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So much love at Dai’s Driving School

brogers — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:30:32 +0000

Went by Dai’s Driving School this Sunday to hang out. It was a great event! There was a huge turnout and there were a lot of friends there hanging out. I also had a little surprise from Bruce Kress when I showed up. He drove great and improved a lot! Learned a lot more about drifting and technique. Finally out of 2nd and into 3rd and entering about 20 mph faster then he was used too.

Pics of the surprise. <3

And a random snap to show the sickness of Bruce’s car

Black widow. 510town.

brogers — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:26:11 +0000

Friday I spent a lot of time working on the 510 after work. Im tired of not being able to drive it so I am hoping to have it running this week. Replaced the brake line that I am pretty sure a goat chewed through, fabricated an e-brake bracket, and killed a bad ass black widow. I went to adjust the e-brake because it wasnt working, started pulling on the cable to see how much slack I needed to take out and before I knew it I was holding one end of the cable in my hand. Wondering WTF just happened I looked at the right side drum brake and the bracket was missing to connect the brack cable to the drum. Being a pretty simple bracket and not knowing where I would find a new one I just made a new bracket from scratch. Then I put on the new brake line and bled the brakes and clutch so now the car has working brakes, ebrake, and clutch. As I was working on the ebrake bracket I noticed something climbing down on the lift and sure enough it was a pretty decent sized black widow. I dont like spiders and it kinda freaked me out after that so I was a little sketch finishing up the car. But here are some pics. The carb is sitting next to me on the coffee table waiting on a rebuild kit, all the jets were clogged and it was in bad need of a rebuild. As soon as the kit is in it should be running!

The stock bracket

The new bracket

Cosplay, Japanese art, free beer.

brogers — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:15:46 +0000

Went to a local gallery Saturday night down the street from work and it was pretty cool. The exhibit had free beer and sake for opening night which made it a big plus! The art was cool some different stuff and some really good stuff. There were artist there doing life sketches and paintings. I was pretty stoked on it and will probably go back for opening night of the next exhibit. The gallery is called Gallery Nucleus its on Main St. in Alhambra, CA. Here are some snaps I got before my battery died. Then we went for ramen afterwards. Beer and Ramen it was a good night!

Rx8 Oil Cooler Fab

brogers — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:08:01 +0000

Worked on this a little bit last week thought I would post it up. Quick fab work on the oil cooler brackets gave me a chance to practice my tig skills too so it was good. Came out pretty good, there is no room behind the bumper so fitment had to be perfect. With the wheels at full lock there is about an 1/8″ of clearance.

Moving cars, new start, and new toys.

brogers — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:41:27 +0000

This was a busy weekend but I got a lot done. Started with picking up a uhaul trailer and getting the s13 from Orange County. Once I was back I cleaned out the garage the car is living in now and put the 510 in the trailer. Sunday morning was another early morning got up and took the 510 down to work so I can hopefully get the rest of it sorted out and driving this week. Then took the uhaul trailer back and headed to sd to pick up a magical box. Spent the day with Nate Naterson and it was amazing as always <3.

510 on the trailer and the race car in the alley

Race car waiting to drive it up to the garage

Race car tucked away in its new home. Single car garage and only I go in there. Nice to know its safe.

“Magical Box”

Import Tuner Coverage – August ‘09

brogers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:17:01 +0000

This coverage was in the August issue of import tuner. A shot from the SUN Auto booth at Dai’s Driving Academy.

Porsche GT2 Drift Panzer…er Time Attack

brogers — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:38:20 +0000

Started working on the gt2 at the shop last week. Swapping out the front knuckles that we used for drifting for some closer to stock ones for time attack. Also started on a tuneup to get it back up to shape for the next time attack. Car is seriously amazing its so cool to work on it.

370z R&D

brogers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Finished up this new 370z the other day. Did R&D on some parts for it, coilovers and b pipe. Car was a huge difference after install. Stock was boring, no steering feedback kinda soft. After install car felt amazing.

Superstreet Coverage – D1 Anehiem

brogers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:59:21 +0000

Got this sick 2 page shot in the new Superstreet I was pretty stoked when I heard about it. Here is the scan.

This is the cover if you want to check it out.

New Project……. Evo X!

brogers — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:18:54 +0000

Started last week on the new project Evo X at work. Stripped it to bare chassis so we can send it out for acid dipping. Trying to get the weight down to as light as possible to prep this car for time attack next season. Looking for sub 2600 lbs wet. Should be a fun and exciting build stay tuned for updates.