Monthly Archives: September 2012

New shoes for the EVO


ADVAN Neovas. Sexual. This stuff turns me on!


RAYS Gram Lights 57DR’s.


Out with the old. In with the new.

More images and running commentary here.

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Shohei!

Nana and I sadly missed meeting the man in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, but we got our mitts on some prints. So so awesome, will frame ASAP!

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Late night Karaoke sesh


Chris from Youeni


Banging out some Vanilla Ice Ice Baby.

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Jess’ 21st


Me, Jess and Christina.

Despite feeling like an old man; Jess’ 21st at the Arthouse last weekend was awesome! The speeches had me crying with laughter, especially Christina’s speech and the videos of Jess in a unicorn outfit rapping to Beiber. Ahhhh to be 21… brought back memories of my 21st so many years ago (and nope I didn’t get carded on the way in… spewin!).

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EVO IX Detail

Yesterday I had 2 young dudes detail the car @ Zen Garage. These guys are about to get their detailing business going. $150 they charged me and took both of them all day (4hrs!). That’s about 3.5hrs more work than I ever put into washing my car! Very happy with the work done. For more pictures visit my build thread on JDMST.

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WTAC Photo Comp Judging @ Zen Garage


First things first – we set up the projector, cracked a few beers and ordered some Pizza.


100 photos down to 3 was never going to be easy.


So many great shots, was super hard to get from 4 to 3.


Thanks to Ian Baker, we got our dirty hands on this pre-release Option WTAC DVD. So surreal seeing footage shot in Australia on a Japanese DVD (no subtitles!).

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New stickers


Low Life.


Haters Gonna Love This!


The Phoenix.

Having fun with more sticker designs for Zen Garage. :) Last shot is of Phoenix‘s awesome new tattoo. All shots by Aleks.

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EVO IX on the circuit


Photo by lilthug/Peter.

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From Tomei with Love


God I love goodies in the mail! Care package sent to us by Tomei in Japan.


Banner put to good use!

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Private Track Day


We got to use the race car garages today! So much cooler as you could see just who’s out on the track, not to mention watch all the action when you’re not on the track!


Silvia boy and Silvia girl.


Chillin’ in the shade.


This C63 race car was bonkers.


This NA MX5 was killin it. I couldn’t catch him. 1.08’s apparently.


JDMyard/Yonas’ Civic had more tweaks. More brakes and more power too. Unfortunately they lost 4th gear towards the end of the day and had to retire.


My EVO IX.

First session out I had no brakes and the suspension was set way too soft. I only managed a 1.23. I adjusted the dampers (4+ clicks front and back) and set tyre pressure to 35 hot and 2nd session out I did a 1.13. Lots of understeer. I handed the keys to Narada, he did a 1.10.2! Lowered the pressure to 32 hot and I did a 1.11 on my 3rd session but then the intake pipe blew off (too much boost?!).

I had to get towed off the circuit (embarrassing, first time for me!). I asked around for a spare hose clamp, no go. I then checked the engine tray and fuck me dead I found it just sitting there! Super lucky!!! I had a check engine light but disconnecting the battery and re-connecting it made it go away (phew!). I filled up fuel and was off again.

Still heaps of understeer, tyres were losing traction way more than earlier in the day too so I upped the pressure to 35 hot again and also went 4 more clicks harder in the rear. The rear then came out when tyres were cold but once they were warm, understeer again. Maybe I need sway bars… nothing at all like the 6.5 TME which loved to drift.


I finally managed a 1.10, and have to be happy with that. Suspension, or alignment needs tuning. Lots of power (I ran it in low boost mode today) but the car just understeers heaps and feels a little more disconnected than I’d like it to (the Golf was a much sharper track car and I managed consistent 1.11’s in that).

All in all a great day. Sun was out, bit windy but heaps of track time and great company to boot.

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