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.

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Crab Migration - Thanks Wei
Snowy Day
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Star Sharks and Pylons
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Running Fast at Auto-x
Cruising
On the way home

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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
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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

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?

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  • Devin

    TVIS is great for NA. Just run a vac line tight to the actuator, works better like that.