Auto X June 11th

If you read the previous post then you will know that I lost my engine during all this, but the good news was that I managed to pull off my first win! I had the fastest time of the day and the car handled very well! My wife improved a great deal in her S2000 as well, and is really starting to enjoy the sport I think. I believe my weakest point of the event was that I need to work on my concentration level and focus. The day of the event was very hot over 100 degrees, and we all got sun burnt but, it all was worth it! Heres a few photos from this past weekend 

126000 Miles :( RIP 2.0

This past weekend at the Auto X I participated in my engine went. I managed to finish and drive an hour home with a terrible noise like an exhaust leak. During the event I spun the car and tried to start it then heard a loud thunk. As the day went on I noticed the oil pressure progressively dropping. Once home I drained the oil only to find a bronze metallic color in the oil and the viscosity of water. I realized this year I was racing the clock on this but, now was the worst time for it to happen. But all things happen for a reason, and hopefully very soon I will replace it with a 2.2. But I believe really this story shows just how well Honda manufactures engines. I bought the car is 2002, and have really driven the car the whole life as it was meant to be driven, I ran ITB's with no filter for 60000 miles, ran the car super rich on bad tunes, also had numerous terrible tunes on the car and so on so forth, but I always changed the oil and never had any other problem with the engine until now. I must say that I am upset, however it is what it is and I guess 2011 has just been a year of rebuilding, and hopefully the end of year or next year the car will be better and stronger! Ill keep everyone up to date.

Go Pro

I have recently set up an associate account with Go Pro. What that means to you is that if you click a Go Pro link on the page and buy a Go Pro through that link we will receive a small commission from the sale. The commission will go to funding decals,shirts, cameras, and more to help the site improve!

We all know how good the Go Pro video recorders are, and how they have a great price!

Busy Weekend

I know I don't cover any drifting on here but several of my friends are big into this, so I am planning on going to to there Tractional Optional Drift Event Under The lights, heres a copy of the flier if your near the area make sure you try to make it out, it should be a good time!!!!

Then the following morning I will be participating in a local Auto X, hosted by BMWCCA, at the Millington Airport. This will be the first BMWCCA event I have attended so I am looking forward to it! Pictures and coverage will follow! I hope I see some more people in the area attend this as well!

Here is a link for more info http://www.rivercitybimmers.org/

$20 for BMWCCA members
$30 for non members

Registration at 0800
Drivers Meeting at 0930
First car off at 1000

Hind Sight

Most people will agree that no matter how you build your car there is always other cars that you covet, and you might say "If I did it all over again it would look like that". And then there is other instances where you did this and that and may get forced into a situation where you just cant go back and are forced to go forward. Chris Lum's build has always been one of those cars to me. I think his car is one of the best street built cars I have seen. First off his Ti Silver Volks have always been my absolute favorite colored wheel on the market bottom line. Then there is the front of his car with the ASM I.S. bumper and lip to round it all off. I talked to him and his original intentions was to build a track car out of it so where do you start then, suspension. His first mod happened to be some amazing TEIN SRC coilovers, but then opportunities arose for him to turbo his car, then that was out of his system and wanted to go for some aesthetics while his car devalued before he could make his next debut at the track.  So the SRC's were sold for a more friendly Mono Flex and some more parts. Chris had told me that at on point he had a bunch of "style" parts on his car and then realized the importance of the innovators and the research and development that goes into the parts we buy. I always tell people that if you take your time and buy the real parts you will receive so much more satisfaction in the end product. The import world is has been hit buy all the copies from abroad and when you buy the fakes you help take money away from the next new product. Another great point on this car is the Tamon spoiler. This is just a super nice piece, I just absolutely love how well it flows on a car like this and that is still has the third brake light. Chris drives this car every day to work and wherever, and feels that there is no rush in trying to finish the car overnight, I really love hearing that. He recently picked up a Bride Stradia Seat Japan Edition. Once again the patience on the details pay off in the end. His exhaust is a GReddy SE Single, next to HKS I personally believe that this is a great looking and sounding exhaust. Just to round things off more it seems that he has picked up an ASM rear bumper, another addition in the works that I cant wait to see the final product! Keep up the good work and I cant wait to see the rear bumper done!