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Back in 1967, Keith Duckworth designed a Formula 1 engine called called the DFV. You’ll notice that Duckworth is half of the name Cosworth (Mike COStin Keith DuckWORTH). The DFV…

I’m not a museum or art type person, but I went to Los Angeles County Museum of Art last week and checked out the Rene Magritte Exhibition. I gotta say…

I just got back from Mammoth Mountain yesterday evening. Snow boarding is the shit! That’s all there is to it. It was my 4th time boarding, but this time I…

My new thing is club soda and perrier. The bubbles are so refreshing and they all have 0 calories. I was just enjoying a cup of club soda and I…

After the whole oil starvation fiasco with the XS BNR32 Time Attack GT-R, I decided to bite the bullet and go with a dry sump oil system. A dry sump…

I had dinner with my family tonight. My cousins Ronica and Laura told me they discovered my blog through a google search. How cool is that? Anyhow, welcome to the…

One day after the November 2006 Time Attack, Carter Jung from Super Street calls me up and asks me if I want to do an interview. I said cool so…

    I was at the track all day today for track support duty on the M-Workz 350z. The car is owned by my friend Steve Mitchell and was driven…

The last time I was in Tokyo, I stopped by Akihabara the “Electric Town”. For tourists, it’s known to be the spot to get deals on new or unreleased (in…

Continued from yesterday’s post…scroll down for part 1. So after the maid cafe, we were walking down the street and we saw this 4 story building dedicated to old school…

Check out this review of “JDM Insider – The Kanto Tuners” written by Noah Porter from thespeedlounge.com. Good stuff. Now go and buy the DVD here.

I know this is late, but oh well. Better late than never. Below are the dopest cars I saw this year at TAS. To be honest, there was more fashion…

I am severly suffering from a crazy hangover today. I went to my friend’s (Nathan at Motec) b-day party/dinner at Garlic Jo’s in Newport Beach, CA. The food kicks ass…

I’ve been lagging big time on putting up entries. So to extend my laggingness, here’s a quick video. Do you like mid 90’s slow jams like R. Kelly, Blackstreet, Guy,…

Somebody put this up on the cork board at Cosworth. I enjoy NASCAR (or at least the last 20 laps), but I thought this was pretty damn funny.NonAthleticSportCenteredAroundRednecks

I got to Tokyo on Thursday the 11th. I cruised the show with Toshi and my friend Jeff. Some cool stuff here as usual. More pics soon! This is the…

On Friday I had dinner with Tarzan, Toshi, Troy @ XS, and some friends at a Japanese BBQ Yakinikku spot in Fountain Valley. I think it’s called Tsuruhashi (good stuff…

I’m sure you guys know by now that “The Kanto Tuners” is out. The trippy part is that even though I’m in it, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET. I…

I spent NYE at Toshi’s pad. Yes, Mr. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, official English D1 announcer, JDM-Insider super star himself. Also there was Yu-san (JDM magazine photographer and JDM…

On Friday, December 22nd before Cosworth shut down for the week (this week), there was a Champ Car turbocharger, like 40 sets of Cosworth XFE (champ car engine) connecting rods,…

Merry Christmas ya’ll. And Hannukah, Quanza, etc. for the rest of you. I had a very nice Christmans eve dinner at the Tajima household last night. The Tajima household is…

    I finally edited this video. It’s Tarzan Yamada kicking ass in the XS BNR32 GT-R. Only 0.3 seconds away from the Cyber EVO. Next time we go to…

Yesterday was Best Motoring Video’s American Touge 3 at the Horse Thief Mile @ Willowsprings Raceway. The drift king and kazama were there to drive American’s “best” tuned cars. Greg…

  Last night I went to Charley’s the #1 rated steak house in Florida. It’s even consistently rated top 10 in the entire country. I think you can check it…

  PRI is pretty dope. There are a lot of real deal race parts here. What I like checking out are the exotic parts. Enter the AP carbon race rotors,…

  Real quick: the Kodak V705 is the bombest ass camera that is commercially available for a point and shoot. ISO and aperature adjustments are some of the cool features.…

Last week the XS GTR finished 2nd overall and 1st in the 4WD Unlimited class at the Super Street Time Attack finals at Buttonwillow Raceway in California. Tarzan Yamada, who…

I’ve been severely lagging on posting so I’m gonna try and catch up here. Last month I went to Hawaii for my friend Dave’s wedding. He maried a nice girl…

I’ve been really lagging on blog posts. My bad, I’ve been super busy. Anyhow, I was cruising Blockbuster online trying to figure out what to rent next and I decided…

  What’s up ya’ll? This is the first time I’ve had a blog so I’ll try to keep it up to date. When toshi, phil, and robby are done with…