For those who would like to go fast, MM will be taking a Trip to Eastisde Speedway in Waynesboro, Va this Saturday, March 31st. The event is called "test and tune" where you can run what you bring for $20 and you get unlimited runs. If you just want to watch everyone else go fast and have all of the fun, it's only $10. The event runs from 5-9 at the strip, so we are leaving R1 3:30-3:45. 

This is NOT your average autocross. It's not even an autocross at all. So if you have a big car that isn't allowed to autocross, SEND IT down the drag strip at Eastside! There will be some fast cars there, as well as bikes for those of you who love life on two wheels. COME THROUGH. This is quite possibly the last time we will be able to attend Eastside this semester. It will be a good time! 

We may be getting food after pushing our cars to the limit down the track. We're going to play that one by ear since we don't know how many people are going yet. I hope to see everyone there who wants to go fast. 

Here is the link if you have never been to Eastside before and would like to know more.  http://www.eastsidespeedway.biz/

Hey everyone,
My girlfriend is in search of a first car and I thought I'd see if anyone here had a good one for sale. Shes not looking for anything fancy, just something reliable and in good shape for around 25-3k. Also has to be automatic. Civics, corollas, that sort of thing. Need to be open to meeting around the Hburg area.

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Hello all,

My name is Michael Mansour and I will be attending JMU this fall. I am a transfer student from NVCC and I love to hoon and make my car go faster. I drive an 88 Mazda RX-7 FC GTU. This was the lightweight RX-7 that came with no rear hatch wiper, roll up windows, and an overall lighter car coming in at a curb weight of 2650lbs. I bought the car 3 years ago completely stock. The car has  the iconic 13B rotary engine.... which I blew after owning it for about 5k miles. I then swapped a jdm 13B turbo engine in and ran the car with turbo motor and trans with the stock ecu, diff, inj etc.. I then blew that motor leaning out while racing someone slower than me (of course). I then had my engine rebuilt by Angel Motorsports (who banged me). Through him I also got a set of 720cc Injector Dynamics Injectors as well as a standalone ECU (adaptronic) for my RX-7. The motor he built me blew after 6,000 miles, personally I believe the oil control rings failed but everyone has their own opinion . I then picked up a running 13B Bridgeport motor down in North Carolina. I put that motor in the car in early 2017 and it has gotten me almost 10k miles !!! I then blew the diff launching the car down my driveway and swapped in a Turbo differential that is good for around 500 wtq. I have done all my work in my garage at home. I do my own ECU tuning , and I am still on the stock turbo, my estimate on power would be mid to high 200's. Im a technical guy and I love my RX-7 and am looking forward to a kick ass season at JMU! 

#ilovemywankel #rx7 #mazda #13b #fc #rotarylife

List of Mods:

23'' x 11'' front mount intercooler
Power Steering Delete
A/C Delete
Emissions Rack Delete
Airpump Delete
OMP Delete
4x ID 725cc Injectors
IAC/BAC Delete
Adaptronic Select S4 rx7 ECU
MAC 3 port boost solenoid
Poly Engine and trans mounts
DTSS rear steer eliminator Bushings
Drilled and slotted Rotors
New Calipers all around
Wideband O2
3 inch straight pipe

I got some vids on instagram @dirtymikesfc

old pic from when she was getting the frontmount 
   

Hey everyone, if you don't already know me, my name is Joe Silek and I am currently in my first year here at JMU. I am a first year engineering major and I want to have a career in the automotive field. I am excited to get into and learn about track and autocross with the Miata that I am about to purchase and continue off-roading with y'all in my Frontier. 

The position of Social Chair hasn't been filled in this club and from what I can tell, there is a desire to mix with other clubs on the weekends. One issue with that is that we aren't a very known club. Obviously the Motorsport part of the club is more important than the social aspect, but other than meetings, we all really don't get together and as Social Chair, I'd like to fix that. 

 I have a couple ideas to get our name out there and possibly grow the club. One idea that I heard from a fellow member was to have a day during the week where we all or most of us park our cars somewhere on or near the quad. Someone would sit with a tent (also I think investing in an MM tent would be a good idea, black tent with Yellow logo) have plenty of flyers and business cards to hand out and also if people just see our cars they'll be intrigued. Another idea would be to make an event where we offer the "MM experience," whether that be offer people the opportunity to ride along when we go off-roading or autocross, or even just a cruise over the mountain. We just need to get our name out there as much as possible. Hosting an autocross here at JMU would be an amazing opportunity but trying to convince JMU to let us do that would be a challenge, I'd definitely be willing to try to get all of these things into action to help get our name out. 

