On the second Thursday of every month, the members of DSM_Southwest like to get together at In-N-Out Burger to catch up in person. People start showing up around 730PM and tend to stick around until ten or so. We come from all over the valley (some have even made the drive from Tucson) to stand around in the parking lot and talk shop.
Unfortunately, I’m about as good taking pictures with Vanessa’s point-and-shoot Nikon S220 as I am with her D200. Most of the shots which looked great on the camera’s screen ended up being fuzzy, but here are some of the best shots from tonight.
Jason was out this month with his always immaculate, RRE-tuned TSi AWD. When I had my Talon, this is always how I wanted it to look. Absolutely stunning.
L-R (as best I can): Dom from Mitsu-Media.com (GST), Mike (GSX), Dave (GS+T), “Level7″ Dave (Esi), Steve (TSi AWD), Brian (1G), myself (464/1000), and I can’t tell the rest from this picture, sadly…
Closeup of Mike, Dave, and Dave. (Yes, AZDave has custom LED parking lights. All told, his car probably has more than a thousand, hand-soldered LEDs on it and they are all awesome).
I didn’t get a chance to talk to this guy. “Shorty” I believe they called him. 96+ Mirage with a 4G63 swap, nitrous, full cage, and a parachute out back (he actually needs it). Behind the Mirage is an AWD Spyder, also from Holeshot Performance here in town.
The rear end of Jason’s Talon, another new face I didn’t get to meet, the rear of the Holeshot cars and one of our buddies’ Supra.
Sleeper of the month: 89 Colt Turbo. Factory turbocharged 1.6L was replaced with a 2L mill from a DSM. It’s a highway car that can’t hook up very well from a dig, but at 2500lbs soaking wet, this “econobox” breaks a lot of hearts.
In all, a good turn out this month. 11 DSMs, 1 GVR4, 1 Turbo Colt, 1 drag Mirage, an Evo X, a Poopra, and a GTO showed up.
The Talon in the foreground is owned by Brian, who has been working on the car since 1999, and owned it since 2005. Mounted in the center console is a Buschur Racing wideband AFR unit dating back to 1992, I believe they said. I’d never seen one before and wish I could have got a shot of it. Perhaps next month. 464/1000 was showing off its recently painted radiator core support. The formerly white hood might need some paint next.
From L(EDs) to R: Dave, Dave, Steve, Brian.
Dominic had a tripod for his camera, so he’s probably got some better pictures up over on Mitsu-Media.com. I’ll see if I can’t grab a link to his pictures once he gets them up. In the meantime, here’s a fairly grainy shot of his engine bay.
EDIT: Dominic got some much better pictures up over on Mitsu-Media.com. Check ‘em out!
If you’re in the Phoenix area and own a Mitsubishi, you’re more than welcome to come on out and spend an evening talking cars with us. Again, we meet on the second Thursday of every month starting around 730PM in the parking lot next to the In-N-Out on the north side of Ray Road, just east of I-10.