Monthly Archives: October 2013


This car is still around, but it’s been a battle. It’s embarrassing to say… but it hasn’t run well for almost three years: electric gremlins, inhaled slag, and failing OEM suspension components. As simply built as the car is, it’s actually a hard hard tune. Fall is definitely wrench time though. Maybe this SW11 will re-emerge in the spring… or […]

On The Road Again 2


You might look at the picture and say that winter is already here… but this is just a run of the mill day in October. Pretty soon the white stuff will be hub deep, and the barn so cold that the heater will be meaningless. There will be an inch of ice covering all the roads around my house, and […]

Winter Is Coming



I’m kind of in love with my car. It’s significant enough, that I’m reverting to old ways. I.E. lots of barn time. Lots of cuts on my knuckles and permanent grease stains on my fingers. This car is becoming MINE… and the AE86 philosophy is still very much MINE…

俺のインプレッサ


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I’m pretty much the only guy who has this fantasy… and it may not be a fantasy for much longer, as I am looking at the size of my wallet thinking about how to make it a reality. I bought a WRX because I could… and because at the time, I thought I wanted 300hp and turbo tunability. I’m not […]

Dokodemo Fundeiru



After almost a year in pieces, Andrew’s second BC6 is back on the road. I haven’t really been involved with it at all… but from what little hands on experience I’ve had, it’s been a good reminder, that the things that make cars cool are not HP and bling parts. This boroi old thing has my car beat on a […]

On The Road Again