Yearly Archives: 2012


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This is pretty crazy. I tried putting the tires contact with the ground in the same place. I don’t think my car was particularly high before, but it’s much lower now. The rear spring is only half an inch shorter, and the front coilover got wound down about the same (8 turns). Still… most of it came from the new […]

Was 4×4?


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Ahhh… maybe I don’t mind that Boxer engine after all. What amazes me is that it is Scion Canada that is doing this. Looks good. Feels Good. Reveals me to be the スーパーオタく.

Dave Rodgers



I wanted to do a lot, but I’m really not finding time/energy to get out to the garage. I have at least, ordered new tires. The Azenis are still good, I just wanted something shorter… obviously really really badly. I’ll save the Azenis for a new Showa Toyota daily. All the AE86 guys in Japan run 185/55 14 Federals or […]

Doing Some Work… ahh… err… ahh


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JDM-Option has THIS VINTAGE ARTICLE on their website. Ueo is still the boss IMO, and this is my favorite AE86 of all time. It’s simple, narrow and functionally pretty easy to duplicate. That makes it pretty boring by the standards of AE86 tuning set a decade later, but these new 9J equipped SR20 or 1UZ cars just don’t impact me […]

Crediblity Check



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I hate to hate, especially when someone is trying to do something good. This NRCA/RCA thing has been going on way too long, and as someone who sits on the low side of the fence I often get annoyed. You won’t however, see me telling all you RCA users that adding negative camber by increasing KPI has lots of negative […]

Talking To Talk


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She’s going to be deep into cars I think.  At least she teases me by looking at pictures of cars with me on Noriyaro or Speedhunters, and she loves to call out “tanoshii” while riding along.  Being a responsible dad, and living the car life of my past is a pretty serious contradiction though… Today was a simple drive out […]