Despite the lack of sleep and exhaustion from driving down to Nagoya early this morning there was no way I was going to hit the sack tonight without posting up at least a short preview post from the first day of the Exciting Car Showdown. If you have been following Speedhunters over the last few years you will know just how much I enjoy covering this show, as there is pretty much nothing like it out there. The array of tuned cars under the Nagoya Port Messe dome today was simply mouthwatering, from Kazama Auto's new S15 D1 car that Tanaka will drive this year…
…to some slammed goodness we all know the guys down South like to indulge in.
It's always cool to see how styles and trends vary, or how they can mix to create some spectacular rides like this 800 HP 2JZ-powered UCF11 Celsior from 460 Power, where VIP meets drift with a little bit of Time Attack sprinkled on top with those Enkei NT03s!
Did Origin go a little too far with the negative camber on this S15? Certainly grabbed a lot of attention!
There was just the right amount of bosozoku influences in this GX71 Cresta. Loved the 14-inch Speed Star MKIIIs…
…but especially the 1.5G-GEU on velocity stacks under the hood,
You guys remember Itakura's H.D.O. RA28 Celica GT we saw at some D1 rounds in 2010? Well, like many pro drift cars this year it's gone through a color change going from white and blue to a cool matte black base and all new livery. Power is still courtesy of the SR20DET conversion.
And on the subject of conversion, this C&Y Sports Z32 was drool-worthy…
…running a 700 HP 3.1L 2JZ swap.
Great to see a few more imports show up this year like this Tuning Garage Gluck Porsche 930 that participates in the Meister Cup.
Eau Rouge certainly know how to prepare stunning show cars and this JZZ30 Soarer has to be one of their best creations.
The street-scraping stance has been achieved by running air suspension and rather large 20-inch Work Gnosis HS201 wheels front and rear.
1300 HP drag-spec BNR34 from Friends.
One Amemiya-sans best creations.
Slammed S14 from 326 Power.
This is only a very small selection of what was on display today, and I just barely managed to cover half of the floor space. We'll get into more detail from the next post so stay tuned for more from Nagoya soon!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Dino,
More Honda please... and fwds if u see them speedhunter worthy!
That Origin S15 is soo hellafail. I do like that 1300hp Skyine! Looking forward to more info about it!
cool post.. liking the dropped S14, now that is low & tucked. any older classics present or was just modern mod heaven?
more on the 1300 HP drag-spec BNR34 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That origin s15 looks horrible, looks like a damn clown car
326 Power S15 made me go CRAZY!! OMFG so good
wow so many stunning rides. i really like the red s15 in pic 2 and the drag r34
Finally, an RX8 I can finally look at
Any pics of the Z31 behind the Kazama S15?
Spotlight that Z32
someone please burn that origin s15
Rad. I'm feelin this. Can't wait to see features on some of these!
I'm in love with the red slammed s15. FEATUREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
wow, that 2j celsior is hawt!!! also loved the oni cambered s15s
liked the kazama s15 too, but i liked Tanaka's old d1 s15 way moree
omg, soarer and 300zx look sexxxy!
i never knew an s15 could look ugly but I've just been proven wrong. how could they do such a thing to my dream car.
Second last picture, holy sh*t, absolutely stunning, that rear end is soo nice, i like, a lot.
more of the 1300 HP R34!!!!!! that thing look freakin sweeet red on TE37SL's ummmmmm ^ ^
oh and yerh that origin murdered that S15 with the camber!
going completly of topic but INDIA world cup winners!!!!!!!!!!!! YERRRHHHHH!
Feature on the S15 below Kazama Auto's and the red R34. Liking what I'm seeing so far. Great work Dino.
So nice to see a high-end drag car that looks relatively normal.
more on the 1300 HP drag-spec BNR34 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3 the esprit NSX!
Z32 and RX8 are nice, too!
I didn't know Amemiya had a RX8 aero that looked that good...what the hell we want more!!
My god so many amazing cars!
any pic's of that red z31 in the background of the 1st picture?
What is with all of this camber? It's ridiculous! Why would you ever need that much camber? Not to mention that it look hideous!
OHHH yes! Sick cars all over the place.
I remember seeing that GX71 on some YouTube videos before... it sounds beautiful! Any details on what a 1G-GE to 1.5G-GE modification consists of? I haven't found anything about those displacement mods on Toyota 1G engines.
Cool stuff Dino, . . . until what time had you been uploading pics yeasterday:)?
Can we have more pics and info on the Friends 1300hp GT-R please? That sounds like quite a beast.
Great pictures, would like to see more of the red Z31 if possible?
Loving the recent Z31 + Z32 snapshots. Keep it up
Is the Esprit NSX the same one we see in the Time Attack?
Hey show some 300ZX love and do a feature on it. It looks (and probably sounds) amazing, why pass up the chance!
yes yes bless the origin s15 and its demon camber!
Have you any better pics of the red supra in the first picture.
Are there more pictures of that 1300hp r34 skyline. I am very interested in that skyline
Skyline with superlaps doesnt look drag, but with 1300hp guess it better be
dino you are the man! thanks for the nice coverage and awesome photos!
We need a feature article about that drag bnr34. I tried to google it, but searching results for "friend bnr34" are crap.
more on that 1300hp gtr!!!...PLZZZZ!!! lol atleast an engine pic =]
Daaammnn, that slammed 14 is hella nasty (Beast)
not so sure about the rear, looks toooo formal i guess
but i love the way it sits and the rims! (:
Gorgeous RX-8.
more of the Z31 behind Kazama-auto D1 S15, please????
JZZ30 Soarer & S14 are EPIC!!
I would do Horrible depraved things to get a chance at that 2jz Z32, That is hands down one of the Hardest z's of any Gen I have ever seen. I really hope we start seeing more Z32 builds of this quality in the US.
God. Damn.
Oh and Devil Camber S15? they going for new world Bosozoku or what?! love it or hate it, that's a mechanically impressive amount of camber!
Dino Dale Carbonare from Speedhunters briefly showed some pictures of this Cresta GX71 at the Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown held last weekend. Yesterday gogo6171 posted a short video about the car on Youtube with some nice revving action! I like the subti
Looking forward to more coverage, amazing cars so far.
Friends should get some recognition for their beautiful Gtr this and Nobuteru Taniguchi's S14 street Silvia both being red. I'll be waiting for more coverage. 1300hp fuuuuuu.
More s14! that thing looks sick. Zenki or Kouki front?
#2 Desktop PLEASE!!!!!!
Feature on the drag r34.and z32 plz
Feature on the Z!!
More on that bossy red BNR34. It looks soo clean and insane!
I second that KBanksAZ!!! And what shop is it from?
JZZ30 from Eau Rouge looks supercool with that hidden wide body on it.
JZZ30 from Eau Rouge looks supercool with that hidden wide body on it.
Ho ho My soarer =)