Tail Of The Dragon - Meet/Road Trip, August 17th & 18th 2019 Options

[NetsToy]

Hey Celica Family,

I'm organizing a Tail Of The Dragon meet for the weekend of August 17th & 18th 2019!

So, for those who don't know, the Tail of the Dragon is a stretch of road between Tennessee & North Carolina that's 11 miles long and includes 318 curves! THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN CURVES! That's insane! Anyway - This road attracts motorcyclists and car enthusiasts from far and wide, who all want to experience this road. I've always wanted to go, so I decided to put a group together. I'm super excited for a weekend away with a bunch of friends & Celica's!

I've created a Facebook event for this, but I wanted to put this here for those of you who are not on the FB.

If you're interested in going, let me know!

I will add details here as I put them together. I'm currently working on the itinerary.

[2KGTS]

Both of you hopefully can come out next year! Maybe there will be someone I can have some fun with for once.

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Anyway, the only car we had that I believe might have given me some fun was old man's Kia Stinger and it blew off an some charge cooling hose on the way to the meeting spot from the hotel, I couldn't spot where it had come loose. It wasn't totally off but it was leaking enough he could only make a couple PSI boost. Then later on he dislodged a front sway bar bushing. Luckily none of this is an indication of Kia quality, the boost has been turned up a bit and the sway bar/bushing/bracket were Eibach.

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I'm beginning to think the diverter valve was compensating for what it thought was an overboost situation. I did turn down the boost and made sure I stayed in lower gears to get the grunt of the V6 without needing much boost. But later that day and a bit on the way home, I couldn't seem to replicate the loss of power and blowoff noise with the louder, lower tone. I'll have to do more checking.

The hardest I drove the Tail was Saturday night after I'd gone back to Marysville for more gas. I had the road mostly to myself and took the opportunity to really push it a bit after waiting in a Pull Off area for a couple of race bikes to go by so I could try some follow-the-leader. Once I got her into four wheel drifts and leaping in and out of the dips in the middle of the curves I was pretty happy! Finally got the tires pushed where they would sing a bit.

But yes, when I rolled into the Inn I could hear the rattle. I was just hoping it was the aftermarket sways and/or endlinks. When I got it up in the air at a Firestone in Knoxville, we could see the bushing and slipped out of it's "mount". The tech was easily able to put it back, but the raised edges of both bushings - designed to help keep them in place, I guess - were all chewed up. I'm having a conversation with Eibach starting today. Bitter came up with a good idea for an interim solution, though.

Driving that road feeds something inside me, truly. I could stay there and drive it all day every day!

GREAT JOB @NetsToy!!! Thank you for your hard work!

[bloodMoney]

Driving that road feeds something inside me, truly. I could stay there and drive it all day every day!

Hit the nail on the head Lindsay. It's difficult to translate the feeling into words for me.

Did you guys hit up the Cherohala Skyway at all?

Those two roads are my driving nirvana.