NW Member Introduction Thread

joka1

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2002 Black Mica ES-T
Lets all get to know one another better by answering a few questions:
1: Name
2: Car model owned
3: Mods
4: What are you into...i.e. show/ drag/ autocross/ street racing
5: Mechanical knowledge (Good with tools? let some people know who may need some help)
6: How far are you willing to drive for meets? (good to know for those who are trying to organize!)
This is a start, Any more suggestions let me know!
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Rob
 
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I will start!!

1: Robert McCord
2: 2002 Protege ES-T
3: List is long and i dont feel like typing it now!! I return to WA tomorrow and i will edit this with a mod list!!
4: Show mostly, Drag and the occasional street race
5: I know my way around my car, I am not great but i have almost any tool anybody would need and i am a fast learner!! Learning how to pull and replace my motor now!!
6: I trailor my car behind a gas guzzling V8. But if the meet is big enough i will go anywhere in the NW!
 
1: Nate Winterfeld
2: 2001 LX
3: Simota CAI, Tien S-tech, FP turbo in a box waiting to go in. Thats it for now
4: I would be interested in mostly autox and to go to shows my car is never gonna be show quality.
5: Mechanical knowledge- Well I am willing to help anyone though I dont have much knowledge.
6: How far are you willing to drive for meets? I am willing to go to any NW meet if I am not working.
 
1: Daniel Havens

2: 2002 Midnight Blue Protege5

3: MP3 ECU, Tokico HPs/Espelir ASD, OBX Header, MAM Midpipe, RB sedan Axle-back.....A lot of other BS, but that's the meat of the mods...

4: Well, it's my daily driver, I'm too old and it's too slow to worry about street racing, and I'm too worried about breaking it in AutoX...So basically just my daily driver but according to my 3 1/2 year old son, it's a Race Car..and I'll let him continue to believe that...

5: Mechanical knowledge- I am mechanically inclined and don't fear jumping into projects...don't have much for tools, only what I've needed or could not borrow from a friend. I've done headlights, intake, exhaust, gt-spec, intake manifolds, helped with my suspension, and can do basic audio. Would be 100% willing to help on anything, with a couple beers for payment of course.

6: Probably about an hour and I don't work weekends so...To Olympia, to Everett...The bigger the meet, the more fun it will be, the easier it is to drive further.
 
1. Sam Johnson

2. 2002.5 dx

3. Short shifter, lowering springs, 17" RS Ltd Concept Pro's w/ polished lip, mp3 spoiler, vinyl stripes & eyelids, modified stock intake, full stereo system w/ 12" Sony Xplod in custom fiberglass box (i know, i know, gotta love Sony, lol), several custom leather interior accents & leather shift knob, 7 neons, indiglo guages, ScanGuageII (love it), Eddie Bauer toddler car seat ( now that's custom, lol)

4. Daily driver, but I race autoX on weekends and rallyx on the snow in the winter, and I was hoping to show this year but have too much stuff going on, maybe next year i suppose.

5. Pretty mechanically inclined, done eveything from bolt-ons to engine swaps, and enjoy ripping into a motor and getting down & dirty. =) Been installing stereos for almost 10 years, so I know electronics very well, and I've been doing one-off fiberglass projects for about 4 years now, so pretty proficient in that area, too.

6. Hell I'm down for a meet anywhere from Oregeon north to Seattle, and East to Montana, as long as it will be big enough to be worth the gas money. =)
 
1: Don
2: 3.5 Sunlight Silver MSP
3: Intake, CS downpipe, CS exhaust, CS radiator, CS FMIC, unichip, stereo, wheels
4: rallycross, autocross, hillclimbs
5: I the suckage
6: All the way up to Seattle if I don't work that day(silly)
 
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1. Trever Rhoads

2. 2007 MAZDASPEED6

3. Exhaust. Alpine TME-M740BT 7" touch screen in JDM map compartment, Alpine Blackbird and dock in trunk for navigation, all through the stock Bose with a JDM aux input.

4. Would love to autox but have never tried, hillclimbs, that sounds badass, to bad we don't do that around here. Have drag raced which I like but I need to learn how to launch and shift better. I'm usually down for a good street race, but need to learn that it really isn't worth at least $101 for the cost of the ticket.

5. I know my way around older cars, so it shouldn't be to hard to figure out a new one. I fix CNC machines for a living so I should be able to figure it out. I installed all the Alpine stuff myself!

6. I lucked out and I don't work weekends, so I should be down for a meet anywhere in the greater Northwest assuming the turnout will be good.
 
1.Brandon Hunter

2.2007 mazdaspeed3

3.mazdaspeed cai

4.Drags are fun would love to try autox or anything just love to drive my car

5.cai was almost too much for me to do.. im not mechanically inclined

6.you name it ill go
 
1. Evan Guilford
2. 1991 mazda 323 (pos) and 92 MPV (Multi-Personality Vehicle)

3. The 323 has an 82HP powerhouse with a ghetto fabulous intake and boosed by a 20000000000000000 shot of NOS evergy drink. (I'll show pics of my setup later.) The MPV is pretty much stock. 158hp 3L V6. Zzzzzz..... I use it to tow my landscape trailers and my 17 ft fishing boat.

4. I don't give a s*** about racing.

5. I'm ASE Master Certified in ******* up perfectly good cars.

6. Any distance as long as there is plenty of beer and a parking lot where I can sleep it off.
 
Evan,

#5 is priceless man...
There is always plenty of beer in my parking lot...and if you don't cause a problem, I might just let you sleep in the stairwell..
 
