Yearly Archives: 2011


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Andrew’s a professional writer, so I hate to scribble on his paper. He’s busy though and I’m on a break. This will be brief.  I’ve wondered sometime now, about building a truck or SUV for going fast off road.  The parts off-roaders need to creep through washouts and bog through mud holes are pretty similar to the parts a good […]

Rally Raid


This is a tease.  I finally made it to RallyX.  Event #1 was cancelled due to 140km/h winds.  Event #2 came and went while I was at home loading up tools and doing a mechanical once over… but I wasn’t going to let anything keep me from #3.  Andrew came out as well, and his story is probably infinitely more […]

I Got Your Camera



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Masaharu sent me this HORRIBLE video and details of his recent escapades. I played it in the background, enjoying only the first 30seconds mostly. It’s easy to forget how haggard and hard guys over there. And it’s easy to forget that although AE86 doesn’t dominate competition, it still dominates the streets. This rivet trend is OK I guess.  I probably […]

Team Tuna


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Hail to AE86 owners everywhere. Props to Dori-Kaze. I’ve been spoiled by what must be the greatest auto community in the whole world, and now I’m entering into what may be the worst. All-Trac forums make me ashamed of my new car. I’d probably have better luck finding shift linkage part numbers, or rear strut dimensions for ST185H on an […]

Kick It People Six




This is why I bought what I did.  Welcome to winter.  It actually feels better on a snow covered highway than it does on bare asphault. Updates? I’ve got a line on some 50mm inverted 8.5″ travel WRC struts that are BRAND NEW old stock.  A little scarey, but they are CHEAP.  Thank you Japan.  I’ll have to build some […]

Oh Yeah