Projects

Past Projects

In the fall of 2001 Ryan and I started assembling and modifying cars together. All started in different forms, some from scratch, others from near full build requiring only tweaking and tuning. Nevertheless, all of these cars have been ours… we have a tendency to go through a lot: lots that never even made mention here, and some that I spent hours writing and thinking about. It is some form of A.D.D…. really. In the first few years after we teamed up, neither of us managed to make it through a single season with one car. They came and went. Mostly it was because we liked to dream, but it was also partly because there was always someone willing to buy. Cash just looks so good.

Note: These charts are for fun. Don’t confuse them for us being hard core and bad ass. Check it out.

The thought and one point was that I would be responsible and trade my boroi shakotan AE86 for something more practical. It’s been advertised for the past two months… but I’m finally pulling my ads. Maybe financial pressures will force me to renew them in the spring, but for now the car is going under covers. I’ve had lots of […]

Not Gone… Or Forgotten

Awww. I guess I under estimated flying gravel at -25 degrees. The new ones will have to be rubber… although finding big sheets of rubber appears difficult.

Frozen

I recently discovered a boost leak on my car, and when I fixed it I was overboosting like crazy! The EVC6 is pretty intuitive, but… I was still having a hard time limiting boost to my desired levels. This official manual was actually pretty hard to track down. If you are in a situation similar to mine check the link […]

HKS EVC 6 Manual

There always seem to be details to look after before I get any car on the road after purchase. I’m finally there, and on the road full time… not that everything is perfect. Since purchase, my tweaks have been: UHMW undertray, UHMW mudflaps, boost DOWN (18PSI peak seemed crazy), studded winter rubber, handoru and knobs swapped from my AE86, more […]

Raised Eyebrow or Nostril

Some thoughts… 1. Toyota’s logo is disgusting. トヨタ is rad. A prostrate penis in an oval is not. 2. The Celica loses to other cars in the visibility category. It’s not an extended cab pick up, but it’s no stubby hatchback or wide windowed sedan either. 3. Turbo’s are fun. Exhaust banging on floor boards is not. 4. Rubber mudflaps […]

Night Call

I made this. It’s not a splitter. It may have some aero advantage, but that’s not the purpose. I’ve been telling you about where I live for years now. Rural Alberta is a gravel world, often a snowy gravel world. Gravel is loud, and abrasive. Snow is pillowy soft, but it disguises where roads go, and blankets harmful debris. This […]

Guarded

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