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Evan,

#5 is priceless man...
There is always plenty of beer in my parking lot...and if you don't cause a problem, I might just let you sleep in the stairwell..

Yes it is!! Lets keep this thread totally on topic! I am trying to plan a meet somewhere towards seattle at the end of august!! So i would like to know everybody's distance!

Rob
 
hey I'm new

Waldo84
1. tristan but just call me waldo
2. 02 mp5
3. windows tinted, aftermarket exhaust, lowered it about 1.5 inches and atermarket wheels and tires, I think thats it...... Its been so long since i've seen the car I can't remember who makes the s*** for em all lol.
4. show and drag.
5. as for mech knowledge it's a slow process I've just started figuring everything out in the engine, wasn't fully interested in cars until I was based in washington.
6. I'm willing to drive some miles but not all the time you have to remember I can't just call into work sick ha ha ha.
 
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1. Steven
2. 03 MSP
3. SLS hot pipe, SLS j-pipe to stock exhaust, CS exhaust hangers (so much better than stockers), autometer boost and oil pres. gauge.
4. anything, but havent had time to try anything
5. can do minor things if given directions and tools and nothing electrical
6. Anywhere in the NW as long as I have enough time, which is my biggest issue with not being able to attend a lot of meets and what not.
 
: Jeremy
2: 03 msp black
3: fmic,magnaflow cat back, protosport dp, dsm afc ver1, boost controller, short shifter, sai
4: drag /street racing
5: Mechanical knowledge- moderate, not completely newbie but have a lot to learn. going to uti technical school for automotive engineering.
6: How far are you willing to drive for meets? (2-3 hours
 
1: John B.
2: 2003.5 MSP #413
3: Injen CAI, Apexi GT Downpipe & 3" Catless Exhaust, Turbosmart MBC, Turbosmart BOV(looking for a replacement), AWR Front/Rear Motor Mounts(Side inserts sitting in garage), Splitsecond AFC, EBC Yellowstuff Break Pads, Centric Front/Rear Rotors, Brand new scratches/dent from punting a barrel durring club trials this weekend at BMP.
4: Autocross, Club Trials, Heading to Pacific Raceways for drags for fun
5: Every mod I do I learn another way to break something
6: Considering I allready drive the 3 hours to Portland for Autocross pretty far(assuming I'm not working)
 
1: Anthony Castillo
2: Protege MP3
3: Custom SRI w/ K&N Filter, Wagner Shorty Header, Tri-point mid-pipe, Kennwood DPX701 Head Unit and all the MP3 Furnishings
4: Autocross, Road Racing (GT, Lemans, etc) and Rally
5: Graduated from the Vehicle Research Institute of WWU
6: Vancouver, Olympia or anything with-in that raidus
 
1: Miles Wenzel
2: 03' Protege 5
3: Not all the way sure at this point, have had the car for 5 days. as far as i can tell, it has "cold air" intake, exhaust header, new exhaust tubing to the muffler, new muffler (forgot the brand), a exhaust tip that says mazdaspeed (it needs shortened, sticks too far out), possibly lowered, but haven't had a chance to look at the springs and struts yet, 18" kazara rims (are those good?), carbon fiber interior pieces that include the sill plates and the gauge cluster housing, struts that hold the hood up, and a subwoofer/amp combo that fits in the spare tire wheel (is that stock?)
4: I was involved in Dirt Track racing at Grays Harbor Raceway in 2003, specifically the Hobby Stock class, but college, moving, and lack of cash flow have left me and my buddies in the stands for the past 4 years. we built the engine (it's mine) welded the cage and did everything on the car ourselves. ya, it didn't compete well, but who has 16 grand to put in an engine when you only make 500 bucks if you win? silly old men :D
5: I think i'm decent at the mechanical aspect. I'm not a certified mechanic or anything, but i have built a couple Mopar engines from scratch, and worked on cars that are new enough to not have carbs (gasp!) if i don't know what to do, i can learn quickly! i'm always up for learning something new. i will admit right now i don't know a damn thing about mazda's, so i'm willing to learn!
6: If I could get time off, I'd go anywhere in western wa/oregon. however, it's sort of hard for me to get weekends off due to work (state job)


The only other FWD car i've owned and worked on was an 02' saturn SL. (don't laugh too much, it was a graduation/going to college present) i fabbed my own "cold air" tube, put a flowmaster on it, and bought a throttle body from SPS.. those 3 mods made the car actually capable of passing cars on the highway :D
 
1: Mazdaspeed Mike
2: 03 MSP Black Mica
3: Every GTSpec bar made for the protege (i think), Perrin exhaust, Perrin FMIC, Injen CAI, VIS Racing 10 piece widebody kit (with duct tape...don't ask), NES, Kenwood in dash screen/dvd. probably some other stuff too.
4: i'm not into show/ drag/ autocross/ street racing anymore...
5: screwdriver? wtf is that?
6: pretty much only if it's in my backyard (figuratively speaking...i don't wanna clean up after you guys)
 
*Amy

*1995 Mx-6 LS

*Mods - coming soon! (drinks)

*I would say show since Im not into racing or anything like that..I just love cars & love making them look ~sexy~ (not ricer crap!) I go for more of a clean look

*Im no mechanic but I know my way around lol

*I live in Vancouver WA & Im willing to drive a few hours for a meet. (like up to seattle, etc) Love meeting other car enthusiasts!
 

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