SZ check list for your car

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I know we still have a few weeks before SZ starts but I thought I would make a check list of things to check on your car before you start. I know it sounds silly, but sometimes you may forget one or two of the things...

Tire pressure and tire wear (spare too)
Top off all fluids (brake, trans, coolent, oil, ps, and washer)
Brake pads
Wheel torque
Belts and Hoses
Batt
Air-conditioning
Have a spare key with you (you dont want to get locked out 500 miles away)

If you can think of some more post em please

drag radials and spare head gaskets?

How about....

Radar Detector
Plenty of music
Drinks

... Oh and a set of nads

Double Edit: These threads pop up everywhere before SZ

He talks like he's driving across country not 2 hrs.

tools
extra waterpump
portable air compressor
crate cleaning supplies, this can also double as a makeshift work bench during an emergency!

Originally posted by WorldTour:

crate cleaning supplies, this can also double as a makeshift work bench during an emergency!

Milk crate can also support the corner of the car. So I've been told.

Originally posted by Todd aRRRRRRRRR.:
He talks like he's driving across country not 2 hrs.

well he is driving half way across the country.

Originally posted by ElKy:

well he is driving half way across the country.

Originally posted by Todd aRRRRRRRRR.:

Originally posted by ElKy:

well he is driving half way across the country.

Man, you guys go all out. Call me unprepared, but I usually just wing-it. I don't even put my spare tire back in the trunk.

Mark

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Man, you guys go all out. Call me unprepared, but I usually just wing-it. I don't even put my spare tire back in the trunk.

Mark

Yeah, but you have to drive for what, a half mile?

Originally posted by WorldTour:

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Man, you guys go all out. Call me unprepared, but I usually just wing-it. I don't even put my spare tire back in the trunk.

Mark

Yeah, but you have to drive for what, a half mile?

and us NECEG have to drive like 15 hours?!?

anywho we're hoping this will be the biggest NECEG showing with a bunch of us comming, elky, kim, brapple, tony and I..its gonna be a sick caravan

Originally posted by WorldTour:

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Man, you guys go all out. Call me unprepared, but I usually just wing-it. I don't even put my spare tire back in the trunk.

Mark

Yeah, but you have to drive for what, a half mile?

LOL! I was referring to road trips in general. When I went up to SZ04, I brought a bag of clothes, a drink and a snack for the road, and a few car cleaning supplies.

When an old friend of mine and I took his Mustang down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras, we just said fugg'it and didn't load up the spare or anything. Just took off.

I guess these cars are getting older, and therefore becoming less reliable. I hope everyone gets here safe and sound, with no problems coming up!

Mark

Originally posted by starjammir:

Have a spare key with you (you dont want to get locked out 500 miles away)

Get me a stock antenna and i'll get you back in.....not that i know from experience or anything

I'm goin with the wheel in one hand, my balls in the other.

Actually I'll bring some car detailing supplies and a Q-tip.

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
I'm goin with the wheel in one hand, my balls in the other.

Actually I'll bring some car detailing supplies and a Q-tip.

Craftsman 200pc tool kit, lightweight racing jack, jackstands, extra axles, and an extra fuel rail.

Tools, headers, detailing supplies..

Should I bring my new headers? Do you think someone might feel frisky and wnat to help install them in the parking lot?

No.

I'll be bringing my 10x10 ez-up canopy as well for Saturday's show-n-shine.

We can either use it to sit in the shade, or I may use it to shade the car to help keep it cool while people are listening to it, or just in case mother nature doesn't cooperate it can be used as a shelter from the elements.

Originally posted by SoundQ SVT:
I'll be bringing my 10x10 ez-up canopy as well for Saturday's show-n-shine.

heck yes!!

me too!

More canopy's the better Mark and I don't want to be lobster's again.

then stop being soooooooooo white! like the deck shoes, get rid of those and you would proabably gain at least a half hour more in the sun.

Originally posted by todras:
More canopy's the better Mark and I don't want to be lobster's again.

I'll prolly bring one or two...

Originally posted by todras:
No.

What about a 3L swap into that new SVT of yours kekeke

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:

Originally posted by todras:
No.

What about a 3L swap into that new SVT of yours kekeke

Yes.

It does make 174hp to the wheels though. Not shabby.

Im affraid my 3L isn't gonna break 200whp. Feels like weaksauce and needs tuning...one more exam and then I hit the tuning books.

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
Should I bring my new headers? Do you think someone might feel frisky and wnat to help install them in the parking lot?

I'm installing mine while we take a pit stop on the way.

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
Should I bring my new headers? Do you think someone might feel frisky and wnat to help install them in the parking lot?

I'm installing mine while we take a pit stop on the way.

How about we tow your car, and leave the tailgate of the truck open so you can retrieve tools from the toolbox and hop onto the trailer to do the install WHILE we drive?

Pitstops are fer eatin' & pissin' only

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
Should I bring my new headers? Do you think someone might feel frisky and wnat to help install them in the parking lot?

I'm installing mine while we take a pit stop on the way.

How about we tow your car, and leave the tailgate of the truck open so you can retrieve tools from the toolbox and hop onto the trailer to do the install WHILE we drive?
Pitstops are fer eatin' & pissin' only

and taking dumps

reminds me of what I did to the coed, single stall bathroom at a dinky gas station in PA...

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:
reminds me of what I did to the coed, single stall bathroom at a dinky gas station in PA...

PEWP!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
Should I bring my new headers? Do you think someone might feel frisky and wnat to help install them in the parking lot?

I'm installing mine while we take a pit stop on the way.

How about we tow your car, and leave the tailgate of the truck open so you can retrieve tools from the toolbox and hop onto the trailer to do the install WHILE we drive?
Pitstops are fer eatin' & pissin' only

Kim, ur crazy.

Can we put a lift on the trailer to make the install easier?

After my headers are installed, me and Goonz can switch and put his car on the trailer. Install a 1.8 VTEC in that biotch! That thing will scream compared to his DTEC.

If you have an FRS radio, it might be handy to bring that -- and a charger! I'd make staying together/finding out where to turn/avoiding speed traps easier if we get a big group of us going somewhere together. Might be helpful to talk across the parking lot at the Show & Shine, etc. too.

Marty