WTF Friday: Look Another Front End Swap

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Oct 1, 2010

These front swaps are getting a little out of hand. Sure many (like today’s) are executed fairly competently, meaning that the body work doesn’t look like ass, but the final results never do the shop that did the work any sort of justice.

1994 Mustang, meet your 2008 face, sorry you didn’t get a v8 in the process.

mustang_wtf_2 — The flames are actually done quite well, but the front end doesn't flow

mustang_wtf — Looks to be in good shape otherwise

Thanks to Mr VIP for snapping this weeks gem.

Site Updates

The biggest, and most important, site update I am going to talk about this week is this:

SEMA 2010

My media application to attend has been approved and I am very, very excited. I never imagined I would be going to a SEMA without hitching a ride on someone else’s coat tails so to be able to do it on my own is incredible.

I still have to book my flight, accommodations and all that good stuff but the hardest part is over with. I expect to come back with an obscene amount of coverage, can’t wait!

For the locals hope to see you all at:

this weekend!

Flashback Friday

It’s been awhile since I have checked in with Bryce Casselman and seen what he’s been up to but these photos from ‘Art Imitates Life‘ are still some of my favorites and now that I think about it they would probably look great in my office…

I’ll finish up the CSCS Coverage tonight or tomorrow morning depending if Red Dead Redemption sucks me in or not.

Guest Event Coverage: WCN 2010

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Sep 30, 2010

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I decided to take a quick break from the CSCS coverage for a moment and live vicariously through Tucson AZ native Will (@solefoodOG), who you might remember as the owner a very low bug from the friendly rivalry post in 2009.

Will recently picked up a bagged Ranger and took it and his camera to the 2010 West Cost Nationals, and being the nice guy that he is sent me the link to his flickr so I could run some of his photos.

I gotta say I am pretty jealous of what the weather looks like in AZ, as it’s nothing but gray skies here in Toronto 🙁

awesomeplate — Colorado plates are kinda rad

ranger_2 — These older Rangers are next to non existent round here

ranger3 — Body drops FTW - (Best of show winner!)

bigdodge — It's always a treat to see big Dodge trucks on their nuts

dualie — The only thing better than a big Dodge is a big duallie

s10bigrims — Looks like a cantilever setup on this s10

bodysuper10 — Body dropped s10 sporting a mean looking S/C

shaved_2 — Dragging bumper on this truck means a lot of work ahead...

underconstruction — This should look pretty legit finished

shaved — The body and paint work on this truck look flawless.

hardbody — Nice to see that the wild late 90s style still holds up decent

lifted — I bet Will could park his truck under this...

oldchev1 — I spy a bed dump, I have not see that in a minute

blue_1 — The level of detail in this truck is impressive

blue_2 — Carrying the airbrushing into the interior is a good look

blue3 — And carrying it all the way to the wheel lips is just bananas

monte — Dope color combo on this Monte, wonder what's under the hood...

Be sure to check out the rest of Will’s coverage at flickr.com/eseph and follow him on twitter @solefoodog.

Thanks again dude

Event Coverage: 2010 CSCS Finale – Part 2

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Sep 29, 2010

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As I’ve mentioned the 2010 CSCS Finale was the first time I had been to Cayuga and the weather had fully cooperated which meant that the track saw a lot of fast action all day.

Personally the track action is the main reason I make the drive out to CSCS as it’s an added bonus on top of the show and shine that I can’t take in at your average show.

It’s also a lot of fun to shoot.

Time Attack

Tried my hand at more time attack panning shots as I am not at the level to try it for drifting yet.

cat — This Caterham shoots huge flames, I missed them.

civic_stage4 — Time attack looks like a lot of fun...

civic_white — It brings out a lot of Civic drivers

civic_yellow — EK sedan on the far straight

corner — Everyone is about on the same line

corner_2 — More often than not that red VW was on the track

This shot inspired yesterdays Theme Tuesday

vw_pan — I wish I framed this a bit better, probably the best pan of the day

s2000_1 — This shot wasn't too bad either

pete_1 — Pistol Pete putting his new chassis to work

pete_2 — Not sure how he did this year compared to last though

rudy_1 — Rudy getting Kurt's car up on 3

gofast — Set record, break record, repeat

Drift

Drifting is always exciting to watch but at the 2010 finale I knew a number of the drivers which made the battles even more exciting.

