MSA Nationals 07... Who's going?
 

It's been on my mind lately... I actually didn't think I'd be able to go, because my college finals are usually always the last week of April / first week of May. Well... I'm only taking one class next semester... so I'm deffinately going.

Anyway... Looks like April 27 - 29 2007. MSA doesn't have anything posted yet, but check here for updates: http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/WCN

Who's planning to go?

me, me, oh Pick me...lol. i'll definetly be there, i hope they have an air dam for me. :wasted:

I'm going. They sell air dams for three hundred dollars....

Let's get 'em!

I got thier little winter sale price sheet last month. They listed the exact dates of the MSA show but I threw that flier away... I should have written down the MSA show info.

ill drive all the way from illinois in my s30. hmmm... i have a feeling if i did that i would break down on one of the ways...

just as long as you make it near Bountiful Utah you'll be ok. Just stay away from Washington with your busted Z! :D hehe

Yeah... I help people w/ their Z's while Bleachie sits in the shade drinking his Pina Colada. :armata_PDT_03: Remember... Bleach is the evil twin.

That's true!

actually, I helped a young woman with her Kia yesturday. :D :D

but I'm still the evil twin

Whoa! Two smilies! She musta been a hottie. :unibrow:

from illinois to cali i hope to god i stay awa from washington... and my Z is stellar... just needs the motor finished... and im thinking on buidin an NA power car cuase..... yeah i just dont want to find an l28et near me... its proving ard anyways.

:D ...she wasn't blonde so she's not going to MSA with me, that's for sure
(back on topic?) :037:

damn i have over a g in post count sick. I thought apollo picked his up for 5$ lucky...man i'm gonna have the 240 by then too, super sick!:111:

If everything pans out, like I plan. I should be there also. I really want to go, but things have to work out. And me be out of debt, and getting my other Z roadworthy. Will keep you informed on the outcome.

Right on. Per Mapquest from Meza to LA it's about 400mi.

From Bountiful to LA it's just a hair under 700mi. 700mi @ 100mph... 7hr drive isn't so bad! :unibrow: I did that on my way back from the 2002 show.... LA to SLC in 7.5 hrs.... white nuckle the whole way!

can i just fly and somone pick me up? i just realized how much driving from IL really is.. thats ummm.... lots of car hours.... lol.

it's not that far is it, it's like 820 to riverside, and thats further than la, and that doesn't make since, 700mi/100=7. you lie, little buddy..well i guess not. I make it in 10.5 hrs. thats with the time change, and not trying to get pulled over.

dont you mean trying not... lol... cause... who WOULD try to get pulled over.

same difference...no i'm like yoda, i say shit frontwards.:paranoid:

swing through SD on your way out snw and we'll make it a 260 caravan :D I've got my fingers crossed I'll have the engine swap done by then and still have enough greenbacks to finance the trip there and back :rolleyes:

by then, i hope to have my new cosa, so we might be able to have a zer's party, people who don't send out free alcohal aren't allowed...aimed at sno..lol. Seriously though, i'm not too far.

haha.. all 2 of us make it a caravan lol.. and what swap are yuo thinking of.. im interested in ideas... is it cost effective? simple? pm me even i can keep a secrete... i just need ideas... i dont feel like swapin in a l28et very much any more.. i just. i dont know. they got there stupid problems that i would have to eliminate... such as that retarded ass AFM... whihc im sure i could do with megasquirt and such... but still... i dont know... after looking at prices on performance parts i was thinking almost building an N/A motor.. Cam the bitch better carb set up some sort of distibutorless ignition... i dotn know.. but im kinda off of the l28et horse.... not into the V8 scene much... sick of JDM motor ideas... actually i was tihnking on getting a 4G63 motor mating it with a starion tranny and droppin that bitch in...

I was thinking of going the NA/carb route myself. But then I started adding up costs of parts and it got out of hand. For what it would cost me just to build up the motor and make in the neighborhood of 200hp, I could swap in something else thats capable of making atleast twice that without breaking a sweat. So I ditched that idea. Thought about the L28ET too and, well, I'm just tired of 25 year old technology.

As far as what motor I'm putting in...I'll never tell :D You're going to have to wait til its done. It'll probaby be around MSA because I've got to wait til it starts warming back up to get the project started. Yeah I've got a garage, but it's detached and doesnt have any power going to it yet. If I can get it all done and still have enough money left over I'll just reveal it at MSA. Otherwise it'll be a ZDriver exclusive :111:

hmmm...well im stumped.. is it nissan?

im going for sure... even if my z doesnt make it.. imma push it! my Z will be there no matter what.. hahah

a little off topic, but i think j's going ls1, he's gonna make a mutt...thats my guess.

im going, even if its in my beet up z31..

Wahoo! Sounds like we're going to have a nice group. I'll be leaving on Friday 4/27/07 in the afternoon & depending on the drive I'll stay either stay that night in Vegas or drive straight through to LA. I say we all meet up on Saturday & do some kind of car meet / eat some food.

