Ditch the Bitch.... Let's Go Drifting...

Found these pics on JZX100.com... Car was built by/for Steve from Melbourne, Australia. It's a Zenki JZX100 Chaser. Very Bad ass. I chose to focus on the SICK interior... 99 point cage (we all know exaggerate a bit), hydro ebrake... gauges where the ac vents would be (who needs it anyway), did I say hydro ebrake... Bride Carbon Kevlar Buckets...as you can see from the cockpit this car is all business. He's also done just about every other mod you can do to the car... big turbine, full Ikeya Formula arms (BAAAALLLLIIIINNNNNNN), sway bars, diff, etc.... On to the pics.....

Love this sticker....

Steve gets busy....

Today on YAJ....

ODYVIA....

Odyssey headlight conversion debut'd in Doriten back in 2008. Shits so baller. IIRC the fenders are wider than BN... Rear is 84mm... I think BN is 60mm... This car is so sexy... makes me want a s13 again. Negative offset VS-KF's... Car is damn near perfect IMO>.... More info on the aero @ Spirit-Rei

new team sticker

So we redesigned the team sticker. im curious as to what people think. so comment with your opinions!

Cresta Love......

Yubo's car before the aero change...Vertex Aero, Tinted Lights, LEDs everywhere, Suede Interior, 12PT Cage, 1.5J, XC8 Yubo... don't think it can get any better....More pics and info here

pretty good fitment...

this is the jzx81 that was listed earlier in the blog...pretty good wheel fitment...."hella flush"...

86 Pics from CHIPS......

Vinyl on Yo-san's 86... MUSCLE BEAR haha
Engine Bay... he say's its all stock..... yea right... lol... anyway just from eyes sight... itb's, direct ignition (f* a coil)... Car is Bad ass.... full stich weld, weld in cage... dope...

This levin front hatch was one of Watanabe's customers cars....

Wheel fitment shot...

Stich weld engine bay (whole car actually), ITb's, custom carbon grille, there may be more parts on here than I know about... I'm no 86 geek... though I am growing quite fond of them...

CHIPS Funny Car Project.....

So on my way home from Sakura I stopped by CHIPS to see Watanabe-san. Like most shops in Japan, you bring your car to him and he will do whatever you want to it (or get it done). Whether it's aero/engine overhaul or install/turbo install/tuning/rollcage/ or even stuff as simple as a tune up or brake job. All around shop and good guy. He's also the owner of Grenade and was the manager at Great Company (if you're not familiar w/ those names, he's who FIRST distributed the 34GTR knockoff wheels 'Grenades'). He actually still has a few sets if anyone is interested. While I was there he invited me to an event @ Mobara on October 29th. Hopefully I can go....

Shop Sign...
Watanabe, standing next to Yo's Trueno...more pics of that later...

I C U

Yo-san takin a pic for his blog....

Obligatory car w/ shop sign pic.......look I cleaned my headlights... don't mind the missing winker or fender marker...*sigh*

Poles 3, me ZERO

So I went to Sakura today to take pics of Troy's Chaser... here are the pics. Got a peak under the hood and the crank was not touched. The clutch fan however got raped. Along w/ it the serpentine belt doesn't look so good either.... among other things (exterior - hood/grille/headlights/core support/radiator/intercooler/oilcooler etc).... On a good note there seems to be no frame damage. None of the body lines are tweaked, frong windshield didn't break. Pictures are in the insurance companies hands... Wish us luck.....

Wheels FS....

Brian has some wheels for sale... check his blog out and forums for more details... Wheels are baller. They are Precious, which I BELIEVE is a Work Line, but I could be wrong... look just like Eurolines. They have like a Navy Blue Face.... Sizes are Front 18x9.5 -13 and Rear 18x10.5 -7... Front lip is 110MM and rear is like 130 or 135MM.
BOSS....

"THAT Z".....

Yuta's Z @ Fatlace.... shit's bad ass... that's all...

YUBO x T&E Collabo.....

Yubo finally got his car out of the shop (temporarily). Pics are from his blog YUBO, No Drifting, No Life . Car was at T&E getting some new aero fitted and painted. Vinyl goin on soon. Car will make full debut @ JZ meeting on 19 September @ Fuji Speedway Drift Park. Not a huge fan of there aero, but Yubo is my peoples so I'm a supporter...... AND... IT'S A CRESTA... DUHHHH

More info here YU-BOxT&E Special Collaboration......
Buffin her out....
Knuckles FTW!!! Turning radius on this car is ridiculous....

