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
Snowy Day
D-sport
Star Sharks and Pylons
Anglefactory
Mochi
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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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I gave some of you the impression that I’d found an old HKS turbo kit.  That is not the case.  I’m building from scratch, but with the hope of creating something similar to what HKS had produced.  Anything can be done with money of course… I’m trying to do this with a very limited budget.  To this point, I’ve consistently […]

Turbo Sizes

3

I’m pretty stoked about how this turned out.  If it drives like crap… at least it’s not an eyesore.  Some comments. 1.  Note that the master cylinder is not centered on my plate.  I moved it up as high as I could without modifying the firewall.  This allowed me to get a little more leverage at at the pedal, and […]

STOP!

5

If you’ve been here for ten years you know a little bit about my history.  It’s been about FOUR MONTHS since I proclaimed NA forever, and spoke with disdain of turbocharger responsiveness and engine bay clutter.  What changes in my mind?  Well… nothing actually.  I just resign myself to reality once and a while.  I don’t have 15k for a […]

Third Time is the Charm?

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I lied about it from time to time throughout last season… I’m not even sure I told you guys the truth here?  I’ve been running 5.5 degrees negative camber… and not really because I wanted it.  It’s true that I am a big fan of camber thrust, and narrow balloon tires can take a lot of negative camber, but 5.5 […]

Ghetto Machine Shop

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This IS… the typical pose.  I love how my car sits in the barn.  And now it’s actually time to start putting it together.  The first step is complete.  The red engine bay is gone.  It seemed absurd at times, that I was doing all this work just to get rid of the red.  It was worth it.  Flat back […]

Flat

New shoes.  Do they look big?  ??  They’re not.  I haven’t mentioned it, but we bought an Echo sedan.  I have friends with Echo’s… they all give me tires.  I have like four full sets of 185/60 14 now.  If I’m going to go drifting next year, what could be better?  Am I going to go drifting next year??? I […]

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