Back at it baby. Welcome to part 3 of 2023….
E30M3 getting a wash, man black cars suck.
Checked out Jason’s Supra…. full Ridox kit and all the works… guy changes cars like underwear…. this car is long gone
Went out to a Skyline meet… keep in mind Nissan Skyline R34 GTRs were not legal yet in 2023
millennium jade goodness
VR38 swapped R32
R34 with nismo fenders and hood….
Another R34 GTR….also with nismo fenders
Dai Yoshihara/ Turn14 R33 with full sequential and all the goods
Next to it was a real Nissan Skyline R33 400R. Super rare and super $$$$
in 2022 this car killed SEMA…. later on according to youtube it was revealed that this car never ran right.
Areen…. The girl, sorry I forgot your name is a friend of a homie back in VA. small world.
saw this fx-16 in little tokyo… prob no 20v though
At Formula S, a radium fuel cell going into an S2k….
Fits nicely in the trunk…
New Wheels for the GC8 arrived, Sti optional wheels in 17×7.5 +53 offset…. perfect clearance for the STi brembos I’m running on the car.
Removed the trunk with the mid spoiler on the gc8…
Installed a v5 Sti Wing on the Gc8!
I went full facelift on the Gc8…. so I got rid of the early gen rear bumper and went for the smooth jdm rear bumper.
My L’aunsport WRC 2000 Gc8 front bumper came in also…
At a breakie morning car meet…. My E30M3 looking pretty and no TE37 are not for sale.
In 2023… the Porsche GT4RS just came out….. now they are a dime a dozen. At least in socal.
Stopped by AT230 Cars and Coffee. A coffee shop that also has a mini garage attached to it….
Cool E30M3 with a surfboard on top.
Very interesting mount setup…
I never knew cusco offered these “TRD” door stabilizers….
BMW Z3 M Coupe… I’ve always liked these.
Checking out Alan at Formula S ASM GT-11 Trunk wing.
Chris checking out the wing…. Quality is insane.
Miggs from Goodnight Tire Service helping me install tires on my new wheels…
Somehow my front wheels just came in…. but since the wheels and tires and the same size, there will be no issues. Usually on an AWD car, you want the tires to be the same size all around….
Awkward in between state.
Another weekend morning meet….. It always trips me out seeing other VA plates in SoCal….
Another example…..
Stopped by a Period Correct Meet…..E30M3 looking fire as always….
This BMW 2002 was looking crazy.
Checked out a mint Euro Spec E30M3 at the meet….
Stopped by to say whatsup to vin at Fujiwara tofu Cafe…..
Decided it was a good time to install the front TOM’S Steering brace for the TOM’S Supercharged LS430
Friday Morning Race Service meet…. man I went to a lot of meets in 2023……
Stopped by the motoring club with some friends…
My friend helen showed up in her NSX…..She said her car came with all this ARC stuff….. Crazy.
Evo IV
Cusco X Bride ZETA IV in my GC8…. this was not comfortable….
E30M3 doing old BMW things…. as it did many times this year…..
I was opening a spade wire hole larger with a stepped drill bit and somehow drilled through my finger nail…..
I went to the ER….. They tore off my finger nail, gave me stitches… and glued on this foil thing.
New Alternator for the Gc8….. Yes it’s made by Mitsubishi…..
Stopped by Peter’s shop, OniWraps….
I remember this. Gc8 was down for alternator, EG was down, S2k was down…. This was literally the only car I had in working shape….
Stopped by AT230 to get coffee…. man E30M3 Spec Te37 are so great……
Interesting car at summerfield tea.
Giving the braking components a lookover…..
The E30M3 had an insane ECU setup, they took a Nissan S13 ECU, chipped it, ran a nissan SR20 CAS and coilpacks from a nissan gloria…. The car never ran right, I was having ECU issues the car drove terribly since I got it.
I figured since the ecu was a S13 ecu, I could prob just get a link plug and play for a S15 and figure it out….
Researching AP Racing brake options
I got my Lexus LS430 painted all one color…
Installed STi calipers on the gc8
I went to the US Open in NYC
my wife’s favorite tennis player
Back to CA
I went to the port to pickup another ek9 I imported…
cool cars at the port, like this Mitsubishi EVO IV
Or this Nissan Skyline R32
Or this yellow Nissan Skyline R34 GTT
New cars were also at the port… like this brand new Nissan GTR…. R35
Bunch of porsche 911 of the air cooled variety
Cool Mitsubishi Evo 4 RS
Rad Toyota Land cruisers
Found the EK9!
New to me Honda Civic Type R EK9…. this didn’t stick around too long
my ASM rear diffuser came in…
Chris at formula S’s S2k is so low mileage you can still see the stamping on the exhaust.
Alan’s truck that was a gift from his uncle. It only had 60k miles on it, not bad for a 95
The M3 looking good at a CSF meet!
I got a Tesla…..
ITR finally leaving my garage after 2 years
back to my friends shop it went
I sourced a brand new Nismo cluster for a friend with a Nissan Skyline R34 GTR
I bought a brand new bare F20/F22c block.
Went to a local BMW E30 meet…. was an interesting crowd
I met my buddy Mark here
I went to a meet and saw the Evasive S2000-r…. I’m not a huge fan. The “R1 Titan” hardtop looked low quality to me…..
I went to a car event at Matt Farah’s “west side collector car storage” facility
Saw RJ Devara
Went to Erewhon to buy a $20 smoothie
I saw this car randomly… Interesting cover.
I got the car detailed for it’s for sale pictures…..
new rotor rings on the E30M3….
E30 M3 at formula s!
Went to JCCS
M Spec Nur R34 GTR next to a NSX-R
famous 10k rpm AE86
Legit Hakosuka GTR with the famous S20 Engine
I caught the cars from the show on the way home
Next stop Taiwan….. end of this post. See you in Part 4!
The S2k and the Ant 