Big props to Chris De La Cruz for making the final four!

union — Union Autoclub knows how to make an entrance

drift_smoke1 — Liam making his way out of the smoke

drift_liam_1 — This battle had to be run a few times, it was pretty close

drift_loughead_2 — Loughhead and St John battling it out

drift_tandem_3 — This was the first battle I saw all day actually

drift_loughead_3 — Lougghead sending smoke signals

drift_loughead_4 — Getting loose during the demo

drift_loughead_1 — He really carried a lot of speed and angle through this portion of the course

drift_tandem_2 — Mike Martiono up on three

drift_jesse_lineup — As far as I know this was Jesse's (left) first event and he did pretty well

drift_jesse_2 — His entries were pretty solid normally hitting hay bale

drift_jesse_fire — Somethings hot under there

drift_jesse_lead — He easily made it past this round

drift_jesse_lead_3 — Loughhead gave him some tough competition though

drift_jesse_lead_2 — Sliding on the back half of the course

drift_fiddy_2 — Fiddy and Loughhead are always consistent and make the finals

drift_fiddy_1 — Fiddy loves to get rid of tires

drift_chris_1 — Chris had a great day in his e30, qualified 14th then made it all the way to the final 4

drift_chris_2 — All those people randomly standing there are so brave haha

The final batch of show and shine pictures will be up tomorrow, see you then.

Event Coverage: 2010 CSCS Finale- Part 1

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Sep 28, 2010

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Yesterday I mentioned that the 2010 CSCS finale had an absolutely stellar turnout, the best of any CSCS I had attended personally.

There were cars everywhere, on the track, in the pits, and all over the visitor parking, it seemed like everyone and there mom was out at Cayuga.

Today I have 30 plus photos of what I saw off the track and away from the show and shine, few unique/rarity’s here.

Pulsars

I guess Pulsars are starting to pop up more and more around Ontario, I wonder what they go for.

pulsar_1 — I wouldn't mind taking one of these out on the track, looks like a lot of fun

pulsar_3 — I guess being affiliated with an autobody shop it ought to be

Drifters

Those who go sideways, we salute you.

marin — Marin ended up with some brake trouble and couldn't compete but he was in the demo later

ryan — Ryan's Nissan powered e30, don't see him on maxbimmer much anymore 😛

ryan_stickers2 — This sticker pretty much describes his feelings about the max crowd

ryan_stickers — Thanks for the love man!

chris_tire — Chris (white e30) was having a great day, but his tires paid the price

Mazda, Subaru, Toyota

Clean examples of all three of these brands…

subaru_sti — Chris from notsostock.com is actually selling his STI

rsx_stage4_2 — I really liked this stage four FD

rx7_stage4 — That lip/diffuser combo is certainly pretty wild

rsx_stage4 — Tried to get a little creative...

soarer_1 — Alex, the owner of this SC on Advan's tracked me down for some stickers

Euros

merkur — Merkur's are kind of Euros right? I have an unhealthy fascination with these

bmw_e36_2 — Rudy came to do work in the Gladner prepped e36 track monster but then it broke...

bmw_e36 — so he threw his wheels on Kurt

rabbit_rear — A big hell ya to the owner.

Hondas

civic_domo — Well now that is a giant Domo

erock — Eric (deep dish Ford Probe) was out in his beater

compoundboost_3 — When I took a picture of this at Honda Tech I forgot to shoot the motor

compoundboost_2 — Can you tellwhat's going on here?

compoundboost_1 — How about now? Compound boost!!!

Track beasts

caterham_1 — This Caterham was a treat to see out on the track

caterham_2 — Like the MGB from yesterday it was rotary powered

record_holder_2 — This car flat out flys on the track, the driver broke his own record he set last time out

This is only the tip of the iceberg regarding coverage so check back tomorrow for the drift and track action.

Theme Tuesdays: Tripoding

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Sep 28, 2010

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Originally this Theme Tuesday was just going to be low cars having trouble getting over steep grades which lead to a wheel being hung in the air.

However after looking at (and taking) photos of cars getting up on three wheels while cornering I decided to combine both ways of three wheeling into this Theme Tuesday.

Low car steep drop 3 three wheels

tripod1 — The cage inside suggests this car would 3 on the track too

tripod20 — You could almost work on it like this...

High speed sticky tire induced three wheels

tripod11 — More of a 2 wheel but I couldn't leave this out

tripod12 — Nor could I leave this one out

tripod13 — There is another black and white 2002 corner exit pic I love that I could not find

tripod14_lotuscortina — Cortina's are interesting

tripod16 — Nice to see an e46 m3 getting used

tripod7 — Drifting three wheels are intense

No I didn’t forget that low riders can hit threes as well, I just figured I would save those for a day all on their own 😉

Rotary Powered MGB

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Sep 27, 2010

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The CSCS finale was yesterday and it hands down the best CSCS I’ve been to so far, the lack of rain in the forecast combined with it being the last event of the year drew lots of people out to Cayuga.

While I didn’t have a chance to really get into editing the near card full of photos I took when I got home I did make a point to edit these photos, because not only was this car unique but it was also quite swift on the track.

I’m not a purist by any means, in fact I think as long as it doesn’t disrupt the natural balance of the car too people should put whatever motor they want under they hood of their car and be damned what the manufacturer thinks.

