SoCal Fun Run pics (video included) [Archive]

BOXRPWR

04-16-2005, 08:08 PM

Video clip host website: http://www.streamload.com/BOXRPWR (http://www.streamload.com/BOXRPWR)

Hey everyone,

We did the SoCal Fun Run today and it was a blast! Subietonic - hat's off to you for all your organization efforts and setting a tone of having fun SAFELY!

The turnout was good. We had 15 cars in all. I believe there were seven Legacies. There were some sweet WRXs and RSs. Yes, and an EVO "tagging along". Everyone behaved well and we had few incidents. (Don't worry Dale, we won't tell anyone that you took a wrong turn up the Idyllwilde).

Here are some pics:

BOXRPWR

04-16-2005, 08:14 PM

And some pics on a nice turn-out on Hwy 74 a few had already gone home another way.

sde

04-17-2005, 12:12 AM

ah yea! it was great to meet everyone. thanks again Dale, great job!!

i think that was the second time i've seen another LGT on the road besides myself :D .. i need to get me some sways and do that again soon!

axis008

04-17-2005, 01:25 AM

Hey,

It was a pleasure meeting all of you today. Thanks mucho for those who came out! It made my trip down from NorCal definitely worth it.

My friends and I had an absolute BLAST running in my best friend's Evolution MR. We definitely have to keep planning things like this in the future.

To those you planned to come, what happened? You guys really missed out :p.

Anyways, here are some pictures. I apologize if I didn't take a picture of your car in the beginning. I had to borrow my roommate's digital camera and the batteries died after a few photos. Later that day, they came back to life.

axis008

04-17-2005, 01:35 AM

Thanks to Subietonic, LandShark, Mines, BoostJunkie, sil&duckswrx&legacy, and sde for representing the BL/BP Legacy crew!

Subietonic, I can't thank you enough for setting this run up. We have to try some other routes next time. Thank you.

LandShark, your car performed excellent in that little "push". Will was so happy that he had met his match :p. What a wonderful way to start his MR's after-break-in mileage.

Mines, my fellow U.C.'er, it was good meeting you. Maybe during summer we can get together with Will, the Evo guy, who lives near you, and hit up some routes.

BoostJunkie, it's too bad you were held back in the beginning. I wanted to see how your car would run! Good meeting you though. Hope you enjoyed your show tonight.

sil&duckswrx&legacy, I LOVE your car. I didn't get to formally introduce myself to you guys--I apologize. Your car sounds absolutely beautiful. The picture of the white Legacy in the side view mirror is yours!

sde, I hope you already know I love your car. Best exhaust ever! It was good meeting you and your girlfriend.

For everyone else there, it was an honor meeting you guys. Loved each car. Going around those corners behind you guys was pretty fun. :) To the black WRX, you put on quite a show during that passing lane going up hill. Hope you had as much fun as we did going around those turns. To the female driver in the blue WRX--I think it's sooooo cool that you can 1) drive stick and 2) be damn awesome at it. :p Towards the end you were going at a pretty fast pace! Funny how we'd all be stuck behind a slow car and you'd pass and disappear.

Anyways, thanks everyone for making this possible. Hope to attend another one soon!

-Ben

Also, to those who left for the 243, how was it????

Last pictures:

axis008

04-17-2005, 01:53 AM

Two more pictures of the "people-who-didn't-ditch" group :lol:.. Just kidding, guys.

sde

04-17-2005, 11:29 AM

here's a couple:
http://milanointeractive.com/pics/socalrun1.jpg

http://milanointeractive.com/pics/socalrun2.jpg

http://milanointeractive.com/pics/socalrun3.jpg

Legasee

04-17-2005, 12:16 PM

nice pics...looks like u guys really had some fun...:)

HeyChris

04-17-2005, 01:03 PM

Yes, Yes we did.... We didn't even let the tour bus doing 5mph uphill sour our fun either...

How does Route 243 compare to the run[s] up the front and backside of Mt. Palomar?l

Chris.

