Wangan Almost Midnight

RE-Xtreme Version III Rx-7 13-B on the Wangan at almost Midnight.

Rotary and Roadster 2003 - Flashback

Here are some old images I took a long long time ago. The very wet R&R 2003.

Three parts to this one.

Rotary and Roadster 2003 - Paddock
Rotary and Roadster 2003 - Pit Action
Rotary and Roadster 2003 - Track Time

Hope you enjoy the glory days. I may even load up a desktop for you guys.

Russ.

RX7 Meeting Winter 2010

RX7 Meeting is held at Tsukuba a few times a year. This was last years 2010 Winter meeting. Be prepared for variety in this post.  About 60 rx7 FD3s on track!!

No I'm not going to show them all. RX7 Meeting was kind enough to give me access to their gallery for you to enjoy. Some of these cars you will have seen before.

This car is always entered as "Pacman 7" I don't know why. On Direzza radials it runs just over 1 minute.

Some you probably haven't seen for a while. But they are still out there running hard.

I love the JGTC body on this ERC tuned car.

It can accommodate some serious dish. Painted rear wing is a nice change too.

Lights up still means "get out of the way" in most countries. 1'00.613 was 3rd quickest time.

RE-Amemiya customer on a charge.  '59.717 was the second fastest time on this day.

The older rounded front bar is still a favourite.

Charging up behind some others. This black car has someinteresting pieces. Border bonnet, older RE-Amemiya mirrors with built in winkers. Free style front is popular.

Another Red one. I'll stick with red for a while. Cool number.

Normal rear fenders on this one and some feed bits. These car's look the same at first glance, but with sooo many variations on the FD3s, you rarely find two exactly the same (even stock)

Tsukuba regulars.

This car has some coolness. I've come to like the Kazama Style kits, But I can't tell the subtleties anymore. Maybe I've almost given up trying to identify all the different kits. Could be Kazama (a couple of variations exist) or Freestyle fenders. Modified Border bonnet is cool too.

This one is easy to identify, STOCK Efini FD3s with Rays wheels. Sliding around just as you'd expect without a decent rear wing. But thats half the fun.

This car has slowly transformed over the last year into something very cool. Recent additions of Black TE37 have it setting a style mantra. +50mm rear fenders allow massive rear fitment.

Budget parts sometimes make do. With drivers of all levels times can be a misrepresentation of outright speed. It takes a lot of skill to get a fast time.

How wide to go?

Full RE-Amemiya AD GT kit with 2002 N1 Facer and sleek lights, still makes a statement.

Scoot bonnet always adds a touch more agression than the hood9. A very common addition.
Not as fast as it looked on the day. Reasons unknown.

Silver car's are still elegant. Ti Racing Sanai, Cwest and the cheap but popular Silkroad canard sets. supported by A048 to 1'01.712

TFR's Demo car is running their new canards. Slightly different. Wing on this car is very BIG. Mirrors look great... Bike Style? might have to investigate a set. A050M compound S-tyres managed 59.311 making this car the fastest on the day.

Another one of those similar second glance cars. Lack of  sleek lights makes this an easy spot.

Almost all these track focussed cars are running front fenders of some kind.

These are those freestyle/Kazama versions. Without the rears though, one might say, unmatched. But the owner, probably doesn't care. He is out there running.

Garage I.R.S running on RE01R radials consistently in the 1'01 range. 

we saw this car at seven's day. the mixed bag DIY machine that cuts a darth vadder image.

Knight Sports Type V front bumper and canards.  Simple.

Another owner with a fat front. Cwest Feed Knight Sports combo and a Vmount for good measure.

Black cars really don't need a body kit. You can't even tell they have one half the time.

With this normal bumper the feed front fenders are hard to spot. FD3s look sooo tiny compared to the Imprezza.

And this car looks 100% stock. Baseline 1'11 on RE-11

SAB - Chiba

Ok, so I headed out to Chiba Naganuma Super Autobacs tonight after work. Unfortunately, I got there around packup time. 7:30

 The cars had been sitting so there was a nice little mist on the panel work.




 I still like the lines of the Super Greddy 3

 Next to the super GT Replica, it look so low and smooth.

I can't say the misty frosty version looks good though.

Super GT replica worked better with a white mist in the flash.

I still can't believe how far the front wheels of Kenji's D1 car stick out. R-Magic was giving some old ones away at the event with Rock-Paper-Scissors game. (before I was there obviously)

Ohara-san was rockin' this wide N1 RE-Quarter kitted car with new gram lights

I found another white car to sit beside. The difference in ride height is very noticeable!

And the difference in width. 30~40mm + or - everywhere.

 Chrome AVS T5 wheels look good on this street car. Full N1 Spec body with RE-Quarter and lip spoiler.

This car is virtually a negative however it's all in the details.

 Custom trims

And a whole lot of bling on "BLACKY"

The rear wing uprights and window wiper arm have been decorated with diamontees. I think it's ok that I don't know how to spell that.

Deep titanium gram lights are pretty cool!

Back in the demo area, knight sports brought their demo car.

High mount wing right there in the clean airflow.

Advan RS in gun. I like this front bumper with canards, seems a bit empty without them.

TiRacing had two cars. The black beast.

Cuts a menacing midnight profile.

And this boost up car with their V-Mount.

 Gun metal

All Business.

This car has black Spirit R BBS wheels. A solid choice for alternate wheels. Autoexe front splitter is sharp.

Spirit R and R.

I don't usually post RX8s, but these are more for the graphics and the new PF-01
I hope you enjoyed the SAB Chiba event, I'll try to find some daytime pics.

Russ.