After a drunk discussion and some silly ideas I recently found myself on stage performing with my bro in-laws band BongJin who are a Tokyo based band, they had come down to Fujieda where I live to play at a small live hall, I only had to do one song with them, we had a quick practice beforehand and then we were off to play, I have never sung on stage or performed live.
After a couple of beers I made it up there, It wasn’t perfect but it was epic fun and they are keen to have me back again so it cant have been to bad
BongJin, From left: Tommy (Bass) Me (Drunk) Jerry (Vocals) Ishi (Drums) HairDo (Guitar) Read the rest of this entry »
Well I haven’t updated this in quite a while, A few excuses but mainly just being slack so I figure time to get stuck in. I was sick of the Dark look of the blog so I found the most minimalistic white theme I could, less is more i guess, and a quick new header logo which will get replaced when I feel some creativity.
Quick update, I now have a track drift hack, a filthy old R32 coupe that I picked up off a friend for a measly sum. It hit the track in July for its debut at Fuji drift course on one of the most hideously rainy days, all in all I’m pretty happy with how it went for a full stock RB20. Bit of a let down for photos and video, The horrible day and lack of battery in the camera didn’t help.
Quick update, The pesky oil leak has been fixed, It turned out to be a bit more than just the cam cover gaskets needing to be replaced. The previous owner must have over tightened the covers causing both of them to crack, So after 2 brand new covers, gaskets and rear head seals its running again, it seems to have fixed the problem. Fingers crossed
I finally managed to get my hands on a new car after a month or so of looking, It turned out to be really handy as was only half an hour or so away from where i live, with the help of Tom my trusty sidekick and the exchange of a few $$ I am the proud new owner of a 100 series Toyota chaser
specs as follows
1996 GX100 Chaser Avante
Factory 5 speed manual
Full Tourer V conversion (1J-GTE, R154 etc)
Pearl White
Tein adjustable suspension
2 way diff
Greddy front mount cooler setup
Full 3 inch exhaust fro turbo back
full tourer V front bumper and side skirts
Aftermarket rear bumper
Drop vent Frp bonnet
Advan Tri spoke wheels (ugly as hell, these will be the first thing to go)
Gps navigation and all the usual bells and whistles you’d expect
The car turned out to be in better condition than it looked in the photos, except from a few small bits of damage on the aero parts its a very straight car, and runs really well, the only thing that needs attention is a small oil leak from the Cam cover gasket which will be the first thing getting fixed followed by some wheels that arn’t so damn ugly.
The journey begins, this car will be the base that i want to start drifting with, so I will update with progress as i work toward this goal
I am a Kiwi living in Japan, I have finally decided that’s its time I make a proper effort to learn the Japanese language and keep everybody up to date with what I’m up to.
This Blog will mainly focus on cars and hopefully in the near future my own car, so stay tuned as I will try to at least keep this updated weekly. All post will be submitted in both English and Japanese so feel free to drop some comments or help me along with my Japanese
