swap including the manual swap at a rough $4700 including parts and labor which seems really steep to me, let me know what u guys think i should do my ka24de still has plenty of life left in it its only got like 101k miles on it.

Ide say, until your ready to do the swap yourself, just have a manual trans put in and drive it till your ready for more power,

If anyone is interested, there is a car meet Tuesday afternoon, its gonna be at the Home Depot in the Village shopping center off Lexignton Ave in Lino Lakes, Ill be showing up around 6:30, hopfull there will be a good turnout, its supposed to be warmer tomorow (hopefully) and Id love to see more than just turbo civics. Id really like to meet some of you guys

Post by **MNVERT** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:32 pm

SideWays=smiles wrote:
Ide say, until your ready to do the swap yourself, just have a manual trans put in and drive it till your ready for more power,

If anyone is interested, there is a car meet Tuesday afternoon, its gonna be at the Home Depot in the Village shopping center off Lexignton Ave in Lino Lakes, Ill be showing up around 6:30, hopfull there will be a good turnout, its supposed to be warmer tomorow (hopefully) and Id love to see more than just turbo civics. Id really like to meet some of you guys

dood if my car runs by than im definitely there i wanna meet some locals...

Post by **Ajax** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:58 am

Unfortunately, I'm in rehearsals for my show which opens next Friday, so I can't do weekday meets until after the 22nd.However, if people are interested, I'd be up for meeting sometime this weekend. I live in uptown, but have family in IGH, so I'm okay with driving toward St Paul (I'm that much closer to niece and nephew for before or after).

Post by **DjPantsSpecR** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:32 pm

i dont think youre gonna get an MT swap for under 1500 with labor. I have the complete swap and i wouldnt do it for anything less than that.

buying a complete swap yourself should cost around 500 around here. elsewhere they ask for a lot more.

if youre in Apple Valley find John Haley Motorsports. i havent been to his new shop yet.

i might have two MT swaps... but im stockpiling

Post by **Ajax** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:55 am

Hey all, this sunday looks like it might be a nice day. I still have winter tires and a stock ECU tune, but I'm ready to get this car out of the garage.Who's up for meeting on Sunday afternoon?

Post by **IanS** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:25 am

Im deffinetly up for some fun on sunday, its supposed to be a super nice day.

Post by **Ajax** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:14 am

SideWays=smiles wrote:Im deffinetly up for some fun on sunday, its supposed to be a super nice day.

which means that most lakes will be crowded, although they are nice meeting spots. What's somewhere that's pretty central, and has plenty of space?I suppose I'm open to the midway strip...Lake Calhoun may have some free space if we hit it early enough.Who's got other ideas? Restaurants with plenty o' parking?

Post by **IanS** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:28 pm

all the places I can think of are more north of the cities, like coon rapids dam, and city parks and stuff, Ive never been to lake Calhoun

Post by **DjPantsSpecR** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:53 pm

i MIGHT be able to meet for a little while....

especially if i get this new addition.

Post by **Ajax** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:04 pm

Since I'm lame and can come up with no better ideas, I'll head over to the south parking lot at lake Calhoun on sunday @noon. I don't check emails on weekends usually, so if someone's got better ideas, DJ or Sideways need to call me so I don't look as lame as I really am.red s13 hatch

Post by **DjPantsSpecR** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:49 pm

LOL!

i have FSAE meetings at noon, i'll have to be at least an hour or so late, maybe less

but i just got my next 240:red, convertible, 118,000 miles. lots of problems.1k. feel free to be jealous.

Post by **IanS** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:39 pm

noon sounds good to me, keep an eye out for my flat black monster

Post by **Katapl** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:23 pm

FratGuyBelushi wrote:Yeah this weather really does suck. I couldn't believe we went back to 30's and snow but when you guys decide on a meet I'll see if I can make it out and check out your cars, even though I won't have my own yet. Still looking for a Z/240 under 2k, so if anyone sees anything, please let me know.

Get one from Cali and have it shipped back. You can pick-up a completely clean S13 for about $1700 and have it shipped back for about $700 more.

Post by **Ajax** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:46 am

I pulled this from the MN sport compact forum and thought I'd spread the word. I'll be out there for part of the time with my red s13 hatch (with black pop-up lids- let's get a NICO contingency going!

