Nice clean scoobie

scoobie: nickname for subaru’s.

anyways this is a 2004 wrx with Rota Grids in 18×9.5 +20mm wheels, perfect fit, fake Volk knock-off’s but at less then 1/2 the price who can blame him…… and he is running the rota center caps so it’s not like he’s faking it.

just a gorgeous car all around! very low, black on white wheels, a great stance, and clean. there no big wing, no oem badges, and no stickers. there’s just a small front splitter and a rear diffuser.

to fit wheels like these on a scoobie this low, requires a narrower tire (then a rim this size would normally use), and some very real fender rolling.

enjoy

Odyssey with a Bimmer nose?!

ok I’ll be the first to say, that these types of conversions i usually right-off as total crap, even before seeing it… but this one looks kinda decent… and since I’m on a van kick… here you go…

 

an Odyssey with a late model bmw 3 series nose.

The 3rd gen jdm odyssey

ok soooo some of you dig the vans and some of you hate the vans… but either way here’s more vans.

a bit of history first… in 1995 honda released it’s first odyssey van and it was a good van, but it was unconventional, it had 4 normal doors, all 4 doors had window’s that rolled down, it only had a 4 cylinder engine, and it wasn’t as wide, tall, or as long as much of the competition…. but there is good in this.

the new van only weighted 200lbs more then the accord(1995) and because of that it handled very well like the accord, stopped well, and also got good gas milage like the accord….. but north america didn’t like it that much and so the next version in 1999 followed suit of the rest of the pack, and gained ~700lbs!!!

so for some of us the 1st generation was the best mix between a sedan and a full sized “mini” van, but in japan the original style carried on still under the odyssey name, they 2nd gen was basically the same as the first with minor styling updates, but the 3rd gen was all new and received the newer K series 4 cylinder motors(2.4L with 160 or 200hp)

since i showed some pics of the first gen ody’s here in a recent post , I’ll just show modified 2nd and 3rd gens here.

kinda bonkers stuff, I know, but if your not having fun… then what’s the point

2nd gen ody’s

and here’s more of the 3rd gen ody, which had it’s roofline trimmed down compared to pervious versions.

random typical pic of japanese cool style we just don’t get here

cool…. saying anything more is just redundant

a few suggestions from the locals

a few suggestions from the comments on my last post made me wanna make another post. Someone suggested I get a mazda 6, great idea and a good car… but I would seriously modd that, also some interest was shown in the accord wagons and odyssey area as well.

I’ll start with the Mazda 6, these are cool cars with great suspension and decent motors altho a little thirsty in fuel department… but whatever. but with a little suspension work and some wheels…..

this white one is totally stock…. the wheels are original mazda 6 wheels, it’s just lowered.

The accord wagons on the other hand are just as cool and wayyy cheaper.

I’ll admit i can only find one decent pic of a 1st get odyssey and it’s not that great but this is it. (I’ll keep looking for a better one)

found more ody pics.

this one is my favourite… never mind those lame scissor doors tho… i wish i could find a better pic of this one.

 

total lack of inspiration

not sure what’s up lately but it’s been 3 posts in a month… rather then 3 posts a week. Fall really sucks, it’s rains all the time here and it seems everyones project cars are on hold till after christmas. as for my ‘92 civic si hatch project…. well I lost interest, it’s the on going dilemma of the daily/family car and project in one, it can’t be done. I can’t please everyone or even myself, the civic is great in town and the Koni/H&R race combo works very well for me but my wife hates it (she misses the cressida on the coilovers). but the car is irritatingly noisy on the highway even with the stock intake and exhaust and driving people around and running errands with a 2 door really sucks.

I need to get a car that I have absolutely have no interest in modifying to use for daily/family stuff and road trips. Then I can get a 2nd vehicle for my project that I can drive to work in the summer, modify however I want, and drive the hell out of… and if I break it now and then… no biggie I have a normal car as a back up…. or if the project needs to go under the knife for a season or 2…. so be it.

I might get an accord for the family stuff (94-97) but I’d want the v6 or the wagon (can’t get the v6 in the wagon tho) I’d want this car to be an auto but the auto makes the 4 banger too slow, hence the v6 would be nice…….. BUT the big problem here is that the accord is a totally modifiable car…. I can almost guarantee I’d end up modding it.. at least with just some springs and wheels….. but most the cars I’d consider for the “family” car I’d mod, like a legacy, impreza, civic, ls400, gs300, is300….. I’d have to get something soo boring (camry) or something soo ugly (forester)…. that modding it would produce no gain…. just money lost… or I could get a van like a 1st gen honda odyssey, but no a previa… I’d totally mod that

here’s some pics of modified accords that are very simple with only a few mods…. but mods that I would certainly try to replicate.

 

I know that most of these cars you’ll think… why bother…. but I’m a car junkie… addicted

Accord wagon:

Accord sedan:

recent intrest in scoobies

aka subaru’s, I like the looks of the 2000 and older impreza’s better then the 2001-2003’s and the 2004+’s still cost too much…… but I want the 2.5liter motor which came in the 2.5 rs (because I can’t afford the wrx turbo’s)… but I want a 4dr… which they sold…but only for one year … 2000.

 

woe is me….. yada yada yada

 

here’s a cool pic of a 99 2.5rs impreza

the mk2 supra… japan style

ok so in a last ditch effort to smack myself into actually posting here are some neat pictures of mk2 (82-86) supra from the land of “pan”….. ja-pan … wow ugh… bad joke…. kill me please…

hell I’m sorry for this entire post

but anyway, supra’s are cool especially old ones.
they had a 2.8L straight 6, with multipoint fuel injection, dohc, 4 wheel disc’s, a limited slip differential, rear wheel drive with an independent rear suspension, all power windows, locks, cruise, sunroof, and climate control…. and it all worked well.

and here’s one I photoshopped and long time ago…. like 2001?ish

A ae86 to tide you over

Sorry peoples, I have been busy lately and haven’t had time for new posts. Hopefully some will be coming soon.

Seamus’s supra and road trip to JCCS

So my friend since I was 3 years old made the trip down to the japanese classic car show (JCCS) this year, even though his engine install was just finished the day they left and the car wasn’t completely ready for the show.

here’s the pics he sent me.

from what i can remember about the engine swap is that it’s a 7MGTE bottom end (mostly for the displacement and piston oil squirters.. and a few other bits) with the 5MGE pistons and head, therefore making it a 6MGE and the only real 6M part is the crank pulley. also worth noting is the 1uz throttle body and intake manifold that are all ceramic coated…

some of my info may be bad and seamus will most likely correct me.

from left to right here’s Pete’s 76? celica with a 7MGE motor (3L straight 6), steve’s ae86 corolla with a 1UZ (4L V8 from a lexus ls400), and seamus’s supra with the custom built 6M all on their way down from Canada to LA

seamus’s supra again, looking good without the side moldings.

and seamus’s 6M looking better then any 12-valve M series ever has.