Fast Facts
Owner Carter Jung
Car '95 Nissan Skyline GT-R
Hometown K-Town, CA
Daily Grind Siphon editor and Import Tuner feature editor
Plan of Attack To replace my still friggin' blown turbos and build the car for SCC's Ultimate Street Car Challenge. Power 397 hp; 358 .3 lb-ft torque
Under the Hood Garrett turbos (coming soon); N1 motor (coming soon); Carbonetic carbon clutch (coming soon); DME radiator diversion plates; Blitz filter, blow-off valve, intercooler, downpipe, exhaust, SBC-iD, turbo timer, spark plugs; radiator cooling plate
Brains A'PEXi Power FC
Stiff Stuff Tein Comfort Sport coilovers, EDFC
Rollers 19x10.5-inch Volk GTS wheels; 275/30ZR-19 Falken FK452
Stoppers Brembos (stock)
Outside Nismo front bumper vents
Inside Nismo shift knob; Defi Blue Racer gauges
Ice Alpine IVA-D105 Mobile Multimedia Station, Type R speakers (front & rear), Type R subwoofer, PDX amps (2), KCE-422i Full Speed Connection for iPod (all coming soon)
Props Jennifer at Alpine Electronics; Kyle at Garrett turbos; Mike Jurado at Superior Nissan; Eddie and the ever pimpin' Mackin crew; Mike Liao at Racing Beat; Will and Jimmy at DME; Jason at Blitz North America; Phillip Chase at Tein; Nick, Kelvin, John, Jacob and the rest of the Falken mob; Robert Choo at Turbo Magazine; Kiyo at Carbonetic
WWW alpine-usa.com; blitz-na.com; carbonetic.net; dme-power.com; falkentire.com; mackinindustries.com; tein.com; turbobygarrett.com; turbomagazine.com
Database "More Power = More Fun" (Turbo Magazine, Aug '03); "GT-R Boost-Up"(Turbo Magazine, June '04); "Our Garage" (July '06); "Our Garage" (September '06); "Above the Rim" (January '07)
Impression Now that I have a semi-goal, build the car for SCC's Ultimate Street Car Challenge, hopefully I'll divert my attention from my five other cars and, gasp, finish my GT-R. "Hopefully," being the key word in the last sentence.
Fast Facts
Owner Greg "YAMZ" Yamamoto
Car '81 Toyota Celica (RA40)
Hometown Los Angeles, CA
Daily Grind Advertising/ Marketing/ village idiot
Plan of Attack revamp stereo system
Drivetrain Buick 231, JMS ported heads w/ valves, American Cams custom grind, 11-1 forged pistons, knife edged and balanced crankshaft, NX Progressive nitrous system, Holley 600 cfm dual feed, Art Carr TH2004R w/ 9" converter, Camaro driveshaft, Supra rear end
Rollers 15 x 8, 0 offset, Hayashi 501's wrapped in Yokohama 195's up front, 215's rear
Stoppers GTS front discs w/ Supra rears, Technafit steel braided lines
Outside shaved moldings and emblems, GTS grille, custom champagne paint by Autonetwork
Inside Recaro seats, Schroth Harnesses, ACC custom charcoal carpet, Dukes Weld and Fab cage, Autometer gauges, MOMO Top Power wheel
Props Gary Narusawa, Mike Tai, Mike Small, Derrick Yee, Jason Hackett, Mark Bruno, Aaron and Jon at Autonetwork, JD at B&M Racing, Jim at Performance Tube Bending, Chris at Cyberspace Automotive, Brian at Blindside Motorsports, Randall at Nitrous Express, Bosozoku Racers Since 1983
WWW blindsidemotorsports.com; bmracing.com; cyberauto.com; koyorad.com; lightningaudio.com; nitrousexpress.com; sykoperformance.com;
Database "Back in the Day" (March 2003); "Bucket Brigade" (November 2006)
Impression I thought I was way finished with this car, but after meeting two fellow die hard Buddah-heads (Brian and Koich) I caught the bug again. Now I need to get this heap down to the muffler shop for some Quick Time Performance cut-outs. I'm also thinking of re-doing the wiring with a Painless Wiring kit.
