EOI - SA October Long Weekend Meet-up/Cruise (2nd October)

[wombat]

Hi Guys, after a bit of banter on some threads, thought i'd put the feelers out there to organise a meet-up and crusie for SA rcolt owners a bit in advance.

See how many cars we can get out there!

Route is yet to be planned, but will encompass an initial gathering at a meeting point followed by a cruise loop through the Adelaide Hills. Route yet to be determined, but will involve a couple of rest/re-grouping points in between and possibly somewhere to stop off for a bite to eat.

Roads will encompass some of the special stages used for the APS adelaide tarmac rally and former Classic Adelaide, should make for some good driving!

Aiming for Sunday 2nd October which is the long weekend, so hopefully not many people have to work.

Will be a day cruise probably starting at midday-ish.

Cheers

Frank

[Corosith]

Sounds good, may even go for a run before that date too, gotta check out all your mods!

[sabeli]

super! ill have new rubber, suspensions by then, and a few other new mods coming up this week... excellent :) im in

[wombat]

gotta check out all your mods!

Half of them are either still in the shed or in transit! See if i can finally find a free weekend before the meet to at least get some of them installed!

[Geebung71]

Count me in fellas

[odysseyesm]

I'm keen. I'll try to book it in early with the wife.
Might have my full zorst in by then... Maybe even the front mount.

[redcolt]

Mind if a VRX tags along?

[wombat]

Mind if a VRX tags along?

If in VRX you mean colt, more than welcome! Sorry, no magnas on this cruise! (hint Darren :p)

[redcolt]

If in VRX you mean colt, more than welcome! Sorry, no magnas on this cruise! (hint Darren :p)

Sure is a Colt!

[wombat]

Nice one! Wouldn't mind putting your VRX side by side with an rcolt to check under the hood to see parts compatability (radiators etc). :cool:

[redcolt]

Might see if the turbo off an rcolt fits a VRX hehe.

[sabeli]

hey coro i bought some pedders today $370 for 4 springs, will have them tomorrow morning and in by tmorrow nite :) , are they nice and hard?

[odysseyesm]

Nice one! Wouldn't mind putting your VRX side by side with an rcolt to check under the hood to see parts compatability (radiators etc). :cool:

I'm thinking checking out the panels etc. Wanna put the stock colt hatch on the RColt - reckon it would look alright without the bodykit on the hatch.

[redcolt]

I'm thinking checking out the panels etc. Wanna put the stock colt hatch on the RColt - reckon it would look alright without the bodykit on the hatch.

VRX comes with same rear spoiler as the RColt, would only be the old discontinued povo pack ES that doesn't get a body kit.

[rokkuchan]

hey coro i bought some pedders today $370 for 4 springs, will have them tomorrow morning and in by tmorrow nite :) , are they nice and hard?

You've been in my car - i have the same. But i don't like and wanna get rid of them but don't have suitable replacement.

[sabeli]

You've been in my car - i have the same. But i don't like and wanna get rid of them but don't have suitable replacement.

hey chan, i decided not to get them but they will be on the shelf till someone else walks in and gets them so they are still there if i change my mind :)

[odysseyesm]

VRX comes with same rear spoiler as the RColt, would only be the old discontinued povo pack ES that doesn't get a body kit.

Nah I mean the one on the bottom edge of the hatch that matches up with the extended bumper of the RColt.

[DamoMcTitz]

Mc titties is down.

[rokkuchan]

Mc titties is down.

i'm down for some open throttle.

[sabeli]

and where are we meeting up?

[wombat]

Yet to be determined Eli, i'll still have to sort out the run/details. Probably start up at the pizza bar carpark you guys have met at the last couple of times. Should be pretty quiet on a Sunday to meet up. Will also be close to the hills where the run will happen.

[Corosith]

.....or Blackwood Hungry Jacks/Primo carpark, just throwing it out there.

[wombat]

.....or Blackwood Hungry Jacks/Primo carpark, just throwing it out there.

