Meeting Monday
Just stumbled upon a few pictures of some zokushas meeting (and racing) on the Ebisu north course:
Zokusha meeting on Ebisu
Zokusha meeting on Ebisu
I thought I actually posted a video of this meeting, but I haven’t been able to find it yet… So when I find it I’ll defintely repost it! 🙂
Hot or not: granchan Celica XX
Personally I would call this vinyl race branded Celica XX a granchan (Grand Championship) styled zokusha:
HOT OR NOT? Granchan Celica XX GA61
However the winking eye is actually a bad thing for aerodynamics and the car is lacking excessive bodywork…
The car itself is not lacking anything: a Fujitsubo octopus exhaust, SSR Mk II rims with stretched tires and a five speed conversion.
HOT OR NOT? Granchan Celica XX GA61
The SSR Mk IIs are 14 inch 8.5J front and 10.5J at the rear. Tires are 175/60/R14 at the front and 185/50/R14 at the rear. Now that is some serious stretching at the rear!
HOT OR NOT? Granchan Celica XX GA61
The car is actually for sale on Auctions Yahoo for a mere $5500.
Now is this Celica XX hot or not?
Thanks to The Doctor for the tip!
by banpei with no comments yetExhaust of the week: Crown at Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown
I really dig the way the exhaust pipes of this Crown are photographed! It shows perfectly how ridiculously long these pipes actually are!
Toyota Crown MS130 at Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown
I already wrote about the Speedhunters coverage of the Nagoya meeting two weeks ago and this picture is featuring in that coverage. Dino is absolutely a master in exaggeration of the perspective, so this meeting was absolutely well covered by him!
Head over to Speedhunters for the full Nagoya showdown!
by banpei with no comments yetHow deep is your dish?
It has been a while since we had a deep dish post like this! I found these two 12J wide RS Watanabe rims for sale on Auctions Yahoo:
Deep dish 12J wide RS Watanabe rims
The rims have an offset of -50, so even with wide fender extenders the wheels will probably stick out anyway. 😉
Deep dish 12J wide RS Watanabe rims
The tires are a set of Dunlop Sport R90s 265/575 competition tires. Not something you will find on an average set of Wats!
Deep dish 12J wide RS Watanabe rims
Rims are, of course, in pcd 4×114.3 so they will even fit most older Japanese cars.
You can find the auction here:
12J RS Watanabe @ Auctions Yahoo
Wallpaper Wednesday
Getting a bit wilder on the wallpapers after the Kyusha Kai styled Crown and Cresta: this week we have a shakotan Bluebird SSS coupe!
Shakotan Bluebird SSS Coupe
No wild pipes on this Bluebird SSS Coupe, but it sure does have wicked mad camber on those rear wheels!