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Friday
Sunday
Eibach 2012
This event is the 5th eibach event i have been too. this event might also be the last eibach event i go to. this year they moved the eibach event from the actual eibach headquaters to the Irwindale Speedway parking lot, to better accommodate large volumes of people. Boy did that fail, the exit off the 605 was ridiculous, there was a line of cars trying to get off that wasn't even moving. so we decided to exit the opposite way of the event and park about a mile down the road, then walk to the event. this was definitely the way to go, we were walking faster then the cars were driving, the traffic was just bananas! By the time 1:30 came around the event was filled to capacity and there were police telling people to turn around and go home the event was closed they weren't letting anyone else in. this never happened at the old eibach meets. Anyway, Once in the event i quickly realized that there was quantity over quality. seriously there was just garbage ass cars EVERYWHERE, no quality at all. Dented cars, rusty body panels, fake brembo brake caliper covers, fake wheels everywhere with stickers to make the wheels look real, it was quite a disappointment. it made me feel bad for people with nice cars that made the journey to come be apart of the show. when i see the amount of garbage in the scene it is really disappointing. I cant believe that people just buy cheep Chinese knock off parts and don't car one bit about quality or actual functionality of the part. they just want people to see there flashy bling bling. it seems like it all about tow hooks and tie bars, not tuning and tires. what i mean is it seems like people just rush off to there local shop that sells garbage Chinese parts and pick up a tow hook and a tie bar so there car looks cool. but they are still rocking cheap bald ass tires on stock wheels. when in fact there car would handle/perform better if they actually got nice light wheels and grippy tires. sorry, enough of my ranting. i did manage to get 115 pictures so i guess there was some good cars lol. in conclusion i hope that next year it goes back to eibach, it was a better venue and more fun.
For those of you out there doing it right. keep on doing what your doing.
well on to what you came here to see PICTURES!!!
you can find ALL 115 PICTURE BY CLICKING HERE
For those of you out there doing it right. keep on doing what your doing.
well on to what you came here to see PICTURES!!!
you can find ALL 115 PICTURE BY CLICKING HERE
Monday
Wekfest LA 2012
well well well, not to much has changed in the way of west coast wekfest's. Same old civic and integras from same people. Just change a part here add a new color there. don't get me wrong i love seeing the ATS cars and the Bandits, but it would be refreshing to see some other cars not just a bunch of VIP lexus's, BMW, Mercedes benz,stupid sake on your dash, and some stock R35's with aftermarket wheels. I fully respect the R35's and i think they are awesome! but if i go to a car how i want to see a persons work of art, not just going to buy a sick ass car and floss it. how ever there were a few stand out cars for me. The wide MK3, The red NSX with gold wheels not to mentions its intercooler setup, a few stand out 240's back in the corner, one nicely done blue S14 with RB25 swap, the i think new addition to the ATS crew all white EK with black regamasters, down star booth was rocking some new flavor other then its black eg, Big Mike's new aem 4 channel wide band setup, and the SICK ASS 4door SI. now there are other things that were good too, don't freak out cause i missed something but rather then just list a giant list. ill let you take a look for yourself. this time i had some camera issues. mine was in the shop so big thanks to my bestie EVER for letting me use his, but i was a little limited on how many pictures i could take due to the size of his card. so i skipped most of the VIP cars to save room for the other cars. Anyway like usual there is a link to my FLICKR click it to see all 200 photos.
CLICK HERE FOR 200 PHOTOS
BUT i also tried something new this time. since i was low on memory on the picture camera i was able to shoot some video with my go pro. sadly to say, this was my first attempt at shooting video with it while not suctioned cupped to something. so things are a little shaky but you get the idea. to make sure this doesn't happen again i have ordered a camera stabilizer so i can walk and take video without it being to shaky.please realize i know the video is not that good. but it does help do a little more justice to the cars then just taking 1 picture.
rather then link them all up here and take up a bunch of useless space you can check out my youtube channel Footclan702 to see all 14 videos i shot
CLICK HERE FOR 200 PHOTOS
BUT i also tried something new this time. since i was low on memory on the picture camera i was able to shoot some video with my go pro. sadly to say, this was my first attempt at shooting video with it while not suctioned cupped to something. so things are a little shaky but you get the idea. to make sure this doesn't happen again i have ordered a camera stabilizer so i can walk and take video without it being to shaky.please realize i know the video is not that good. but it does help do a little more justice to the cars then just taking 1 picture.
rather then link them all up here and take up a bunch of useless space you can check out my youtube channel Footclan702 to see all 14 videos i shot
Tuesday
Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Acura NSX?
