Zenkei 2 Door

Oops. The car that twice I said I would never get rid of is gone. The final explanation of that is that sometimes ones appetite is bigger than one’s stomach. This car simply got too hard for me, and it was all my own doing. If I had more money it would have stayed in storage forever, probably tuned even harder and driven any less.

And I say driven even less, but that’s probably impossible. In the last few years of it’s time with me I only found a couple opportunities to take this car on a closed course and really enjoy it. It was amazing there, but an embarrassment and pain in the ass on the street. I loved it dearly, but don’t miss it at all now that it’s gone… especially when I see it rolling hard around town all glassed and vinyled up.



Specifications of the Machine

attributes-ae86-2011-1 FOOTWORK

POWER UP

DRIVETRAIN

  • KAAZ 2 way LSD
  • Illegal Garage DS
  • TPS Flywheel + Illegal Clutch
  • Innovate LM-1

INTERIOR

EXTERIOR

OTHERS

SHOES

  • 14 6J +6 Advan A3A/A3C/A3E
  • 13 7J 0 SSR MKII
  • 14 8J 0 SSR MKII
  • 15 7J +12 SSR MK2-R
  • 14 7.5J -12 SSR Star Shark
  • 14 6.5J +9 SSR Star Mesh
  • 14 7J +5 Watanabe Type R
  • 14 6.5J +5 SSR Star Mesh
  • 15 6.5J +12 Volk Racing 370
  • 13 7J -2 Mario
  • 15 6.5J +14 Hart Racing Hart 7G7
  • 13 7J -2 Enkei AP-Racing
  • 14 6.5J +9 Hayashi Bomber
  • 14 7.5J +10 Weds Strato Upsilon
  • 14 7J -9 Konig Rewind 😐
  • 15 7J +22 Prime Hammer

Today I realized how my car has actually gotten faster. It wasn’t the injectors or the 02 sensor… it was the stickers. At the beginning of the season the car was naked, and I’ve been doing my best to resist, but it’s slowly collecting vinyl and plastic. The one on top, if you don’t read Japanese, says Carland.  Carland was […]

Decaled Up


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I have wicked friends. Ryan had some dyno time booked today for his broken piece. When he got about as far as he could, he told me to roll my ハチロク on for few runs. “Happy Birthday” he said. That plate as well… another gift from another friend, though not from the present year. Getting the car on the dyno, […]

Happy Birthday



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This should be nothing new. I thought it was interesting to look at how slow sliding actually can be. For me at least… it feels so good. I wish I could just throw the car around everywhere… particularly when auto-x is as open as this. I do actually want to go fast though. I’m not meaning to call ANY of […]

Filler


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The Dunlops are not wearing as well as I would have hoped.  In fact… even with 5 degrees of negative camber, I was killing the outside edge of my front tires.  I can’t justify the coin needed for 15’s now so I just flipped the tires side to side.  And… since I have a tonnes of shoes in the closet, […]

New Laces



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This is a ghetto part of my car, but it doesn’t bother me.  I thought I was being super INNOVATIVE, but lots of people have seen it and said they did it on their cars too.  I guess I’m the only one using reflective vinyl… it’s a lot heavier and almost completely hides the fact that there is a hole […]

Marker Eraser


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Wow… my first real video. That means there is a lot to comment on. 1. My edit is not reflective of the days performance, but I think it makes a point about driving. 2. Is it tough to watch? I’m biting the style of someone elses ビデオゲームtutorial movies. It’s bad ass when he does it… but maybe doesn’t work as […]

Tight Lines




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3 thoughts on “Tight Lines

  • Locotoy

    That is a cool vid! And good battle between you and R.

    This past Saturday’s event really had that nostalgic atmosphere of the old days. You and Ryan co-driving an AE86, me driving slow in a big ass Toyota, my Bro driving a white car 🙂 and a local resident complaining about the noise (noise from all of our cars) hahaha.

    I love it!

  • Q

    The only thing missing then Ian… was our FTD. 🙂 It was fun… noise complaints suck though.