Rezz

Thanks for all the relies guys, I've got something to go on now. Cheers

Nice asse... Anyone for a piece of asse? Asse chocolate tastes like sh*t... Nandaimon gate at Nara. This is one of the oldest survivng wooden structures in the world. If I recall correctly, it's about 1000 years old. At the base of the huge upright logs holding the roof up, the wood has actually worn away, making the base of the upright logs thinner... from centuries of people going up and touching the base... it's truely an amazing small detail that struck me and I'll remember it always. These 2 poor quality pics (well they were good quality for a phone at the time - early 2004 - 1.3mpix) are of the area just below the Okura Hotel near Harbourland in Kobe. We went up to the restuarant/bar on the top floor to do a photoshoot for an ad for a magazine article about our school. Going through a 5km tunnel east of Osaka. I was overtaken by an angry man in a Toyota Celsior at about 230km/h... how do I know that? Because I was bouncing off the speed limiter at 185km/h... slowed down to take this pic of course! After much deliberation and discussion, the executive board members decided that 'Oh Chips!' summed up their tasty fried potato snack the best Tons of bikes. There were a few colleges and offices near by hence the high number of them.

Nismo 270R at the 2004 Nismo Festival. I'm sure you all know this car... 2004 Nismo Festival. How much would you pay for one of these badges hmmm? ... the badges were on one of these Skylines... It's about time Nismo addressed the 1 box people mover segment. Honestly I don't know why they avoided it for so long... everyone know 40-something mum's are Nismo's biggest customer base. Flatwell S15 at Central Circuit. The camera doesn't do that day-glow yello/green paint justice. If you ever wanted to know what a Tomei complete RB26DETT looks like in the engine bay, well here it is. Another fave shot of mine.

J's Racing S2000 at Central Circuit (Option photshoot). These 2 shots are of the Sequential S15 demo car (version 1). If you think this thing is mad, the version 2 was even better... I've got pics of the ver.2 somewhere... Another Option photoshoot pic. This is the Trial Lancer Evo 7 which was second fastest that day at Central Circuit if I recall correctly. Bet you can't guess what engine powers this V35... ... the interior, although highly modded, doesn't give anything away... ... an SR20DET Nothing against SR's, but apart from lowering underbonnet temps, I can't think of any other reason why you'd dump the VQ in favour of the SR.

Nagisa Auto BNR34 GT-R at Central Circuit (Option mag private photoshoot) Nagisa GT-R in the pits at Central Circuit. Another one of my fave shots. Asuka had already finished the shoot for the day, but I asked if she wanted to go down to Harbourland for some 'glamour' shots (lol) and she agreed. Total professional girl. Incidently she was one of Mercedes Benz Japans 'image girls' last year... not sure what she's up to now. SuperAutobacs w00w port City FD RX-7 demo car down at Sunshine wharf in Kobe. Another model, this time it's Atsuko in the SuperAutobacs RX-7. She was with me for about 3 hours but didn't want any cash at all, so I posted about 10,000 yen to her house ($120), about a week later about 10,000 yens worth of 'Meiji Celebration basket' (a basket full of Meiji chocolate, snacks, coffee etc) turned up at my place...

Ok we'll do. Tahnks Anyone have any idea about the shudder, and the off-throttle holding revs weird thing?

Yep stock ECU. Only running cat back 3" exhaust, big intercooler and about 10psi... although I don't have a boost controller of any sort... thats what the GReddy boost guage says. So what sensor could it be? Just to add, I find that when I go off throttle, sometimes it feels like the throttle body is completely shut, with proper engine braking happening... but other times it feels like (even though I've taken my foot completely off the accelerator) the engine braking isn't happening at all... almost like it's holding throttle as in not accelerating or braking. This I can live with, but still I don't know what it's happening intermittently.

I luv em I really do. FD's are suuuuugeeeeee. Can't for the life of me think of why this Silvia was trashed so much...? I bet he watched that crappy 'Tokyo Drift' movie. This photo never ceases to scare me. Why, when she should be concentrating on the show (girls group Azure - Ing's Image girl Yu Saito), is that chick on the stage taking a peek over to where I am... AND WHO IS THAT WEIRD BLOKE BEHIND THE LIGHTING STAND also looking at me? RB26DETT in a Soarer. Another well presented S14 with correct offset, camber and width. God bless em. No, it isn't a Laurel... it's a Cefiro with a Laurel face. The best looking Accord by far.