Mis-match.....

Had to pull the Sovreigns off the back cuz there were missing some rubber lol... sparks are cool when drifting, but not when you have to drive 200+ kilo's to and from the track... put my buddies AME Schrifts on... pretty much same design... gonna have to see if he'll let me paint these black haha

Clutch....

So during the last few weeks my clutch has been slipping and I knew I would have to change it soon. During my last session, it slipped BAD and then on the way home, I could barely get up my hill. So I parked the car for a little while. I had to order clutch Cover bolts from Exedy before I could install the clutch. So those came in last friday and I set up a date to rent space at my buddy Ida's shop (U'Parts Sanriku). It's pretty cool that they offer this service, its 1500Y for floor space and 2000Y for the lift per hour. Thats 10 times what I pay on base, but its also about 200$ + cheaper than having Ida or any other shop do the work... So Monday (Labor Day) morning I get over to his shop first thing and get to work. I don't have any tools (always work on my car at the shop) so my friend Chad brought his along. Another friend Gary came along to help keep an eye on my boys. Swap actually took a little longer than I'd wanted but everything went together ok an the markII is back on the road again.

Definately not a stock flywheel (though the cover and disk were....)

Dope honda city turbo....

Cool ass c34 laurel on 4 lug 15's... on the ground..

Hits just keep coming.....

So yesterday was SHIT... So I drove Troy's chaser to work because my tires were showing wire/patches of rubber missing. On my way home from work to do track prep and load the markII up for the event at Fuji today, I had ANOTHER DAMN Accident... Right past an intersection two cars collided in front of me. I swerved to miss the car still in my lane (blocking both lanes actually), and hit a damn pole...FML... So now I get to call Troy and tell him I had an accident in his car that he JUST left in my care...and that he just spent a nice chunk of money on.... FML...

No injuries on my part though, Japanese and military police ruled in my favor. Accident was 100 percent at fault of the 82 year old japanese guy who hit the other car in front of me. No tickets issued. Took the chaser to Sakura. They're gonna look at it and see if it's worth salvaging.

Pics later..

This F'n SUCKS...

Mark II For Sale????

So it looks like I will be selling the MarkII soon. The military installation I work on has decided that now is a good time to enforce the rules they've let me (and every other car guy) break for the last 5 years (that I've been here, more though of course). I was told today that at any moment I should expect my car to be impounded in place due to multiple infractions (Car too low, wheels stick out past fenders, modified exhaust, etc). Rather than make my car 'shakken legal', I'm probably just going to get rid of it. I just can't see myself w/ out fitment and stance. Will probably buy a good daily beater and just drift the 90 from now on... Pretty pissed off. It's like I'm loosing the Cresta all over again. I drive by 10 cops everyday (japanese) and 100 fitted/stanced cars/bozo bikes, trikes and everything else known to man and never get a ticket. But now as soon as I arrive on the base I'm threatened w/ my car being impounded. I know its the law but it F'n SUCKS...

So for all you guys wondering wtf I'm talking about.... YES Japan's car rules are pretty darn strict for inspection/registration. AT any time a cop can pull you over and site you for any modification not noted on your title/registration. Now does this happen. Rarely, I mean the only time this happens is MAYBE if they bust you for speeding or something else illegal, they might tack on a few more tickets. But you/we've all see what people daily here, I mean our car culture (drifting) is based on it... and my employer is telling me I have to give it up...


So... I'm 95% sure, the Mark II will be for sale in the coming weeks. I will be getting some body work done (fix front bumper, and all 4 fenders). I will take parts off to help buyer meet my price. I'm looking for 1 million yen OBO.

Thanks for listen to me bitch/moan/whine/cry/vent....

Today on YAJ.....

I'm pretty sure everyone in the x8# community knows this car. Well this mofo is on sale on yaj right now for 600000Y. Kinda steep for a car of its age/and the parts it has but it is clean as hell... One of my favore jzx81's (even if it is a chaser lol)...

A31 love.....

So while goin down memory lane and looking at pics of my cefiro, I found some other pics on my hard drive... figured I'd share...

Got these off 7Tune... Car is from down south (always see it in msc videos and/or at meihan)...I wanted to get DMAX aero so bad after this car... actually almost ordered it... it was the next step before my motor popped and I got rid of her... Also looks like LMGT4's.... could be DT05s or Bee-R's... I'm no expert....

Found this one on yaj a few years back... diggin the ssr's...

And courtesy of Speedhunters...