Mixing with other clubs ---
So there's a small elephant in the room with this topic, We are nearly all dudes.... From my freshman experience in club golf (which is a club of 80 dudes) mixers are fun but can get out of hand and if there aren't enough females present it can be kinda lame. That being said, I would spend some time at the beginning of next semester branching out to clubs and working on trying to coordinate Mixers and day drinks. We need people who are willing to have mixers at their house/townhouse. I'm living in foxhill next semester and I'm okay with hosting but we'd need other places as well (my place isn't that big). The last issue is dues, our dues are relatively small for a club and if we start having frequent mixers than we would have to up our dues to support the cost of the "water." 

Other Social Activities ---
Car Meets. So I know that our relationship with the townie car community isn't the strongest and MOST of us avoid the sheetz meets because of the reputation of street racing/ street hooning and all the stuff MM DOES NOT stand for. Planned car meets are something that I really enjoy and I'm sure a lot of you enjoy them too. My vision for this would be a weekly occurring meet that happens on top of a parking deck (I believe that Grace street deck doesn't have speed bumps) where we all just hang out and talk about each others cars. If we could get most of the members out to a meet, I think it would be a pretty good time... A lot and I mean ALOT of the members don't come out to cars and coffee at the MAAP garage and to be honest neither have I. I haven't had my car here on the right weekends or I end up going home or sleep in. I would really like to go more and also get more current students there. MAAP is an excellent resource for us and I'd like to get more involved there as well as everyone else should. 

I have a lot of ideas for this club and really enjoy being a part of this community. So ask me plenty of questions.

So lets talk about this year --

We started slow with the relocation of org night 3 times, barely getting any new members. So we kept working at it and throughout the year we gained more and more excited new MMers. These new members brought new ideas and outlooks to the club and continue to contribute greatly to the club's success.

If re-elected, next year is going to be a great year for MM as we hope to have good, dedicated officers running the club and contributing to the success of our events and day to day operation. The biggest failure of this year in my opinion is the absence of a connection between alumni and current students. It created a rift at points and remains a tender subject.

Turducken evaporated, the forums are a hard sell for a bunch of 19 year olds (but they're coming around), and I get the feeling that many current students don't realize how expansive our network of alums really is. For next year, I want to push NASA & track time heavily along with encouraging people to use the forums.

So I’m not going to beat around the bush, I think the club has started to fall away from the Motorsports part of Madison Motorsports. It’s okay if people don’t want to track their car or go to every autocross, but those types of people shouldn’t be the ones running a motorsport club. I fell in love with the track and pushing my car to the limit because I was shown what this club is really about, and I feel like current and new students don’t see that side of us because it’s not actively being showcased. I want to bring back our ties with NASA in having more new students come out and work/drive/network because that’s what turns this from a college club, into a lasting connection with motorsports and the people apart of it. I want to have more events to showcase different types of motorsports, I.E. drifting, drag, track, moto, offroading, etc.

I feel like I helped create a lot of the events this year, and while I don’t mind helping out behind the scenes, it would be much more efficient to be in a role where things can get done quickly such as Vice President. From reaching out to places for private tours, organizing get-togethers, getting new t-shirts made, and finding new members, I think I did a lot as a member this year and learned a lot in the process that would help me best lead this club.

Most of you probably already know me as the one who comes on your thread and asks a million questions at once, so now it’s your turn to ask away and distract me from studying for finals. Whatcha want to know?

Hey so I've been looking for some graphics MM has used in the past in order to create new t-shirts, posters, etc. and can't seem to find everything in the current gdrive. In specific, I am trying to find the .png for the checkered flag MM sticker, but I'm sure there are other things that have been created/used. I'm hoping we can compile a folder of all these graphics for the future officers to use, so if you have anything on your computer, dropbox, gdrive, etc. please share!

Time for elections!

Post your name and what position you are running for in the title.

Positions - President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary, or something else if a valid argument can be made for it.

Tell us about you and why we should vote for you. Tell us what you think was done right this year and should be continued. Tell us where there's been room for improvement and how you might make that change. Propose some new ideas and really let us see an idea for what you plan to do! Many of us old farts have been around the block and have an idea for what is realistic. We love enthusiasm and do recognize that some ideas may have been great, but at the wrong time - so you could re-approach things. But, new ideas are also very welcomed.

This is a great opportunity! Remember, in the past we have said "this is like a part-time job" and it is - but it's truly not that hard if you can come together as a group, plan and communicate effectively. Show us how you can do that in these election threads.

Requirements

• Must be a paid member in the club for the 2017-2018 year
  
• Must have an account on the forums
  
• No joke posts please
  

• Voting details will be added by Jackson. Students may vote in-person at the determined meeting date, or via PM on the forums to a specific person. Alumni may also vote via PM. 
  
