MWIOR Snowball '09 @ Badlands Off Road Park in Attica, IN

[nocturnalVX]

Just to give you folks in the Middle-West a heads up...

We at MWIOR (Midwest Isuzu Off-Road) are having our annual Winter event at the Badlands Off Road Park in Attica, IN on Satuday Jan. 24th. The park is cool with mild to wild challenges, and we might even have SNOW this year!

Here's the link... http://mwior.com/forum/index.php?topic=401.0

[nocturnalVX]

38 views. Not one more VXer joining us for a little Winter wheeling? ;wtf;

Cece says... "LAME"!

Analog? Throttle Jockey? Hello... anyone out there?

[logman]

I may come, my VX is getting the timing belt, valve shims, and all fluids changed... would be fun to break it all in :) Should be done this weekend.

I will keep you posted, I live in Big Rapids, MI, so long drive... but I have friends that live nearby.

[Ldub]

38 views. Not one more VXer joining us for a little Winter wheeling? ;wtf;

Cece says... "LAME"!


When ChiChi sez "LAME!", does she mean LAME'?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/elvis-gold-suit-lame.jpg

THANK YUH...THANK YUH VERY MUCH...

Now pass me a nuther one of them there jelly biscuits...:rolleyesg

[VXIRONwoMAN]

When ChiChi sez "LAME!", does she mean LAME'?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/elvis-gold-suit-lame.jpg

THANK YUH...THANK YUH VERY MUCH...

Now pass me a nuther one of them there jelly biscuits...:rolleyesg


No I was thinking more in the context of this sort of Lame...


http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/LAME.jpg

[Pepino]

is this a one day thing or a whole weekend thing? r u guys going saturday morning and then staying there till sunday or just sat and then coming back same saturday. i might have to do all the driving and coming back in one day

[VXIRONwoMAN]

It's just a Saturday thing. If you need a place to crash... just let us know. We usually get there at like 9am-ish and then end up at a Pizza Hut at the end of the day and go our separate ways. It might be easier if you come up Friday and crash at our place and drive with us there Saturday morning...

[Pepino]

It's just a Saturday thing. If you need a place to crash... just let us know. We usually get there at like 9am-ish and then end up at a Pizza Hut at the end of the day and go our separate ways. It might be easier if you come up Friday and crash at our place and drive with us there Saturday morning...

That would be awesome CECE! ya i could go friday night, i might bring 2 friends with me i dont know yet, they are really nice people, its the girl you have met before from Cali and her brother from brazil, i havent asked them if its not ok dont worry i wont ask them hahaha

[nocturnalVX]

Cool Juan! No prob having you & your friends crash with us Friday night. We have to hit the road at 6AM though, so no opening the Tequila!

[Pepino]

hahahaha no more drinking had enough tonight! you sure there is not problem? they afre nice people its the girl you already know and they are really calm, i promise we wont cause any troubles! drinking or not it is hard to get up that early, but whenever its something VX related i will be up in no time! i will be back the 20th and give you a call before the 23rd so we can arrange times and everything, my friend(brittany) wants a VX too so there are too for sale in chicago which look really nice so we will probably take a look at them before we stop by you, thanks for everything gill you and cece are one of the nicest people i know!

[Pepino]

now we will need more people to come join us with this!! we should send an email to all the people in the area just like we did for last lake geneva meet!, we could get some VXer's to come with us! you know i am in for sure now we need more!

[Pepino]

anyone? not one more?

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I wanted to make you all wish you were there soooooo... I posted an album online. I have some videos of Pepino playing on the ice too. They're short but cool.

http://photobucket.com/snowball2009 The password is badlands.

You all missed out!!! :bwgr:

[VXIRONwoMAN]

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Snowball_119.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12849)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Snowball_096.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12848)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Snowball_083.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12847)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Snowball_067.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12846)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Snowball_050.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12845)

[Ldub]

I wanted to make you all wish you were there soooooo... I posted an album online. I have some videos of Pepino playing on the ice too. They're short but cool.

http://photobucket.com/snowball2009 The password is badlands.

You all missed out!!! :bwgr:

Great pics Cece, looks like y'all had fun.:thumbup:

[nocturnalVX]

When looking at the pics, keep in mind that Sean (in the Amigo) was running around all day in 2WD!
His story off of the MWIOR website... "The Amigo had a bit of a rough day. The engine wasn't in its prime and it seemed like I just wasn't getting good traction on anything. Things that are usually no issue were tough and I was having to throttle into things more than the other vehicles and I'm the only one with a locker. :confused: Toward the end of the day in the quarry, the answer became evident. When I got hung up in a spot, I noticed neither front tire was turning. I left it in 1-Lo so the drivetrain would spin while I got out to investigate. Front driveshaft turning, front driver's-side axleshaft turning, front driver's-side wheel NOT turning. The hub was locked; so my conclusion at the time was a busted outer stub shaft. 8 years of romping on the truck, I couldn't be mad about an axle finally jumping ship. I found the true problem at home. Apparently the inner gear on my Aisins had cracked, mangled the snap ring, and wedged it into the teeth of the outer gear. So basically I only had rear-wheel drive all day and didn't realize it because I blamed the snow/ice for poor traction. Fortunately I had bought a hub rebuild kit on Ebay a few years back and the Amigo is now in good shape drivetrain-wise. Still not sure on the engine. I definitely credit my drop diff brackets for CV's continuing to survive my level of abuse. And I'm thoroughly surprised at how well it got around now that I know only the rear wheels were getting power."

ISUZUs rock! We all had a great time, and hope there will be a bigger turnout at the next event. Enjoy the pics!