Normally on Tuesdays I just throw up a Theme Tuesday and call it a day.
However when I woke up today I saw these pics of a sick Local s2000 (that’s part of the Level One crew) I knew I had to post it before other blogs are pulling my late pass.
Gotta love local hotness. More pictures of this car can be found here on jdmrides.ca
As the drift seasons quickly approaches both Ryan and Pat have been working hard to get the final aspects of their builds buttoned up for a track day shake down, it’s been at least a few weeks since I’ve checked up on either of these builds so let’s see whats new.
Ryan’s SR20E30 build has been an interesting one to follow, Ryan and the maxbimmer.com crowd have not been getting along at all and the build thread basically degraded into an e-pissing match before it was eventually locked.
Regardless Ryan’s working towards finishing his ride and letting the haters hate.
Here are some pictures of the cage build from the last update he posted:
To keep up with this blog I am going to have to keep a closer on on the Union Auto Club blog.
Pats really been putting in work under the hood of this build, the work he has done so far looks super impressive, thought out, and well crafted.
It’s pretty awesome to have such a talented drifter/fabricator locally.
In other news Pat recently sold his bagged wag. I don’t think Pat would have let this beast go without having something meaner in mind so I am eager to see what’s next. Maybe he will build a truck something like Mad Mikes?
Either way if you forget what his bagged wag was here is a reminder:
On Thursday April 15th the Toronto Mazda 3 Club kicked off their weekly ‘AA Thursdays’ meets at Next Mod in Markham.
The last time I had been to Next Mod was the grand opening and I figured that the turnout to that event couldn’t be rivaled by this one but boy was I wrong.
Not only did members from the Toronto Mazda 3 club come out in large numbers but so did people from the 6 club, and jdmrides.ca. It’s a good thing Next Mod has lots of parking.
Since it was a little cold the store was packed most of the time but I did manage to get a shot of Next Mods new signage and a shipment of Rays wheels.
Even though this meet was most heavily advertised on the Mazda 3 forums, whenever there is a car meet in our area it’s expected and welcomed that other people come crash it.
There were quite a few of these guys out but since I forgot my tripod and where they were parked was kind of dark I wasn’t able to get too many shots of these guys, sorry dudes.
Unlike most other car clubs I have been a part of the Mazda 3 women are just as active on the boards and at the meets
Got some fancy moving pictures to share with you guys today.
Additionally the wtf is that game is back again but this time it’s not for a car but for an accessory for a car. Same rules apply first correct answer in the comments wins a set of the standard url stickers.
Not sure how this guy got down this alley but as soon as he got stuck and started taking advice from his beer drinking friends it was game over.
Hope he didn’t live in that trailer as well.
It’s sad to think that people wreck these things ALL THE TIME.
Watch out for those palm trees…
I’m all for camber and VIP style cars but I think that camber is like salt. The right amount can enhance a dish while too much can spoil it entirely.
Cording tires daily.
Depending on what crowd and message board you come from this might be very easy but even on the jdm board I found these pics not too many people had heard of this piece or even knew that it’s still availble.
I am not sure whether or not I like it, it’s different and apparently saves quite a bit of weight though when you consider how much glass is in the original hatch.
Nothing new, lip’s done and on so the DIY will be up soon. I am approaching 300th post which has got to be some sort of milestone for me actually committing to a project and seeing it through.
Oh daily traffic bumped up another hundred as well, thanks to all the new visitors.
Everyone likes e30’s so lets flashback to e30 Theme Tuesday
I’m probably going to be throwing up some coverage from the Toronto Mazda 3 season kick off meet at Next Mod on the weekend so look forward to some weekend content.
Peace
If you have a mint looking e36 m3 and an equally mint looking 1973 2002tii both wearing iconic BBS wheels you win.
It’s that simple.
If you have both of these and a e30 m3 on a pair of BBS RS wheels you just might be god.
Logan and Shawn from Full-Lock / Drift Union recently had their cars re-sprayed matching purple so that they will be hard to miss while ass out on the track. Logan was kind enough to link me to the pictures of the new paint jobs via twitter so that I could share them with y’all.
Watch out for these to all over British Columbia and at this years All Star Bash.
Full setup specs can be found here on Drift Union
More info on Shawn’s ride can be found here at Drift Union
Best of luck to these guys this season and if you want to keep tabs on them check out both Full Lock and Drift Union.
I got home late last night from the Toronto Blue Jays home opener (they lost) & therefore had to hard drive dive for today’s Theme Tuesday since I have not had time to finish the e30 touring, or 190e Theme Tuesdays yet.
After a few cycles through the photos on my drive I noticed I had quite a few classic Toyota’s, enough to fill today’s post at least, so here they are some Corollas, Levins, Cressidas, and Supras.
Enjoy.
Saw these two cars on maxbimmer and knew that they would have to make it here. I believe the first one is owned by the same guy who put e46 m3 wheels on his mk4 while the second one is owned by a fellow rider who used to own a boosted e36 m3.
This second one is the one you should expect a full feature on in the near future. From my brief conversations with the owner this is just the beginning and it’s about to get a hell of a lot sicker.
When I saw this my head nearly exploded, why on earth someone would put the front and rear of a 1st gen Camaro onto a 4th gen Camaro is beyond my current half awake state of comprehension.
To mess with me a little more this Camaro is RHD and I didn’t know RHD Camaro’s existed to begin with.
The craftsmanship looks good but why?!?
The fact that it’s an auto v6 doesn’t make me feel any better about it. If for whatever reason this is your cup of tea it’s for sale on ebay.
