Okay here is the deal:

1. We will need to be at the track between 11:30 to 12:00 at the latest. I would suggest to join the caravan that I am starting. But just in case I will give instruction on how to get to Cordova even though I have never been. Trust me I did my research I hope! For instructions please see the bottom of the post.

2. The Money issue: WE do not want the money to be turned in early to DSMCentral via in person or over the web. Sorry if this makes it hard for you to go but it is the easiest that we can come up with. The entry fee will be $50.00 at the door PER CAR! Note** spectators get in free!!! If you don't have your 50 bucks you better look for a friend to loan you the cash. We will not accept anything but cash at this time but it may change. We will keep you posted.

3. Food - The concession stands and race gas pumps will be open for all to take part in. These things aren't exactly cheap, so I would suggest eating before you get there or bring a cooler and food. My caravan will be eating somewhere along the way. I would also suggest to bring lots of water. (Edited by MAC)

4. Help will be needed!! We will need people to help us make this as smooth as possible so maybe we can have a 2nd annual SCDC. This is what we will need:

• Money collector at gate - no view of the racing there
• Video recorder - someone with a camera to get all the action
• Time slip tally - Someone to review the posted times and rank them for trophies.

Please do not hesitate and sign up today if you or someone you know will be willing to take score

5. Driving directions - from Peoria take 74 towards Galesburg and stay on this till you reach near the Quad Cities. 74 will turn into 80 for a short time after you pass the 280 exit. Go about 10-15 miles till you reach Illinois Route 84. Take Route 84 north for about 15 miles and to your right you will see Cordova. Here is a map of the general area of Cordova Drag:



My cell # is 314-221-9579 if you get lost or have any questions, it "should" work there so you can call me.

I will be heading out at about 9am from Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino so I can eat lunch and make up time if we have a car break down. God forbid if this happens.

Thanks
Mike Roth & DSMCentral.com

Thanks Mike! And just to make sure were all clear on this. Cordova personal will be keeping track of all times for us. We however will need to tally these up for the trophies our selves. That's where we need help.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the info. My and my crew are going to try and meet up with the caravan at the Paradice if anything cnanges please let me know. how many miles is it total?

Here are better Dirrections from Microsoft street and trips!

Summary: 100.4 miles (1 hour, 36 minutes)

9:00 AM Depart SW Access Road 3 Rd, East Peoria, IL 61611 on Blackjack Blvd (South-East) 54 yds
9:00 AM Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto US-150 [N Main St] 0.7 mi
9:01 AM Turn LEFT (East) onto Ramp 0.1 mi
9:01 AM Merge onto I-74 (North) 81.3 mi
10:13 AM Continue (North) on I-80 9.6 mi
10:21 AM At I-80 Exit 1, turn off onto Ramp 0.3 mi
10:21 AM Merge onto SR-84 (East) 8.0 mi
10:35 AM Turn RIGHT (East) onto CR-22 [157th Ave] 0.2 mi
10:36 AM Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
10:36 AM Arrive Cordova

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 100.4 miles
Trip duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Driving time: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Cost: $5.76

Because I have to pay to take your mom out the next weekend and she aint cheep! No j/k you need to ask Marcus!

Mike, do you want me to post this on 3Si?

Definitely! Bring on the local 3S's.

It's time for another meeting to tie up our remaining loose ends before the Drag Challenge in two weeks.

I propose that we meet up this Wednesday at about 6PM at Applebees in East Peoria again.

I have sent in the $200 deposit.
Nate has ordered the trophies.
Spy, Jbone and others have passed around flyers and word to locals.
Mike has formed the Caravan.
Cordova will be keeping track of all time slips (Usually by car number or the last four digits of your soc. sec. number.)

Now we still need some one to take entry money on the day of the race, a person to video tape the entire event, and someone to help tally the time slips and keep track of the racers for trophies.

Let me know who can make it. I NEED at least the following people to show up, so let me know if this schedule will not work.

Nate
Susan
Rob
Dan
Jordan

I wish I could help out more!!!!

I'd be happy to show up to lend a hand. Unfortunately Wed is an 11am-midnight workday for me. Not that I'm essential personnel by any means here but if you guys end up meeting on Thurs or Fri, I'll make sure I trek in.

Wed should work fine for me Marcus. I think I'll go ahead and volunteer to either take money or help with the timeslips (or both..) as long as I'll have pleanty of time to make some runs. At this point I'm hoping to drive the car up (and back ) so I shouldn't have a lot of setup/teardown time for the car. (Key word here being SHOULDN"T)

And just so I'm clear... Caravan will leave from the Par-A-Dice hotel at what time?

