Safety first.

This broke while coming out of the sweeper at ESN. Thanks to NSP for letting me borrow a wheel off their show car. And to Chad for letting me use his extra Momo wheel until I can get a new one.
Note to self: Stop buying cheap shit!

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Crazy Finns Crashing 2

Live by Sisu. Die by Sisu.

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UnF-ck The Gulf

BP’s oil spill has really f–ked up the gulf. Birds, fish, dolphins & sea turtles are f–ked. Whole communities are f–ked. Together we can hold big oil accountable. Together we can unf–k the Gulf.

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In the passenger seat at Ebisu.

Amazing.

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Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE: Part 1

I want those 3 minutes 59 seconds of my life back.

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Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE drops tomorrow

Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE drops tomorrow. There doesn’t seem to be as much hype around this one. Not sure if thats a good thing or not. I hope he has better luck with the video than he did in WRC Rally Germany this past weekend. …

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Cody Wellons’ S13 For Sale in Atlanta

Cody is looking to sell or trade his S13 hatch and move on to a new project. I’d really like to trade for a 1J/2J swapped SC300 with a manual transmission, although I may be interested in other RWD cars as well (350Z, GS300, etc).

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Rhoad Rash at ESN

The shocks in the Corolla have been fighting a losing battle every since I bought the car. They finally gave out at the Elite Summer Nationals event.

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A less-shitty DIY Home Depot lip option

Most “Home Depot” lips looks terrible. Here’s a better (cheap) alternative.

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Resurrection is a beautiful thing.

For every end, there is a new beginning. The new DMGG2 Hood.

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New England Forest Rally vid

New England Forest Rally Promo

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Elite Summer Nationals this weekend

Yep. Thats where I’ll be this weekend. We are providing them with event insurance so I’ll be there doing the ’safety’ thing, but it should still be fun. If you are in the area, come say h

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I got the last laugh.

Getting the USDM bumper brackets off this damn car have seriously been the vein of my existence but I finally got the last laugh.

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Shotgun on The Dragon

Blevins stopped by this past weekend to help me finalize the D680. Afterward we jumped in his B16 powered CRX and headed to The Dragon.

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Sisu Xbox

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WRC Game launches Oct. 8th

WRC Game launches Oct. 8th and I, for one, CANNOT WAIT.

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AE86 Vinyl Wrap: Part 2

Posted 23 Sep 2008 in The Machine

The next phase in the AE86 vinyl wrap came in the region of the driver side passenger. I was also able to tackle half of the roof. More info and pics after the jump….

I have to admit, the driver side fender looks like hell. I thought that partiuclar panel was going to be one of the easiest but turned out to be very challenging. Perhaps it was my lack of vinyl skill or the fact that I didn’t have a heat gun or hair dryer to stretch the vinyl. Regardless…. I don’t like it, but Im not going to redo it. It is a track car after all.  Very few people will be looking at it up close.  On the other hand…. I have access to a hair dryer now, so the passenger fender (and everything else) should be a lot easier (*fingers crossed*).

To be honest, I almost through in the towel on this. I keep asking myself why I don’t just take it up to MAACO and get one of their $200 paint jobs. It would be a hell of lot easier, less frustrating, but would cost twice as much as the vinyl wrap. At this point, Im not sure if Im going to continue to wrap it. I might do the driver door and see where Im at from there. Anyway… here’s some pics of the fender and hood.

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