Taka's wheel...

So...today, our team manager, Koji, came to our house to drop off the Taka's Watanabe wheel that was damaged @ Formula D Wall, NJ event.

This was before... if you haven't read what happened...You can check here...

And...This is after...OMG! Looks soooo brand new!!
You can check it out @ Performance Wheel Repair...if you ever need your wheels fixed/paint/polished! I just found out the shop location is in "Walnut"...Darn it is far from Torrance area!!

Performance Wheel Repair fix all of Falken Tire's race cars too. You can ask for Marco at (909) 534-8672 and let him know that DriftPRO sent you! He can fix wheels for people out of the area, just need to ship him your wheels for repair.

Thank you, Koji for taking them there & picking them up!!

And...Taka was happy to see his damaged wheel fixed!


BTW, Taka got all dusty cuz he was fixing on my JP USA front bumper.
OMG! I love the body kit!


Yoshie

Inland Drift Video...

Inland drift video was posted here...





OMG, my car looks sooooo pretty!!




Yoshie

My Kouki s14...

Today...the shifter boot was installed for my kouki s14 for Drift 102 school car. It was taken from my competition s14. Looks better than not having the boot. hehe





Somehow this car had a problem w/ power window on the passenger side...
Then, found out that passenger power window switch which I got was bad, so the alternate switch was taken out from my competition car. x 2 So now, it is working!




Now, my competition s14 can't open/close the passenger window...
I mean neither from the main driver side switch nor from the passenger side switch...

So...I was looking @ the wiring diagram...and looks like...I might be able to open/close from the main driver side switch if I just cut 2 wires and solder them to the power window regulator w/out having the passenger window switch. So, I will try later! haha






Yoshie

Inland Drift...

So...me & Taka went to Inland Drift today.
The temp outside became unbelievably HOT in the day time!!
Welcome, Hot Summer!...not really.





When we got there, our team mate, Hiro, was already instructing Drift 102.
The pic left side...is the student and wife (gf?).




Hiro was showing the student how to do the new technique.




Taka was testing the course w/ my car...looks like he was having fun...



Hey, Taka! You are making huge smokes!! My tires... my tires... my tires... hahaha j/k!




Then Taka drove Mark's car...Taka span out! YES!!!





O, I got new gloves!! I got it size: XXS! This is SFI approved, comfy to wear, and has a great price. You can get them from Tom @ On Track Motorsport (888)805-3435. Check it out!





Taka looked soooo serious...BTW, I dyed his hair...and I am sorry...
I was expecting to see gray-ish color...but ended up somehow became...




Since Taka looked like all serious, I kinda...&$#&%!?




And I saw Steve...OMG!! Look @ his socks!!
Anyway, he was kicking some (a lot?) butts on the course! Great job on the gay-ish socks, girly (gayly?) posing, and driving! HAHAHA





I didn't like the way my car handled after the last suspension set-up...so Taka did a quick change. Wow, a bit of change made my car handle totally different!! I loved it! Thank you, Taka!





I gave Hiro's student a ride before he left...
I hope he enjoyed 2 days of drifting, Drift 101/102...from east coast.




Thank you very much for the Inland Drift staff! We will be back again!






Yoshie

Taka's DIY

Taka was working on his competition AE86 for heat protection thingy for Las Vegas event.

Taka's car has been having a high air intake temp since last year after upgraded to turbo...

Luckily (?), cuz it wasn't as hot as usual (not like 120 degree-ish) & the car wasn't running right @ Formula D Las Vegas last year, it didn't make any temp issues. But never know for this year.


Anyway...here is the DIY cooling system!
Taka wishes the system looks somehow nicer...but o well, it didn't happen.



The plastic tank can hold 10L of liquid...such as...beer (?), red bull (??), and ice cold water!

And...pumping the liquid...by Holly black pump...that found @ his garage.

Taka is not sure if it is OK to use w/ water, tho. 　 So...will see... hahaha



Hmmm...I guess I am going to Inland Drift tomorrow...


Yoshie

Inland Drift...

So...I received an email from Inland Drift...
Me & Taka went to the event once before for my Drift 102 S14 shake down...



I haven't driven my competition s14 for a couple of months already, so I am kinda debating if I should drive or not.

Anyway, just in case...(for what??) I went to the local tire shop today to get rid of some small rocks between the wheel and tire that happened @ HTM when I got into the dirt. So sad that my wheel that just was used only twice got sooo scratchy... ;_;




O...BTW, question to everyone. When you staple something...do you staple on the left top or right top??

(Left pic: left top stapling & Right pic: right top stapling)

Well, I have been stapling on the left top for my life...and today, I saw my friend, Mike Kojima, was stapling the documents on the right top @ Technosquare.


**EDIT: I am Japanese born & raised in Japan. Mike is Japanese American born & raised in the US.


Here was our conversations...

Me: Why you staple right top?? I've been stapling left top!!

Mike: We staple right top...and you staple left top because you are a Japanese!

Me: O...OK... (Are you saying I am a F.O.B.?!?! haha)



Of course, it is not important...but now I feel like I made a lot of people "???" when I gave some documents w/ stapling my way. hahaha




Yoshie

Rare view...

It is rare to see...Taka's competition & personal AE86 together...

Both cars have same graphics designed by Naoki Kobayashi. But somehow, the blue one looks "old-fashion".




BTW, today's Naoki's blog...I saw my car pic!! My car has been designed by him...He is always helpful even if he is in difficult situation. Thank you, Naoki for all your support! :)



Me & Taka were kinda worried about him after reading his recent posts since he started saying..."thank God" or "God bless" cuz we've never heard from him that kinda words before!! hahahaha




Yoshie

The multivitamin tablets

So...the multivitamin that I got today...

The tablet in pink...is for women & the tablet in orange...is for men.




The one for women is much bigger than the one for men!! So I guess...men can't swallow big tablets?? HAHAHA　　J/K ;)




I prefer smaller one, tho...




Yoshie

To keep up...

Well, me & Taka are kinda old...so...


We used to take vitamin supplements everyday...but it was out for a while (AKA no money). And finally I bought them! This time, I got those for the first time. When this Ultra Women's & men's came out, I wanted to try them out.



Usually, this one costs like $11-12/bottle for 100 tablets @ local stores...I got kinda good deal from an online store stacking up coupons w/ free shipping & w/out TAX involved!! ;)



Well...summer is coming soon, and we need to get prepared for hot-summer-at-events-that-we-might-die-there kinda thingy!



Yoshie

Taka's new nickname...

Taka's new nickname..."Corolla geek"!


Named by Alex V. @ his blog...HAHAHA

Alex V...he is the one of another corolla geeks, tho... ;)


And...I am the "wanna be a corolla geek"?!?!...not really...



Yoshie

Taka's AE86 Tranny...

So...Taka had a problem w/ tranny @ NJ...and here we go...


Howard @ Technosquare disassembled the tranny and...



There were bunch of metal pieces... :(




Besides, biggow scratches on the shaft... :( x 2



And...Taka w/...I think sad face...?



So...now he has to fix this before Las Vegas...so sad... :(




Yoshie