Good idea, a bit more central for all of us (considering i reckon 80% of rcolt owners in SA are from south/western suburbs). Nice and close for you anyway chris! :p

[sabeli]

.....or Blackwood Hungry Jacks/Primo carpark, just throwing it out there.

haha coro we`ve had to travel 45min to get to europizza place lol

[odysseyesm]

I dont mind driving to a meet - where do u guys want to meet up?
How about Second Valley via Strath?

[sabeli]

does anyone want to meet up this friday night for coffee and ciggies lol... around 7-730? for a litle while just to catch up

[Geebung71]

Damn I would've but already busy.

[Corosith]

Im in.

[odysseyesm]

Reckon I could make that.
Might have some news on flashes too - watch this space...

[sabeli]

will see planty of days left till friday maybe same place euro pizza. .... hey will these fit our cars someone said anything that says RG -ON should fit our cars just to confirm so i can get them.


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mitsubishi-Colt-RG-2004-On-Lowered-King-Springs-/190534795767?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3D LVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2433708759107247703

[Corosith]

Yep, they should fit. Before the existence of coilovers in the local market, those Kings springs and the pedders were the only ones you could buy for the RG. Have you considered the Lovells springs, they sit a wee bit higher but apparently retain a reasonable non-crashy ride - around $280?

This is Blaze's rcolt with the Lovells, the ride height is perfect in my opinion.
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[rokkuchan]

I'll sell you my shit pedders when i get my replacement.

[Corosith]

......or I can sell you some hacksawed OEM springs (not really). Need to track down some tools to get the front strut tops off, my rattle gun just doesn't cut the mustard after attempting Darrens colt, you need something to stop the shocker shaft from spinning. It would save so much dough being able to do it, plus the driving back and forth just to get two nuts off.

[sabeli]

lol i dont want hacksawed spring or used springs hahaha... i did try to get lovells but in the mean time they only had the rear ones and i was told it will take a few weeks to order the front one but i was desperate on the spot so i cooled down and on the other side they are much softer than pedders and kings... i prefer hard that will stop hitting the guards..

[rokkuchan]

Want my springs? I should rephrase, my pedders aren't shit, I just don't like them but many others found them to be good for them.

Bcoz i had many other rides before, may be it's just the car itself but it's not up to my standards yet with what i want in terms of ride quality. Trying to find the balance between being very low and stiff - bad ride, and i know there's low and stiff while having good ride - achieved this in all previous rides.

I don't care for corners and shit, I just want it to look good while having good ride. If i want a car for corners, I'll get a car for corners and not give a crap about ride quality.

I think i will try and experiment with Tanabe springs. There's 3 types, DF, NF and GF. DF - the lowest (Down Force??), NF - ride quality (Nice Feel) and GF - best of both worlds? . I think GF is not available for the Colt but the other two are.

So i'm not sure which set to buy yet. DF has 2-3" drop where as NF has 1-2" drop - has best ride quality so they say.

[DamoMcTitz]

I'm down for some coffee and pizza Friday night. Hope to be there round 8ish. Unlikely to be there earlier unless a minor miracle occurs.

[odysseyesm]

I'll b there. Can go anytime, might even wash the car!

[sabeli]

so lets say 7-30 euro pizza place. :) odysseyesm msg me earlier if you want to head out together maybe u can test drive me car see what u think.

[Corosith]

If anyone needs a 1/8 to 3/8" 304 stainless adapters to install oil temp/pressure gauge sensors on the colt, I've got a couple of spare ones I can bring along. They fit into the two ports down on and near the oil cooler. Just thought I'd order a couple off ebay since they were so cheap - I've currently got two spares.

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2978/bungu.jpg

[sabeli]

If anyone needs a 1/8 to 3/8" 304 stainless adapters to install oil temp/pressure gauge sensors on the colt, I've got a couple of spare ones I can bring along. They fit into the two ports down on and near the oil cooler. Just thought I'd order a couple off ebay since they were so cheap - I've currently got two spares.

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2978/bungu.jpg

i might be interested .. im also looking for oil filter sendwich do you know what size we need?

