Projects

Q's New Era Hachiroku Ryan's SW11

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.

Mochi's JCE10 projects-gda3 Q'S Power Wagon projects-bc62 projects-fjz80 Andrew's Trackick Qs Daily Still Qs AE86 Ryan's VZN170 Mochi's ZJ Mochi's UCF10 Arews BC6 projects-sabi project-aw11sc RN66 Boroi AW11 RNN14 Ryan's NA6CE GZ20 AH Civic projects-a1 Original AE86 All My Other AE86


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I’m rocking this.  It’s totally stock, and actually a blast.  To date, I think the two best dailies I’ve ever had were my RNN14 Pulsar and my NCP12 Echo.  These are two extremely different cars, but what they do share is a pretty upright driving position and oodles of headroom.  The WRX gives that too… and combines a good chunk […]

A Clone


Things are happening all around.  Ryan bought an AP2 and takes his whole family to auto-x as often as possible.  Andrew has gone south of the border and sends this image of something I think is pretty special and interesting.  As it has already left him on the side of the road once… it has the potential to be an […]

The Grass is Actually Greener



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I know very few middle aged men of meager wealth that are passionate about anything except family, religion or work.  Mine is dying hard, although I’m doing my best to imagine that is not.  It’s not like I’m considering buying a Honda Accord or a Diesel Truck.  It’s just that a Honda Accord can be a very sensible, affordable and […]

意味がある?


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Celica is gone, and barely missed at all.  I can think of no cars that make sense to purchase.  ZN6 is first in my mind, but I’m trying to be practical and wealthy, not happy and poor.  I have about 10 daily notifications subscribed to on Kijiji, and four enthusiast forums that I check daily.  It’s been a long desperate […]

Pieces Of This Dream Remain



I came back with a to do list… the car is fast and fun in corners, but very much out of line on the highway.  The power and torque are there, but due to my alignment and aggressive fitment is horribly unfriendly over bumps, uneven pavement and standing water.  This is the first time ever that I’m going to have […]

Emergency Landing


I used to get 20 or 30 spam comments a day… but I logged in today, after three or four weeks, and there were a measly four.  Even the bots know that my car life sucks.  I’ve been looking at this car with great frustration.  If you haven’t forgotten… I did sell it and have a buyer back out… TWICE.  […]

A Pulse?



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