Well, I would like to go but check out this trip, 2500 miles...don't think it's gonna happen for me :(

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...0/Fl-to-La.jpg

yeah and thats a shitty route, i'd fly if i was you it'd be cheaper.

damnit, still need a sterring rack for my z...

which one, the 3z, or no?

i'de love to go.. might need a ride though... i'm not sure if i'll have any cars in california by then or not..

im trying badly to come, should be driving the silver bullet down with bleach and entropy, and picking up other zdriver members on the way, hopefully skully will ride shotgun. im able to get the time off, the date sounds good, so now i just gotta make sure the z will make it, and i guess when i hit the boarder i say zee car, so i dont sound out of place!

DO IT! I said Zed a couple times in Canadia... mostly so the locals wouldn't know my true identity.

ok, might be getting a new/er z32 when the damn money gets here :O

Ill be there, btu sadly i dont think the Z is gunna make it this year. She is closing in on 270k on all original shit and i just cant put her through that kind of milage one more time. I'll be there, but either by plane, R6 or dare i say . . . honda? And yes, Darrellbuddy and I both got MSA type 2 airdams for 10 bucks a pop. Just had to stick it in the Z length wise for the 600+ mile journey home with my Xgf sitting co-pilot. Gotta love rumaging through MSA's clearance shit at 6am!

The sale is at 6am? Which day? Cuz I gotta be there!

X? :( sad...
ya, 6am Saturday the day before the show. I got the rear bumper for 10 buckarooz!

About this time last year is when I started my engine build. If it wasn't for the stupid truck being stolen I could have had it in the car before my trip. But then again, hopefully I would have found my boost leak quick enough...

So Apollo, are we gonna party in LA like we did before?! that was fun. Lets go clubbin or something too! :D hehe

Its less than 400 miles! :D now I drove with that bumper in my car for probably over 1000 miles!

see, i want to get some sale shnit, maybe i can find a bunch of shnit for the s30 too, i hope hoov still has that and hasn't junk yarded it....hopefully i can sell a bunch of parts to get that and get to work....back to msa.

hmmm... what sort of REALLY good stuff did you guys see at the sale last year? any thing crazy.. like cheap cams? valve springs? heads? intakes? CARBS??? like cool shit like that...

no, they mostly have misc body kit pieces like one side skirt for a 280Z 2+2 (crap nobody would buy even in pairs) ...or rear carpet kits without the front half in tan/marron colors... the colors that sell the least. some of these items have a tiny scratch or nick out of them.

I didn't really see a whole lot of mechanical items but I wasn't there at 6am either.

my rear bumper is the 1979-81 style with the passenger side exhaust exit. Less desirable. But I have a plan for that.
they had a ton of misc side skirts all in one huge pile, unmarked. The guys there would suggest what they might go to, but they dont' guarantee anything.

Lots of Z31 stuff since fewer people buy those cars much less upgrade them! :D lol

Now there's something I didn't even think about! I guess I better put in for it just to be on the safe side :unibrow:

Yeah, I had to fix mine.... made a mold & re-fiberglassed that right side to match the curve. :D

Yea, the sale has lots of interior and body parts but most of the mechanical shit gets swooped up as soon as it hits the bargaining floor if there is any. Although last year there was quite a bit of headers, and electrical components towards the end of it. Good thing the s130 has yet to catch on at MSA cuz we had a wide aray of shit to choose from and nobody was bitting. Or shoudl i say there wasnt many S130 owners to bite. Shit, i got a friggin airdam for diez pesos. I aint trippin.

dude, i'm definetly going to have to go early. I want some bumpers, and maybe some s30 parts. i hope hoov, still has that s30? oh hoov.:paranoid:

i want a 6 into one header, the only problem is i gotta get it back home, its quite the ways, plus the stupid boarder. i double checked, i can get the time, and brianne is good with me leaving, now the z has to just make it! its at the shop for upgrades and repairs. there is no way im going all that way with bagged rear springs. coilovers for me!

damn, someone has money, lol. I think my car will make it, so you all's nice cars should be able to make it. Coilovers huh, how much that costing you? Anyways someone pray for a set of bumpers for me, and some 240 parts!

dont worry bout the z man. got the PNW caravan headed down, we'll keep her running. but can those s130's keep up with my pace??

its, an n/a yes. You should of said, i wonder if i can keep up with them s130's..lol. So lets have a head count, even if its 4 months away...Anyone in the riverside area thats going to college, i have to go once i get back, i have to.

I'll be there...



With a few new surprises. ;)



Rod.

http://www.zcarparts.com/sale_15.htm

The "show" isn't going to be held at the same location. I think its gotten too large (and the trouble last year probably sealed the deal) .. so the "show" portion is being moved. The latest I heard .. approx 9 miles EAST of the MSA location .. at a park. (I'm told that it ISN'T Irvine Regional Park .. so so far I'm clueless any more details)

Oh ... the link above has a bit more info.