Merry Xmas 2007 and Happy New Year 2008

Hope your stocking is full.

Santa is on holiday, so his helpers are delivering this year in the Uras FD. Should be just as quick.

Enjoy 2008. It will be better.

Russ.

Xmas Present Ideas

For FD Fans these little gems are cool. New from Tomy, these follow the Choro Q style but are true RC. Q-Steer are also the size of a matchbox. You can control them from your mobile phone and if you get 4 you can race your friends. at 980 yen each thats super cheap. 1180 for the light up police car. There is also a version of the Tamiya Frog and Grasshopper. Coool.

http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/qsteer/

Russ.

Super Autobacs Chiba Naganuma 2007

Cruising on the way to Autobacs, I was passed by three FD's and a couple of RX8s at high speed. Fun times coming. As I arrived, there was the usual "which gorgeous FD should I park beside?"

Ah any will do.

I wandered around autobacs and you find the odd Spirit R next to the odd Touge Monster. But thats just the start, GT replicas and AC987s beautifully prepared way past amemiya's specifications.

This orange AC897 wide front FD was awesome. Black deep TE37 and all the best meterials looked great. Unfortunately though, it has one of those Super Greddy rear bumpers! We can overlook that though.

Time Attack season is here and the R-Magic car is looking even more impressive than ever. It is truely a show level machine that could win awards for engineering. Beautiful! The Knigt Sports FD is a more street focussed machine targeting the 59 bracket at Tsukuba. 5 seconds a lap doesn't sound much, but these cars are so different you understand the challenges to make the leap.

A lot of Rx8s on display, Revolution, Knight Sports and two new ones from R-Magic with super low front splitters able to cut the ankles of any small child. Knight Sports had a few other cars, a black single turbo FD and the new Yellow demo car. The new front spoiler canards are really good. But why the car has rear wide fenders and not front ones is a bit wierd. Even when the rear fenders have not been cut underneath.

The more you look around the more you see. Leg sport had a few nice things on display. The Carbon plenup pipe looks good. Parked up beside Amemiya's D1 machine there was a lot of interest, but one good thing about the D1 car was the bonnet struts. They functioned well and a set of Tein ones has been added to my list.

Revolution had a few cars on display. I had a good chat the the guys about the black ROAD LEGAL TA2 with Hewland trans and race fuel filler. Truely amazing machine. The new Time Attack machine is about 1 month away as he is currently building rear canards based on DTM.

Amemiya has the whole shed full of FD's there. D1 machine, Street 9, New Touge Monster, Old Touge Monster, Wide Bodies, AC897 machines, and many other cars wearing Amemiya gear. One noticeable absence however was Fujita. I guess they couldn't see any benefit in the trip from Kansai. too bad. There was still plenty of eye candy from the other guys.

This blue car featured new GTII widebody and wide white Rays TE37. It did not look out of place beside the immaculate Super Autobacs FD. That thing is a masterpiece.

Oh yeah, my car got plenty of interest too. I parked up next to a nice amemiya car with Weds Sport SA70 rims. Very tasty.

Russ.

Super Autobacs Chiba 2007 - Preview

Super Autobacs Chiba Naganuma, 24th/25th November.

See you there. I'm going on Sunday. http://naganuma.autobacs.jp/

Russ.

Tokyo Motor Show 2007

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show displayed the 4 cars from the Nagare design concept of wave motion. The newest of them being the light blue Taiki was truely awesome, but it is much like the RE-Amemiya Super Greddy 7. DONT LOOK AT THE BACK! I watched it for a long time looking at the lines and the transparent outer panels.

The interior is something out of this world. The steering wheel comes in a wave from way inder the dash that wraps around you like an athlete's muscle. The white passenger side contrasts to the black drivers side of the car with splashes of red for accent. This car uses a 1.6 litre Renesis engine. You can read and watch video about this car, the stunnung, red Ryuga and others on the Japanese web site in English. But nothing beats seeing them in person.

http://www.mazda.com/motorshow/main.html

Russ.

New Taiki Images.

Tuned by RE-Xtreme featuring RAYS RE-30 19" Brembo and RE-Xtreme aero ugrades.

New pics of original are here.

Russ.

RE-Xtreme Mazda Taiki Concept

Mazda's new concept features the next generation Sports car. The Taiki.

But it's not so road ready.

RE-Xtreme Tuned concept raises the performance of the new Renesis 16x 1.6lt rotary with power figure of 400 solid horsepower. Weight is 850kg for ultimate performance.

I look forward to seeing the actual car at the tokyo motor show.

http://www.mazda.com/motorshow/conceptcar/index.html

Russ.

Chrno Edition

Dan is almost as passionate about FD rx7's as me, maybe even more. His white RE-Amemiya kitted FD3s example is a beautiful vehicle. Carfully chosen components for power, reliability and good looks.