- Note to self... Just because its 55degrees in Costa Mesa, doesn't mean it won't be 95 in Palm Desert.... :D

axis008

04-17-2005, 01:10 PM

- Note to self... Just because its 55degrees in Costa Mesa, doesn't mean it won't be 95 in Palm Desert.... :D
You're so right! It was so hot yesterday. We had the AC running the whole time. My best friend came from a Prelude, which lost a lot of hp when the AC was on, so a turbo was a big change.

-Ben

sde

04-17-2005, 01:54 PM

243 kind of sucked .. we had 2 slower vehicles in front of us all the way down. no passing lanes and of course they did not use turn-outs. i'm sure the 79 was much more scenic. :)

Frakk's2.5

04-17-2005, 02:21 PM

YAY!!! my car made it into one of the pics!!! great run you guys, I had a blast!!! my car was just guzzling gas, I had to fill up for a third time $3.01 at the pump baby!!! woohoo!!

iyamdman

04-17-2005, 02:22 PM

Oh man!!! I missed this???

OK, took girl to Magic Mountain, so that was cool, but would have loved to do this.

Let me know the next time you do something like this and I will add another Legecy to the pack.

Mines

04-17-2005, 03:33 PM

I had a Fun time at the run too

It was nice to meet u too axis008, I also enjoyed seeing everyone's legacies. Legacys with rims look REALLY nice in person.

The run up to idllywild was funner than going down (for the people who ditched) because we were stuck behind a truck and a bimmer the whole way down.

Thank you Dan for putting the effort to put this together

We should definitly have another one, but closer.

HeyChris

04-17-2005, 04:50 PM

Unfortunately.... That's as close its gonna get... Even going to my fabled Mt. Palomar is a drive... and btw... Dale organized this gig..

Coming home through Ortega wasn't too bad... I think I used more gas on the freeway than actually in the canyon.

Boostjunkie

04-17-2005, 07:09 PM

243 kind of sucked .. we had 2 slower vehicles in front of us all the way down. no passing lanes and of course they did not use turn-outs. i'm sure the 79 was much more scenic. :)

Exactly. The 243 could have been a lot fo fun, and really not that tight or challenging a road. Unfortunately, as the lead car in our pack, I got a close up look to the cars that were holding us up. :mad: :rolleyes: I guess even gesturing wildly with my hands in a choking motion wasn't enough to get the slow pokes ahead to pull into a turnout. Oh well.... There's always next time.

I enjoyed meeting most everyone there. Kudos to Dale for all his efforts in putting together a fabulously well organized event.

Drew888

04-17-2005, 07:42 PM

This was my first canyon run and I had a blast! Thanks Dale! Especially for keeping to schedule, that made it easy to catch up to you guys.
New tires...soft sidewall (Toyo T1-S)...it was like driving in th rain :), but controllable. I thought I had to add more air but I was already at 50psi. I'm putting the FK-451's back on next time.
243 back ...hmmm, I now understand why Dale didn't want to go that way. Although not a 'real' technical run, it did have some sections where if you went in a little too hot the slightest mistake could mean a solid 200ft+ drop, and absolutely no shoulder. If you have to take it again it would be safest to start at the 10 and go south so you are on the mountain side not the cliff side. Not something I would gamble with either if I were organizing it.
Very nice to meet you all, again confirmed...no better bunch of people than Subie owners! Even when the homeless lady walked up to you guys babbling on about some nonsense you humored her until she walked away (yeah I knew what you really wanted to do :), still you were civil.
Sign me up for the next one.

Drew888

04-17-2005, 07:44 PM

The best bit of road seemed to be that short nicely banked section just before we turned around from going the wrong way...very very nice.

buplew

04-17-2005, 10:43 PM

man, sounds like you all had fun. too bad i couldn't join you guys. any plans for another run?:)

axis008

04-17-2005, 10:46 PM

The best bit of road seemed to be that short nicely banked section just before we turned around from going the wrong way...very very nice.
I second that! Thanks for getting missing the stop, Dale :p.

BOXRPWR

04-17-2005, 11:34 PM

Yeah, those of us that went back down thru Anza had a little detour ourselves. We took the 74 towards Hemet for about 5 miles then pulled out for the last group photo. On the run back up the 74 we got to enjoy those few precious miles of really twisty, tightly banked turns.