• These two options are the only valid options for posting.
  

Welp as discussed in a previous thread I was on the look out for a Prius replacement that was fun with some utility. Wagon or Truck, I wasn't sure.

Contenders were:

VW Alltrack - Was cheap (thanks diesel gate) but damn was it slow, needed 100 more HP
Honda Ridgeline - awesome truck, but it didn't solve my "I want a fun car" problem
12+ 328xi Touring - Fun with utility

I wanted to stick to a 15+ because apparently vehicles manufactured after 1/1/15 had a revised timing chain, and 12-14 have apparently experienced timing chain issues.

The nationwide search began for a White/Red/Blue 15+ with all the M Sport goodies, (Bumpers, Brakes, Suspension), Driver Assistance Package, Lighting package and Cold Weather package. With 99% of the listings being inaccurate, I was forced to Run the VINs of every car I looked at.

Lighting package filtered out most, then the Msport brakes and suspension filtered out the rest.

Then up pops this in Massachusetts, just the listing and a VIN #, an hour outside of Boston, Wagner BMW of Shrewsbury MA. I ran the VIN, and it checked all the boxes.....except RED. I was really hoping to snag a White one. But then the sales rep, who has been awesome thus far sent me this picture. Along with about 15 more of the car, prior to going through their detail shop.



I have always hated red cars, said i'd never own one. But after seeing this, my mind was changed. Added bonus of it having the dark grey M sport wheels and black trim work.

So after back and forth with the sales rep and sales manager, pictures, videos, etc. I decided to go for it. 

This has been about a 2 week process, between them getting the car through their intake process, about 36 inches of snow in Massachusetts, and back and forth with questions/pictures. 

They have been awesome to deal with, and mentioned that my questions and requests were expected considering my situation. They said they get more outlandish requests from customers who live 3 blocks from the dealership who have no excuse.

Aside from a couple of rock chips the car appears to be in great shape. Single owner, lease vehicle, who picked the car up in Germany.

Details:
2015
328XI Touring
28,XXX
CPO til 5/2020
Manufacture Date: 5/15

The Options:
M Sportbrake
Adaptiv M Suspension
Variable Sports Steering
18" 441 M wheels
Steering Wheel Heating
Comfort Access System
M Sport Package
Sport Seats F Driver/front Passenger
Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger
Seat Heating For Rear Seats
Surround View
Park Distance Control (pdc)
Xenon Light
Adaptive Headlights
Lights Package
Navigation System Professional
Head Up Display
M Leather Steering Wheel
M Aerodynamics Package

So yea, committed to the car, put down a deposit, they overnighted the paperwork, along with a prepaid overnight envelope to return the docs. 

They are finalizing everything tomorrow and got me a shipping quote. Still working on logistics to get the car shipped down, but I will hopefully have it next week. Which will be good timing, as the Prius is being picked up on Monday.

So yea, I guess I own a BMW now. 

Added bonus, my existing roof bars from the prius also work on the BMW. I found the feet for it on Amazon, through a company called RERACK. I would highly recommend looking them up if you are in the market for bars/feet/etc. They had a great price, and appear to specialize in used equipment. Although mine were in new condition for $45.

Also snagged a bluetooth OBD2 plug. I will be downloading BIMMER CODE, and using that to code in some of the features we are missing in the US, or just werent activated from the factory for some strange reason.

I need to figure out something with the trim. For some reason this car has the brown burl wood, not the M Sport (Aluminum/Blue) trim. So I am probably gonna wrap it with some CF look vinyl or maybe a dark grey brushed aluminum look vinyl.

Some other pics:

Hello all MM. My name is Thomas Callaghan, from Garrisonville in Stafford, Va. I am sorry I have been slacking with the forum, as it is March, and I've been in MM since September. My apologies. I'm a freshman International Business and Spanish Major. I love anything with engines; trucks, cars, tractors, trains, and whatever else there is. I grew up helping out on farms, so I've been accustomed to being under the hood. I currently drive a 2005 Chevy Astro Van. Yes it is white, and yes, i already know what you are thinking, don't worry I'm not a creep, and I don't give out candy. It has a whopping 190 horses...at the crank from an outdated 4.3L v6...it also weighs 5,000 pounds, so I am the reason the glaciers are melting. Whatever my next car is, it will be manual with rear wheel drive or an old diesel pickup, I can't decide. Besides being a gearhead, I play the banjo, and enjoy hunting and fishing. Joining MM was the best choice I have made at JMU so far, and I look forward to the years to come.

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