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I'm with you on that Craig. I was as pissed as anyone, as they woke myself, my wife, and infant at 1 or 2 in the a.m. Totally uncool. But also why you won't see the glove buddy jackass this year.

Looks sweet Clay. Now you need a bigger spare. lol

A lot rougher ride indeed. But moreover. This will restrict travel, which of course means less chance of wheels being on the ground, which of course means less traction. All my wheeling lifted Soobs has taught me that they wheel best with the torsion bar dialed down to it's lowest hight, with no clocking involved. I learned about the clocking when I had my first hatch, before I'd ever heard of lifting them, so I'm not new at it. I managed to climb right up upper 311 at Evans Creek with a hatch sitting on 26 inch tires and an lsd. Wait till we take you there, you'll say "DAMN!"

The trophies last year cost upwards of 1000 bucks to have made. 1200 the year before. To tack on more to the registration fees would upset too many people. No really. Blame Subaru for making so many different kinds of cars. There is a "beer garden" at Hood River. Because of the rowdiness last year, anybody caught with a beer in their hand outside of it will be asked to leave. We'll make that clear. And if you say I'm being mean or unfair or unreasonable, know that before Ken and I were organizers, there was no alcohol allowed at WCSSs. The camping area at HR is pretty contained. Which also means I won't have to yell at people for acting the fool and speeding around thru the campground. (my wife and I almost got hit by one of those last year while pushing our infant in a stroller) The Subaru show is just that. But we added in a day or two extra to invite folks from farther away. It is a family oriented venue, not a big party.

You should consider axle angles.

He was just sleeping. The fun started after everybody left.

Fine. Good luck. But I think wishing you elbow grease would be a better way to go about it. lol But seriously, more the merrier. The lifted Soobs are getting to be far and few between.

Ok, 10 it is.

That's a great place, everybody meets there. There tends to be one or two ther groups there every time we meet there.

need help?

What time are ya planning on getting there? How about around noon? Dummy say "Why???"

That kind of fun has got to be good for John after friggin Iraq!! Happy to see you guys playing. No shovels, nothing? I'd try to drag you guys up to the hills this wekend, but Ken's gonna be having folks over on Saturday? for parts take aways I guess.

Here's the action shot. Go IMP GO!

I swapped out the hood for one without the scoop/vents. I couldn't see the point with no intercooler to cool. Everybody wanted to race with the scooped hood. Now they think I have a carbon fiber hood. lol Just happens to be black. (thanks again Corky) My old hood is for this year's rally x car. Haven't looked for damage. What could get hurt? And I heard what you said Clay. I told the same to the guys while I was up on the mountain. It's about time I got some photos of the Soobie off road so they won't think I've abandonded them. (or something like that) In the end, I totally made the right choice. I woulda been wishing for the Soob the whole time as I bounced along in the truck trying not to let my kidneys explode. I'm SO going back there. I'll put up a post in to see who or if anybody wants to follow.

A shot from this a.m. with the mud good and dry.

Look at that grin! The car loved it. It was really cold in the shade, guessing about 10 degrees or so. The mud on the tires and car froze in minutes, made pretty cool patterns.

That's my hand, I can palm a basket ball. Thick ice! (well for around here anyways) So the Jeep tried it and managed to get his nose onto the other side before he got stuck. The Ford drove around to the other side and pulled him thru. So we took turns driving thru from the other side. I hammered it pretty hard, so my buddy didn't have time to get the best shots, but you get the idea.

So there was a mudhole in this campground, (according to my buddy who'd been there before) but it was frozen over. So I decided to make a trail thru it with my imp. And ya know I only did it cuz Ausytin's been getting crazy in his and all I've had to show were poser photos of mine. Turns out, the ice was almost 3 inches thick. I didn't make it out the other side, but made it back out of the side I came in. These imps make better 4X's than I'd given them credit. The power to get those big tires spinning is pretty cool. It took several tries, both to get to the other side and to get back out. Forward and backward till the car stopped moving each time. No clutch stink!!

I got invited to go up to the mountains with some buddys, West of North Bend. These are the same group I took to the cabin last time. It was their plan to camp, I just wanted to play for the day. They told me ahead of time there wouldn't be much hard core wheeling, just a lot of dirt roads. And yes there was. Forest roads, musta been 20 miles in 20 miles out. I did the right thing choosing to bring the OBS with the Kumhos on. I took the lead and played "Tortoise and the Hair" with them, flying off ht high speeds and stopping to wait. I'm getting pretty comfortable in the imps, and if not for blind corners casing me to be cautious of oncoming logging trucks, I think I found the best Rally Road I've ever been on. I spent many thoughts on how it woulda made agreat stage in the WRC. Eventually it lead to a Vally which produced a camp ground suitable. (you'll notice the jeep to the right, he's the one in the cabin photos getting pulled out. He got better tires)

Who's the a-hole putting rabbit fingers behind those two poor guys?

Peopel photos, people photos. . . If I break out group shots of cars, I'll use up all the bandwidth here and USMB.net. People, people.

Here's some of mine from the years. This one I think is from 1997 or so. Maybe 96. My first trip to Evans Creek. All stock except for Todd's Brat that had bald 14s on it. My first Soobie Broup photo. Here's one from up on Evans Creek during our HP meet 4? years back. The same weekend.

That was from reaching into the (nasty rump roast) water to put the chain on the tow hook. I was the only one who brought rubber boots. Took that pic of Austin too.

So I'm not perfect. . . But you get my point. A search for Trails in the M&G brought up these. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/search.php?searchid=235104

THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH RETROFITTING!!! Including. Engine swap. Tranny swap. AND NOW SUSPENSION SWAP.