A couple of weeks ago, I attended The Old School Reunion produced by Happenstance Event Productions. I had a blast and wanted to make sure I attended the rest of their events this summer. Their next event was WaterWerks On the Green 2012 which was held on June 23, 2012 in North Bend, Washington. Dave…
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Project LSX-7 Update 11 – Rear Subframe Modification and Bushing Install
As I mentioned in Update 10, the Turbo II rear end was one of the most valuable pieces of the entire parts car. Instead of pulling the differential, axles, brakes and hubs and swapping them over to Project LSX-7, I decided to just use the entire Turbo II subframe. This made installation easier and since…
NOS Forum Fest 2012 – Event Coverage and Photo Gallery
Photos by Nick & Melissa Poirier, Ryan Cutuli, TK Akiyama, Robert Bishop, and Andrew Fukuyama Article by Matt Haugness. One thing that you can never be certain of in Washington is the weather. June is typically a month filled with warmer weather and the occasional heat wave. For June 23rd, many news networks were predicting…
EVD Round 3 – Terminal Velocity – Event Coverage and Photo Gallery
Photos by Ryan Cutuli and Matt Haugness – Article by Matt Haugness On June 17th, Ryan Cutuli and I were able to attend Evergreen Drift Round 3 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, WA. Although the clouds above the track looked ominous, it didn't start raining until the end of the day. This was the first…
Family Legacy – 383WHP Single Cam 1992 Honda Civic
It's not often that an owner knows the full history of the cars they modify. They get a car mid way through its life and that's where the build begins. In Tyler's (mapleleafautobody) case, this Civic has been in his family for the last 20 years. It was bought brand new at Northwest Honda in…
The Old School Reunion – June 10th, 2012 – Event Coverage and Photo Gallery
Photos and Article by Ryan Cutuli Most of us are familiar with the types of meets generally hosted in the Pacific Northwest. The restored classics, the VW flashbacks or the ever adventurous Subaru snow runs, to name a few. When it came to our attention that an event would be held for nostalgic imports that…
Project LSX-7 Update 10 – S4 Turbo II Parts Car
When swapping an LSX engine into an RX-7, the weakest link in the car is the stock differential. As with most manufacturers, Mazda didn't design their base model components to handle more torque than they would ever be exposed to. However, they did design the differentials in S4 Turbo II models to handle more torque…