Not too much new going on this week, slowly collecting facebook fans even with my lack of promotion on facebook, and the store keeps making sales weekly so I am stoked on both of those things.
I’ve been making steady progress on my lip and it should be all finished tomorrow and probably installed next week when I wash my car before the nextmod/torontomazda3 season opener meet. My spacers from Garage16 have also arrived so I am looking forward to picking those up tomorrow.
Other than that steady as it goes, I might take some pics at a maxbimmer dyno day tomorrow but it really depends on how far along I am in the painting of my lip so we shall see.
So I posted a gross/weird Chevy above so lets all wash our eyes out with Dale’s sweet 67 Impala shot my Keven Soldo. Sounds like a plan to me.
I’m off to find somewhere to sleep….
Continuing my journey around the internet seeing what other bloggers are up to this second, and final entry, in the ‘Spring is in the air‘ series asks the same five questions from last week to the writers of Up-Shift.net, N/A On The Run, and Full-lock.
Take a group of car grassroots car enthusiasts and give them a place to post not only their own personal experiences regarding automobiles but also random car related nuggets from the internet and you end up with Up-Shift.net.
The ‘leader’ of the pack per say is Jon Gandy and by looking at what he drives you just know he is a die hard car nut, because nobody other than a true nut would delve into the world of rotary motor modification.
Where are you from and how did the winter season treat you?
Maryland, USA & SUCKY. We got dumped on three times for a total of 38 inches of snow I buried my Corolla under quite a bit of snow.
Did your car receive any new modifications over the winter months or any plans for spring?
No new mods, spring should see new life in the Corolla but just as a daily driver.
I’ve been looking for a Cummings 1500 Diesel Holset turbo for the RX-7 as my block has been heavily street ported and I am looking to flow as much air as I can.
I’ve custom fit a Mack Truck inter cooler to it for that purpose as well. I want to have at the builders & done before the season gets fully underway.
Any particular events you are looking forward to this year? (show or competitive)
Actually really looking forward to Club Loose events this year as I am acquainted with one of the organizers.
The East Coast Bash is a pretty big season opener, info can be found at, clubloose.com
Anything new and exciting we can expect from Up-Shift this spring/summer?
With the addition of the RX-7 and an upgraded Porsche 968 look forward to seeing more road trips to events like Club Loose drifting, I want to head out to Mid America Motor sports complex for a buddies track day events findtheline.com and quite a few highway and back road videos and upgrade suggestions as we continue to modify our vehicles and simply enjoy driving and tightening up the cars.
Ive also reached out to another successful internet blogger who is reviewing vehicles and we look forward to getting a few new car test drives in soon, but we have to see how those plans go.
Ant is a self proclaimed ‘Rookie AutoX’er, Drift N00b, Tougè Addict, Arcade Racer’ and most importantly ‘a guy who likes to have fun’.
Ant is regular commenter/supporter here at Stance Is Everything and he’s the down to earth type of car guy that makes this sport fun.
He is currently working on a budget naturally aspirated (hence his blogs name) Subaru Legacy Franken build in his garage which should be pretty quick once it’s all said and done.
Where are you from and how did the winter season treat you?
I’m from CT, USA, and winter here can be bad at times, the snow storms that hit made it hard to even do an oil change.
Did your car receive any new modifications over the winter months or any plans for spring?
Just stock piling parts for my budget N/A build. I Just need an engine stand to get started on tearing into the EJ251’s that I have sitting in my basement and some misc. parts here and there
[Note: He has his engine stand and has begun the motor build]
Any particular events you are looking forward to this year? (show or competitive)
AutoX season and hopefully try HPDE (High Performance Drivers Education) in late summer. I’m not really sure if I’ll be able to make it to the HPDE, but it’s definitely something I want to try.
Anything new and exciting we can expect from N/A On The Run this spring/summer?
I’m going to be doing features of some Legacy’s that might have gone by noticed online. I’m also going to try to get some stickers cut to share around.
Keeping the Subaru guys together the last writer/enthusiast I polled for ‘Spring is in the air’ is fellow resident of the Great White North Logan Noel from British Columbia.
Logan’s a drifter who whips around a car that not too many other drifters do. His RWD converted Legacy that has made quite a buzz on the net with it’s flush wheel setup and agressive stance.
Last year it was white but this year it’s coming back with a fresh coat of paint, new suspension bits, and more power.
Where are you from and how did the winter season treat you?
I’m from Kelowna BC Canada. Winter was strange this year with us only getting two big snow falls, it made for a short winter.
My car was back lowered with the summer wheels on some time early February. [Editors Note: I am jealous]
Did your car receive any new modifications over the winter months or any plans for spring?
The rwd legacy got a lot over the winter, new dohc heads (the ports and valves are almost twice as big as the stock sohc heads) next was a Td05 turbo off a jdm STi.
The lego also got some custom made knuckles for more angle since the. awd car was lacking before.
Any particular events you are looking forward to this year? (show or competitive)
We do a drift day once a month locally so all of those, some autocross, a few evergreen events, and the big one, All Star Bash.
Anything new and exciting we can expect from Full Lock this spring/summer?
I hope that I find time to continue to post almost every day on full lock. But other then that lots of dope shit, flush cars, and sick drift videos.
That wraps up this years ‘Spring is in the air’ series, once again a big thanks to everyone who participated and hopefully next year I get my act together a little earlier and I can really stretch this series out.
If you missed Spring is in the air: Part 1 catch up on it here.
