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I went to R31House in Gifu-Ken on Saturday. At R31House, there was a BBQ party of about 50 people. They had driven from as far as Kyushu in the west and Sendai in the north. The party finished at around 10pm. The next day we were up at 4am to leave R31House in convoy of about 60 cars at 5am. With one stop at a highway service station, we arrived at Suzuka Twin Circuit at around 7am. There were 175 entrants of R31 Skylines. They ranged from GTS-Xs, GTS-Rs, GTs, GTBs, 2 drs, 4 drs. Most were modded, and quite a few had RB26 power. I was lucky to be given one of the "House's" GTS-Rs to race for the day. Great fun - I havnt driven for well over a year.

So here are some pics.

SR20DET powered,post-31386-1157355186.jpg

and decked out with nice instruments,post-31386-1157355290.jpg

One of the parking lots at R31House,post-31386-1157355234.jpg

Staff hard at work till the last minute,post-31386-1157355327.jpg

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This brown car is Mrs Shibatas car. Its RB26DE powered, with twin exhaust pipes all the way out the back, the sound is great!post-31386-1157355410.jpg

Interesting body kit,post-31386-1157355452.jpg

The Endless drift machine,post-31386-1157355585.jpg

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Sorry, I dont have any pics from the circuit. I mainly used my video camera.

on the way inpost-31386-1157378979.jpg

the result of driftingpost-31386-1157378801.jpg

this HR30 was constantly driven quick all daypost-31386-1157378856.jpg

the Endless drift machinepost-31386-1157378913.jpg

I bet those Hoshino rims are worth a pretty penny if they're in undamaged condition. That SR20 v-mount set up looks the goods too. Some really clean examples there... I wish I could've gone.

I bet those Hoshino rims are worth a pretty penny if they're in undamaged condition. That SR20 v-mount set up looks the goods too. Some really clean examples there... I wish I could've gone.

Yeah, I almost fell over when I saw the Hoshino wheels. They were mint, and another car had a set, too. I wonder if the SR set-up reduced the ubundant understeer of the R31. Man, mine in Aust was not too bad with a Koni set-up, but the GTS-R I drove on the weekend was a standard pig. But, pig or not it was sooo much fun! With standard brakes fading away after 4 laps, I was passing guys with 4 pot calipers n big rotors.

I must own up................... I over cooked it and bent the rear suspension. I was trying to make up time with brakes fading and broke irresponsibly late at 170kph (I wasnt watching the speedo, but the top of 4th is about 170). and I went off the track and did what I did to my HR31 years ago - gave the left rear excessive pos camber.

Mr Shibata of the "House" is a very nice guy!

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This girl wasn't allowed to race. But she was still having a fun day!post-31386-1157457526.jpg

now the question has to be asked...

was the owner of the House plastered and blind drunk with beer drenched top and all by the end of the night? He's a bit of a party animal that one.

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