[Corosith]

You don't need a sandwich plate (yeah, I bought one too), as there is already a stock oil cooler plate on the bottom of the block on which the filter screws onto, there are two bolts you can undo to install these adapters in.:)

[sabeli]

oohh really lol excellent so i just buy a 7-8 raw cooler and im ready to go :)

[Corosith]

I was actually talking about gauge connections, not oil coolers. Oil cooler would be best with a filter relocation kit & sandwich plate as another sandwich plate and the overall length of the oil filter will make it sit awfully low. I'll just explain it to you tonight.:)

[Corosith]

Thanks for turning up guys, I didn't take a single photo tonight, but it was interesting to drive everyone elses colt with the reflashes and various mods. Darrens car was plain sex to look at all the way from my house to the city, whilst Sabeli's colt had the most berries of the group. Don't worry Darren, I won't mention about your BOV being in backwards - lol!

[sabeli]

Thanks for turning up guys, I didn't take a single photo tonight, but it was interesting to drive everyone elses colt with the reflashes and various mods. Darrens car was plain sex to look at all the way from my house to the city, whilst Sabeli's colt had the most berries of the group. Don't worry Darren, I won't mention about your BOV being in backwards - lol!

mc titties and i had some good fun driving home, whiping bmw and wrx arses... hahaha darren :)... damn i didnt take your car for a spin chris to feel the peddders, i loved the kings in darrens.

[odysseyesm]

No photos - so it didn't happen...

[rokkuchan]

I couldn't make it, sorry guys.

[rokkuchan]

but I am down for the long cruise on long weekend. So someone make it happen! Use Google maps to use checkpoints whoever's doing it.

[sabeli]

i think wombat is doing that hopefully he will have it done soon........ hey chris i just inverted the bov lol sounds so good, you are a legend! :)

[DamoMcTitz]

mc titties and i had some good fun driving home, whiping bmw and wrx arses....

LOL, that rex was behind me to the left, but i was too busy following yourself to notice him.

[rokkuchan]

were those wrx(s) even trying or noticing u guys were there? Haha

[wombat]

Hi guys, will have further details in the next week or so, will attempt to plot a cruise map on google maps/whereis soon.

At this stage i think we will initially meet up in Blackwood at 11:30-12 ish and will essentially be a 'backwards' loop through the hills, roughly like the following in order:

Blackwood
Clarendon
Meadows
Paris Creek
Macclesfield
Flaxley
Mt. Barker
Littlehampton (possible stop/re-group point for lunch at the bakery)
Nairne
Brukunga
Woodside
Lobethal
Forest Range
Basket Range
Marble Hill
Cherryville
Montacute (detour via corkscrew road)
Castambul
Paracombe
Inglewood
Houghton
Vista


Potentially another stop point thrown in there. Only an initial route at this stage, welcome to suggestions from you guys to alter it!

It will probably be more than likely 'follow the leader' ;)

[Geebung71]

sounds good, shame I could catch up with you all last night. Guess it'll have to wait till october. see you then!

[DamoMcTitz]

Im back to tentative on this at the moment. have some family coming from interstate, so i cant commit.

Another great time Friday night, pizza was fantastic.

[rokkuchan]

Test drove Sabeli's last night. I must say, his clutch is a little harder and feels more solid than mine. I don't think his is stock but I like it better... Overall SKR tune is not bad, Sabeli you should of upgraded the whole exhaust first before you did your tune.

Sabeli also test drove mine, which has my new tune in it @17-18psi (1.2-1.3bar) stable through all rev range. My guesstimate since my last dyno of 128-133, now maybe 135-138fwkw. In comparison to Sabeli, i thought mine rev'd more freely - but this is due to the mods. Upgrade exhaust Sabeli!!

What did you think Sabeli?

You guys can have a go at mine for the cruise.

[odysseyesm]

Power is good but you can also stay off the brakes to go faster... :P

[sabeli]

Test drove Sabeli's last night. I must say, his clutch is a little harder and feels more solid than mine. I don't think his is stock but I like it better... Overall SKR tune is not bad, Sabeli you should of upgraded the whole exhaust first before you did your tune.

Sabeli also test drove mine, which has my new tune in it @17-18psi (1.2-1.3bar) stable through all rev range. My guesstimate since my last dyno of 128-133, now maybe 135-138fwkw. In comparison to Sabeli, i thought mine rev'd more freely - but this is due to the mods. Upgrade exhaust Sabeli!!