HAHAHAH AWESOME. big time money for big time celebs, i hope they both got NSX's for it .
Stickydiljoe.com presents the RYWIRE ITR build
Stickydiljoe.com has had the opportunity to get with Ryan from rywire, and document this amazing type r build. we have been following it from the start. but with part 4 debuted last night. i just couldn't resist posting it. the car is just flat out amazing.
Below is the part 4 article from stickydiljoe.com. there is also links at the bottom of parts 1, 2, and 3. please enjoy.
It’s been almost three months since the last update, but late last week, I got word that Ryan had gone up to Norcal to finally pick up his ITR chassis. Sunny from Franklin Autobody had been busy trying to finish it up but with SEMA and so many other projects at his shop, it took a little longer than expected. Everything that we have covered on the build up until this point had been without having the chassis down here in Socal so when we heard that the car was ready, we were all pretty excited to finally see it in person for the first time. Ryan had seen it, as well as a couple other of the Norcal homies, but everyone else down here had seen just as much as all of you had, which was only in photos. There’s a lot going on lately and more than enough content to fill up the rest of this month, but Ryan finally having the chassis at the Rywire facilities was huge news that I just couldn’t pass up. With all the coverage that is coming, it would likely get lost in the mix so it’s better to toss this up today during the beginning of the week….
I wasn’t there the day it finally arrived…Ryan had gone up to Norcal and came back down with our buddy Nick Caster and his trailer. The rest of us were over at Autocon 2011 and then the next day I had to head out to Santa Barbara for a bit. While I was up there, Ryan was sending me photos with the car unloaded off the trailer and in the shop but I told him right away to stop doing any work he had planned on doing because I wanted to document it. Today I was originally planning on working on my own car but since it was raining like crazy down here, I decided to just grab my camera shit and go to the shop to see the ITR for myself….The pictures obviously do not do the paint work any justice. The Porsche GT3 orange is a great color that just has to be experienced in the sunlight but with all that is left to do, it’s unlikely to see any sunlight in the next couple months. For now, I’ll try to document as much of the progress as I can and try to bring you the build in full detail. Unlike the Big Mike Prelude build, I’ll actually be present for a majority of this build, which means that I can provide as much information and as many photos as possible. This is going to be an amazing, one-of-a-kind build that you definitely do not want to miss…
It’s still pretty crazy to see this car in person finally…I don’t even think it’s hit Ryan yet. Sunny did an amazing job though from what I see, and it was definitely worth the wait. So far, the chassis is almost as bare as can be with the exception with some suspension pieces already installed by Ryan. He got excited and started mocking up how he wanted everything…
It’s hard to tell since it’s been painted black but the exhaust opening on the rear bumper has been smoothed out and streamlined with the rest of the bumper. Ryan’s exhaust isn’t going to be routed out of the rear anymore so that opening just wouldn’t make sense. Sunny worked his magic and now the rear bumper looks like it should have came that way from the factory…
Mugen Gen. 2 rear wing with center section painted black. The base plates were left a raw aluminum finish since they were in such mint condition and Ryan had intentions on matching it a gloss black but liked the contrast of the aluminum finish…
One of the most interesting aspects of the build so far has to be the custom metal fenders fabricated by Sunny from Franklin Autobody…They came out amazing and still accentuates the OEM lines of the chassis. The fenders were also measured and designed specifically with those Regamaster wheels in mind so there will be no issues with wheel fitment down the line….
If you saw part 3 of this build, you will have seen the massive pile of parts that were sent off to be powdercoated. A large chunk of those parts were suspension pieces and you can see here how the parts look after they’ve been cleaned-up and coated a high gloss black…Everything that will go back on this ITR will either be new or restored components. This is a shot of the rear suspension along with some brand new Skunk2 Pro-C coilovers that might be replaced later on when the car is closer to completion. Ryan hasn’t really made a decision on whether or not to keep these or to run something different like JRZ’s…
Everything up front is new as well…even the hub assembly behind the Wilwood brake rotor will be replaced later on with a new unit. You’ll probably noticed the crusty old tie rod end in the photo, which contrasts with the clean, gloss black suspension pieces. That old tie rod end is attached to a spare steering rack that Ryan re-installed on the chassis just to get the car moving from the bodyshop back to his shop…
No glass has been installed on the ITR body yet, except for the rear hatch window…here you can see parts of the cage through the rear window…the paint looks wet still and the whole car still needs to be cut and buffed. Sunny will come down personally later on down the line to clean everything up before it makes it’s official public debut…
Another glimpse of the cage and interior with the rear hatch up…don’t forget the battery box sitting just behind the passenger seat area…
Here’s what the bay looks like, bare minus the coilovers being mounted, as well as the subframe and the spare steering rack…Speaking of the steering rack, there’s a reason why was using a temporary unit…
While I was there, he was still busy putting his modified rack back together. I would like to explain to you exactly what he was doing to it, but I felt it would be more appropriate for Ryan himself to tell you….