Trial BCNR33 at 2005 Osaka Auto Messe. Another one of those Japanese drink machines... whoopty-fuggen-doo. JZX80 Mark II. Correct offset, camber and wheel width. Trust the Japanese to get it right, every time. Just a regular train scene. Actually this was taken around midday so it wasn't crowded. Haha this shot was cool. I was standing with about 30 other photographers all calling out her name trying to get her to look at them, but she decided to pose for the token gaijin... what were the odds? I didn't say shit... This girl could speak a little English and I gave her a school business card which she ended up going for a sample lesson about a month later. Like it or hate it, this R32 should've been inside not outside.

I love this shot... Nissan March under a sakura tree in Ashiya, Hyogo-ken. I told you there are carbon bonnets for Honda Odysseys... ... but sadly no FRP 'eyelids' available for the long suffering Mitsubishi Legnum. Hey why not just use white electrical tape instead!!! Japan isn't all new-and-up-to-three-year-old-cars ruling the streets. A Citroen 2CV makes an extremely rare appearance outside my apartment in Higashi Nada. Street scene in Higashi Nada on a nice summers day. This is the Hankyu Umeda Station Mall where Andy Garcia had his jacket stolen by the guy on the motorbike then was killed in the movie 'Black Rain'. Just a normal scene showing the density of housing pushed right up to the edges of the train tracks. It kinda makes you feel sorry for the poor souls who grow up in this environment, what with the noise and all at night, day, morning, evening...

Nismo Z-Tune S2 before it was 'released' at the 2004 Nismo Festival. Pic of Umeda, the central CBD of Osaka. That ferris wheel is on top of a multi level mall called 'hep 5'. Another one of the DRFT cars out the front of Utsumi Akinori's house. A *real* Tommy Kaira R... at SuperAutobacs 43 in Amagasaki. Whoops... it's that time of year again. Randy deers in Nara. My poor old R32... you should see it now Now THIS is a used car dealership... GT Net in Nishinomiya.

Oldskool FC3S at the '7s Meeting' at Central Circuit last year. Had a good day with Laurence on these forums taking pics and being a general nuisance. Hahahaha... ok you ready for this? I have some awesome stories from Japan. Ok, the big Caucasian guy? Thats Bill Phelps, the owner of the school I worked for, and CANDIDATE FOR THE PROVINCAL ELECTIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA) IN 1999. Yes, he was a politician in Canada running for Premier. The other guys? Japanese 'Chiggaz' rappin' it down in a 'Battle' round about the time the movie '8 Mile' came out... just the imputus needed for all those Japanese guys to go shopping for FUBU and Kangol clothes and shit and act badass... Where? JR Sannomiya Station West exit. Anyway, after a long drunken teachers meeting one night, we walk past these homies rappin it down... complete with turntables and other homies looking on and nodding their heads in unison. Bill comes up and starts saying 'Can I try?' to which the Japanese say 'Nan deska?' (What?) Bill says 'CAN. I. TRY. ???' then just grabs the mike! He starts doing this stupid ryming rapping which was so hilarious... all a joke of course. Then after about a minute, the Japanese guy grabs the mike and starts doing the big intimidating 'Yo mamma!' type rapping (half Japanese half english) to which all the homeboys were laughing at pointing at Bill. Bill starts to get a little upset and starts swearing at the guys, so I grab him and say it's time to leave. Glad I had my phone with me Another phone pic, this thing stops traffic anywhere... Heres lame proof that I used to live around the corner from DRFT D1 driver Utsumi Akinori's house. Thats one of the DRFT FD RX-7 drift cars they used early 00's. HKS Zero R at the 2004 Nismo Festival.

I deleted the original Photo thread because it was just too hard to keep 'maintenance' up. Who wants to see out of date pics anyway? I can sum up the original Photo thread pretty easily: Starts of in my old neibourhood of Higashi Nada in Kobe Some abandoned AE86 Trueno in a parking lot (which I recieved 28 emails asking for me to send it to AU) C-West Service Factory tour Nishinomiya area pics Tokyo Auto Salon 2004 Osaka Auto Messe 2004 SuperAutobacs w00w Port City car showoff 2004 Nismo Festival 2003 Osaka Auto Messe 2005 Central Circuit 'Option Magazine Phot shoot' private session Central Circuit '7s Meeting' RX-7 only track day SuperAutobacs w00w Port City car showoff 2005 Nismo Festival 2004 It's a bit of a shame really... all that work gone. So here's all my best pics (with captions) and I promise they won't disappear. All pic copyright Rezz 2006. Auto Select FD3S at Central Circuit (Option Mag photoshoot). I was up one of the marshalls towers taking this one which almost got me ejected from the venues hehehe.. Endless BRN32 GT-R and my model for the day Asuka... a memorable day for sure. One of my best 'set shots', it's the Tamon Design FD3S RX-7 under that cosmetic surgery. Some random 'Lambo doors' FD RX-7... these are a dime a dozen in Japan!!! Whoo hoo!!!! ....not Me driving the w00w Port City SuperAutobacs demo FD RX-7. When I asked for the keys, rather than say 'don't crash it', the staff said 'How long do you need it for?'... aaah, 1 year? (personal import)...

