Hampton Downs – Drift

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February 12, 2010
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During my morning troll of the blog sites (on the right) I came across a post on GS that then lead me to a blog by a photographer chap named Matt Malcolm.   Who had some sweet shots of the day (with more to come evidently).  I’ll pinch a couple of the more retro machines (shhh, don’t tell him) and you can scope the rest on his own blog;

Soarer

Slideways Much? A much too much!

Broken Down cars are the Pits.

Awesome.  I think this year is going to be a damned decent one in terms of photography of events, the Hampton Downs track seems to come to the party, hard.

-Michael

: Events

How to lighten one’s wallet, in four easy steps:

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February 11, 2010
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My poor, poor credit card.

how to lighten one's wallet in four easy steps (by decypher the code)

I don't even want to add up the invoices, it's almost too depressing.

step 1: Bosch Motorsport fuel pump (aka ’044′)
step 2: Tial 44mm external wastegate and 0.8 bar spring
step 3: 4x Denso 850cc injectors (still on order, not in this photo)
step 4: Garrett GT3071R twinscroll ball-bearing turbo

If I don’t be making 400PS in terror squid after all this crap gets fitted ‘n tuned, tantrums shall be thrown. Excessively.

: Authors Cars

110-Project, Rear-Panel.

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February 11, 2010
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I went and visited my panel beater chap today.  I had left my spare rear panel there and decided to go pick it up and have a yarn.  Thankfully he still had it sitting aside, despite one of his workers trying to throw it out at one point.  So after a bit of a natter about the state of the 110 and other vehicles I grabbed the panel and made haste, allowing him to return to work as well.  A quick stop over at E Hayes & Sons to buy some screws to fit the Japanese domestic lamps to it and I made my way home and dug the lamps out of storage, made use of my new screws and played a game of comparison.

Nissan (above) - Datsun (below)

The Datsun one is obviously not entirely stock having had the badge recess filled and then the whole panel re-painted.  However, that’s not important, what is important is that the spare panel needed some tidying up, so before I shot off to work I started on that…

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: 110-Project, Authors Cars, Automotive Maintenance

Minkara Toyota Terrificness!

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February 10, 2010
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This kid knows where it's at.

Oh you crazy gangs!

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: Car Spotting, External Projects

Honda Civic – Parts Car Tale

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February 9, 2010
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So, not long after Adrian and I had been to retrieve his new Race-car that cost him a 24-pack, my girlfriend was talking with one of her friends about it and evidently, her friends boyfriend had one that was now sitting around doing nothing.  Interesting!  Although for the most part people seem to confuse the 1st and 2nd Generation of Civic, so I didn’t get any hopes up until I could check it out in person.  We were given the details of where is was sitting (out on a farm, no less.  This is Southland after-all) and did an afternoon mission to check it out in person.  What I had been told was that it was Dead Registration, Cooked Motor & Slushbox.  So.  Off we went, following the crudely drawn map to the car’s location.  After following the appropriate directions I was greeted with this site;

Gate Support, JDM Civic, y0!

So, first sight showed that it was indeed a 1st Generation car and not only that but it had fender mirrors!  They would simply have to be utilised.  So it came time for a closer look, (more…)

: Car Spotting, External Projects
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