| Wannabe JDM Companies by eric |
by Eric Hsu
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In today's automotive high performance market for Japanese vehicles, there are many companies that are basically wannabe JDM and motorsport companies. Often times they sport Japanese or JDM or motorsport sounding names, but in actuallity they are either knock off companies or companies that manufacture products in China with poor quality control. The fact of the matter is that no decent company with a lesson in business ethics would attempt to be anything else other than what they actually are |
| Traffic School by eric |
While performing a U-Turn you will....
turn right onto a two-way street.
turn left onto a two-street.
turn right onto a one way street.
turn 180 degrees and head the opposite direction.
Traffic School
by Eric Hsu
Tricks and tips to speed through online traffic school. Who needs to take an 8 hour class when you can complete it in 1 hour? |
| 60 Days to Export or Surrender Your Skyline by eric |
by Eric Hsu
It appears that the government is wasting resources chasing certain Skyline GT-Rs out of the country. What a great example of our tax dollars at work.I haven't really been following the news with "illegally" registered Skylines, but it appears that Kaizo Industries got raided last month and their entire inventory of Skylines was confiscated as well as Kaizo's files, computers, and everything else with any possible evidence in or on them. |
| NASCAR + Coyote = Dead Mess by eric |
by Eric Hsu
Taco sent me an email with these pics. They're pretty brutal so if you're a wuss and cannot handle blood, do not view. |
| U.S. F1 Team to American-Born Drivers: We Want You! by eric |
by Eric Hsu
Peter Windsor of the USF1 team says, "This team is about helping young Americans (drivers) as much as it is about anything else." |
| Dynojet 248C Chassis Dynomometer FOR SALE by eric |
by Eric Hsu
I've had this Dynojet 248C sitting over at XS Engineering for just under 3 years now. It's literally been sitting and hasn't been used for 3.5 years. XS has been using the 4 post lift on occasion, but they are moving soon and while I should have got off my ass and tried to sell the dyno, I did not. |
| BTD Readers, Welcome to MotoIQ by eric |
by Eric Hsu
This one is for you loyal Beyond the Dyno readers. Click the title and read. |
| Ken Block Jump Car 2 and Cosworth Power by eric |
by Eric Hsu
I helped Vermont Sportcars spec the Cosworth components and some of the ancillaries selection, but the credit all goes to Vermont Sportcars for building a good car and to Ben Hoyle at Cosworth Electronics in Cambridge (UK) for the engine calibration with the ECPro. While Ben is no stranger to EJ engines (he was the head engineer for Prodrive's WRC engine development for the Subaru World Rally Team), it was Ben's first time to tune a full Cosworth engine. After the Baja300 event, Ben called me up and asked me in his fairly thick English accent, "What's that thing got in it? It makes some SERIOUS power." I said, "Naturally of course. It's got Cosworth power." |
| Driftspeed S14 Crash @ Formula D Chicago by eric |
by Eric Hsu
The Driftspeed S14 was totaled today at the Chicago Formula D drift event during practice. |
| Nashville Time Attack - Sunday 7/26/09 by eric |
Nashville Redline Time Attack - Sunday 7/26/09
I remember why I don’t play roulette much in vegas any more (see yesterday’s post). You never know what’s going to happen sometimes. The Sierra Sierra EVO 8 had a rear differential mount failure in the first time attack session on Sunday that prevented Bomarito from completing a timed lap. The car was running solid all day Saturday and even cranked out a 1:01.3 in a Sunday morning practice session. The constant beating of the Nashville Super Speedway’s relatively rough infield to oval transitions and the massive G loads of the oval banking took it’s toll on the SSE EVO’s rear end and bent the front portion of the rear differential mount and cracked ... |