Will leave at 9am so I figure that we can eat breakfast at galesburg or somewhere north of that if we can! I dont know the route to well, but I would imagine that we can eat at some country kitchen or something.


Also my girlfriend (Sara) said she will be glad to be the money handler at the font door so none of us miss anything. She also said she will help do the time slips but does not know anybodies names so she may be like a back up help.

I'll be there Wednesday evening.

YEAH! me too! minus the tickets hopefully.

I will beer there... I mean BE there.

I cannot make it on Wednesday because I have class. I am at the least able to do the time slips. At this point AWDNOT2 is not together so Darryl and I as a team may be able to do some other things as you need be. I will keep you posted on the progress of the car...

Let me know what you need okay, just email me or PM us.

Susan

I'll be there Wednesday also.

Edit:
I will not be able to make it to the meeting. I have to work and go to an interview.

Thanks to everyone that showed up tonight. Here's what we determined to date:

Dan's sis will take money at the front gate. If we can get anyone else up there to keep her company and feeling more secure holding the cash that is a necessity.

Scott will tape the entire event with Dan's Video camera after he get's a second battery.

Scorp will also try to locate a second digital video camera to get a different view of the entire racing event. We will eventually combine and edit these videos into a single 'Imports-gone-wild' documentary!

Since Susan has volunteered to help keep track of the time slips for trophys, I think we should go with that.

Otherwise, I will be traveling to Cordova early Saturday to make sure everything is set-up and ready. (Not much to do...just in case) I will need those people that are helping to show up a bit early too. The park is open to us at 10AM and then open to the racers to start racing at noon.

Thanks again!

That sounds great Marcus! Just to make a reminder, I will be at paradice at 8:30 leaving at 9am sharp!!! everyone better print the directions just incase. I will be in town on Sat night if anybody neds help let me know!

Less than a week guys... we got everything taken care of?

If i don't get things ironed out in time get get Frankenstein I'll be able to be the DSMcentral errand boy and gate b!tch. As long I'm I'm not stuck there for the entire duration.

Hoping to be driving but it's gonna be close.

Depending on how you are planning on doing the time slips, I can do money. That isn't a problem as long as you are planning on having people submit their best time slip at the end of the racing. Not to collect time slip but rather for me to look at and write down. I don't care either way but I thought I would throw that out.

I will not be racing my car but maybe 2-3 passes if that! I will collect the money at the gates! the way I think about is if everyone should be there by 12:30 or at the latest 1. if they come any later then that then we will now cause they will not have any writing on the window! there Money problem resolved!


AS OF 3:44PM ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 15 2003 WE HAVE 37CARS ON THE LIST TO BE THERE!

better make that 38, i will be there.

i hope that dan is up for a rematch!!!!!!

Susan,

Cordova will keep track of all the times for each car. We need you to help organize which time fits into which catagory and all for trophies.

Mike - Thanks for electing to take the gate money. Rob has come up with some good sign in slips that will help us to catagorize the cars. I plan to help do that at the front gate as well.

Again...any one that plans to help should show up a bit early so we can get everything lined up. I can collect money until you show up with the caravan Mike. But that's when I'll really need the help!

Thanks!
Marcus

If you think the out come is going to be like racing the laser... you got another thing coming my little friend..


I thought the laser wanted a rematch???
no matter,
what do ya plan on running????????

Hey Guys, I just heard about the cordova event and joined the club. Plan on me coming and prolly running. I've only got a 1.8l talon , but what the hell, it should be fun, even if everyone spanks my ass. lol Anyway, let me know if you need any help with anything...I live in the QC so if anyone needs some help getting there I would be more than happy to give you a hand. My number is 309 269 7058!

welcome to the board Poof! You will need to go to the Sign up sheet Here so we can get a detailed list of everyone that is going. then all you do is show up if you can and pay at the door. Let me know if you need anything else!

Cool, thats where i signed up/registered. Hope to see you there.

Thanks
Ryan

Hey Guys!

Are there any kind of safety requirments I need to know about for the event?

Nope, No safety requirements required by the drivers PJ except for a helmet if your in the 13's. All drivers will sign a waiver at the gat and then a Cordova employee will tech. each car for safety. That's just to make sure your battery is secured and you have no profuse leaks, etc.

BTW- Rob and I came up with a tentative Gate watch schedule. Anyone that's included in the list that doesn't want to do this let me know ASAP.

11:00-12:30 Marcus
12:00-1:00 Mike
12:30-1:30 Susan
1:00-2:00 Kristy
1:30-2:30 Rob
2:00-3:00 Nate
2:30-? Marcus

Obviously if no one is coming in after a certain time, we can evaluate abandoning the gate post. We will play that by ear.

