Word:up 12/18/10

Finally got my car up and running. So where better to take it than than the Fatlace events at great America?

Arrived early to help setup and get all going well.

I noticed a big drop in power after a few runs. Come to find out I blew the gasket from the manifold to the turbo... Lack of boost didn't stop me though. Had an awesome time when we had a 10 car tandem train going on.
Blah blah blah, thanks to everyone that came out.












Jeff S. And Matt F. Had a coming together.

Can't wait for the next one. I just need to order the new gaskets and install it in time. Oh, and buy more tires!

I liez

I keep thinking about updating more often, but I never do.
Not much is going on except I fixed my gti, so now the s13 is down til I start redoing my engine setup for the Fatlace event, as well as the Day after thanksgiving event.

Leading up to drifty drift

So in order to keep with the keeping norcal beautiful thing, we need more than just good looking cars, but fun track events.

So with the help of Joe M., we've been looking into different spots to try and hold sanctioned drifting. One couple was highly interested, and invited us to test the track out.

Being as how I wasn't taking it seriously, I didn't prep my car aside from flipping tires, and checking the oil/coolant.

Flipping the rear tires at Mission Tire in Redwood City.
215/40 on a 17x9.5



Enkei RPF1 up front, Racing Heart C2's in rear

Stars had to be in line, just to get an alingment. WTF

So I've come to realization that a majority of what will end up here is car related. So here is some car stuffs.

So after lagging on picking up RUCA's for my car, I figured it was time

to throw down on a pair. I've only run SPLparts.com stuff in the past, and it was all I suggested. Until I was offered a pair by Powered By Max ruca's for a killer price off of some dude on Zilvia; they are supposed to be designed with, 'slammed' cars in mind.

After waiting like a week or so, I finally got off my butt and installed the PBM ruca's, along with a set of Kazama toe rods I had laying around. I decided to take my car to a local 'performance' shop for an alignment.

So I drop the car off, and head out to lunch with Joe and Scott. Then the shop hit me up saying they can only get the rear down to -4.5* It was at like -6* or something retarded prior. So I'm thinking they are just adjusting the arms wrong and we head back to the shop.

Guys there tell me it took an hour to get my car on the rack and all that jazz. Then I was told I had to raise the car in order to get the alignment I wanted. So now I'm just thinking whatever. Because I'm not trying to get charged out the ass for something that should be simple.

After having to raise the car 1.5" in rear, they were able to get the camber down to -3*

Still nowhere near the -1.5* I was aiming for.

Once they got it to -3* it was pretty much take it or leave it. So here I am with a car raked like I'm on 22's in back, and nowhere near the alignment I wanted.

After having a depressing day, I hit Joey up @ Performance Options and told him my situation. He helped me figure out how much camber I could safely get out of the car once I lowered it back to where I wanted.

Blah blah blah, we had to HELLA screw the heim out further from the arm in order to get -1.5*. Not only that, but the ruca was hitting my lower coilover collar in back. So I just moved it out the way since my coilovers are bottomed out anyways. As for the PBM ruca, it looks like it is going to break for sure, but whatever. Good looking car = good looking drifting. In the mean time, I need to buy some SPL toe and ruca's. Since my kazama's are like an inch away from the subframe before suspension articulation, and because the ruca's suck.

Anyways, final alingnment specs

Front

3* camber

1/8 toe out

7* caster

Rear

1.5* camber

0 toe

Stock Traction rods

Getting aligned at Performance Options. Pic courtesy of Kenny.

CHANGE (cue obama)

Ok, it's been WAY too long since I've posted up an update. But then again, nobody really reads this thing, or even expects an update from it; hell, I don't even check it. Hopefully that can change, since I've been telling myself I want to do this new age xanga blog whatever stuff. The main thing that was keeping me back before was lack of a decent camera. But since I have this trash of an iphone 4, luckly, the pictures are decent. So I'll try to take more pics and make this interesting. Who knows, maybe it will even take off; hella not counting on it.

Expect pics of car stuff, food, and random things.

Lazy as ish.

I really need to start updating this thing.

I have like no pictures and I don't even post up enought stuff. Took some pictures. Maybe a few will go up later tonight...

Damn I need to get up on posting on here more often.

Let the boring begin.

So, it's past 2am and I noticed how I lacked a blog.

Don't think it's possible to have an exciting blog, but I'll try.

I forsee mostly pics of cars and half eaten food (seem to keep forgetting to take pics BEFORE eating).

I'll be trying to update this bi-daily or something...

As well as make it cooler once I figure out how all this stuff works.