Kyusha Kai

Oh Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

kyushakai — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:15:36 +0000

One day as I was leaving my apartment’s parking garage, I noticed a car that I haven’t seen before…

I LOVE these old Coronas. The majority of the people living in my apartment complex are old, but there are a few enthusiasts… the fact that it has a brand new license plate has me thinking that somebody just pulled it out of storage with the intent to restore it. Here’s to hoping anyway.

Also, I thought I took pictures of a 240z that I is always parking on the street, but I guess they didn’t save. Super clean with a vinyl top. New neighbors who are J-Tin enthusiasts would be great! Time to start leaving my number under some windshield wipers…

Ohello.

kyushakai — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:46:23 +0000

Snagged this off of sexy-man Kenny’s blog when he caught some historics racing around Laguna Seca. Tons of gorgeous cars but of course, old Datsuns are my favorite.

SOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!

DO WANT

kyushakai — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:25:38 +0000

Not only the toy Hako wagon, but THAT DRAWING IT’S ON! I love cutaway and schematic drawings. I’d love to have that blown up and framed right above my DSalni canvases.

Thank You Mailman

kyushakai — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:45:39 +0000

Well, actually the UPS man. For some odd reason, whenever I get stuff sent to me, it always gets lost, or the delivery man is too lazy to lug it up to my floor of the apartment building and I have to go to the main depot to pick it up. This was actually delivered in a timely manner.

Big thanks to Steve from Ratsun for hooking me up with this. I’m going to lose the 5 speed dogleg in my wagon for a 4 speed, but at least I’ll be able to downshift. Hahaha. I know I’ve been slacking on the wagon build, but hopefully this will kickstart my motivation.

Lady In Red

kyushakai — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:10:35 +0000

Not a Fairlady, but a Dragonlady. Get me a beer. High-five if you know that line from Gran Torino.

So perfect. The color, the Advans, the photography… everything. If I remember correctly, the owner is also a pro photographer.

Peep the Flickr!

BUFF!

kyushakai — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:21:05 +0000

This RX-7 is awesome. Mismatched SSRs on sticky tires. Gigantic whale tail. I am absolutely loving how the rear flare is cut right on the body line.

The only thing I don’t care for is the home-brewed chin spoiler. Everything about this car screams “SLEEK!”, except for that.

THE COLORS!!!

kyushakai — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:34:04 +0000

Some day I hope to pull off a crazy scheme like this on a car for fun.

I Hope You’ve Been Saving Your Pennies!

kyushakai — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:22:01 +0000

I was browsing the JNC project Hako build thread and the age old discussion came up about the unicorn of all parts… the OS Giken TC-24 dual cam head. There was a lot of heresy stemming from last years SEMA show, when OS Giken had their crown jewel on display. Rumors of the head being remade and to be offered for $30,000 have been floating around since then. The rumors are true… and it gets even wilder.

Kev from JNC spoke to an Aussie OS-Giken distributer who confirmed that as of now, six heads cast in the 80′s have been set aside and all have been spoken for. One for a lucky Australian Z car nut, five slated to be delivered to U.S. enthusiasts, and a final head for OS Giken’s demo car. More heads are planned for casting with a current price tag of just under $42,000. OS Giken is also planning to sell a 3.2 liter crate motor complete with IRTBs and a header for a mind-boggling $90,000! 400HP at 11,000 RPMs? Yes please!

By the way, what’s the going rate for one’s kidney nowadays?

JNC Project Hako build thread

VicZCAR forums

Oh Hello There.

kyushakai — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:54:14 +0000

Aren’t you a gorgeous little thing…

When I was searching for my wagon, I wanted original paint in either orange, poppyseed/mustard yellow or this periwinkle blue. The Equip 03′s and JDM grille look awesome…

The build thread

My Favorite 510 At The Moment

kyushakai — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:22:03 +0000

For some reason Indy510′s build thread flew under my radar and I only caught up with it last week. I love this car. Best quote in the thread has to be, “Icehouse already called first dibs if I ever want to sell it …… . . he also very politely told me that I’m not allowed to ever paint it …”.

See the build thread at Ratsun