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


Winter auto-x number 2. Wow this puts a beating on cars. Andrew’s Legacy isn’t bomb proof by any means… but it’s a Subaru, and because of that… it has a lot going for it in terms of being ready for this serious action. Nevertheless… it definitely left the lot on Sunday, a different car than when it came. Sounds like […]

Rally-X Again


Running the BC6 in Gravel and SnowWinter auto-x was solid. Andrew's driving has come a long way... and he made me really worried. I think he even beat me in the morning. No disrespect to Andrew... but there's just a huge advantage that comes with all my extra experience, and even though I'm using his daily driver, I feel like I shouldn't have any problems putting a better time down. False. Given that neither of us have done anything competitive in motorsports for almost a year... it was challenge enough just to get into the mindset of going fast. Walking the course seemed more like routine than something useful in the end. We just couldn't think about the typical dilemmas faced at auto-x. Some guys will say... "competition... at winter auto-x?" [...]

Back to Gravel and… Snow



Website is down right now… and I’m writing out of boredom and interest in what’s happening. I’ve got the front end 98% back to straight. Someone smashed this car into a wall at one point… drove it home and never went through insurance. It was pieced back together very hastily… and I’m trying to get it right finally. It’s going […]

Getting Started on the Junk


Bought something… … Not an all-weather monster. … Not an AE86…I came upon a few realizations recently. One: AE86 is played out. I want to be different. I want to be in small company again. While I still love AE86… recent online pictures of my old coupe in it’s new owners hands, kinda of pushed me away hard. Not sure […]

New Car



August sixth is approaching fast, which all of you should celebrate as the day of hachiroku. For me, this day has extra significance, as it marks the day which I bought my fifth AE86… which was the first of two cars I bought and planned on keeping forever. Both of those cars are gone now… and in hindsight, I can […]

Married and Zenkei Coupe Divorced


Time flies. I ordered a set of Sportmax for my Corolla. Not a fantastic wheel by any means. Don’t think like I think this is cool. But… I sold my Star Sharks and needed something cheap to roll around on. Sportmax are that… and they’re a good size to boot. The car doesn’t seem to be going anywhere… so… I’m […]

Chinese Mass Production Victims



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