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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At the same time that Ryan was at Namao, Andrew and I were in Red Deer co-driving the AE86 on a tattered parking lot with the CSCC. Confusion about what was happening and when caused us to miss registration for Namao, but it was a good day.   An awkward, low speed course really had me struggling with the car […]

A Parking Lot

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Five and a half degrees negative camber.  Did I do it on purpose?  No, that’s actually as positive as my adjustments allow me, with the parts I chose.  Is it fast?  Maybe not.  My braking sure suffers, but surprisingly, it does seem to make good use of the tires in corners.  Soft, narrow, bubbly tires sure help that happen though.  […]

Tire Works

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As much as I hate driving my car around on the streets, it is inconceivable how much I love it through pylons. I was not fast, but the car is pretty damned close to perfect.  I could really spend a lot of time dissecting it, and I will…  later.  (ha)  This is just a tease and exclamation of relief.  The […]

It Was Worth It

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Only one more week with stupid camera.  The car is finally on the road once again… that’s a good thing, but I’ve become an old man and it’s not the fun that it once was.  Bang and scrape got tired.  4000rpm+ cruising on the highway?  And why does everything smell like oil and gasoline now?  I could wine and bitch […]

Back To The Future

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Pissed off. 1. It’s almost May.  It is supposed to be hachiroku season. 2. This weather is costing me money in more ways than one. 3. My damn camera is in Japan with my wife, and this is the best that my cell phone could muster. 4. I just spent 1.5 hours in a sick ass snow/wind storm trapped between […]

Mosquito Death

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This picture is a few days old.  The garage is a gigantic mess now, but I can’t photograph it.  My wife took both of our camera’s to Japan for a month.  As I said before… the SW11 was in for a few simple things prior to season.  The AE86 however; I’m beginning to wonder if it will be ready to […]

Still A Ways To Go

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