night photoshoot..

i didnt planned it...i took the markER out to Cikgu Iz house,then he went inside and came out back with a camera and started taking picture...after editing...here a some of the pic that i think was awsome!thanks Iz..

i leave u now for the moment...

starting today,there will be no more modification the markER,coz now would be the best time that i start to saved up my money and become ultra "kedekut" to buy 1jz gte manual engine...it will be tough this time,estimating the halfcut price around rm6k -rm7k...fuhh its gonna be a long long time before i can manage to saved that much amount..gonna miss modding markER...

the coolest N.O.B!!

source : wikipedia, superstreetonline

Nobuteru Taniguchi (born May 18, 1971, Hiroshima) is a Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" (abbr. No One Better) or "The Pimp" as a reference to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for.

Taniguchi began his motorsport career when he was racing minibikes and won a Honda sponsored All Japan Mini Bike race, which took place at its Suzuka Circuit.[1] Taniguchi would progress into four wheels and became interested in drifting when he acquired a Toyota AE86.[1] He also worked at Takahiro Ueno’s car bodykit company, Car Make T&E to supplement his racing career whilst competing in carious one make series racing in Toyota Celica and Vitz and partipicating in drift events.[1] In 1999, he came into the attention of HKS when he won a Suzuka Clubman Race in a Honda Civic sponsored by Bride. HKS signed him up as a test driver and as a sponsor, as well as sponsoring his S15 Silvia for drift events.[1]

were it all begun..

Taniguchi competed in the national Super Taikyu series and the D1 Grand Prix which he would take the title that year and would compete in the JGTC first with RE Amemiya RX-7 which he still compete in all these of these series. Also he took part in the 24 Hour of Nürburgring and the Macau Grand Prix Guia Touring car race. He has since became one of the fan favourite drivers in Japan.

He was also a test driver for HKS in 2004 and 2007 where he drove the HKS Time Attack Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 and set a 54.37 second lap time at Tsukuba Circuit (famous for its complexity and focus on cornering skills), and again in 2007, where he drove the all carbon fiber body HKS CT230R Mitsubishi Evolution and set the current Tsukuba Time Attack record of 53.589 seconds (video). Mid way through the 2004 season of D1, NOB switched to an Altezza which had not been properly setup and had shown some technical issues that many believe cost him the championship that year. During the 2005 season, the switch to Altezza was proving to be a mistake for HKS and NOB which lead them to quit the series at the end of the season.

Taniguchi drift machine HKS altezza and HKS s15

In all, Taniguchi has gone through four cars with HKS for D1, the RS1 Hyper Silvia S15 (Crashed by Keiichi Tsuchiya), and two RS2 Hyper Silvia S15s (One from HKS Power Japan, and the other from HKS Europe), and finally the Genki RP Altezza, which was designed without experimental/prototype HKS parts, for the purpose that a private drifter could copy the car. His recent drift car is a Toyota Aristo (Lexus GS300 in US). Taniguchi had the most wins in D1 Grand Prix until his tally was overtaken by Youichi Imamura in 2005.

As of 2007, he currently competes in the Super GT series in a Porsche 911 GT3 for Team Taisan.

NOB with his other precious rides...180sx,s14,and s15

run jzx run!!!

taken this awsome vid from rob roadsterdrift blog...a nice run by the jap jzx drifter..esp during the second run!

A E H a c h i R o k u

feel like posting this video....its a "young version" ae86..i always like levin over trueno facelift..and with a bodykit like vertex,its just make me wooo....maybe seeing 2 Ae86 halfcut at HerihomeGarage (gonna be swap into a KE70) just make me thinking about hachi-roku hehe..but with an insane price tag over rm30k for 198* something car...kinda turn me off...

BRIDE anyone??

i been searching for this fabric for a long-long time..thinking of putting to my KE70 back then..finally drift house selling but...at rm150 per metre...

this is how it look on a X81...nice ek...its like Louise Vuitton (LV) but for cars hahaha

R154 vs W58

^^this not Handphone model ok hahaha

a good link to compare between R154 (jz gte= turbo version) and W58 (jz ge= NA version) manual gearbox..

http://users.tpg.com.au/users/loats/technical/ma61/gearboxes2.html

why is this important??

becoz

first of all Toyota didnt produce a manual gearbox for Jzx81,(all are auto)...the one that u see on a jzx81 halfcut is modify by the japanese user..

second, the a major different between R154 and W58 when used on 1jz or 2jz gte engine is the ratio..example if u used W58 on a 1jz gte engine,the torque would be great,but when it came to top,it feel like the engine still got power,but the gearbox has reach its limit..plus i heard from someone using the w58 on 1z gte,the gearbox makes a loud humming noise when reaching 180km/h,when we all know 1jz gte pontencial is more than that...the result of pushing the limit might cost u a new gearbox..coz W58 couldnt with stand the pressure produce from the 1jz gte..

the saddest thing about JZ series Manual gearbox whether its R154 or W58 its hard to find here in boleh land..plus having to compete with our neighbour Thailand in getting it make it more difficult (Thailand loves the JZ engine for Drag used) and NISSAN owners who prefer JZ engine compare to the RB..to make thing worse these gearbox aint cheap...around rm2500 - rm3000 gearbox only...doesnt include clutchplate,flywhell,and other stuff...

additional info

1g ge = 2.0 na/normally aspirated
1g gte = 2.0cc twin turbo
1g gze = 2.0cc supercharger

1jz gte = 2.5cc twin turbo
2jz gte = 3.0cc twin turbo
1.5jz gte = 3.0cc twin turbo a "rojak" combination between 2j block and 1jz head...(like tezuka pink jzx81)