Des Moines meet, KC guys take a peek.

[COY]

Seem to be a few of us poping up now so thought we should put something together. This place used to have a real active group but it seems to have died.


Would be cool if you KC guys could come up and next one we could come down or figure out something in the middle.

Options.

Casual get together some week night or weekend to check out each others cars and maybe eat something. Maybe a cruise around the city after. Low cost, low planning

A dyno day. I will look into prices for multiple cars and we go from there. Maybe BBQ there or all bring food or go out to eat after/before.

track day during a auto x event. If you never have auto crossed its a great way to step into real racing. Cheap and fun and you get to hammer your car plus maybe learn something.

track day at a local 1/4 or 1/8 track.
Kidding, I know some love to drag but I have never seen the appeal. I would go and try to break into the 15's. Currently I ran a 16.2 from a year or so ago.

The eatting one is the easiest but wont bring the KC guys up. The rest are dependent on what track days are left and when a dyno could take us.


thoughts? What days are good?

My garage is always available to do casual wrenching on cars. No long term builds.


In seattle we used to get together once a week to eat somewhere. It was more about hanging out as then sitting on our cars. I know that may be to often for us but at least once/twice a month I would like to meet up at a local place and eat and bullshit.

[raul-01]

Hmmm what about a meet in say Omaha? Since its roughly half way between Des Moines and KC?

I bought my car from a local in Kelley, Iowa around 2 years ago. Very very boring drive. lol.

Maybe hit up the roadcourse in Omaha? We all know roadcourse>auto-x.

[Mopar McNeer]

Omaha half way between KC & DSM? What?

Not sure if I'll have the SRT running and on the road COY, but I'd be in even if I'm just in my Avenger. Not sure about the autocross, but I'd be glad to hang, wrench, or eat.... Not sure if there are any 1/8th mile drags at the Iowa Speedway left, but thats an idea.

[Sarguy01]

If you dyno, I may join you, if you don't mind, to throw my truck on and see what it does.

[14adamneonsrt-4]

I'd def go if I had a couple weeks heads up and we did something worth it. To Des Moines is about a 3 hour drive for me so it'd need to be an all day thing. The guy I got the car from may be willing to go to, he's got an 04 SRT-10 Ram, 08 SRT-8 300, and an 09 SRT-8 Jeep.

[eb04]

i knew I saw your ride before he has a srt8 jeep now wow. Would be nice to see your ride and any of his.

[Mopar McNeer]

Where are you planning to Dyno??

[14adamneonsrt-4]

Yeah he was on here with it. I've got big plans for it. I got carbon fiber hood and trunk on the way right now. After that I'm gonna do some painting I just haven't decided what I'm going to do to it yet though.

[COY]

Quote: Originally Posted by 14adamneonsrt-4

Yeah he was on here with it. I've got big plans for it. I got carbon fiber hood and trunk on the way right now. After that I'm gonna do some painting I just haven't decided what I'm going to do to it yet though.

woohoo we can be twins.


For the dyno I was thinking about wrenches. Its $60 for 3 pulls but if we can get enough of us together the price will drop.

I will try to give several weeks notice, this thread was mainly to see if anyone was intrested and if so what do you want to do?

I agree with road course > auto x but auto x is much more user friendly to those who have never done it. Its a great place to start.





keep posting up ideas.

[eagetal96]

I am ready to do whatever. Just need a heads up, I am out of town the 19th and 20th of sept so if it is not to much to ask, another weekend is preferable. Dyno day would be fun, with that new wga I should be well into 300's for HP right COY?

[boomboom]

Quote: Originally Posted by eagetal96

I am ready to do whatever. Just need a heads up, I am out of town the 19th and 20th of sept so if it is not to much to ask, another weekend is preferable. Dyno day would be fun, with that new wga I should be well into 300's for HP right COY?

uh no youre not gonna get into the 300 with a wga lol.... um i say wrenches
september 27th is open on suday for the 1/8 mile dragstrip for iowaspeedway
lets see if we can get a dyno day for that day also hit up the dyno in the morning the head over to the dragstrip 1-5 or we could do the show and shine and swap meet on october 18 schedual tbd as of right now. i'm down for a dyno day for sure.... i have to play and tune some stuff. then coy we can sit and bench race with our cars lol oh wait mines faster any ways

[eb04]

I would love to dyno my turbo baseball bug but nothings more fun than taken the 4 laps around the newton speedway at the carshow that coy and I went too and my bug took 1st . Well have to see if I can go seeing Im going to some shows in it the next two months seeing theres a few more to go to.

[14adamneonsrt-4]

I'm down for about anything as long as the weathers nice.

[raul-01]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mopar McNeer

Omaha half way between KC & DSM? What?
Not sure if I'll have the SRT running and on the road COY, but I'd be in even if I'm just in my Avenger. Not sure about the autocross, but I'd be glad to hang, wrench, or eat.... Not sure if there are any 1/8th mile drags at the Iowa Speedway left, but thats an idea.

135 mi – about 2 hours 3 mins= Des Moines to Omaha.
182 mi – about 2 hours 49 mins= Kansas City, KS to Omaha.

For me though it would be around 200 miles since I am south of KCK.

Little over 3 hour drive each way for me going to Des Moines.

[14adamneonsrt-4]

I'm just under a 3 hour drive to Des Moines too and I live in Iowa