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Hilarious: do a dry run in your AE86

January 29, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

We all did it once: doing a dry drift run. I did it as well: try out that heel-to-toe technique when standing still. Do a clutch kick without the risk of damaging your clutch. Do a quick up- and downshift without the chance hearing of grinding teeth from your gearbox. A very effective and safe way of learning to know your car.

But what if you are actually on a circuit and have blown your engine to bits and still want to enjoy your car? Well, you make videos like this:

I must say this guy is quite good in mimicking the 16v 4AGE and the T50 gearshifts! It kind of reminded me of this guy imitating an “import car” with his mouth. Maybe he watched Initial D a bit too much? :P

Random: Going to paint my wheels tonight!

January 28, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

This is about the coolest wheel pic I’ve seen this month:

Glow in the dark rims!
The only problem is that you need to shine some light on it first… So, where can I get some of that paint to accentuate my 15 inch Celica XX rims?

Found at Jasonsgrainofsalt

Carina sightings: Carina AA63 versus Evo II

January 27, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I did post some videos of kinloud before, but I just stumbled upon a video of his Carina in 2006:

It looks like the same AA63 he is currently driving but this one has got a 3SGE under its bonnet. As expected you can see his Carina can’t keep up with the Evo when accelerating but it surely doesn’t loose sight of the Evo. Also later on you can see the Carina stay behind on the straight parts of the track. However in cornering it is clear that the Carina has the better setup and I must say his own driving skills don’t lack much either! :)

Car chases: Abunai Deka episode 51

January 26, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I love the good old Friday video action on JNC blog, especially because most videos are the old cop series with big car chases. One of them is Abunai Deka which is about the most exaggerated show you can think of: both cops drive in a Nissan Leopard F31 (earlier episodes it were several Skyline R31s) and they love to put it sideways! For instance: they are still going easy on how they stop this poor Mark II GX61:

And what about stopping a boat? Just keep on shooting!

Even if the boat is out of range: keep on firing your gun… You never know: maybe you eventually hit the crook!

(Notice all the old J-tin in the background! At 2:06 a white Carina AA60!)

Now how about this big finale? An Isuzu 117 coupe versus a brand new Suzuki motorcycle! I know: it is against all odds! ;)
Notice more old J-tin here: Carina A40, Corolla KE70 and Crown MS110 wagon at 1:46. And at the end the Isuzu 117 coupe is left behind. Now that’s even better than catching a ghost, isn’t it?

Keep tuned for more car chases! :)

Oops I did it again: Datsun Coupe CSP311 catalogue

January 25, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Yes, I did it again:

Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
It was available for a mere very low price and I just had to buy it! If I keep up this rate the amount of Nissan books/catalogues will surpass the amount of Toyota catalogues! And that’s bad for a Toyotaku! ;) (Well, actually I think I like both just as much!)

Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
I think the photography of this particular catalogue is extremely nice! It was, of course, done in the “proper” 60s fashion with older Kodachrome colors! Anyone got an idea how to reproduce such colors nowadays?

Datsun Coupe 1600 CSP311
My best guess is that this catalogue is Australian or from New Zealand since the CSP311 never made it to the US or Europe… I wonder how it ended up in the Netherlands though. :)

DOTS: 1993 Nissan 300ZX Z32

January 24, 2010 / banpei / 6 Comments

If you are already bored with the running feature of the Nissan 200SX S14 you are in luck: I got this 1993 Nissan 300ZX Z32 for you then!

Nissan 300ZX Z32
This 1993 Z32 was originally delivered in Germany and imported in 2007 to the Netherlands by the current owner.

Nissan 300ZX Z32
According to the info from the RDW it has a 208kW engine, so it this car features the VG30DETT engine. The car is completely stock, even the alloy rims are still in the original Nissan spec.

Nissan 300ZX Z32
As you may have noticed: there is a lot of fireworks debris laying around and not under the car. Since we celebrate New Year with a lot of fireworks it is clear the car did not move for at least three weeks now.

This was the same case when I made the previous shots three months ago:

Nissan 300ZX Z32
A lot of leafs and sticks around the car. But if you compare the two images above you can see that the car did move in the three months between these pictures. ;)

The previous shots were better quality than the last set. I couldn’t use them because one was not looking too well, another one was ruined by a construction worker showing off his buttcrack in the background and the third picture is the one you see above. So I decided to come back later and shoot the pictures a second time. I’m not too pleased with these later pictures and they are a bit ruined due to less light (winter, lens filter, etc.) and a digital camera sensor doing flaky stuff, so I can’t wait to go back to analogue! ;)