What did you think Sabeli?

You guys can have a go at mine for the cruise.

yea its good i like it ,,, but i dont like my clutch my foot is so sore and my leg ;/ its enough to drive an hour to be sore sux so much... or i might be a princess :)

[sabeli]

check this out guys... back to pod filter set up i resprayed the adaptor and bought smaller pod filter which fits perfectly into the bottom box where the cold air intake comes into :) and the adaptor isnt heating at all went for a 20mins drive poped the bonnet it was cold as the intake pipes. ;/
... i have created even more power its out of control... now its spiking from 18-20psi :/ am i safe?
or go see Steve agaiN?

hellpppp

[wombat]

As promised guys, plan route for next Sunday 2nd October. Will finish up at Coles Shopping Centre Corner Monatcute and Stradbroke Roads.

Meet at Barnacle Bills/Primo/Hungry Jacks complex at around midday, look at leaving at around 12:30pm.

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Should take approximately 2-2.5 hrs

At this stage, i *may* have something on for that Sunday, but a 95% chance i'll make it :-)

Cheers guys

[Corosith]

Looks like a real comprehnsive spin for the colts, looking forward to it! There's always the option to only do parts of the run if people have other committments on the day, whilst other can stick to the original plan. Better juice up the camera and spruice up the colt!

[sabeli]

This sux....This content cannot be displayed in a frame :(

[Corosith]

Just open it in a new window, it's just too big to be displayed on the current page.

[rokkuchan]

mmm i was thinking of getting those mesh net to cover the front... gonna expect heaps of debris hitting my intercooler...

[odysseyesm]

Reckon I'll be out of this one guys... Gotta get some runs on the board for my wedding anniversary.
Wife's been hitting me with the guilt trip - not happy Jan.

[wombat]

Cruise will have to get canned unfortunately guys (well my attendance anyway). That slim 5% chance of me not attending has come to fruition :-(

Apologies to all that were keen (although nothing stopping ppl from meeting up still)

Will have to organise a meet very soon, been a while since i caught up with everyone.

[Corosith]

I'm still keen for a meetup, we could still go to Blackwood at the same time and maybe work our way through to Coromandel Valley (Main Rd), Clarendon/Meadows/Strath (quick stop). Then continue onto Callington, over the freeway and turn left to Kanmantoo/Nairne/Littlehampton/Hahndorf and back to Blackwood the back way or home via the freeway. PM me if you want more details, just so I know someone is willing to turn up thanks.:) Alternatively, we could do a trip to Cape Jervis, but it's up to you guys.

[rokkuchan]

Bah... a sunny day too. Nevermind. So who's up for some day-time meet-lunch instead? Since i got pre-approval to go out! haha. Feel like some kranskies at harndork.

[Corosith]

Which day, on the same day? Could go via Cherry Gardens/ Ironbank / Longwood / Mylor to Hahndorf, though Hahndorf on a long weekend could be a bad place to end up. One the other hand, the route I suggested above will only take about two hours as I did it midday last Sunday with the missus and was back by 3 - stopped in Stath for a pie and ice cream as well!

[rokkuchan]

How many ppl? If there aint enough people then I won't go too. I go work on the car instead :)

[Corosith]

Seems too nice a day to not to go for a drive, oh well if there is no interest I will have to resort to putting my zorst on, I suppose you are doing your gearbox. Just give it a bit of time to see if anyone chimes in for a drive.

That reminds me, I still have your one of your reflashing cables don't I ? I also have a copy of Maccas reflash but need to change the immobiliser code and install the 3-port.

[rokkuchan]

Yeah the gearbox $#$#%#$#$ ....

and yeah i have your mini-jack cable and you have my USB cable. lol. I can bring it to you on Sunday. Need some help install 3 port?

[Corosith]

I need to change the immobiliser code first then reflash it with Maccas basic flash, you may be able to help me on that as I am still green in that area. The 3-port is a Tactrix unit with a plug and play Mitsubishi connector.