GREAT VIDEO ON HOW TO CONVERT YOUR POWER RACK TO MANUAL.
That’s pretty much it for now. He’s slowing doing stuff to it and I’ll update you when he does but there are so many customer projects there at that time that he has to concentrate on finishing up those cars first…check back for more soon…
Here are the links to the previous parts of the build that you may have missed…
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Below is the part 4 article from stickydiljoe.com. there is also links at the bottom of parts 1, 2, and 3. please enjoy.
It’s been almost three months since the last update, but late last week, I got word that Ryan had gone up to Norcal to finally pick up his ITR chassis. Sunny from Franklin Autobody had been busy trying to finish it up but with SEMA and so many other projects at his shop, it took a little longer than expected. Everything that we have covered on the build up until this point had been without having the chassis down here in Socal so when we heard that the car was ready, we were all pretty excited to finally see it in person for the first time. Ryan had seen it, as well as a couple other of the Norcal homies, but everyone else down here had seen just as much as all of you had, which was only in photos. There’s a lot going on lately and more than enough content to fill up the rest of this month, but Ryan finally having the chassis at the Rywire facilities was huge news that I just couldn’t pass up. With all the coverage that is coming, it would likely get lost in the mix so it’s better to toss this up today during the beginning of the week….
I wasn’t there the day it finally arrived…Ryan had gone up to Norcal and came back down with our buddy Nick Caster and his trailer. The rest of us were over at Autocon 2011 and then the next day I had to head out to Santa Barbara for a bit. While I was up there, Ryan was sending me photos with the car unloaded off the trailer and in the shop but I told him right away to stop doing any work he had planned on doing because I wanted to document it. Today I was originally planning on working on my own car but since it was raining like crazy down here, I decided to just grab my camera shit and go to the shop to see the ITR for myself….The pictures obviously do not do the paint work any justice. The Porsche GT3 orange is a great color that just has to be experienced in the sunlight but with all that is left to do, it’s unlikely to see any sunlight in the next couple months. For now, I’ll try to document as much of the progress as I can and try to bring you the build in full detail. Unlike the Big Mike Prelude build, I’ll actually be present for a majority of this build, which means that I can provide as much information and as many photos as possible. This is going to be an amazing, one-of-a-kind build that you definitely do not want to miss…
It’s still pretty crazy to see this car in person finally…I don’t even think it’s hit Ryan yet. Sunny did an amazing job though from what I see, and it was definitely worth the wait. So far, the chassis is almost as bare as can be with the exception with some suspension pieces already installed by Ryan. He got excited and started mocking up how he wanted everything…
Color-matched interior that has been completely stripped of everything minus the steering column…when it’s all said and done, a majority of it will still be gutted minus the dashboard, seats, and door panels. There’s no rush to re-install anything in here because Ryan still has to wire up the whole car inside and out…
GREAT VIDEO ON HOW TO CONVERT YOUR POWER RACK TO MANUAL.
That’s pretty much it for now. He’s slowing doing stuff to it and I’ll update you when he does but there are so many customer projects there at that time that he has to concentrate on finishing up those cars first…check back for more soon…
Here are the links to the previous parts of the build that you may have missed…
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Friday
FUNCTION CERTIFIED
Car: 1997 Acura Integra GS
Engine: B18B1
Owned: 7 Years
Miles: 199K, rebuilt head at 169K miles.
I've run US129 AKA The Dragons Tail 30+ times over 3 years. Making another trip this August. :) 318 curves in 11mi is intoxicating.
Special thanks to Team-Integra, NWP4Life, JHPUSA, PasswordJDM and Sean Richards for helping me with the car.
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Tuesday
EIBACH 2011
Well even rain couldn't ruin the show. although it did burn off and turn into a beautiful day. not too hot like years past. this year there was a much heavier police presence as well. i think is was cool how they made a vendor area in there warehouse. it just gets bigger and bigger each year they are running out off room. cant wait for next years.
As usual we were there and we took as many photos as possible. and handed out stickers. below are our top 6 pictures. and then the link to my flickr with over 350 photos.... ok well we chose 8 there were so many sick cars that it was hard to pick out. so just do everyone a favor and take a look at all of them.
