new interior

Thanks Logan.

Lol what

Apparently my old seat is for sale in Manilla

http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+classifieds/id/1251910/bride+zero-s+racing+seat

Somebody is gonna get screwed. Dousan owns the seat now.

My ASB photo post

Risky Devil arrives at the Torrance meet up spot

 

Leigh gets crazy with his wheel!

 

The event is now over. Dousan is pumped up.

 

Drivin home with Mikey and Tyler.

 

THE END.

 

 

That’s all I shot for the whole ASB weekend. lol

All Star Bash report

Coming up to the ASB weekend, I was very unsure of the car and how it would / if it would survive. I was fearful of the engine. I was worried about the tires. I was worried about the track. Shit, that’s a lot to worry about. However, once I got on the track and did my first drifts, I was hooked.

Let’s break it down.

The car.

The car worked very well. I drifted it in the same exact set up as I had on the street. Didn’t change any damper settings or anything. I unloaded it and went. End of story. I was very afraid of the engine’s condition. The last time I drifted it (February I think) I thought I really messed it up. The car wouldn’t idle and lost a lot of it’s power. I couldn’t even make it around Balcony. So, after hanging the plugs and putting in the new radiator, it ran pretty nice. It never had idle or power problems on the track. The water got hot so0metimes, but hey, it was as if we were drifting in HELL.

The tires.

This was my first time EVER drifting on 18s. I didn’t know if I could spin them or not. So, I had planned to pump up the pressure to 60 ot 70psi or something, but the funny thing is, I totally forgot about it and left them at 40psi. I could spin them fine, but couldn’t keep them going for a long time. 2nd to 3rd upshift drifts were NOT possible… I tried. I would have liked to have more speed and stuff out of the main turn into the straight at STREETS, but I managed somewhat ok.

The track.

The track looked crazy. I saw some videos of it before and I had no idea what or where you could even drift. During the parade lap, I started feeling better about it and scoping out slide territory. Once I got out there and tried drifting, I found areas to link, areas to attempt, and areas to avoid. Most of the stuff I was doing was high 2nd gear clutch kicks and just power through as much as possible. I also found some e brake stuff to do. There is a long downhill section sot of like HTM downhill which I didn’t try for a long time. Finally on Sunday, I started jamming down the hill in 3rd and e brake sliding as far as I could. This was super fun and it finally killed my tires after 2 days. There was another crazy section after the banked turn and straight which seemed scary. It is a series of real quick switchbacks with rumble strips. I started trying to do this in 3rd gear at 75mph and it was scary. I managed to get it down though and only went off track once.

Here is a map of the track and some red MS PAINT for the areas I drifted.

I also did choku dori down the straightaway once. 2 attempts, 1 win.

I’d love to drift this place again and would LOVE to do it with power.

ALL STAR BASH JULY 2009

What a badass weekend

 

!!!!

 

 

thanks to all that came

thanks to all that drove

thanks to all that enjoyed.

 

ASB saved me.

ready steady go

Today was spent running around like a wild stallion.

 

The good news is, everything is ready to go

 

The water temps started being weird this morning (again), so I took it to JERROD and he fixed it up real nice. Hopefully it works well tomorrow and sunday.

 

The car is STUFFED with so much junk.

2 wheels/tires

2 tires

helmet

box of stuff

jack

ramps

tent

pad

sleeping bag

rear valences

 

 

I am meeting up with Risky Devil tomorrow morning at 5:45 at Starbucks on Artesia in Torrance. It’s RIGHT off the 405.

 

Should be cool!

COOL TOO!

Rear seat closeup

Check this out. SO COOL!

http://www.violentrunning.squidd.org/news/2009/07/little-photo-shoot/

 

finally real photos!!!

 

thanks Kyle. He came over to buy a hockey stick obviously.

ASB – check

I am almost ready for ASB!!

 

I got my extra pair of wheels mounted up with tires and I have an extra pair of tires that I will also bring, so 6 total tires in all. Cool!

Got a pile of stuff to bring to the track with me ready to load into the car.

 

Drove the car home today to make sure it works fine. I THINK it runs a little smoother now with the new plugs. I used to have this hesitation when I took off from a stop or when I shifted to 2nd. Now, I didn’t notice any of that on the way home.

 

The water temps seem to be working well. It hangs around the low to mid 70s now. My old car always hung around 80.

I’ll have to wait and see what the track dows to it though.

 

 

COOL!

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

to Phil at 201 Motorsports in JERSEY.

He sent these over as prizes for All Star Bash.

I will be giving them out to people who are totally rad. This can mean that they do a neat crash, or look real cool, or do a killer trick out there. Maybe if your car explodes, you’ll get one.

I’m probably keeping at least one of them too, by the way. Probably going to play it in the car during ASB.

THANKS SO MUCH PHIL!