This month's lucky winner bagged himself a modular intake system from Spectre Performance. (www.spectreperformance.com)
Letter Of The Month
JDM Poetry
Stay still my heart, for I am dreaming of a force greater than an earthquake.
A force that makes the ground tremble, and keeps me awake from my slumber of sleep.
I'm blind to reality, therefore I think with my eyes and see with my heart.
Whatever a man wills, he does. And a man will do whatever he will for some parts.
Sit still as I relate the problems of mankind in this new modern day and age.
The plagues of badly built import machines that have no turbo and sport a Blitz boost gauge.
The Civic's with Mustang headlights. The Geo Metro's with exhaust, revving up at the light.
These are the people and vehicle typesThat emerged when The Fast and The Furious built up the hype.
Unpainted body kits with half a set of 16-inch tri-star rims on the back.
APC stickers, LED mufflers and excessive neon were always and will always be wack.
Take that stuff back to Pep Boys and get your money back ASAP.
Along with the GT vinyl hood stripes and the neon tire fly caps.
If it ain't a B-series then you might as well trade in those useless keys.
If it ain't an SR20 then you better save up some more of that money!
Get your stuff right before you start revving on other cars looking stock at the light.
Your little single cam engine ain't built to hang with the true JDM type.
We got turbos and boost, keeping it loose, hugging the road while striking a pose.
Type R cams to rev up to nine RPMs, back-handing cars.
You would think we were pimps.
This is what makes up a part of the art of the enthusiasts of JDM.
So think twice before you rev at the light on a car resembling stock trim.
James Salter
Via the Internet
Beats our best "roses are red, violets are blue" haikus anyday.
After Hours
After a long night of partying I ended up at Hodori restaurant in the K-Town district of Los Angeles. I was trying to holler at two Korean girls until they left and were replaced by five males...bleh. After a closer look at the guys I slowly recognized them: JDM Wong and his gi-normous head, a drunk Roel and a 21-year-old-looking Carter.
I'm not sure if this was a blessing or a bummer since I've been an avid reader of Super Street since '98, but those two girls before them were pretty PHAT (pretty hot and tempting). I didn't see Rikdaddy or Nads, however (BTW, Nads looks like one of the Middle-Eastern guys from The 40 Year Old Virgin-not the guy who says "go f*ck a goat", but the taller one) (What am I, Al-Qaeda? - JN). Anyway, Carter was pretty cool, and you guys were hilarious. I think Jonny and Roel were too drunk but I remember them muttering something like "bakla" to someone. I'm glad I got to meet you guys and sorry about the girl I tried to holler at for you guys. I hope to run into you guys again soon-hopefully not anywhere near West Hollywood!
Ben Leongson
Glendale, CA
Those girls may have been PHAT but so is Jonny (partly hetero and trying).