For Las Vegas...

I was/am soooo worried about the heat @ Las Vegas for this weekend.

Anyhow, I bought a cooling vest, and it just came today.  YAY! =)

The material of the vest is thick like my racing suit.
 
And...the cooling inserts are pretty heavy!  I hope it won't affect my driving.  Will see... ;)

Either way, I will do my best!

PS: Thank you to my team mate, Hiro that donated me for the race gas!

Yoshie

Hydrauilc E-brake

With a lot of help from Technosquare, my hydraulic e-brake was done by the weekend!

It's been working really great @ the Girl's Drift Clinic event on Sat, and it was a great event. 

There were more girl drivers than I was expecting..and it seemed like everyone had a great time.
So...hopefully, we will have other events in the future! =)

Anyway, I pulled the e-brake almost all runs, and I got a blister in the end of the day. hahaha
(Sorry for my dirty hand!)

Also, Technosquare did my boost controller set up by the weekend...

Yes, the turbo kicks in faster...and over all, it got a bit more power & torque.

I am soooo lucky to have Technosquare to support me all the time!

Did everyone have a good 4th of July?? ;)

Yoshie

gear ratios . . . . .

Taka's Falken AE86 Turbo is getting a new set of
gears to match the speed range at the Formula D
Las Vegas Rd.4. So, we pulled out the OS Giken
Super Lock L.S.D.
We don't know what the course looks like, so we
just need to estimate from calculations and our
gut feelings to choose what might work the best.
We'll find out Thurs night at the practice !!!

hiro

is350 getting ready . . . . .

Finally the brand new K&N air filters are on the car !
The engine bay looks waaaay better with the clean
filters.  It looked awful at Englishtown !! ( <<== my fault ! )

Got the new throttle cable mount made and the throttle
itself feels much smoother now !

See, with the new ride height, I'm getting ready to compete
in the next X Games rally competition !!!

hiro

goodies for vegas heat !!!

Ok, las vegas is going to be HOT !!!
I'm trying to at least prepare myself mentally
for the insane heat, but that's never going to be enough...
So, we got a new weapon to battle the boiling temperature
=====>>> the cool suit !!!
Our Team Falken teammate Seigo tried it at the Englishtown
event and he said it really worked well.  I'm hoping this will
help us focus better by keeping out body temp lower than
the ambient temp.  We'll see !!

And we got 8 more new air filters from K&N for the individual
throttle bodies.

The last pics is the fuel cell top plate from last year.  It got a
little wrinkled after the love tap with the k-rail at Sonoma.....

hiro

Oil Cooler

Recent update on my S14...

Thank you, Taka!  Installed an oil cooler & oil filter relocation kit for me. ;D

I've never really bought any fittings or hoses...so I didn't expect these would be that expensive!!

And...I am still working on the e-brake system...when I am done, I will update for that, too.

Yes, I am trying to get ready for Formula D @ Las Vegas event! 

Happy 4th of July! =)

Yoshie

cleaning off the souvenir from Englishtown !!!

Today my mechanic Scott and Taka was helping out
to change the K&N air filters on the Falken/Discount Tire
IS350.  Since I went off onto the dirt & grass so many times
in Englishtown, the filters HAD to be replaced. 
These air filters are individually held on to the carbon
intake by 6 safety wires around each filters.  So, it is a
pain to put these on and off (since there's total of 8 !!! )
And that's why Scott's shooting at his head . . . . hahaha~~!
Althouth these air filters are super dirty from me going off
onto the dirt, the insides were licking clean.  This mean
that those K&N filters are working awesome !!!

The coolest thing about this intake manifold is the oval
throttle body that swivels vertically.  Sorta like a cat's eye !

We had a voltage charging problem in New Jersey, so
we got a new more AMP alternator.  It's a bling bling !!!

That hanging on the wall is the custom one piece exhaust
for this IS350 (^o^)

hiro