Thursday, 20 November 2008
damien_devil Ae86
watanabe rims arrived from japan cost him about $3.6k
15"x8.5"(front) and 15"x9"(rear) atu luak biasa maen tayar 265 jua oops...
engine modification
Trying new rims before bodyworks is done
stay tunes for damien ae86 new look...
Drift Dancer Ae86
Mixer Ae86
before the conversion.....
After the conversion..... Jdm Style Ae86 with 4trottle engine modification...N/A power........sakit kapla liat rims nya...
works equip 03
F15"X8"
R15"X8.5"
Jdm Trueno
engine......apa inti nya nie geng......
Monday, 17 November 2008
hachiroku
The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla line-up. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range. In classic Toyota code, the "A" represents the engine that came in the car (the 3A and 4A) and the E86 represents the 6th revision of the fifth generation (E80 series) of the E model which is the Corolla. The visual difference between the Levin and Trueno is that the former has fixed-headlights and the latter has retractable headlights. The export model name Corolla covers both variations. The AE86 (along with the lower spec 1,452 cubic centimetres (1.452 L) AE85 and 1587 cc SR5 versions) was rear wheel drive (unlike the front wheel drive CE80, EE80 and AE82 models), and is among the last rear-drive cars of its type, at a time when most passenger cars were being switched to front-drive. The AE86 was replaced in 1987 by the front wheel drive AE92 Corolla/Sprinter range. The AE86 was also known as the Hachi-Roku (ハチロク?) (after the numbers eight (ハチ hachi?) and six (ロク roku?) in Japanese)
Body styles
Both the Levin and Trueno variants were offered with either a 2-door coupe or 3-door liftback (sometimes called hatchback) body style. Both the Levin and Trueno were generally identical, apart from fixed, rectangular headlights on the Levin and pop-up headlights on the Trueno. Minor bodywork changes were made in 1986 which resulted in different tail lights for both Levin and Trueno models, along with the coupe and hatchback styles. The models sold between 1983–1985 are commonly referred to as "Zenki" in Japan, and the models sold from 1986–1987 are referred to as "Kouki". The coupe version is considered to be more rigid and lighter version of the two.
The AE86 in motorsports
During its production life, the AE86 was a popular choice for showroom stock, Group A, and Group N racing, especially in rallying and circuit races. Even after production of the car was discontinued, many privateer teams still raced the AE86, and it is still a popular choice for rallying and club races today. Part of the continued appeal of the AE86 for motorsports is its rear-drive configuration, a feature not available in most newer lightweight coupes. In Group A world rally cars (1600 cc class) the 4AGZE engine was popular. In Group A touring car races, the car either dominated the lower category where eligible or fought it out with Honda Civics or the later AE92s and AE101s whilst maintaining its competitiveness. In Ireland, where rallying is considered one of the most popular forms of motorsport, as organizing regulations are more relaxed compared to that of other countries, the AE86 was popular when new, and is still so popular that teams will purchase cars from the UK due to local shortages. The AE86 is also popular for rally use in Finland, where the cars can be competitive in the F-Cup competition for naturally aspirated 2WD cars.
The semi-factory supported Kraft team entered a spaceframe Trueno at the JGTC with a 3S-GTE engine that came from a SW20 MR-2 Turbo producing about 300 hp as for the GT300 regulation in 1998. Despite being popular with the racefans, the car had minor success and was abandoned from use halfway through the 2001 season in favor of a newly delivered Toyota MR-S.
The rear wheel drive configuration, combined with the AE86's light weight (approximately 2300 lb (1043 kg) curb weight), balance and relatively powerful (and easy to tune) 4A-GEU|4A-GEC engine made it popular among the Japanese hashiriya (street racers in Japanese), many of whom raced in mountain passes (touge in Japanese) where the corners suited the AE86 best, especially on the downhill. Among those who utilized this car was Japanese racing legend Keiichi Tsuchiya, also known as the Dori-Kin ("Drift King" in Japanese). Tsuchiya helped popularize the sport of drifting, which involves taking a car on a set of controlled slides through corners. The AE86's FR (front-engined, rear-wheel drive) configuration made it well suited to this kind of cornering, and currently the car is a mainstay of drift shows and competitions.
AE86 in popular culture
The Hachi-Roku is prominently featured by manga artist Shuichi Shigeno in the manga/anime series Initial D. A panda paint-schemed Trueno with a tofu shop signage on its driver's side door is driven by lead character Takumi Fujiwara. A panda paint-schemed turbocharged (later supercharged) Levin variant is driven by one of Takumi's later rivals Wataru Akiyama. Takumi's friend Itsuki Takeuchi unintentionally buys a lower trim Corolla, a Levin AE85, thinking it is an AE86.
Some computer and video games have included the AE86, either as base model cars, or specially tuned cars. The car is featured, in stock form, in both Need For Speed Underground 2 and Need For Speed ProStreet (As the Corolla GT-S), The Fast and the Furious (video game), Project Torque (as the Corolla GT-S), Drift City (As the Panda), and in Forza Motorsport 1 and 2. The AE86 is included in all installments of Gran Turismo (besides GT5 Prologue), Tokyo Highway Battle, and Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and most recently in the TOCA Touring Car series by Codemasters, GRID. In Grand Theft Auto 4 the Karin Futo compact car bears a resemblance to the AE86
Due to the reception from video games, manga, motorsports, and aftermarket tuning, the "Hachi-Roku" has been immortalized as a cult favorite car. The AE86 garners respect as an automotive performance icon embedded within Japanese culture, comparable to the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and the Porsche 911
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Tarzan Yamada
Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada (山田 英二, Yamada Eiji,25 april 1962) is a Japanese drifting driver, known as an all out time attack driver.He is currently a judge at American Formula D events. Yamada has drifted in time attack events and raced in both the JGTC andJapanese Touring Car Championship.