Fast Facts
Owner Justin Kaehler
Car '92 Acura Integra LS
Hometown LBC
Daily Grind Professional Whipping Boy
Plan of Attack Make it fast enough to outrun Rick daddy's wrath
Under the Hood B18A1 fully built, blueprinted and balanced by Epic Motoring
Drivetrain Some sort of Exedy clutch
Brains I think I have one.
Stiff Stuff Tokico Illuminas, H&R Sport springs
Rollers Used '00 Civic Si wheels, 205/50R15 BFGoodrich g-Force KDWs
Outside JDM one-piece headlights, authentic Murasaki Action Sports sticker that adds 5 hp to the wheels (supposedly)
Inside my Shaldan grapefruit air freshener
Ice An old Sony CD head unit and four speakers-three of which actually work
Props Kevin at Epic Motoring for fixing the damage Ty "Lie-rone" Rodriguez did to my car with that damn turbo
Impression I've had this car for almost 10 years, and I still really haven't done anything to it. Oh well, I at least finally got around to autocrossing it earlier this year. Time to start abusing the Super Street name to my advantage!
Fast Facts
Owner D. Yee
Car '73 Ford Maverick
Hometown ghetto Eastside
Daily Grind Dropping the kids off at the pool
Plan of Attack Another R34 Eater!
Under the Hood 347 Roush stroker, MSD, Holley, Edelbrock, Milodon, Hooker and other stuff you don't give a damn about.
Drivetrain Slush Box
Brains I don't have any; look what I drive!
Stiff Stuff None, it only goes straight!
Rollers Mickey Thompson ET Drag Wheels 15x3.5 and 15x8 Mickey Thompson D.O.T. ET Street Tires.
Stoppers Flintstone Style
Outside Original paint with an ugly doo doo colored vinyl top
Inside Autometer gauges, Cobra seats, Sparco harnesses, Beats, Grant, B&M shifter
Ice Pioneer gear
Props My Dad, Bosozoku, Ro McGonegal, Don Sneddon at Mickey Thompson Tires, Todd Ryden at MSD, Jon Bennett at Moser Engineering, Matt Held at Holley, Ken Sink at Milodon
WWW autometer.com; holley.com; mickeythompsontires.com; milodon.com; moserengineering.com; msdignition.com; Databace Hot Rod TV, Hot Rod Magazine and Car Craft
Impression Uglier than a xB and faster than a xA-and street legal!
Fast Facts - D's second car
Car '06 Pontiac GTO (AKA a Holden Monaro)
Daily Grind You mean you don't know who I am? Don't you know who I am?
Plan of Attack To not be like you and eat smart asses in $50K M3s for breakfast!
Under the Hood 400-plus horses of LS2! AEM cold air intake, Maganaflow exhaust
Drivetrain Another Slush Box
Brains I have none; oh, wait the car - duh! Diablosport
Stiff Stuff Eibach springs, Energy Suspension bushings, BMR, Hotchkis, Koni and Pedders
Rollers OE 18-inch Enkei wheels; 19-inch SSR Professor MS1 on Falken 452 tires
Stoppers BPR
Outside ADM? Is there such an acronym? Hopefully everything Holden soon.
Inside Autometer
Ice Pioneer
Props Tanya Jacquot at Magnaflow, Oliver Rathlein at Eibach, Mary Pilcher & Nick Fousekis at Falken Tire, Kris Carlson at Autometer, Lawson Mollica formally at AEM, James and Jiro at More Japan, Stacey at BMR fabrication; and Al Sai and Kai Chen at Options Auto Salon
WWW aempower.com; autometer.com; bmrfabrication.com; eibach.com; falkentire.com; magnaflow.com; morejapan; optauto.com
Database We've never covered this hunk of junk until now.
Impression Wanted something else no one else has. With only around 40K units imported to the US you just don't see them. I had people slow down in the diamond lane and block traffic to ask me what kind of car it is. Plus I never have to worry about some chick pulling up to me in some 6 cylinder version and say, "Hey, we have the same car."