ST185


This is why I bought what I did.  Welcome to winter.  It actually feels better on a snow covered highway than it does on bare asphault. Updates? I’ve got a line on some 50mm inverted 8.5″ travel WRC struts that are BRAND NEW old stock.  A little scarey, but they are CHEAP.  Thank you Japan.  I’ll have to build some […]

Oh Yeah


Done work.  Off to Japan in a few days to see the family.  Getting bored around the house, and going for long drives.  Figuring out my boost controller and understanding that this might actually be a car I want to keep.  That’s a surprise because it’s really not my style: it’s big, it has a stereo, it’s turbocharged and while […]

I Spend Money I Don’t Make It



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Awww.  I guess I under estimated flying gravel at -25 degrees.  The new ones will have to be rubber… although finding big sheets of rubber appears difficult.

Frozen


Some thoughts… 1.  Toyota’s logo is disgusting.  トヨタ is rad.  A prostrate penis in an oval is not. 2.  The Celica loses to other cars in the visibility category.  It’s not an extended cab pick up, but it’s no stubby hatchback or wide windowed sedan either. 3.  Turbo’s are fun. Exhaust banging on floor boards is not. 4.  Rubber mudflaps […]

Night Call



I made this.  It’s not a splitter.  It may have some aero advantage, but that’s not the purpose.  I’ve been telling you about where I live for years now.  Rural Alberta is a gravel world, often a snowy gravel world.  Gravel is loud, and abrasive.  Snow is pillowy soft, but it disguises where roads go, and blankets harmful debris.  This […]

Guarded


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The ST185 RC was, at one point, Toyota’s race car for the street.  But it’s a big fat pig compared to my AE86.  I’ve been spoiled.  The AE86 is HAAARRRD.  Sure it doesn’t have 250whp, but it’s a sinewy taunt, athletic machine.  I’m talking Bruce Lee V Andre the Giant.  Bruce will dance around Andre all night, and feel like […]

Kung Fu and WWE