LINK TO OVER 350 PHOTOS CLICK HERE
As usual we were there and we took as many photos as possible. and handed out stickers. below are our top 6 pictures. and then the link to my flickr with over 350 photos.... ok well we chose 8 there were so many sick cars that it was hard to pick out. so just do everyone a favor and take a look at all of them.
LINK TO OVER 350 PHOTOS CLICK HERE
Northern pacific knows how to DO IT RIGHT
So here it is, this is the next big thing we are doing at FUNCTIONTHEORY.COM. featured cars !!!!!!. we are going to be taking requests from anyone that wants to get FUNCTION CERTIFIED. We love the support of people putting our stickers on there car, but lets face it some times the stickers don't end up on the most functional car. some even being that of a stock daily driver. but we here believe that there is no such thing a bad press, so we will continue to send stickers to people that want to ROCK THEM. but now there will be a separate sticker that will be mailed out upon certification to be placed on your vehicle that was approved. the end result of this is we are hoping to light a fire under peoples asses to HURRY up and get that functional part of your build going, swap that motor, put a cage in, weld your diff, install that turbo, put some REAL coilovers on, 5 lug, racing seats, spherical bearing suspension, heavy duty clutches, make it manly.......
the stickers are still in the process of being designed, should be about another week or two. but we are still accepting emails now. EMAIL US @ functiontheory.com@gmail.com...LETS SEE WHAT YOU GOT
thanks to eric for being the first one. here is his FUNCTIONAL car.
the stickers are still in the process of being designed, should be about another week or two. but we are still accepting emails now. EMAIL US @ functiontheory.com@gmail.com...LETS SEE WHAT YOU GOT
thanks to eric for being the first one. here is his FUNCTIONAL car.
Spec Sheet:
Interior:
JDM ITR SRD drivers seat
Usdm ITR pass. Seat
JDM DB8 rear seat
Canadian manual seat belts/pillars
NRG quick disconnect/wheel
Shifter extension
Gsr Cluster
Oem Arm rest
JDM Race full length rear view mirror
Full black interior swap from tan
ITR style E-Brake cover
Exterior:
U.S racing front lip
Oem optional rear lip
JDM single piece headlights
Rewired Foglight trick
9000k H.I.D’s
JDM thin moldings
Gsr rear wing
JDM XSI hood
OEM sunroof visor
JDM bumper support and blocks
Suspension/ Wheels:
JDM ITR 5lug conversion
Takiko blues- Ground control sleeves
Full-Race traction bars
Skunk2 front camber kit
Spoon rear strut Bar
C-pillar bar
ASR rear sway bar
16x7 et 40 One of a kind “Kylemasters”
Maxxis 205/45/16’s
Gorilla locking lug nuts
Engine:
JDM ITR b18c motor
OEM mounts filled in to make solids
70mm omni power throttle body
JG Edelbrock 4-2-1 headers
Custom 2.5” cat back exhaust
Intake extension
Hydro gsr transmission
Chipped p28 with chrome base tune
Obd0-obd1 jumper harness
Battery Relocated
Half Wire Tuck
CTR crank pulley
Inline Pro Cam Gears
OEM Radiator
Slim fan
Function:
Car itself is set up for track use.
Interior:
JDM ITR SRD drivers seat
Usdm ITR pass. Seat
JDM DB8 rear seat
Canadian manual seat belts/pillars
NRG quick disconnect/wheel
Shifter extension
Gsr Cluster
Oem Arm rest
JDM Race full length rear view mirror
Full black interior swap from tan
ITR style E-Brake cover
Exterior:
U.S racing front lip
Oem optional rear lip
JDM single piece headlights
Rewired Foglight trick
9000k H.I.D’s
JDM thin moldings
Gsr rear wing
JDM XSI hood
OEM sunroof visor
JDM bumper support and blocks
Suspension/ Wheels:
JDM ITR 5lug conversion
Takiko blues- Ground control sleeves
Full-Race traction bars
Skunk2 front camber kit
Spoon rear strut Bar
C-pillar bar
ASR rear sway bar
16x7 et 40 One of a kind “Kylemasters”
Maxxis 205/45/16’s
Gorilla locking lug nuts
Engine:
JDM ITR b18c motor
OEM mounts filled in to make solids
70mm omni power throttle body
JG Edelbrock 4-2-1 headers
Custom 2.5” cat back exhaust
Intake extension
Hydro gsr transmission
Chipped p28 with chrome base tune
Obd0-obd1 jumper harness
Battery Relocated
Half Wire Tuck
CTR crank pulley
Inline Pro Cam Gears
OEM Radiator
Slim fan
Function:
Car itself is set up for track use.