The man on route.

Interior features Suede Key!s racing wheel and gear knob, Defi and Bride Seat for Circuit adventures.

Engine is normal, but enhanced with Apexi ECU, Revolution V-Mount and many other goodies to increase boost and power. Sleek lights are upgraded and all lighing is supplemented in some way or another.

Side shows RE-Amemiya lines with Side and Rear Diffusers for circuit ground effect. Normal rear wing keeps the sleeper status in tact. Wheels are soon to be relaced Volk Racing items.

Full spec...

Engine.

Apexi Power FC

ARC Power steering cooler

FEED Brake cap

FEED Enginge torque brace

FEED Sonic FP Downpipe

FEED Sonic PP Silenced Decat

Odyssey PC680 Battery

SARD 280l/h Intank Fuelpump

R-Magic Oilfiller cap

RE-Amemiya AST

RE-Amemiya Alternator cap

RE-Amemiya Expansion cap

Revolution Battery ground disconnector

Revolution Battery box

Revolution Vmount Kit

Trust BL Catback Exhaust.

Trust Greddy Sandwichplate

Trust Greddy Elbow

Trust GRACER Airinx B-Type Air filter kit

Footwork/Chassis

Öhlins Coilovers

OEM Front strutbraces

Volk Racing GTP 8.5 front 9.5 rear with Bridgestone gridII 234/45/17 front and 255/40/17 iirc

Soon Dunlop Direzza or Bridgestone Re55s S-Tireson 17" rims

Endless CC-X pads all around

Interior

KEY!S Racing Buckskin steering wheel,Flat type

KEY!S Racing Buckskin Shiftknob

Works Bell RapfixII Silver/Silver

Works Bell Shortboss

HKS Turbotimer

RE-Amemiya Steering column meter holder

Bride ViosIII LowMax Bucketseats Driver and Passenger

Bride LF Low Max Seatrail Drivers side

Bride FG Seatrail Passenger side

Tripower center dash pod modified for 60mm gauges

Defi Link controller

Defi BF Watertemp gauge

Defi BF Oiltemp Gauge

Defi BF Oilpressure Gauge

Defi Boost gauge 52mm black faced

OEM Mazda RX-7 Luggage strap

R-Magic Power FC commander holder

Apexi Power FC commander

Raybrig RC381 LED's

Alpine Headunit

Carrozerria Speakers inkl tweeters

Exterior

RE-Amemiya FD3S FACER N-1 (02MODEL) Front bumper

RE-Amemiya FD3S DIFFUSER-PRO Carbon

RE-Amemiya FD3S BOWTECH GENERATOR

RE-Amemiya FD3S OIL COOLER DUCTS

RE-Amemiya FD3S TOW RING

RE-Amemiya FD3S AD SIDE DIFFUSER Carbon

RE-Amemiya FD3S AD HOOD 9 Carbon

RE-Amemiya FD3S CABON LOOK OUTER HANDLE

RE-Amemiya FD3S SCAFF PLATE (wet carbon)

RE-Amemiya Folding Numberplate

RE-Amemiya Sleek headlights with hella lights

99Spec Rear Wing

Mazda OEM 99spec Rear lights

Mazda Clear front indicators

Clear side indicators

Knightsports Titanium rotor numberplate holders

Auto EXE Windscreen wipers

Raybrig H7 bulbs

Dan likes nothing more than to drive his car. Whenever you are in Sweeden, look out for this beast.

Re-Xtreme Model

Russ.

FD Model 1/24 - Hotworks - Chrno Edition

Mazda FD3S RX-7

Hotworks Apex-i Yoichi Imamura D1 Rx7 Base (Modified)
Chrno edition is a replica of Dan's FD.

Above pics (during development)
Extensively Modified to Incorporate Aoshima Plastic 1/24 scale and other Fujimi and hotworks RE-Amemiya parts.

Includes
RE-Amemiya Diffuser Pro with Bowtech Generators - from Fujimi SPL7
RE-Amemiya Side Diffusers - from Fujimi - Greddy 9
Mazdaspeed MS01 wheels - from Hotworks - Mazdaspeed
RE-Amemiya Sleek Lights - from Hotworks - RE-Amemiya
Keys Racing steering wheel.
Defi Guages.
etc.


These are the two Newera cars I have built for friends.

Dan's looks great in the box just before shipping. (unfortunately I forgot to take good pics.)

Hotworks feature great detail in an unbreakable package with swapable performance parts to make the hotworks models a must have for FD enthusiasts. Modify them to look like yours.

Russ.

Sevenstock 10

Sevenstock TEN was held this year and again was a huge event. The cars in the USA seem to be getting wider and wider.

More on this event soon....

Russ.