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

20V swap is well underway, and probably could have even been completed by now if vendors could actually ship on time, or reliably.  20V swaps can be expensive, I could have easily spent another $3000 on top of the cost of the engine just to get things modified for RWD orientation.  I’m spending much less, but the engine is still […]

In Progress

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I told someone when I started turbocharging, that if I blew up it wouldn’t be worth it now matter how fast it was for a short time.  Almost a full season later, with a second daughter only a couple weeks away I can say… I WAS RIGHT.  It wasn’t worth it.  Between 50hr work weeks, maintenance on family vehicles (heh […]

Old Man Tuning. Restoration

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But I have zero regret.  After the drive home I have a thought though… my turbo 16v was freaking fast.  This is lazy in comparison… but maybe with better auxiliaries it will impress.  I am looking forward to a clean and simple engine bay again.  It’s currently running stock electronics, so a FREEDOM ECU should be relatively easy to fit, […]

Hasty Choice

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This has actually been fun. I’ve learned a lot. It’s back together, and I’ll see if it runs shortly. You’ll notice I’m now using a large port head. I even kept TVIS. Not that it’s what I wanted… more because I cleaned my small port head with degreaser. It really didn’t like that, and now all the parts that need […]

Back in Black

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Dear degreaser, I never knew you could be so vicious. Dear TVIS, you make me sad.  I don’t want you. Dear 20V, why you need so many sensors?

Dear

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I’ve been here before… and failed.  The problem with MegaSquirt, is that there is too much out there.  For some that’s a good thing, but from a consumers perspective, it is not.  I’m a consumer.  I gotta say… I question the necessity of stand alone.  There are a number of guys who have had great success tricking the stock ECU.  […]

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  • Devin

    100% worth it. They exist for a reason. Even if you can trick the ecu to give you correct AFRs the timing is going to be way off for boost. AFRs mean nothing without proper timing.
    Just got Power FC for the SR yesterday and I’m so happy.
    I’ve had success with MS before on a couple setups.

    There is a lot to learn with ms, but I know a really cool guy who has a ms with edis and everything. It’s been run before and it’s plug and play, even has an engine harness. I want $600 for it.