-It's that time of year again folks! Sure the weather may be dismal outside now, but come May the temps will be where they should be and the sun will be shining. Time to get the summer tires on and stuff ourselves silly with great food.

This year our spring opener will be held on May 12th from 12-5 at Clifton French Regional Park in Plymouth, MN. It's about as centrally located as we can get, so this should be much easier for everyone to get to. No more driving out to Maple Grove. (Click the link above for directions).

We have the Moraine Pavilion reserved, complete with our own private parking lot. There will be plenty of room for bocce ball or to throw the football around, and of course plenty of places to eat. We will be giving away prizes and talking about the upcoming race and show seasons.

If you're planning on attending, let us know. While we obviously always have plenty of food, it's good to have a rough idea of how many folks are coming.

On a side note, absolutely no a$$-ery will be tolerated. If you're going to come and do a burnout, speed through the lot, or squeal your tires then please do not come. Finding a location that would hold the number of people we have was very difficult and we do not want to compromise the ability for us to have future meets at this location. You WILL be asked to leave if you misbehave, and park police will be patrolling the area, so please behave yourselves. I realize this doesn't apply to 99% of you, but to the 1% it does apply to, please take notice.-

Post by **LessRice** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:35 pm

^^^ that sounds like it could be tight

but anyways is there any other 240s that would want to cruise down at midway cuz im gonna be down there tomorrow night... if there are we should meet up and have a 240 crew so we can be just like the subaru and the volkwagon crews... accept with better cars jk

Post by **Katapl** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:57 pm

I dunno, man. Most of the MNSportCompacts guys are... odd.

Post by **Ajax** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:40 am

^^^ that's why we need a NICO contingency- so that I don't get dragged down with those losers... Actually, I'm piggy-backing on them since we can't seem to get more than 4 people together at any one time from the NICO boards- It'd be nice to hang out with lots of car-people.As far as Midway goes- I'd be up for it, but these next 2 weekends I wouldn't be able to show up until after 11pm- I have shows Thurs- Sat nights.

Post by **Katapl** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:23 pm

I hear they may have free food. I'll probably just go there to snack on their food and such. Then I'll bail after I'm there for a bit. I don't think there are going to be many nissans at the meet. I'm down for a NICO elitist area, haha. We may need a banner or something for the added effect.

Modified by Katapl at 12:43 AM 4/24/2007
Modified by Katapl at 12:44 AM 4/24/2007

Post by **LessRice** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:17 am

when im down there this weekend i am gonna look for a good spot to stake out for nissan drivers

Post by **Ajax** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:58 am

I think they were asking for $5 donation for food, which I think is reasonable.NICO elitists unite! I'll see if I can find the time to put together a small sign for us.

Post by **Katapl** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:12 am

I'm just a bit worried about parking in that lot. I don't want to be surrounded by nothing but Hondas.

Post by **Ajax** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:33 am

Hopefully there will be a good mix of cars- I've seen a good following of subies on that forum.But hey, we can meet up and if its a drag, we can cruise out. Or we can meet up at an earlier time and caravan together.

Post by **Katapl** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:11 am

I don't think the meet will be bad enough to just flat-out leave, but I couldn't say for sure yet. I just hope it won't be too difficult to find a nissan crowd in there. I hear they had over 400 cars last year.

Post by **Ajax** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:11 am

That's why I think we should get a crew together and roll in posse-style (did I really just type that out? That sounded lame)Seriously though, we should meet up somewhere beforehand and caravan to the park so that we can make sure we are located in the same area. So we need to find a location that is on the way- I'll probably cruise out there this weekend and scout out possible meeting places.

Post by **LessRice** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:46 am

i might go to that but i will not know until the time comes closer... as for cruising together i think that sounds like a good idea

Post by **Katapl** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:22 am

Sure, we could definetely cruise into the meet together. That would guarantee us spots by eachother. The park is about 20 minutes from Anoka, which is where I live. I'll probably end-up down there at around 1pm or so.

Post by **IanS** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:43 am

yah, as things get closer we should arange a meeting spot near there so we can role in wolfpack style (yes I just said that)

Post by **Ajax** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:08 am

SideWays=smiles wrote:we can role in wolfpack style (yes I just said that)

Ha, That's funny, but only if we refer to all the Honda owners from now on as "sheep"

***MINNESOTA/ NORTH & SOUTH DAKOTA Check-IN!

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