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Weather is gonna be awesome tomorrow.

Cant wait! Ill see you guys in Austin, Happy Halloween!

Dont leave Fuds without me, ill be there by 11:30!

can't make it celi's still int he shop

Well the meet was awesome! Not as organized as id like, but we had a great time!

Ill post some pics and vids later.

Sorry me and panda couldnt make it guys. We last minuted to see if we could go cuz we thought there was a chance we could make it. But my check was so small i almost handed it back. and panda couldnt get out of work with out getting fired. hope everyone had fun.

I give our route a 9/10 since we didn't get to experience the longer route to Marble Falls and I give overall organization a solid 1.5/10.

Thanks! Maybe next time guys. Ive got some cool vids of some twisties as well as Death and Joe and Ripley having some fun!

yeah the route was fun - it's a shame we didn't have enough daylight to do the longer route from Marble Falls back to Austin.
when we have a celica meet in the spring, we will do that super twisty route (i kept the map) & we will be much more organized & more together.

i'm just glad we all stuck together as a group & enjoyed ourselves on the roads.
the DFW MKIII Supra guys let the disorganization ruin the day for them when all they had to do was enjoy the lovely scenery & tarmac rally style route.

looking forward to seeing those vids zero & thanks again so much for the badge!

Now that I think about it, after going through that route, I now know why Ferrari, Lambo, Aston Martin, etc. are using paddle shifters.

Ripley - I have an idea of how bad my knock is. Whenever I go over a moderate bump in the road or whatnot at a reasonable speed, I can hear it clacking. Angled downhill at a reasonable angle with the oil pushed towards the front of the pan, I can hear it clack.

paddle shifters can be convenient - joe's legs are pretty stiff today. i offered to drive but he wanted to do it all so now he's all cramped up

Alex - so sorry to hear about the rod knock
are you going to rebuild the motor or just try to get another one & then possibly turbo it?

i would consider turbo-ing the 5s in the Camry but there is a motor mount right in the way & i would have to have a really silly custom DP made just to clear that ... it's SO much easier in a Celica b/c you can use 3sgte stuff without too much custom work.
turbo-ing my motor would cost about the same as a 1mz swap & for me a 1mz bolts right up w/no fuss, but i don't want to toss a 5sfe with only 40k miles on it & no issues.

it depends how bad the damage is will let me know to buy a new block or not. Either way, it's getting boosted.