dstar88 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Hey guys. all you newer fellas probably dont know me...well..for sure you dont.. i havnt been on here that much any more. But you older fellas should recognize my BS. well..this evening im going to start my drove from here in SJ to Wacksonville North Carolina in my quest. decided to take a few weeks of leave to see some family and friends over here and get my car outa Cali. ive had enough of the trying to "pay for smog" so im going to take it out of cali. And hopefully enjoy some nice long road, maybe some scenery along the way. Ive got about 5 days do manage this trip..should be more then enough time. ohhhhh its gona be interesting.. x_x lol Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StallionProject86 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 That will be a nice drive..one day I'll do a cross country run, one day. Sounds like fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natallica Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Good Luck man!Hopefully you have plenty of parts (fuse links, coolant etc.) and tools in the trunk -N8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-O Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Good luck. Always wanted to take a cross-country drive to see the East Coast in a fun car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyWadd Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Sounds like fun. Farthest I have drove mine at once was from 29 palms marine base to central Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidjc Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 U can "do it mann!" Watch out for the "Banditos"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Lol I'm stuck in Tulare for now...one thing I didn't get....an alternator belt.. Gota wait till orielys opens up now..dam it.. coulda Ben way past Vegas by 6am...mehh..ohh well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 taking a pit stop at a place called Needles. right at the border of Cali and AZ. its about 120 degrees right now. and goin up n down these little slooping hills was nothing for the car in this weather. it never went above half on the gauge...but i need to retune the car now.. its running super lean and my wide band o2 sensor is out right now. im pretty sure its because its hot as shyt outside right now.. i should be able to get a decent conservative tune while on the fly..its not going to be super accurate thought which i hate. but at least its something for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomad Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 A couple of years ago I spent a week in Jacksonville (aka turdville) and the next Monday I was in SF, so a little like your trip. Its still quite a feat to go from atlantic to pacific. But I flew instead :/ Enjoy the trip! If you need any help, just post up here and someone will be able to help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 if your making changes to the map, remember to save it before and after you make changes , try for an over all across the board change if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowquest Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 I think he's only tuning with a MAF-T. There's no way for it to adjust for air temp, but an ignition on/off/on cycle every once in a while should keep the baro in range. Perhaps even doing it very often if climbing/descending large hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTTY Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 And you had to stop in Needles on the day they broke the heat record there ! yea mang 120 deg in Needles yesterday , 118 deg in Vegas , summer is early , three years ago Spenser/Gtxthunder driving a black 83 flatty Starion and myself in black 88 Conquest did the same trip from Las vegas to NC , we had a blast ! after Spenser went his way to Maryland i really got the hammer down through V.a and NC ( he was slowing me down ) but if i may give you a "heads up" , keep it steady and under the limit through Texas , iv'e done many cross country drives in various Starions and Conquests over the years and NEVER made it through Texas without a trooper pulling me over and indeed this was the case on the trip with Spenser , be safe man and enjoy the adventure , these cars are fabulous for this kind of journey . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOSTED88tsi Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Stay safe Daniel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 yea im doin adjustments with a maf-t. everything is goin fine so far. Im in Santa Rosa NM right now. about to pass out for a few hours before i hit the road again. and yea...Needles was freakin terrible...the car handled the heat extremely well..but i didnt..right when i got off the highway to find a place to stay. my shirt was soaked in sweat. but i did stay at a place with a pool..and that felt great! ill let you guys know if i keep the tradition goin on getting stopped in Texas. i shouldnt cuz ive been cruzing at 70 the whole time...but yaa never know...they might just want to pull me over cuz its a starquest or something. Hey thanks Jason. I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 sleep during the day and travel at nite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Good luck with TX bro. Once ya make it across TX its all down hill from there.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 what route you going down thru missi , la , ga etc and then up or straight across Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 ill be on hwy 40. for most of the way. so the top part of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and all them other happy states. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 made it!. saw freakin 4 accidents in NC one was literally 5 feed behind me. An SUV almost took out my rear end. man... people dont know how to drive when baby Jesus opens up the water faucet wide open. x_x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 made it!. saw freakin 4 accidents in NC one was literally 5 feed behind me. An SUV almost took out my rear end. man... people dont know how to drive when baby Jesus opens up the water faucet wide open. x_x ain't it the truth rain , snow , fog it don't matter people want to drive 5 + over the speed limit no matter what the weather conditions , I know I make some mad but I ALWAYS leave plenty of room between me and the car in front of me and have been know to tap the brakes to get a guy off my rear bumper last accident I saw was 7 car all rear ending the one in frt of them ,, and the last guy hell he never even hit his brakes , he never saw the other 6 cars stoped in the road lol he personaly totaled 5 of the cars him self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 lol yup thats pretty much what ive seen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Glad ya made it safe! Good Luck in NC!BTW r u a Marine??? And I just checked your profile..(duh)Semper Fi Brother Edited July 2, 2013 by 87redcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 hey glad ya made it. i drove to Las vegas a few times and started from NY.caught route 40 from oklahoma city to kingman arizona. long strait mostlyflat highway. it was a great drive. would do it again. thinking of going to the mesquite meet coming up. not sure yet. have a safe trip back. how many days did it take you to cross the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar88 Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 i did 5 days. wanted to take my time doing it. Now i finally have something to work on while im over here @87redcat RAH, brother! Semper Fidelis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) i remember when i was driving out to kingman AZ on the 40. i was in new mexico and going the opposite waywas a ford Pinto and looked to be 3 mexicans in it followed by 2 cop cars with their lights blazing.those guys didnt pull over at all. they just kept going as far as i could see. Edited July 3, 2013 by importwarrior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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