[Geebung71]

Im still keen for a cruise. Got a barbie on later in the day though, what time are you thinking of starting?

[rokkuchan]

I need to change the immobiliser code first then reflash it with Maccas basic flash, you may be able to help me on that as I am still green in that area. The 3-port is a Tactrix unit with a plug and play Mitsubishi connector.

yeah no prob, easy. I have the grimm 3 port. should be easy to install.

[Corosith]

Same time, 11.30 to 12.00, should be back by 2.00-2.30pm. But if it is only going to be you and me, may as well postpone it to another weekend, just waiting for a few more repsonses.

I should really join up again with the Evo GSR club, then we could tag along with them on a few cruises, I think Odyssey, DamoMcTitz & wombat are members.

[rokkuchan]

yeah seems like I'll just do my installs and postpone cruise for another date.

[Corosith]

yeah no prob, easy. I have the grimm 3 port. should be easy to install.

Cool, sounds more like I won't be cruising then, went for a burn last Sunday anyway. Hey Rokku, I also have a decent pump bottle with(brand spankers) if you want to use that to pump the new gearbox fluid in, then you can just pump it in through the guard rather than gravity feeding it from the engine bay. The stupid setup I had when I last did the fluid created a hell mess.

[rokkuchan]

Cool, sounds more like I won't be cruising then, went for a burn last Sunday anyway. Hey Rokku, I also have a decent pump bottle with(brand spankers) if you want to use that to pump the new gearbox fluid in, then you can just pump it in through the guard rather than gravity feeding it from the engine bay. The stupid setup I had when I last did the fluid created a hell mess.

I have a 600CC Syringe and long tube :)

[odysseyesm]

Cool, sounds more like I won't be cruising then, went for a burn last Sunday anyway. Hey Rokku, I also have a decent pump bottle with(brand spankers) if you want to use that to pump the new gearbox fluid in, then you can just pump it in through the guard rather than gravity feeding it from the engine bay. The stupid setup I had when I last did the fluid created a hell mess.

I'm keen to borrow that pump pls Coro. Got the oil just need to do it...

[rokkuchan]

Perhaps do it on Sunday too??

[Corosith]

I have a 600CC Syringe and long tube :)

I too had a syringe, it was a pain in the neck. The bottle I have you just pour all the gearbox fluid into it and use the handpump to push the fluid in, it also has a long hose with a curved metal neck on it so you can just hook it in the filler hole. You are both welcome to use it.

Super cheap sell them for around $25

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1959/bottlew.jpg

[sabeli]

I too had a syringe, it was a pain in the neck. The bottle I have you just pour all the gearbox fluid into it and use the handpump to push the fluid in, it also has a long hose with a curved metal neck on it so you can just hook it in the filler hole. You are both welcome to use it.

Super cheap sell them for around $25

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1959/bottlew.jpg

how much oil do they take? and what type is best

[Corosith]

1 litre, check out the thread on transmission oils and you'll find a few options there. All I know is when I changed my trans fluid at 50,000kms it looked like absolute gunk, something that is mirrored on the MPS forums with their first gearbox fluid change.

[sabeli]

thanks coro :) ... so what is happening for this sunday? are we meeting up or not? or should we meet up this sat anywhere and go for a spin down south... rokku you titties and me ... we all live at this end ... everyone get to my place and we head out :) excellent idea

[Corosith]

Sounds like we are doing car maintenance stuff on Sunday, might just have to postpone till the following weekend when more people are available - at last count there were only 3 people interested in cruising on Sunday.

[sabeli]

alriteee so maintenance sounds good... i should change gearbox oil got some adjustables coming prob mid next week hopefully should be fun to play wiht :)

[odysseyesm]

Don't get me wrong - I'm well interested, I just need some points on the home front...
I kind of forgot the wedding anniversary so I need to step up.

[Corosith]

Ok, so we will see where we are at closer to the end of the week with people committing.

[wombat]

If its next weekend, i'll be down.

Once again, sorry about this weekend guys :-(

At least we might get a decent turn out next weekend (even if just for coffee and chit chat)

[sabeli]

second of october came and went ... should we meet up this friday night agaiN?