Hello from N Huntingdon, PA (15642)

[JaredS]

Hey everyone...

God damn do I miss performance cars... I'm actually without a car at the moment (just my truck) but will be getting a car (either a e36 BMW M3 or e39 BMW M5... probably the M5 cos I'm dieing to get a V8 car) hopefully before the end of the year.  I would like to hit every Flat Out day at Beaverun next year, some HPDEs, as well as hopefully make it to Mid-Ohio, Nelson Ledges, and maybe even VIR or Watkins Glen if I can find the time.

I'm a big BMW guy, and have done motor swaps, suspension swaps, etc etc.  I use to have a website but getting all of those emails asking for help on how to do stuff got annoying after awhile.  Depending on my time I might like to get into Steel Cities SCCA stuff, but we'll see.  Not sure what kind of time/$ is involved in it.

Anyway... howdy.

[roundel]

Hi Jared.  Welcome to RPA! 

[autoxrs]

howdy.

Welcome to RacePA. 

Please pay your royalties for using howdy to Mr. Mark Andy.   

[JaredS]

LOL... I was born in MO, so it's mine by birthright

[DarkHelmet]

Jared... welcome to RPA from another person from North Hunt.

[JaredS]

Hi Dark Helmet... there a decent crew for autocrossing in this area or do most just like to go to the Show & Shines at the Hills?

[DarkHelmet]

depends on the crowd you are around.

I race and I'm at the car cruise each weekend that I can make it to.

Depends on what you drive and your age and such...

If you're talking to people here... we're all more GO than SHOW.

[roundel]

I'm a big BMW guy, and have done motor swaps, suspension swaps, etc etc.  I use to have a website but getting all of those emails asking for help on how to do stuff got annoying after awhile. 

Oh, I forgot to mention - your experience with some of this stuff is pursuant to my interests.  Although for some reason this moth can't get away from the silver e36 flame.

[Mark Aubele]

Hi Dark Helmet... there a decent crew for autocrossing in this area or do most just like to go to the Show & Shines at the Hills?

Any discussion related to car shows or car wax is immediately met with fierce insults pertaining to one's sexuality. 

[roundel]

^^^

Mark:  In North Huntington?  I don't know about that.   

You need to get back on the track - you're starting to get a little iffy.    

[Mark Aubele]

Nah, just taking a perfect opportunity to poke fun at car shows. 

[Habib88]

Welcoime aboard!

Hi Dark Helmet... there a decent crew for autocrossing in this area or do most just like to go to the Show & Shines at the Hills?

Basically if we are in a parking lot we're there to race lol  A large portion of the this site is autocrossers.  And we have a really good base of people into hillclimbs, time trials, track days, and road racing too.  We welcome rally, drifting, and drag racing stuff also    .  Steel Cities has two more events left.  But the North Hills Sports Car Club is starting in a week or two and has another 4 events before the year is out.

[ninetyfourintegra]

FWIW, I haven't washed my car since my last wreck (last year) and haven't wrecked since I promised someone I would wash it before Putnam but am starting to second guess that

For that I guess I would get the boot from a show and shine as my car has no show and sure as shit doesn't shine

BTW, Welcome to the site!

[HRERACING]

Welcome to the site, and I hope you like the site.....and got to love those German cars!

[DarkHelmet]

I have to keep my Z relatively clean... if not, then I have to give up my gold chains.

[JaredS]

LOL... thanks for the warm welcome.  I gotta get a bimmer asap... I've owned an e30, e36, e24, e34, and an e46.... don't think I'm forgetting anything... I've owned a couple VWs and an Audi TT, but much prefer RWD.  I'm 33 and definitely into more go than show.... i'll take a car through a carwash rather than spend a couple hours of my own time detailing it myself.

Anyway... i'll be around, just want to make sure I don't miss out on the start of the season at Beaverun next year.  I'd like to hit Group 3 there, if not take the instructor's cert.  We'll see...

[fx-man]

welcome to the site.  Every once in a great while I make a cruise, I think my cone rashed Cobra makes for a nice contrast with the rest of the spic-n-span shiny mustangs.

[JaredS]

I will say... I've only been so-so of an American muscle fan, a lot of it is hit or miss, and very little is any good when there is a curve in the road, but jesus that new 5.0L mustang really seems to show the current BMW M3 what's up.  Not sure how Motor Trend can justify something like a 0.1 second "win" to the M3, especially when the Mustang is $25k less... very interesting.

I use to like the current Camaro, but they are every where, and when I saw, what, 4 of them either catch on fire or scatter their engines at the Grand-Am Continental race in NJ (on TV, wasn't there) I was a little disappointed.

Dodge Challenger isn't even an also-ran in my book.

[roundel]

You are familiar with the front end of an e46 I assume...   Take a gander at the 05+ mustang front end assembly:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/attachments/2005-2010-mustang-gt-tech/33361d1190169028-2005-mustang-gt-front-rear-suspension-diagrams-needed-front-suspension-exploded-view.pdf

[fx-man]

You are familiar with the front end of an e46 I assume...   Take a gander at the 05+ mustang front end assembly:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/attachments/2005-2010-mustang-gt-tech/33361d1190169028-2005-mustang-gt-front-rear-suspension-diagrams-needed-front-suspension-exploded-view.pdf

Yep there was only one basic geometry difference between the Bimmer front susp. and the 95-04 mustang one, to the mustangs detriment.  They fixed that in 05.