Rezz

How do you figure that? Of course it's still Evo... the driveline, engine, bodywork and interior (whats left of it) are all as Mitsubishi intended, with a number of parts upgraded. We're not talking about engine transplants, completely different suspension designs or re-designed bodywork.

Build date, Dave.. build date. There`s a 15 year law in Australia that allows cars to be imported that are over 15 years old that do not have to comply with the ADRs (Australian Design Rules) they have there. This means effectively that people can save $2000 - 3000 and not have to go through anything to dramatic to get the car registered. I'd say Paragons car was built in Sept/Oct '89...

Personally, I'd say come at the end of the northern summer, right Dave? Around August/September... it's not sooo hot and humid then, and all the ladies are still out with less clothing on. You can catch all the end of summer fireworks festivals, and generally it's a cheaper time to travel there (post August). If you manage to hang around long enough, you can catch all the end of year and start of the new year motorsport events too... As far as drift goes, the illegal stuff goes all year round (recommended), but you'll have to be more specific about where your going before I can answer your question in more detail regarding the D1 events. Same with the drags, although I do know of one place in Osaka where they have illegal drags practically every night, with Shop tuned cars showing up on the weekend occaisionally.

I hope you didn't ask that coz I typed "2 million"... that 2 mil yen converted to A$ is only A$25,182... Dave: cheers mate... when I get it I'll be sure to go on a road trip out your way!

Yes... I'd like to get a V35 350GT Coupe, but the missus won't allow for 2 million plus prices. It looks like I'll go for a 300GT sedan, or at the very least a 250GT.

Some more Stageas... Not too many heavily modified current ones getting about, but heres one anyway...

Well done Paragon!!!!:thumbsup: How much did it set you back?

"Hachi Roku" means: AE"86" Carolla Levin or Sprinter Trueno... theoretically, it could mean the whole line up of Carollas in that range, but all of them were quite dull compared to the Trueno/Levin.... so thats what people are referring to when they say "Hachi Roku". Going by the abundance of S15s in the D1 Championship, I'd say they are the current fav drifter in Japan... just ask Uchii who is the D1 driver for DRFT who lives around the corner from me.

HAHAHAHA Gold!!! Funniest thing I've read all week. Wheres the V35 Skyline in the poll? I'm going to get one in the new year...

Yes mate... Cyber Evo Lancer Evolution VII RS: Engine: JUN 2.2L Kit Forged pistons and H-section conrods Full-counter crankshaft 272 camshaft HKS slide cam sproket Apex RX6T-CW76P25 Tubine Apex water cooled wastegate *Power Enterprise Timing belt *Power Enterprise Heavy Metal Headgasket Car Station Big pulley Full Balance Tune Exhaust/Intake: East Cloud one-off muffler Sun Car one-off air intake Cyber Evo dump pipe and front pipe Cyber Evo Exhaust Manifold Cyber Evo Big surge tank HPI air cleaner Apex one-off intercooler (GT-R core) Big Throttle body from "another car"... NGK Iridium plugs Fuel Delivery: Bosch Fuel Pump 282L/hr (external collector tank) *Power Enterprise 1000cc Injectors Zenitani Collector Tank Apex fuel regulator ECU: HKS F-Con V Pro Cyber Evo Special Cooling: HPI Oil cooler Ralliart Low temp thermo *Power Enterprise 3-ply radiator hose Apex 3-layer Aluminium radiator Suspension: Tein Vehicle High-pitch Suspension Kit (Cyber Evo special) Cyber Evo wide tread lower arm Cyber Evo long driveshaft AP Engineering full pillow mount Cusco front stabilizer bracket Brakes: Power Craft OX Brake pads Garage HRS original Brake rotors (front) AP Engineering brake lines Drivetrain: Front/cetnter and Rear LSD: Cusco MZ Type RS Ogura Twin plate clutch Garage HRS carbon propellershaft Cyber Evo ACD Controller (Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada special tuned) Aero: C-West Full Aero Kit and GT Carbon High downforce Rear wing (carbon bonnet, FRP front and full-FRP rear doors) Wheels and Tires: VOLKRACING CE28 Front:9.5J-17+15 Rear:9.5J-17+35 ADVAN A048 （S-tires) 255/40-17 front and rear. *Power Enterprise parts can be sourced through K's Online Garage. C-West can be sourced through www.n-1.com.au It's just a well modified car, I don't think there are any special secrets about it...

That list is not... "correct"... This car is KING: The CYBER EVO Lancer Evolution 7 driven by Eiji Yamada... 0"55'801 around Tsukuba on the 9th December 2003... This is a pic of it before it recieved it's new color scheme... Sick...

My thoughts exactly Gohan... and yes, the Super Taikyu GT-R you posted up is a different specification to the Nurburgring 24hr car.

Ronin, your car looks sweeeeet! Understated style.

Cool pics... but nah... you show me the showroom when you can buy a 7.0L Monaro. Actually, don't do that, I suddenly lost intrest. Btw, I erased that sentence about the nations cup before you posted your 2nd last response, so no, you weren't imagining things.

I ain't slow buddy... you quite clearly said the Monaro was like the GT-R, ie: a hotted up version of an already available car... except unlike the GT-R, the 7.0L Monaro will probably only be available in 1:18th scale from AutoArt.

About your first comment, is a 7.0 litre Monaro available from the showroom? No? And your second comment, who said anything about not being able to appreciate anything without lots of cams and valves...? I just don't appreciate Holden.

As for the Monaro fiasco, a better question would be "Why, when EVERY other manufacturer designs a sports car from the ground up *to be a sports car*, does Holden field an ungainly 1.8 tonne whale to compete against real sports cars... and bend the rules (under the table with CAMS or whoever) to do so?

Whos to say they haven't haphazardly cut around the image of the car to add it to the magazine page, and in the process cut off the protruding parts of the rear wing (in the front on pic) and then realized their mistake, then haphazardly "added" the protruding parts again, not taking into account the "3D object on 2D medium" conundrum, thereby creating this bollocks conversation... ...I mean, look at the wing on the drivers side in the front on view,(it has an end-plate) and then look at the pssenger side (it doesn't have an end-plate) OMG! :looney:

Such a difficult decision for me... but I went back to Paragons post and it just blew me away with it's.... strangeness... again!!! There you go Paragon, my vote.

Alright, thanks Zanda... and with that I'll close the thread, it's a comp remember, so lets get vote casting in the Poll thread!

Thanks jmp, I'll be grateful if you could.

I just went through all the posts again... some awesome stuff there guys!!!! I was ROTFL and LMAO ('net lingo - yeah!) and I actually learn a few things about Japan too... well, really those postes just reinforced that fact that Japan is a crazy place. Anyway, I know who I want to win... BUT IT MUST GO TO A POLL! Please be fair, one vote per member, and I'll stop the poll when theres a clear winner. Cheers, Rezz

I posted up something about the C-West arrangement in the "Rezz just took it up a notch" thread, did you see that?

Theres also www.prestigemotorsport.com.au but I'm guessing you don't need to know where Australians get their Skylines, as you don't live in Australia? If you want a car importer thats based in Japan, go to www.j-garage.com... they're good guys

Ooooh, sounds like an X-file... Look you ninkumpoops:D, obviously it's yet another *3-D object presented in a 2-D medium*... hence the magical wing thats long-when-viewed-from-the-back, short-when-viewed-from-the-front.