This MGB is an example of just that. The stock motor took a hike and a rotary plant (13b?) found it’s way in.

rotarymg4 — Fairly clean sorted MGB at first glance, not much seems out of place

rotarymg7 — But once you get close you notice a motor that actually fit

rotarymg6 — Pretty no frills bay all business

rotarymg5 — The motor was built in Hiroshima, found that interesting

rotarymg3 — The interior matches the engine bay, nothing unnecessary

Danio’s slammed s2000 (video)

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Sep 25, 2010

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I’ve posted this car before, a few times, and every event I see it at I take photos of it but not there is video which will illustrate to the rest of you who have not seen this car in person just how low this car really is.

Amazing.

Danio’s slammed S2000 from Rough Draft / Backstage on Vimeo.

Shouts (and copy write credits) to Back Stage/Level One they are killing it right now.

WTF Friday: Skynoma?

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Sep 24, 2010

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Being a member of s10forum I am not really sure how I missed this build where an s10 owner put an rb20det in an s10 but I did.

I had no idea this even happened until I saw a video clip on my friend Jesse’s new blog Dorimoto and my interest was peaked.

A bagged s10 with a 300zx rear and and an rb25det? Yes please.

skynomarb25 — RB25det in between the s10 fenders

skynoma_bagsetup — Shot of the rear bag set up as well as 300zx IRS

skynoma_laidout — Shot of the Skynoma laid out, it takes a bit to get used to IRS on an s10

skynoma_laidout2 — Lots of camber back there

skynoma_hood — After a tree fell on it he took the time to do some body work first being a vented hood

This is all worthless without video right? Here you go 🙂

Site Updates

The end of season is quickly approaching but it’s not dead yet so this weekend I will be at the CSCS Finale.

I should also be receiving a restock of the white and pink ‘I Like ‘Em Dropped‘ stickers at CSCS as well, so those of you who have been waiting for those to come back they should be in the store Monday.

I will also be working on my garage with my dad this weekend so I’ll have a garage build update as well, which is something I have been looking forward to posting for awhile.

Flashback Friday

Going to take it back the Race Stance Theme Tuesday today.

Every time I have tried to capture flames I have failed 🙁

How about a follow up to this? Hmm…

Event Coverage: Mosport DMCC Part 3

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Sep 23, 2010

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Here it is, the third and final set of photos from round 6 of the 2010 DMCC series at Mosport. Qualifying was Tuesday, show and shine Wednesday, and today is the finals and photos from the podium.

Hopefully you guys have enjoyed this in depth coverage and will know (provided you are local to one) check out at least a DMCC event.

Today’s finals coverage is mostly broken down by driver.

Smoke shows

After the finalists were introduced a few of them decided to put on a little pre show, show.

bernier_1 — Bernier showing the crowd some love via tire smoke

burnout — Another one of my favorite shots from the weekend

francois_smoke — After Francois was eliminated this was his swan song

Poirier_1 — Poirer showing a lady a good time

Frédéric Girard

Frédéric Girard and his Rock Star 240

Mats Baribeau

Baribeau_2 — Mats chasing, Poirier lost his bumper

Baribeau_3 — Another shot from the early corner

girard_waldin_2 — This was a good battle

girard_waldin_1 — Girard leads, Waldin chases

patinka_1 — Girard and Francois in a tandem

Marc Landerville

Landerville continued to have a great day all the way into the podium.

landerville_1 — All this shot needs is a more little smoke

landerville_patinka — Landerville chasing Patinka

Pat Cyr

While Pat didn’t make it into the finals he drove well enough all year to finish out in 2nd place

pat_5 — I love this shot because of the camber of his car, awesome

pat_1 — Pat dropping a tire into the dirt leading Landerville

pat_3 — Smokin it up lower in the course

pat_4 — Would have been a great panning shot...

pat_6 — I wish these head on shots the sun wasn't on the front of the car so much

Patinka

Bob Patinka ended up putting together a decent day

patinka_3 — Patinka's car also sounded pretty mean

Waldin

Matt Waldin ended up blowing his motor in the finals but had accumulated enough points to finish the year in the top spot.

waldin_3 — Another shot from that sunny corner

Podium

Some shots of the antics on the podium

podium_dayend — It's a celebration bitches

podium_yearend — Waldin took home the year end, Pat Second, Landerville Third

podium_champ — So that's why he wore those glasses

podium_yearend_2 — A salute to the organizers

‘Till next year

Event Preview: CSCS Finale 2010

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Sep 22, 2010

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The 2010 Canadian Sport Compact Series is wrapping up this Sunday September 26 at Cayuga Motorsports park so if you have not had a chance to make it out to any of the three previous events this year be sure to show up between 11am and 7pm as it will be your last chance.

Like all of the other CSCS events this weekend includes: Drifiting, Time Attack,Open Lapping, Drag Racing and a show and shine event as well as product give-aways and multiple stage shows.

As of today the weather forecast is shaping up to be 17 degrees and sunny which should make for a great day for the drivers on track chasing the year and titles and those of us spectating or showing.