I was running right in front of the EVO and trying to keep pace with those hot WRXs. Thank God nobody else was going our way so we all got to use the brief section of road with two lanes both going uphill. That allowed tight entrances and wider exits. The curves must have been backed 20-degrees or more. What a blast! That EVO stayed right on my tail but I think I was giving him a good run (and a good view of my Perrin sways and Swift springs in action).

That was an absolute hoot! I would get together and do that once a month if others were up to it. Of course, that's easy for me to say living in Temecula. I had no idea that juicy mountain roads were literally in my own back yard.

Thanks again Dale. Looking forward to your posting up here.

axis008

04-17-2005, 11:40 PM

That EVO stayed right on my tail but I think I was giving him a good run (and a good view of my Perrin sways and Swift springs in action).
Yup! I loved the way your sways looked. Your car seemed slightly faster than Will's Evo. He said that you're a pretty good driver following your paths (he's really good himself, although it may not seem it given his age) and we had a blast following behind you.

BOXRPWR

04-17-2005, 11:48 PM

Tell Will that the respect is very mutual. He had passengers too. I would've loved the opportunity to have us both open up on a longer, straighter run too. I tell you what, the Legacy with Cobb stage 2 power (and the 108 octane boost that I was using) really loves to run fast. My gal will sprint to 150 mph and still have a bit under 750 rpms to give.

It's refreshing to spend time with fellow Subie (and Mitsu) enthusiasts who can distinguish between fun, fast running and some kind of manlihood challenge. My view is...if my car runs a bit quicker than good for her, if the other guy (or gal) has more to offer then I just tip my hat and say "nice run."

Frakk's2.5

04-18-2005, 12:06 AM

So when is the next run??? my right foot is itching for another run, My brakes were failing me, I need to replace those rotors and to to mention my tires, HeyChris you up for a palomar run this coming weekend? or anyone else for that matter, I've never been up that road but I'm sure itching to go, if anyone else wants to I can go on a recon trip during the week and plot out a course...anyone game?

Boostjunkie

04-18-2005, 01:51 AM

Who is this BOXRPWR guy and what has he done with Landshark?!?:confused:
;)
:)

userxid

04-18-2005, 03:53 AM

Looked like a great run. Too bad I missed it. I've done a portion of this route before. I usually take a nice cruise on Cajalco Road from the 15, find my way to Hemet on the 74, and WOT through Garner Valley. I agree with an earlier post - 243 is pretty freaky in some places. Maybe next time...

Legacy STI

04-18-2005, 08:53 AM

Very sorry I didn't show. I didn't get to bed until 3:15am after playing in the band friday night. and then I had to play from 9:00 pm until 1:00 am on saturday night. I just felt it would not be a good idea to go out and play on those roads with four hours of sleep. maybe the next drive will be on a weekeknd when my band is not playing.

LandShark

04-18-2005, 10:45 AM

Who is this BOXRPWR guy and what has he done with Landshark?!?:confused:

Yeah, kinda weird, huh. I'm LandShark by day (logged in at work) and BOXRPWR by night (logged in at home). When I bought a new laptop a couple of weeks ago, I could not remember my password. And when I requested it, it got e-mailed to my work address where I first registered from. I can't access my work e-mail from home. So I just did the easy thing and signed-up again as BOXRPWR. I figured most people who know me as LandShark could make the connection given my Avatar, right? :p

Angry Toaster

04-18-2005, 05:51 PM

No mention of the GC's shredding through the twisties? :(

It was really good to meet you all. I had a great time. Sign me up for the next one.

Thanks Dale!

http://www.6040.org/images/run_4_16_05_1.jpg

http://www.6040.org/images/run_4_16_05_2.jpg

http://www.6040.org/images/brian_frank.jpg

LandShark

04-18-2005, 05:56 PM

Frakk's2.5

04-18-2005, 06:12 PM

Great shots! nice camera, must be 4M pix or better.

Showing my Subie ignorance here....but what's a GC?

Is that a model/year designator like the BL/BP for the new Legacy?

What years was the GC made?

