Tsukuba Circuit, A First Timer’s Impression
Much like Mike Garrett, I too recently spent a day in Japan that I wished would never end. For many of us, there is a tiny circuit just north of Tokyo which is more famous than any large GP circuit on...
View ArticleGt-r Dreams: Dino’s R34 Skyline Gt-r Project
14 years. That’s a pretty long time to hold on to a car. Every time I jump in my R34 however there is always that feel of excitement, just like when I drove it for the first time back in 1999. Every...
View ArticleThe Hot Laps Conclude: Battle Evome 2013
Seeing this past Sunday was the final Battle Evome of the year that I will be covering, this will pretty much wrap up the first-half of the JDM time attack season coverage, at least at this sort of...
View ArticleMiniature Wonders @ The Rc Drift Body Comp
I’m so glad I decided to go to the Hobby Garage in Kuki the other day. Had I not, I don’t think I would have ever understood what “custom” really means to RC car enthusiasts in Japan. If you thought...
View ArticleThe Parking Lot At The 2013 Necs
By definition, a Speedhunter should pursue his “hunt” in a variety of different ways, which means that when we cover events we don’t simply just concentrate on what is served up for us on the show...
View ArticleTouring Evolution: The Volk Racing Te37
If someone was to ask you to think of a Japanese wheel – any wheel – chances are the Volk Racing TE37 would pop into your mind. There is no doubt that this particular six-spoke, one-piece forged rim...
View ArticleSkyline Meets Supra: A 2jz-powered R34
As car enthusiasts, there are few traits which suggest one’s love for cars is more of an obsession than a simply hobby. Buying parts for cars you don’t own is one of them, as is starting a build around...
View ArticleTrend Hunting At The 2013 R’s Meeting
Despite all the cool cars to feast one’s eyes on at the R’s Meeting, this gathering has, for years, been the place GT-R owners get ideas. It’s where people can see what others are doing with their own...
View ArticleLots Of GT-Rs, Lots Of Rain
Ah yes, the yearly GT-R nerd out. Surrounded by the cars that got me to appreciate everything to do with the Japanese car world in the first place, this one of those events where I feel totally at...
View ArticleThe Tuning Parts Of R’s Meeting
The list is endless – pistons, connecting rods, cam and crankshafts, bearings, valves, valve springs and valve seats, retainers, turbos, wastegates, exhausts, ECUs, injectors, air flow meters, boost...
View ArticleGT-R Hunting In Ras Al Khaimah
Personally, I think right now is a fantastic time to be a car person. Don’t get me wrong, I would’ve loved to have been 20-something back in the ’70s, but isn’t it great how anyone these days with a...
View ArticleJapan Welcomes Magnus Walker
The evening started off rather quietly. As I often do, I hit up my favourite coffee shop in Tokyo, which I go to because it’s the best place in the city to do some serious car spotting. I had a bit of...
View ArticleEndless Legacy: An R34 GT-R Abroad
My only real window into the GT-R world was following Dino’s J-Style blog back in the pre-Speedhunters era. As the years passed, the R34 has held its status, but Japan has been kind enough to share...
View ArticleA Skyline GT-R Tuning Revolution
I’m so excited. You know why? Because as time goes by I continue to realise that back in what seems like such a distant 1999 now, I picked up the right car. Over the last 16 years I’ve never had a...
View ArticleHunting Godzilla Overseas
I find that there’s little in common between United States and Irish car culture. USA is the home of monstrous capacity V8s, while Ireland is, well… not. We do have something in common though, neither...
View ArticleThe Quest For Response
Welcome back to Project GT-R! I’ve had so many people ask me about the car that I thought it was about time for an update… With work and life in general getting in the way, I haven’t been out in my...
View ArticleMonochromatic Tokyo Nights
I sometimes forget just how fortunate I am to be living in a place like Tokyo. Car culture is everywhere and it’s easily hunted out; a quick trip to a few local meeting places or nearby race tracks is...
View ArticleProject GT-R Gets An LED Upgrade
As you may recall, one big goal I’ve had with Project GT-R is to modernise it where possible. If things have broken or needed replacing, I’ve always attempted to upgrade them, something that’s helped...
View ArticleChasing Grip At Tsukuba
Waking up at 6:00am and hearing the sound of rain hitting your window is usually not an ideal way to start your day – especially when you’ve covering a time attack event at Tsukuba Circuit for...
View ArticleA Factory-Original R34 GT-R In Tokyo
I know that many of us dream about owning a GT-R one day. We have even visioned every single part that we would upgrade. Some of us would turn the Nissan into a quarter-mile drag strip monster; some of...
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