Monthly Archives: July 2011


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The whole personality of my car has changed. I’m basically sick of wrenching and not driving. Elegance and common methods be damned. If this car turns out looking like OG Nishida’s… then I won’t be sad. I really do plan on having something new in the near future. Lots of guys convert to 16V water pumps when swapping 20V 4AG […]

20V Auxilaries PT! – Cooling


20V swap is well underway, and probably could have even been completed by now if vendors could actually ship on time, or reliably.  20V swaps can be expensive, I could have easily spent another $3000 on top of the cost of the engine just to get things modified for RWD orientation.  I’m spending much less, but the engine is still […]

In Progress



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I’ve been in AE86 world now for 13 years.  It’s been a pretty long time, but I am not without senpai.  In the early years of Club4AG, Moto-P and I were in conversation a lot: in online chat and on BBS… he taught me many things.  Sometimes he hurt my feelings or told me I was wasting my time, but […]

Spamming Moto


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I told someone when I started turbocharging, that if I blew up it wouldn’t be worth it now matter how fast it was for a short time.  Almost a full season later, with a second daughter only a couple weeks away I can say… I WAS RIGHT.  It wasn’t worth it.  Between 50hr work weeks, maintenance on family vehicles (heh […]

Old Man Tuning. Restoration