Monthly Archives: October 2011

Project FC RX-7 Update 2 – Interior and Wiring

After cleaning the engine bay thoroughly it was time to move on to the interior. The passenger side engine harness had already been removed so the next step was to determine how to remove the driver side harness and discard any wires that were used for the rotary. Since this side goes to the fuse…

Featured Video: Canibeat’s First Class Fitment 2011 – TofuWreck Films

Thanks to Jackson for sharing this great video from Canibeat's First Class Fitment 2011. The video was filmed by Jd Lazaro from TofuWreck Films. Be sure to show your support by "Liking" his page on Facebook.

Featured Video: Epic Toyota Supra Hill Climb – Kenneth Moen

This video was produced by Espen Wilhelmsen from BlackBoxMedia.no and it features Kenneth Moen drifting at Lysgårdbakkene in Lillehammer, Norway. Notice that Kenneth nearly drifts the entire hill climb! Thanks to SOARER2JZ for sharing it with us before it was all over the Internet.

Health Risks Associated With Car Parts

This is a guest post from Brian Turner. Brian is interested in all types of cars and he enjoys writing about the inherent toxic hazards in them. He is a staff contributor for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Blog on mesothelioma.com where he writes about the cancer risks that toxins like asbestos pose. While regulations in…

Featured Video: Cars With Friends – A Summer / Autumn 2011 Montage

This week we're featuring a video from a local S2000 owner that goes by the name of ALFYonso on S2KI. It contains some great track/drift footage along with some awesome freeway pulls. Nice job ALFYonso!

State of the RX-7 – Engine Bay Preparation

Over the next few weeks, I will be working with Matt (v8rx7guy) to prep the RX-7 for the engine/transmission swap (date of swap TBD). If you missed the project introduction post, be sure to check it out here.

Introducing Project FC RX-7!

With the help of a few local members, I recently picked up the official track car for ImportMeet.com. This black beauty is a 1990 Mazda RX-7 GTU. As you can see, the stock rotary is non-existent and the passenger fender is missing. This makes for the perfect starting point as I have no desire to…

Video of the Week: Formula Drift Las Vegas – Loren Haleston

Drifting videos are definitely some of the most entertaining videos to watch on the Internet. Here's another great video from Loren Haleston. Loren shot and edited Pacific GP the Latest and the Greatest which was our last Video of the Week. Check out his page on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/lorenhaleston.