Thursday
Ejay adriano's rhd da
engine
H22A1 cylinder head
H23A1 engine block
Innovative engine mounts
Ported/polished cylinder head
Skunk2 Pro Series cam gears
Ferrea valves
Ferrea valve springs
Ferrea retainers
Arias pistons
Arias piston rings
Crower connecting rods
Darton sleeves
Unorthodox Racing crank pulley
TWM 52mm individual throttle bodies
RMF exhaust manifold
Custom 2.5in mandrel bent exhaust
2.5-inch Burns stainless 2-stage race muffler
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
TWM fuel injectors
TWM fuel rails
TWM fuel pressure regulator
Earl's fuel fittings and lines
Edelbrock in-line fuel filter
NGK iridium spark plugs
NGK spark plug wires
Mishimoto radiator
QSD H2B kit
Explicit Speed alternator relocation kit
Y80 LSD transmission
Skunk2 short shifter
Exedy 6-puck Stage 1 clutch
Clutchmasters H2B-specific flywheel
Complete engine wire tuck
Brake line tuck
Fuel line tuck
Shaved engine bay
All engine components dipped in black nickel chrome
H23A1 engine block
Innovative engine mounts
Ported/polished cylinder head
Skunk2 Pro Series cam gears
Ferrea valves
Ferrea valve springs
Ferrea retainers
Arias pistons
Arias piston rings
Crower connecting rods
Darton sleeves
Unorthodox Racing crank pulley
TWM 52mm individual throttle bodies
RMF exhaust manifold
Custom 2.5in mandrel bent exhaust
2.5-inch Burns stainless 2-stage race muffler
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
TWM fuel injectors
TWM fuel rails
TWM fuel pressure regulator
Earl's fuel fittings and lines
Edelbrock in-line fuel filter
NGK iridium spark plugs
NGK spark plug wires
Mishimoto radiator
QSD H2B kit
Explicit Speed alternator relocation kit
Y80 LSD transmission
Skunk2 short shifter
Exedy 6-puck Stage 1 clutch
Clutchmasters H2B-specific flywheel
Complete engine wire tuck
Brake line tuck
Fuel line tuck
Shaved engine bay
All engine components dipped in black nickel chrome
Stance
Skunk2 Pro Series Type 2 coilovers
Skunk2 Pro Series front camber kit
Skunk2 Pro Series rear camber kit
Skunk2 rear lower tie bar
Skunk2 rear lower control arms
Full Race traction bars
Cusco rear upper shock tower bar
ST front anti-sway bar
ST rear anti-sway bar
Resistance
Wilwood 12.19-inch front big brake rotor
Wilwood 4-piston front brake calipers
Wilwood front brake pads
Earl's stainless steel brake lines
Wilwood 12.19-inch front big brake rotor
Wilwood 4-piston front brake calipers
Wilwood front brake pads
Earl's stainless steel brake lines
Wheels & Tires
16x7.5 SSR Super Mesh (+6 offset)
195/45-16 Achilles ATR Sport
16x8.5 SSR Super Mesh (+7 offset)
205/45-16 Achilles ATR Sport
16x7.5 SSR Super Mesh (+6 offset)
195/45-16 Achilles ATR Sport
16x8.5 SSR Super Mesh (+7 offset)
205/45-16 Achilles ATR Sport
Exterior
Custom air-brushed hood
JDP front lip
Wings West rear bumper cover
Mugen sideskirts
JDM window visors
JDM doors
JDM rear hatch w/bronze glass
JDM bumper supports (front & rear)
JDM 1-piece headlights
JDM sidemarkers
JDM power-folding mirrors
Interior
Bride Vorga seats
Black tweed panels and armrest
Mugen pedal set
Mugen shift knob
Mugen FG360 steering wheel
JDM manual seat belts
JDM rear seats
JDM visors
JDM armrest
JDM floor mats
JDM road flare
JDM gathers rear speaker cover
JDM non-smoker personal box
JDM rear center brake light
Bride Vorga seats
Black tweed panels and armrest
Mugen pedal set
Mugen shift knob
Mugen FG360 steering wheel
JDM manual seat belts
JDM rear seats
JDM visors
JDM armrest
JDM floor mats
JDM road flare
JDM gathers rear speaker cover
JDM non-smoker personal box
JDM rear center brake light
Electronics
AEM EMS
Alpine head unit
MB Quarts component
credit hondatuningmagazine.com
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