Event>> Exciting Car Showdown 2011 – Pt2

Let’s swiftly move on with the coverage of the Exciting Car Showdown and what better car to get things started for Part 2 than Goto-san’s new crazy ride! You may remember his matte green AE86 I did a spotlight on at last year’s Spring Drift Matsuri, well he’s stepped the game up when it comes to originality with this slightly unfinished KP61 Starlet.

But who cares if it’s not 100% yet, this thing deserved to be show and not only for it’s cool matte mint-green overfendered exterior…

…but especially the very original engine swap. That’s a 1,100 cc GU74A from a Suzuki GSX, complete with sequential bike gearbox! Might only have 135 HP at 9,500 rpm and a puny 74 lb/ft at a rather high 8,500 rpm but it will fit Goto’s style perfectly. The car looks like it’s light enough anyway!

At the URAS stand Nomuken was trying to keep up with all his fans and was autographing t-shirts, caps and other various monkey-man gadgetry through the weekend.

He brought two of his demo cars, a 4-door R34 Skyline with full D1 livery…

…and the very cool ER34 2-door that we saw back at TAS in January…

…running the Infiniti 4.5L V8. While for some it might be sacrilegious to see such engines replacing the mighty RB line up of motors you can’t ignore the coolness factor. At least it’s still a Nissan lump!

And on the subject of Skylines, here is Tezuka’s new ER34 Bee-R D1 machine.

It carries over the unmistakable Bee-R style with a very original wide body kit…

…and a massive rear spoiler on which Imai-san let me place a couple of Speedhunters stickers!

Hoshino Carstyle FC3S going for the Drift Samurai look!

These “Power Up Higashi-Nihon” magnets were selling like hot cakes and no doubt contributed substantially to the money the organizers raised for charity. Gotta love Dai-chan’s caricature!

I think Ueno at T&E must have used one of the best mixes of pearl white when painting Taniguchi’s Vertex Edge S15 as every time I see the car it just seems to pop.

Under the bonnet is a special HKS-built engine good for 460 HP thanks to the GT2835R turbocharger. I think a feature of this car is in order!

More slammed to the ground street drifter goodness from Paint & Cutting Make Nagano Koubou. Like the S13 we saw in Part 1 this 180SX was on 15-inch Work Meister CR01…

…as was this Garage Number’ SIXX NA6. The extreme lowering is achieved through a set of Buddy Club racing spec dampers. You just got to admire the simplicity of the car, which also stretches to the engine, only running HKS cams and a full exhaust system.

We saw the Phoenix Power R35 yesterday but their Z34 demonstrator was hard to ignore riding on those massive 20-inch BBS LMs!

The 600 HP Wacky Mate R34 was sporting the sort of extreme time-attack style we’ve come to expect from them.

Massive GT-wing complements the front aero treatment.

FF drifting anyone? This cool 4E-powered EE-A Honda City on the Doriten stand proved to be quite the attention grabber as people tried to get a better look of the engine conversion.

Here is one for the rotor-heads, Girls Collection FD3S on Gram Lights 57Accelerate-Pro. The widebody aero is from R-Magic with a few other bits and pieces through in for originality. The car is built for grip and response retaining the stock turbines, good for about 350 HP.

A Daihatsu Mira built for drag racing, something that really can’t get more Japanese. The guys at Line Up Car Service managed to extract 205 HP from the JB-JL motor, stroking it to 720 cc and force feeding it with a rather large IHI turbine. Best time it has achieved is a 13.6 sec pass which, considering the stock car probably takes about a minute to cover the quarter mile, is quite impressive!

The king of FF drift and oni-camber!

Here is Manabu Suzuki showing off the money that was collected during the charity auction. Great work guys!

Got wing? This Fierce Racing 500 HP widebody time attack S14 really grabbed my attention as it looks like something you would see at a Battle Evome meet in Tsukuba. The car is privately owned and competes in the Meister Cup and can often be seen lapping Okayama Circuit.

I spotted this R31 House Skyline Wagon RC-car body for sale in one of the shops at the show. Wagon RC drift anyone?

Next up is a look at the parking lot of the Nagoya Port Messe!

Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown 2011

-Dino Dalle Carbonare

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1

hey Dino do you know if theres a build thread or any more info on thr yellow FF drift celica.

2

Fierce Racing time attack S14 is fierce. Feature por favor?

3

any chance of getting a feature on goto sans starlet once its completeD?

4

The spotlight on Taniguchi's S15 is on this post. FEATURE PLS!?

5

Anyone notice the writer made a mistake? he wrote 't-SHITS' LOL!

6

loving the daihastu mira drag car!

7

White S14 is so ill...YESSSSSSSS

8

you say the Bee-Rs wide body is very original....its the exact same wide body thats on Nomuken 2door skyline is it not?

9

loving the daihastu mira drag car!

10

I love Goto-san's new ride, Wacky Mate's Time Attack R34, and that Fierce Racing S14. Can you get more pictures on the Fierce Racing S14 please. Onigashimasu.

11

Anyone know what those tail lights are on the FD?

12

What is the little pink car in back of the Honda City? Also, I have always liked that yellow Celica.

13

Did you get a pic of the front wheels of the Celica? the tire stretch is insanity.

14

Ehh, not really digging that bodykit that THREE DIFFERENT SKYLINES were showing off. Geez, what's with the unoriginality

15

@Old School Mitsu; there's some coverage on Noriyaro from various times, here are a couple articles that feature it, there's a lot of info on it there:

http://noriyaro.com/?p=4378

http://noriyaro.com/?p=4934

http://noriyaro.com/?p=5780

http://noriyaro.com/?p=6393

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and Dino, I would definitely like to see more of the white S15! I second the motion of a feature :)

16

Hey Dino, love the pictures and coverage you provide! Just curious if you will be posting up anymore pictures of that red drag spec R34?

17

definitely do a feature on the white S15, and the white BMW next to it please!!! Also V8 Skyline = WIN!

18

More on the City please, haha

19

Feature on the Fierce Racing S14 please! We have already seen your feature on Taniguchi's s15

20

Are those massive slabs of perspex on the Bee-R cars spoiler? Looks rather strange, can't say I'm a fan. The vertex S15 is immaculate, not overdone at all. Would love to see a feature on it.

21

That BeeR R34 has URAS kit on it.



And please do a feature on that S14.

22

more pics of the r31 wag body? please. i need inspiration for mine

23

Definitely do a feature on the T&E/Taniguchi's Vertex Edge S15. That thing is perfect.

24

I agree with Eugene. Also, do you have a rear/profile shot of the FC? Or any other FC's would be great. Thanks!

25

Can we please get some more of the greeb porsche godliness next to the grip s14. (Drooling)

26

Again, more on the Fierce Racing S14!

27

S14 time attack car is killer!!! Also, it is great to see lexan aero parts making their way from the short track ovals to big buck drifters

28

DINNNOOOO!!!! can we have a spotlight on T&E's S15 and the Wackymate R34?! i love the pearl paint :drool:

29

never seen a cooler Honda City than this one in a long while.. wouldn't mind the R31 House Skyline Wagon RC model to add to my collection. - man wish i could've attended.

30

Very cool coverage!! I happend to own one of those R31 Wagon RC bodies :P They are rather exclusive as not many were made.

31

How about a spotlight on the black s13 and the white na6?

32

@GiantStickMan I think they are. There were some of the factory backed american drift cars that were running stuff like that in the past. They said it helped with stability when going sideways or something like that.

33

that s15. oh my! spotlight+desktops pls!

34

are the front tires even beaded on that celica?

35

some epic cars shown here, apart from that hideous yellow celica. I especially liked the Wacky Mate Skyline. Not only it's an impressive car, but you just can't ignore something called Wacky Mate - love those tuning company names :)

36

Please more ingo on the Drag Mira and the Honda city.. Also how about a FF feature month ?

37

That yellow Celica looks absolutely f**king ridiculous.

38

black onevia on WORK CR-01 needs a spotlight.

39

about that mira.... here in malaysia we also "play" with it...

some of them cloking around low 11sec on quater mile...

n years ago some of them swap a 4g63 n mazda b8 engine on it...

-no harm just wanna share-

41

KP Starlet is nice

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