ST185


The birthday paradox applies everywhere and makes he world feel very small sometimes. Like when I stumble upon a good wheel find for the Celica and pull the trigger without much thought. With 120million people in Japan, the seller ends up being just down the street from my Japanese residence; a fellow ST185 and AE86 owner; and a former resident […]

Coincidence


Even with limited ability to read Japanese, 500円 worth of books deprecates every English resource online I’ve found to date. Even here though, there is way too much emphasis placed on boost and body kits.

And They All Had At Least 400hp



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I came in with caution. Lots of guys talk about bringing there daily drivers out to rally-x. Lots of guys drive 100hp 2WD cars. Lots of people drive brand new Subaru’s. My experience is that stuff breaks. Prior to this event I had attended three rally-x events in two different cars… and replaced on those two cars, one clutch, two […]

Celica In Dirt


This is a tease.  I finally made it to RallyX.  Event #1 was cancelled due to 140km/h winds.  Event #2 came and went while I was at home loading up tools and doing a mechanical once over… but I wasn’t going to let anything keep me from #3.  Andrew came out as well, and his story is probably infinitely more […]

I Got Your Camera



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Hail to AE86 owners everywhere. Props to Dori-Kaze. I’ve been spoiled by what must be the greatest auto community in the whole world, and now I’m entering into what may be the worst. All-Trac forums make me ashamed of my new car. I’d probably have better luck finding shift linkage part numbers, or rear strut dimensions for ST185H on an […]

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