08-04-2011, 17:53
Partea 1 prealuata de pe Speedhunters.com
Titlu: Exciting Car Showdown 2011
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After yesterday's preview post it's now time to dive head first into the Exciting Car Showdown coverage. As Mamina Inada, the organizer of the show said "we need to keep moving for the JDM tuning world" which is why the event went on as planned. After the earthquake, events and motorsport championships have all been postponed or cancelled, but Daijiro Inada and Keiichi Tsuchiya though it would be the perfect opportunity to collect funds to help the victims in the northern part of the country, thus turning the show into a charity event. As the banner the two held up as the show opened its door to the public said, "Let's do all we can to support rebuilding." Needless to say it was great seeing this spirit in such times of crisis.
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Out of all the yearly shows this has to be the one with the most authentic feel, in that what you see here is an accurate interpretation of the styles and trends that are in vogue out on the streets and tracks of Japan. The guys from GP Sports had this cool drift and time attack spec RPS13 they have just built. Way too clean to drift!
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You may remember I did a spotlight on this Global Auto R34 last year. The Auto Select tuned beast is now fitted with TE37SLs, which are turning out to be a runaway success for Rays. The owner of Global Auto, the biggest GT-R reseller in Japan, is now cruising the streets of Osaka in a badass R35 so the R34 now only gets used for track duty.
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What better way to emphasize the current Honda theme we have going on this month than with this nice line up of NSXs from Weisse. If this wide-body GT-racer looking example is a little too extreme for you...
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...the stock look never fails to impress, especially when sporting a great stance.
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White on white goodness.
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The guys at motorFIX have been very busy over the last year. On top of fixing their "sedan to wagon" KE70 that was rolled at the Drift Matsuri, they have created one of the most memorable cars of the show, this 1UZ-powered Corolla sedan.
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The individually throttled 4L V8 engine is still stock so good for about 265 HP but there are plans to get a little more power out of it with some ECU mapping and maybe some cams.
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Next to the C&Y Z32 was this Z31 from Garage Dyu-van...
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...running an almost factory looking RB26 swap.
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Looks like your normal R32 time attack car...
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...except Line Up Car Service, who built the Skyline, have preferred to take the naturally aspirated route by dropping in an individually throttled RB25DE. They aren't sure on the power yet but it sure sounds great when it was revved in the demonstration area during the show.
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You just don't see cars like this up in Kanto! This S13 from Nagano Koubou is rocking the kind of bad-ass street-drifter style that only those living in Kansai can get away with. The car rides on brand new 2011 Work Meister CR01s in 9Jx15" front and rear.
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They also had this car on show, the drift-lowrider S13 "Miovia" which since last year seems to have been perfected even more.
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RPS13 on 19-inch Work Varianza T1S. Funny seeing 19s running relatively skinny 215 section rubber. A show-only set-up I'm sure.
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Since taking a look at the Phoenix Power R35 demo car last year the guys at the Kyoto branch of the shop have been busy extracting more power.
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Output has risen 10 HP to 780HP but it's the response that has massively changed since adopting the JUN intake plenum. Torque now stands at 723 lb/ft, that's almost 1000 Nm!! Everything that is visible in the engine bay has been either polished or chromed, making it the prettiest VR38 I've seen so far.
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Kobayashi at MCR showed up with his R35 demonstrator...
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...now running 18-inch Yokohama TCIIIs wrapped in massive slicks. Is he getting ready to break some lap records? I certainly hope so!
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There so much to take in at the show, not only the cars...
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...but also all the gadgets and parts on display at the various booths. Doriten tape anyone?
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Or maybe some dora-yaki cakes which were appropriately renamed dori-yaki by the Drift Tengoku crew.
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L28 powered GC10.
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Nice FD3S from Looking running on repainted Z33 wheels. Under the hood the modded 13B develops 480 PS thanks to a TD06.
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Not sure what banned D1 driver Nakamura is going to do this year but I'm sure we will be seeing him up in Niigata for the first round of Drift Muscle.
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Another car in Team Kazama's entry in D1 this year is this 2JZ powered Lexus IS which will be driven by Nishio-san.
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Stance win.
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I'm liking Ueno's 2JZ BMW 3-series without the livery, looks like a mean streetcar! The T&E team will be back in D1 this year despite loosing the Yokohama sponsorship.
Stay tuned for more...
Dino Dalle Carbonare
Honda nu arde uleiul, il foloseste.