He gained popularity on several Japanese videos with BAKA-MON, his trademarked logo that translates loosely as "stupid monkey." Players of the Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights video game need to compete against a representation of Yamada to advance in the game. Before that, he was a regular feature onVideo Option.
Yamada has raced in numerous series in Japan and America since 1981. His championships include the 1991 Formula Mirage class and 2002 N1SuperTaikyu endurance. He held the Redline Time Attack Unlimited class track record at Buttonwillow Raceway Park from 2004 until 2007, a record set in his Mitsubishi Cyber Evo.
Manabu Orido
Manabu "MAX" Orido (Shinjitai: 織戸 学, Orido Manabu?, alternative nickname Monkichi) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the Super GT series for Toyota Team Tsuchiya in a Lexus SC430 sponsored by Eclipse and Advan
Orido began his racing career as a Streer racer and then progressed to Touge racing. After years of one make series, he first appeared in the JGTC series in 1996 and won the GT300 title for the following year, up until the 2000 season when he moved up to GT500 he took three wins altogether and has since taken two GT500 wins to date. Orido competed in twoGrand National Divison, West Series races in 1999. He finished eigthteenth at Irwindale Speedway, and thirtieth at Twin Ring Motegi. He was also the D1 Grand Prix judge from the start of the series to the end of the 2004, when he became driver for that following season until his drifting driver career ended when hisToyota Supra was destroyed in a transportation accident en route to Advan Drift Meeting when it was hit from behind driven by a sleeping truck driver. Orido currently teaches safety driving at NATS (Nihon Automobile High Technical School). Because of his appearance in video series such as Video Option and Hot Version, Orido has become a fan favorite in the Super GT series.
Until 2006, Orido always drove the Supra in Super GT as he personally owns one as well as using it for drifting events, despite being disadvantaged in the latter.
Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋 圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, 1957, Tomi, Nagano, Japan) is a professional racing driver. He is also known as the "Drift King" otherwise as Dorikin (ドリキン) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events, and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport. He is also known fortouge (mountain pass) driving.
The car that he uses to drive has become one of the most popular sports cars these days, theToyota Ae86 Sprinter Trueno, the car also know as "Hachi-Roku" in Japan (hachi-roku meaning "eight six"); his car is also called "The Little Hachi that could". A video known as Pluspy documents Tsuchiya's touge driving with his AE86.
BiographyTsuchiya started his racing career through amateur racing in the Fuji Freshman series, in1977. Unlike many drivers who came a traditional route via wealthy families or previous motorsport background, he honed his skills from street racing becoming an underground legend. In current days in the street racing scene or when talking to someone who use to be involved with it his name is common as a nickname. (Ex:Kyle Rudolph a CMRA Racer is often called the "Keiichi Tsuchiya of the bike world." For how he rode before coming to the track.)
Drifting career
When Tsuchiya was a freshman in circuit racing, he got his race license suspended due to the illegal racing that he was still doing. In the movie series Shuto Kousoku Trial, he advises street racers to leave the illegal racing scene behind if they are to become involved with professional racing.
Tsuchiya's home course is the Usui Touge and he holds the Usui course record.
After his retirement
After his retirement, he remained in racing and is now an Official D1 grand Prox Judge and was Team Director for both GT500 (for one year) and GT300 Class ofARTA JGTC Team until the team disbanded their GT300 operation at the end of the 2005 season. He owned the aftermarket suspension company Kei office until he sold the business in 2005. His trademark color is Jade Green, which appears on his overall, helmet and is the adopted color of the company he used to own, Kei Office. Also was the color of the D1 Grand Prix Kei Office S15 Silvia of driver and employee Yasuyuki Kazama who also wears a suit similar in pattern. On Initial D 3rd Stage the color can also be seen on a sportsbike rider overall and helmet who overtook Takumi as he was en-route to an initiation battle with Ryosuke Takahashi. The color of Tomo's racing suit from Initial D 4th Stage is also jade green, and in similar pattern to his suit.
He also hosts the video magazine "Best Motoring", which features road-tests of new Japanese cars, including a special section called "Hot Version", which focuses on performance modified cars. He is a guest presenter in Video Option, a monthly video magazine, similar to Hot Version, which also regularly covers the D1GP and sister video magazineDrift Tengoku which deals purely with drifting.
He has been an editorial supervisor on the televisedanime Wangan Midnight and Intial D. He appeared in episode 23 of Initial D as a special guest. He also appeared in the semi biographical film Shuto Kousoku Trial 2,3,4,5 and Max and also presents in the Super GT magazine show in Japan. His life in driving has parallelism to the Intial D main character, Takumi, as both of them started out to explore their local Touge while doing regular deliveries for their family business. On Initial D 1st stage, episode 23 he was hinted at whilst Takumi's father was having a conversation on the phone with an anonymous person referred to as "Mr. Tsuchiya". "Mr Tsuchiya" addressed Takumi's father as "Bunta", adding that the memories of his drifting still "scared the shit" out of him.
Also he made an appearance opposite Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson in a Motorworld in Japan special. Showing drifting competition in the late 1980s in Japan.
After 1995, sometimes he appears as a Formula One guest commentator in Japanese Fuji TV. Though his reputation was bad at first, it is acknowledged in his comment with a peculiar cut today.
He owns a new suspension company, after Kei-Office , dubbed DG5.
In 2006, he made a Cameo as a fisherman in the movie The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift