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

Wife was excited for my recent successes and chose the AE86 as her vehicle of choice for some errand running.  That won’t happen again.  Partly because my balloony 615K’s rub everywhere and open stacks are crazy loud, but mostly because the starter relay blew and left us stranded and 20km away from two crying kids and an overtaxed grandmother.  Luckily […]

Excited Guy

Just a quick drop to say it runs and it’s awesome.  There are still some bugs to sort out (fault 21 and 33) as well as a few details to look after (oil cooler lines, vacuum mess and finalizing the wiring harness), but I’m damn happy.  I actually got it all put back together yesterday, and then suffered a few […]

QUAD YEAH!

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Little things are getting done, but I’m still waiting for a few critical pieces: MAP and AIT sensors… as well as an ECU.  The mechanical bits are largely in place though.  You’ll notice the coil mounted on the bulkhead, distributor tucked in a nice box, a header peaking over the valve cover and of course some open stacks.  If you’re […]

Progress Report

Check Andrew’s small collection.  Highlight for me is his daily grinder Funrunner/Trackick.

Andrew’s Car Corner

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The whole personality of my car has changed. I’m basically sick of wrenching and not driving. Elegance and common methods be damned. If this car turns out looking like OG Nishida’s… then I won’t be sad. I really do plan on having something new in the near future. Lots of guys convert to 16V water pumps when swapping 20V 4AG […]

20V Auxilaries PT! – Cooling

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  • Q Osborne Post author

    In hindsight this was one of the dumbest things I ever did to a car. I don’t mind that I blocked off and removed the heater core… but copper and brazing was stupid. The whole thing should have been aluminum.