I will be leaving at about 8:30AM Sunday morning from Peoria. I'd like those that are helping to come along early as well. Dan, Scott, Darryl & Susan, Brian, Rob & Kristy? Can you guys let me know if you can or can not make the early trip? I plan to arrive around 10AM so we can go over all the ins&outs with the Cordova people. Plus I'd really like the camera guys to get the action right from the start.

Thanks!

should I change the Caravan to leave at 8:30 as well? then once the caravan gets close to the track we can stop and eat and then we can and will arive at about 11 or so? This sounds like a better plan to me but would like to get some input on this!

Mike, I think the caravan leaving at 9AM is fine as long as you make it at or near noon so you can help at the gate.

I will be there early to leave. Where are you leaving from?

Not sure Marcus, I think Kristy has already moved the time up on the babysitter a couple times, and I really hate to do it again to her. Kristy and I were discussing taking seperate vehicles, so I might be able to make it before Kristy... I'll double check with her and see for sure what's going on...

That sounds okay to me to marcus. I will post about the caravan today.

It looks as though we will not have the car going. With Darryl working 12 hour days this week and still needing a couple of things, AWDNOT2-orange will not be running the 1/4 mile. But we will offer our services. And yes, we can make the early trip - well I have not checked with Darryl but I am sure we can.

Marcus, would you like to meet at Willow Knolls? A previous post may have said that but I read a lot at once and my memory is not that good.

Just checked with kristy... we will be leaving at 9am from Germantown and probably drive straight through, so we should beat the main caravan if they stop for breakfast.

D&S... you guys need to bring the 3000 gt up for a few fun runs!!! Plus a little free advertising!!

Well, I wont be there anymore. I got the tranny out and got the clutch assembly in and all together, but we couldnt get the tranny back in with the crappy jack I had. Unless I can get it back in by myself tomorrow, theres no way that I'll be there on Sunday.

I located a DVC, (on the shelf at Wally World ) so now we will be able to have more than one view. I didn't have enough money to buy another battery after buying the camera and a few other misc. things, (f'n ex taking all of my stuff ) so I'll only be able to get a couple of hours worth of video. Unless there is a plug in within about 5' of where I will be standing

Bad news, boys and girls....

























...I'm cleared to drive.

Weather looks AWESOME!!!! Sunny and 72!

Sure fire way to get an AWD tranny in by yourself. I know its a heavy SOB. Jack the car up as high as you can. Slide and position the tranny underneath so the bell housing would be nearly touching the pressure plate. Keep an eye on the front and back side because it is a tight fit. Lower the car on the jack as far as possiblewhile keeping an watchful eye on the tranny and the lowering car to make sure you don't crush anything. This should put the tranny right next to the engine so you should only have to lift it a few inches. Now here's the hard part. From here you have two choices. The hard short way or the easy long way.

Hard short way: bend over the tranny side of the car and give the tranny the ole heave-ho until the shaft slides in the hole. (Calm down guys, I'm talking about transmissions here)

Easy long way: It long because you have to remove the battery tray (if you haven't already, and you have to drain the radiator and remove it. But, what this allows you to do is step inside the engine compartment with the tranny underneath you for much better leverage. Put your right foot on the front crossmember and your left foot on the ground if it will fit or on the subframe member with the steer rack underneath. Find a couple of good hand holds on the tranny and lift her up and onto the engine.

Hope this helps.

possably bad news guys

my sincronizer is going out on 2nd gear in the gsx.

since this is my daily driver i'm not sure weather to race it in this condition. also another not so new problem resurfaced again today, maybe someone can help me with this one.

when i shifted into third merging onto the interstae on my way to work today my boost built up, and then my car misfired bad enough to damn near throw me into my steering wheel.
i have NGK R plugs and NGK wires on it and that really helped last time i was having this problem, but i wouldnt think that they would go bad already, ive only had them on the car for 2 months, help me out guys so maybe i can race on sunday

Just take it easy on 2nd... you'll be fine.

Your "misfire" almost sounds like fuel cut.... What are your mods and what rpm/boost were you at when it happened? Fuel cut is when the ECU shuts off fuel for a breif period of time because it sees too much air. Feels like the car shuts off for a second at WOT.

thats exactly what it felt like today,

my boost right now is at 14 lbs, but it spikes to almost 20lbs before it drops to 14, i have the 255 Lph fuel pump but the rest of the fuel system is stock.

do you have any suggestions???????

That spike is probably what's killing you... need to port the o2 housing probably.

Bring it up Sunday and there will be plenty of people to help diagnose it!!

Way to keep them comming Rob! Keep up the good work!

anyone know the payout for the classes yet this weekend?
just curious
thanks
compacttuner
sangamon valley racing