Monthly Archives: February 2011
Magilla Gorilla: Downtime (Part 1)
With the acquisition of my new daily shitboxer and my collection of parts complete, it was time put the JZX on jack stands and do some more work:
timeout: HYPE 2011 KY! DRIFT EVENTS
Just looking to build a little hype for the upcoming KY! Season. I would love to get a decent showing of Nebraskan’s to the first event (probably early May). It will be a lot of fun, and it is a great relaxed atmosphere to learn, meet people, and drift. There isn’t a competition segment (yet). […]
Build: Blippity Blah, A random 2 weeks of doings
Well here it is almost two weeks since my last up date of the Track Duty S14. I do apologize, as I really do try to keep it to once a week for two reasons: one to entertain you fine folks, and two to show Trey how progress is going. Last week around update time […]
DK: Sick New Whip
A friend recently bought a new family van. When I asked him what his plans were for his old car, he said, “Throw it away. They’ll give me 10,000yen for it.” Me: “I’ll give you 10,000yen for it.” Him: “No money. You can have it.” That’s how it went down. Now I’m rollin’ the sickest […]
Magilla Gorilla: Elbow Grease
Here’s a short story about the results of a little time and a little elbow grease. The old Volk CV Pro’s I got with my car were super dirty. Aggressive Project Mu pads will do that. I was getting tired of their deplorable condition so I cleaned them up. I think you’ll like the results.
timeout: Spring Take Your Time!
I don’t know about the rest of you but the turn of the new year always gets the internal fire lit knowing that spring motorsports are almost here. I have been concocting a few inexpensive improvements to Minty Smash lately in prep for this years Kansas YEAH! events. Upgrade Brake Fluid (higher temp or DOT […]
Build: Welding Up My Loose Ends
This past week was rather productive with the finish welding of numerous things and heading towards engine bay prep work: stitched the front inner wheel wells, bent over the front and rear wheel well tire death lips and welded them to the chassis, finished welding the tubs, plated over numerous large holes, ground all welds […]
マギラ ゴリラ: これ は なん です か。
マギラ ゴリラ: これ は なん です か。 Magira Gorira: Kore wa nan desu ka. Magilla Gorilla: What’s this?
