The C-West GT Wing I’m using is a universal piece because they don’t make one specifically for S15’s. Unfortunately, the universal wing mounts in the middle which doesn’t happen to be the strongest place of the trunk. Thus, I went to see a man about a brace.
A man who knows more about custom fabrication than I do about being an asshole; Mr. Gary Designcraft Castillo.
Gary fabbed a brace on the underside of the trunklid. The entire piece is bolt on so I can take it off if I ever find a reason to.
Super awesome work. Gary never ceases to amaze me. Satoshi said it best: “It’s like a roll cage for a stupid wing.” Haha. Now I just gotta get it polished so I can keep up my show car image for Logan.
Some goodies from Moonface came this week. Straight pipe and tension rods. Car sounds a lot better now.
And look how giddy Logan is.
Photo creds to Scott, Mr. Garpot Studio.
Some have asked, many have wondered. This is it.
Time Attack. 2008.
We’ll have it in our booth at Formula D, Irwindale. See you Saturday.
Not to bite on Jay’s old blogs.. but this 34 we saw at Daryl’s is kinda cool.
Another Moon Face piece came in yesterday. Their throttle ring is said to improve response so much that the it will feel like it’s electronic instead of cable driven.
HKS Oil Cooler w/ oil filter relocation kit came in too. Remember when I said “Now I know how it feels to be on the other side of huge invoices”?
Here’s the other chunk of the painful invoice from HKS.
With Mr. Henry Schelley finishing up the final touches on the cage, and the cage rendering my factory seatbelts useless, I was in need of harnesses much sooner than anticipated.
Been lookin’ to purchase these for a while now. Finally bit the bullet and picked up a pair of Willans 6-points. Hmm, UKDM.. Sounds weird.
The marks that matter.
This lil gem also came in. Alas, now I know how it feels to be on the other end of those ridiculous invoices. Pretty though, isn’t it?
Okay, so it was actually Charles Caleb Colton way back in 1820.. and he actually meant it in an ironic fashion to refer to those who do as such. So kudos to him.
Some shop decided to make a lousy attempt at copying Bride seats. Here’s their attempt at the Mazora colored shell.
And here’s their insulting swing at the GIAS..
As if they hadn’t dug a big enough hole for themselves already; their name is F1SPEC. How would any self-respecting motorsports enthusiast have the cajones to name their company this?
Picked these up from 
For my driver side, the Zeta III full bucket.
The shell is FRP and the entire unit weighs just 16lbs. This seat is FIA approved.
For the passenger side, the much more flamboyant Stradia.
Carbon-Kevlar shell. Immaculate weave. My passengers shall ride in style.
Here’s something you definitely won’t get with the F1Spec copies.. Certificates of authenticity, serial numbers and a warranty for both the seats AND the rails.
Steve over at Mackin called me earlier today to tell me that the ARC stuff I ordered came in. Rather than having them ship it down here, I drove over to say hi to Eddie, Steve and KJ. I had never been to their office either, so why not? Their corporate office in Santa Fe Springs is pretty spiffy. And something about big company logos on the outside of corporate buildings gets me super excited.
Time attack DC5, hooked up Suby and a bball hoop. Not many people can have both work and play in one.
Nothing too crazy considering what else ARC has to offer. Simple titanium strut tower bar and titanium cooling plate.
Abbey Road Company quality.
So, I’ve heard that certain people think when a company doesn’t want to sponsor us, I’ll post negative things about that company. News bulletin: Vertex, ORC and OS Giken have all turned us down. Try and find anything negative about them on here. But for those playing the home game, we still need a clutch sponsor! =)
These I’m SUPER excited about. 
Lastly, the good folks over at 
Christmas came again this morning, in exorbitant amounts. Mr. 
The first of a few items from Moonface for my coche; titanium shift knob and engine torque damper.
Got a package from 
The mirrors are unbelievably light.
Speaks for itself, doesn’t it?
My new suspension came in as well.
But here’s my crown jewel of all the goodies.
My 6-pot mini’s in “Race Alumite”. First set of Race Alumite calipers stateside. Race alumite is the alumite finish without any coloring added, the ideal finish for withstanding extreme race conditions.
So I took delivery of the car back in February. I’ve spent the last two Saturdays stripping and removing stuff the old owner installed. Finally, this past weekend, I got to put something in the car. Personal Fitti Corsa in black suede with yellow logo/stitching. Works Bell Rapfix GTC in black. Both courtesy of 
I’m so behind in what I need to do at work, but this takes a lot of priority. Thus, here I am blogging yet again. Anyhoo, we recently stuffed another car into our tiny garage. Here we see both of them side by side the night the new car arrived. Any guess as to what it is? I’ll give you a hint: It’s 
It arrived Wednesday night and Thursday we immediately started working on it to get all the footwork installed. We ran into mad issues because the stock suspension wouldn’t drop all the way down and also with a few stripped nuts on the brake hard lines. In any case, here’s what it looked like when we finally got everything in. Function-Xs and the front 6-pot mini in alumite silver.
We finished everything really late Friday night and woke up 4 hours later to drive it to the LA Convention Center where the 
Being that VIP didn’t start until noon, we ate breakfast on Melrose at this dope lil cafe next to a scandalous little store called blue balls. I was so tired I forgot to take pics of the food. In any case, we rolled to Japan Expo first.
Les’ FD stripped of 
The FD was at Japan Expo because 
The Japan Expo itself was kinda smaller than I expected, but cool in it’s own right. Here’s a small little booth selling some dope trinkets…………
My favorite part of the show was the fact that they had these dope massage chairs. I’ve been on massage chairs before from like Sharper Image and all that crap, but these were something else. Trust. You had to experience it to believe how good they were. Here’s Kent taking a load off.
Did you really expect that we’d go to Japan Expo and not see something like this? I gotta hand it to them though, pretty accurate. I never watched Naruto but my old 
With nothing else to do at Japan Expo we headed over to VIP. I don’t know if it was because we were tired or what, but we ended up sitting on the ground outside the entrance for a while. Maybe I was tired because I started ranting about the show in general. I’m about to be real so beware, harsh words follow.
Respect to 
On a happier note, Fred’s 5-series had sick fitment. The photo doesn’t do it justice but trust me. If you saw this bimmer rolling on the street you’d take notice. Mr. Chang does it right.
Les was kind enough to get us reservations at 
For those of you who have yet to partake in the Brazillian BBQ experience, you have a salad bar with veggies and stuff and then you have waiters who periodically bring you one of dozens of meat they have prepared that day.
At Fogo de Chao everything was insane. You see the lil coaster looking thing in the upper right? If you turn it over it’s green which tells the waiters you want meat. I’ve been to a Brazillian BBQ before but when I turned over the coaster at Fogo I was bombarded with meats. They’re quick to say the least. In any case, the veggies were fresh and crisp. The meats were insanely good. But by far the most impressive thing about Fogo was the service. Again, it’s one of those things you gotta experience for yourself to understand. The experience as a whole was exactly what you’d expect of a restaurant in Beverly Hills.