But you like rice.

Wasn't too terrible, there were 2 CTS V's and a few other domestics. Apparently in the summertime there are 400+ cars that attend. I will go again and see if the number of nice cars improves or declines when the weather warms.

Wrong.

No Fiero, no care.

only one person on my facebook from cola ever posts any pictures and its a black dude thats all about big wheels and candy paint. yall should change that...

the shit i see from him on a daily basis lol.
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whatchu know bout dat big body on dem eight foh orangatangs????
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at 2500 a wheel its a bargain!
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I can say with complete confidence there was none of that at the meet when I went back in December. Mostly imports, but definitely some clean cars, nice garage, and a relaxed atmosphere.

Is it still at Quaker? My friend runs the one down in cola now.

This one is in a parking structure in downtown Columbia. Put on by a local performance shop and had permits from the city to hold the event. Was fairly well organized and any sort of ricey behavior was not only frowned upon, but dealt with immediately. They organize on Facebook, Columbia Automotive Enthusiasts i think.

I came to that thing once. i was not impressed with it. I think thats where i actually met Wes for the first time. ended up meeting some G8 guys there too(one of which was there out of Kansas... some military stuff)

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cone is not impressed by your car meet.

roadcone likes rice

Cone will be the judge of your meet.

The garage meet fluctuates with types of cars and numbers so just because one time didn't impress you doesn't mean they are all like that. We also have our own Cars and Coffee which is getting some good traction. Yes yes, Greenville's is better blah blah fuck you. It has been moved from Quaker to Sandhills btw.

Cone is the Director of the Better Meet Bureau.

So yeah, about my Volvo . . .

Car meet is a car meet, only as good as the cars and people that show up.

Wow I love it!!! Seen you around before and had no idea it was LS swapped. Great job!

whoa whoa whoa... dont you dare try and keep this thread on topic... this is CHP!

Well, past 2 nights in the garage have been full of ups and downs. Got the brakes bled, no leaks with anything in the rear, so that's a win. Got in the car tonight, no pedal at all. Started poking around, it would appear the master cylinder has decided to start leaking at the booster, that's no bueno. So now I have to replace that and hope my diagnosis is correct. Same thing happened a few years ago when I first brought the car to SC. Not a game ender, but not fun having to track one down right before a decent road trip.

The rear is pretty well sorted, need to fiddle with the fenders some more and the ride height possibly. The front fenders got rolled last night. but I will need to trim the liners to keep them from rubbing.

Still need to sort the gauge cluster out, but I feel my new plan of attack should work. More on that when I have proof I was able to sort it out.

Overall I am confident I can meet the deadline of next Thursday. Just hope I can get some miles on this rear so I can have some confidence in it.

Snapped a few quick shots before calling it a night, I am happy with it, kinda wish I went with a 205 on the front instead of the 215, would have matched the rear more and cleared the fenders better. If I can find someone looking for the fronts, I can pull them off and cut my losses and get the 205's.

Wheel specs:

Front 17x8.5 et30 with 1.25" (32mm) adapters 215/45R17 Sumitomo HTR ZIII
Rear 17x10 et20 no spacers/adapters 245/40R17 Sumitomo HTR ZIII (~et1 with a stock rear axle, 8.8 is 3/4" longer each side)

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lookin good

Took a test drive up to the rice bowl Saturday. Everything seems to be working as intended. Still nervous to put my foot in it after breaking the rear 3 times now. Will touch up a few little items and detail this week. I am sure I will have a flood of pics after this weekend.

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you've broken the new rear 3 times??

No, new one might have 50 miles on it. I had 3 Volvo rears fail. Twice in glorious ear ringing, hart dropping fashion. BWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH (shift) POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That and the fact that I have now replaced the engine, trans, axle, fully modified suspension components, links, ect.

Also wanted to take it easy the first night out to make sure everything was tight and good. Would rather hear a loose bolt rattle and be able to fix it, than come out and mess things up while beating on the car and have to do it all over again.

pfft, pull out of the garage mid burnout and put that bitch on the limiter in top gear!

Had a great time this weekend at Import Alliance. Car made it there with only one issue, the driver's rear tire was rubbing over some larger bumps, but managed to grab the inner fender and pull it away from the outer. Thus slicing the tire pretty good right at the rim protector. Don't worry, it was ONLY superficial and in no way compromised the integrity of the sidewall. I will have it replaced in a week or two and have all 4 wheels rebalanced (that is a whole different story).

What brought it to my attention was a thump coming from the rear. I immediately got off 95 and into a parking lot. Was relieved to find just a piece of the tire slapping the fender and nothing more serious with the driveshaft, diff, or axles. Raised the rear up to keep the rubbing to a minimum, and managed to reshape the inner fender with a spare tire removal tool from a Nissan Frontier, a 2x4, and a moving blanket to keep dry.

Back on the road, there was rain ALL THE WAY up 16 in GA. After sitting in traffic for what felt like 2 hours, mere miles before our exit we finally made it. By my calculations, I averaged 25mpg running ~75mph most of the way.

The show was pretty fun. There was a number of really cool and unique cars and tons of people. My friend's Prelude was a huge hit, people spending 5-10 minutes scouring over the engine bay looking and asking questions. I think a good number of people didn't know what was going on under the hood of the Volvo. With nothing obvious to someone who has never seen under the hood of a 240, and the use of factory parts, some people didn't even know it was swapped. Most did however and I got all of the usual questions. Had a great time answering questions and showing people the car. Seemed to go over really well. Made the trek home yesterday, no issues and just cruised. Was a nice weekend to just drive the car easy, get some miles on the new axle and suspension, and a good conclusion to this chapter of the build.

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Pic I snagged of the Prelude . . .

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Thats some straight up MacGyver action there. :bigthumb:

does that prelude have a whole bunch of old JUN parts in the motor? looks familiar and a guy used to own a shop up here called extreme velocities had one of those.

I don't think he has any JUN parts, but it does have a bunch of J's Racing, Mugen, Nardi knob and Wheel and other rare JDM parts on it. Car was built up from a shell, this was the first time it had been seen in the wild.

I give him shit all the time about his $100 radiator cap, Stant caps cost like $10 and do the same damn thing. Those Honda kids are all about the rare and exclusive. At least the car is quick with a 250whp N/A H22.

Gotta make it happen some times. The Canadian folks traveling 95 in their Minivans were looking at us like WTF?!

Really glad I decided to bring the jack, almost left it at home.

some of the expensive jdm stuff is neat but i'd say 75% of it is bs... i like all of the J's stuff, its all real deal because racecar stuff thats absurdly light and they designed it for their race cars. those H22's arent all that bad when you start toying with them... he needs to K-swap or J-swap it and piss off the entire honda community...

Some pics I the other night. Overexposed, which is crazy since it was 10:00pm. Need to learn how to use this camera.

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