I suprised no one has picked up on the article yet aswell... On the girls back it says: 'Yellow Mop' in katakana. I agree with floody, it looks as though the katakana were 'brushed' on - definate pisstake, but regardless, the whole article is just some stupid American (theres those words again!!) J-fanboy wannabe's attempt at trying to get everyone to hate Japan and Japanese people, just so said J-fanboy can be the only one in his neighbourhood interested in Japan stuff... just like the good 'ol days.

No one even gonna try...?

I was driving in the city today, lots of stop/starting at traffic lights. I drive off from the lights then notice that when I lift off to change gears, the revs kinda stay where they are and don't drop... nothing too bad yet, but the car still revved freely as usual. Then I come up to the next set of lights (red) and stop. The cars revs drop down to idle, then the engine starts fluctuating, from idle up to about 1,500rpm and back again... continuously until the lights go green again (about 1 and half minutes). Then the lights go green and I take off again, this time when revs rise and it's just about to hit boost, the car SHUDDERS so much (like lurching back and forth), that I just instinctively change gears... then when I build up speed again and almost hit boost, the car starts shuddering again so I change gears. Then the at the next set of lights the car starts fluctuating revs again... Geezuz. So I just turn the ignition off and wait for the lights to go green. When they do, I switch the car on again and viola! Back to normal... Can ANYONE diagnose the problem?

Throw up a pic of those 17x13's Shan... My younger bro has 18x10 +21 under his R32 with rolled guards. I'll put a pic up after it's finished at the paint shop.

a) No more than $100? Really they should be given away. b) Around $200? A guy with a CA18DE bought one from me for that much. c) Not too sure about recond RB20 turbos... maybe some CA18 people have done it and can give a price?

Hey Cam!!! It's been a long time mate. I have to disagree with SK on a couple of points on the R32: 17x9s fit on the back of R32s easy, no rolling either. It won't take 4 months (on average) to get an AP engineering Power FC for the RB20DET... maybe SK was unlucky or bad timing. I understood SKs post as kinda implying that R32 stuff is getting hard to come by now, but I guess that depends on whether you're looking locally or in Japan. In my experience the HCR32 is definately the more sportscar orientated, whereas the ECR33 is more a GT car. Just the apparent 'largeness' of the ECR33 compared to the 32 dulls the edgyness you get in the 32... although I can name 100 cars worse than the R33 in that respect. The HCR32 looks better but in an oldskool kind of way. The ECR33 is newer, with the RB25DET wich has ultimately more aftermarket support (and as mentioned already the better gearbox) and there are some really well kept near-standard R33 still out there, whereas it's quite difficult to find an R32 like that. My brothers ECR - although an auto - still feels as good as any to drive... but I just can't change over from the 'ol R32 though. So my choice: HCR32 with RB25DET.

There are soooooo many people out there sending 'consumable' parts from Japan (like brake pads) to Australia now, the hard part is choosing who to deal with. And the prices are reasonable too... just do your homework first and you shouldn't get ripped off. It's been like this for years now, I'm suprised you had difficulty getting part for a Skyline of all cars To answer your original question, the V35 and Z33 share alot of parts, but this shouldn't worry you because you can get practically anything out of Japan for a reasonable price without having to go through certified ripoff merchants Nissan Aust. who mark up all spare parts 110%.

Stark wheels are made by a comapny called 'Carving', but their website has been down for quite a while... I'd say they're not produced anymore.

For all intents and purposes it'll be called V36. Yes that concept is pretty much what the 36 will look like. But you never know with Renault/Nissan these days... they might just have a concience vote and scrap the Skyline altogether

Those Japanese phone numbers look like they have one too many numbers in them. eg: +81 (0)70 6127 4699 Well my Japanese number had the country code (+81), the area code (078 but drop the zero for int. calls) then the 7-digit house number... those have 8 digits??

Theres no substitute for a decent tripod is there... Luv the Lambo

Really? If all the people that said 'theres nothing we can do! Oh the humanity!' actually got off their asses and did something, then things would change.