GC8 is the car that subaru replaced it's WRC legacy with back in 93, GC8 is the Japanase Chasis designation for the first Impreza turbo's, back in 93 when the first Gen WRX/STi Ver I was put into production, in the states the "GC" was the impreza L which was offered with FWD, later RWD and in 96 AWD became standard, in 1997 subaru decided to spice up it's car line up with the Impreza 2.5RS (Rally Sport) which was labeled as a 98 model, and it was offered with a DOHC and MAF based, that chasis code was labeled (here in the states, the japanese production cars did not change) as the GM6 for the coupe, and four door GM8, from there in 99 Subaru changed the DOHC EJ25 to a SOHC MAF based car due to poor performance at higher RPM's, and in 00 - 01 (01 being the last year the best looking impreza was built) were changed from MAF to MAP based cars keeping the SOHC EJ25, all impreza models were labeled as GM6 for coupes, and GM8 for sedans, only 14,545 models produced in the whole four years of production for the GM6/8 impreza in the US, which in my opinion makes it a very rare car, not to mention a great looking and that, besides the 22b and the Ver4, 5, 6 of course

Gohmer1

04-18-2005, 06:51 PM

What kind of rims are on the dark colored Legacies?

LandShark

04-19-2005, 04:16 PM

What kind of rims are on the dark colored Legacies?

Not sure if you're talking about my Regal Blue LGT...but it's got 19" Rota Tarmac IIs in bronze with Falzen Azenis tires.

Drew888

04-20-2005, 01:41 PM

Awe man...I had the only WRX wgn and I'm not in any pic :cool:

The weekend of the 30th I have a wedding to go to, the weekend after I have visitors, after that I am wide open for another run :D

BOXRPWR

04-24-2005, 05:57 PM

Video clip link: http://www.streamload.com/BOXRPWR (http://www.streamload.com/BOXRPWR)

This is my first time trying to host a digital video clip. I think I figured it all out but only time will tell. Please reply after you watch it (hopefully) and let me know that it worked.

The video is just under 5 minutes and a little over 18 MB so it will take forever to load by dial-up.

Enjoy!

axis008

04-24-2005, 08:38 PM

Worked great Kevin! The beginning had a snippet of your dyno run, and the end had a snippet of some football game! It's too bad you didn't push it while you were filming. I was thinking to myself... come on, give it just a little more throttle... :p

For the next run, we definitely need to film more stuff in-car. When I get my car I'm probably going to get an in-car mount like this one here: http://www.stickypod.com/.

BOXRPWR

04-24-2005, 10:21 PM

Thanks! Good to know it worked. This Internet stuff is pretty cool.

Yea, I taped over my dyno run at HarmanMotive by accident. And the end showed a few seconds of this past Rose Bowl in Pasadena where my beloved Texas Longhorns held off the pesky Michigan Wolverines. (sorry, I see you're an Aggie fan. well, nobody's perfect).

I do wish that I would have had the tape running during our spirited sprint back up 74 after the group photo. But those speeds and g-forces, not to mention frequent gear shifts, required 2 free hands. I also thought about a camera mount after the fact. That would make a really cool trick. Then I could do some shifting and let the lovely sounds of stage 2 power come though. It was tricky driving while taping!

Frakk's2.5

04-27-2005, 03:42 PM

My car didn't make the video...:(

LandShark

04-27-2005, 03:57 PM

sorry bout that. now that we've experienced this once, there are lots of things i'd like to do differently the next time.

I'd like to do more driveby shots of the whole line of Subies but pick a few choice turns to setup the camera shot. It would also be cool to take a shot with all the drivers next to their honies.

I hope we get to do it again soon, perhaps in the summer around July 4th.

ALIAS

04-27-2005, 08:34 PM

Is that Vid still available? I was in the Blue 04 on stock wheels.

BOXRPWR

04-27-2005, 09:02 PM

Is that Vid still available? I was in the Blue 04 on stock wheels.

see post #35 above for the link

ALIAS

04-27-2005, 10:11 PM

linky no worky for me...

BOXRPWR

04-27-2005, 10:28 PM

linky no worky for me...

sorry, been messing around with my Streamload account. please try again. you should see a file named SoCal Fun Run video.001 Just hit the PLAY button and it should download and play automatically. It is just over 18 MB file so if you're doing it by modem it might take several minutes to load before it plays.

if it don't work now...I'm sorry.