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ErwinFenyvesi23

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Location: Japan Osaka
Occupation: JDM Car enthusiast
Age: 28
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#150734   2018-10-27 17:24          

-✓ Alright , let's do this again. Where do I even begin ?! A-Alright , let's see here... Oh yeah ! It's been exactly 3 weeks since I last updated. Sorry for forgettin' about you guys , but holy shit I was busy beyond belief. A fuckton of things have happened in these last 3 weeks and oh man , I can't even tell you guys how goddamn hyped I am on life right now ! These last 3 weeks have been both super fun and extremely tough , but I had fun , so that's all that matters , right ? Ehh I dunno , but either way , everything's flowing amazingly right now and I'm extremely hyped to show you what went down. So yeah , *rubs hands* I guess I have to do some explaining , huh ? Let's do this. ✓-







-✓ So , let's start off small and let me tell you about my new storing space / secondary garage. That right there is the garage right next to my other one. I somehow managed to rent this one as well and oh man , I'm so damn hyped. I can't tell you guys how much storing space for my cars matters to me. Obviously , I really don't like leaving my cars outside, because as you know , many bad things can happen to them when they're exposed to the elements or... thieves , and because I care about my cars so much , I try to be as protective as I can , and oh man , renting this little space is an absolute bargain ! So now I can store 4 cars inside , which is hella handy. Luckily I don't own more than 4 cars , so now I can finally get all of them inside. For now , these 2 little garages will do the job just fine ! Maybe I'll upgrade to a bigger place in the future , but I have no damn idea what the future will bring me , so yeah , we'll see. ✓-





-✓ So now that you guys know about the second garage , it's time to tell you somethin'. Alright , so , after countless sleepless nights and major efforts , I have finally managed to get the Kouki running again. If you remember , last time I had to tear it all apart in order to replace and upgrade every single component of the engine , and I'm more than proud to say that I've not only got the engine back together with brand new upgraded parts , but I've also got it tuned AND dyno'd. Now , I bet you're curious about the engine performance and the parts used , ehh ? Well , without hyping you guys even more , I'll finally show you the amazing final result. Get ready to get your minds blown , haha ! ✓-
-✓ And there it is in all it's glory , my first ever engine build , for the strongest car I've ever built ( or building ) up until now. Me and Rich went completely all out with this SR , and I can proudly say that both me and Rich didn't expect such amazing results. So , as you can see , I've went with an SR22 Stroker kit and on top of that , the engine is running the turbo which was ran on Mackay's R34 , the legendary HKS GTIII5R ! My main goal for this engine was to make it as powerful as possible , while still keeping it as reliable as possible , and yes , I know power and reliability can't go hand in hand pretty well , but I can safely say that this engine will not only last long-duration punishment , but will also maintain it's performance for quite a long time. Of course , I could've gone even further , but hey , huge thank you to Nengun Performance for supplying this engine build with the parts I've used , and also HUGE thanks to Mackay for fabricating the custom exhaust header and the straightpipe that goes directly from the back of the turbo ! So now , I guess it's time to tell you once again how much this SR22 build costed me. Well , I'll try not to flex too much , buuuuut.... the whole engine is worth 22000.32 $. Okay , not gonna flex anymore on ya guys ( lmao xD ) but this is by far the craziest thing I've ever built. Even crazier than the R33 GTST I've built with Mackay , this S14 Kouki is probably going to be one of a kind when it goes back to the US. Me and Rich really wanted to keep it SR and not swap another engine in due to ... well , uniqueness , but also because IT'S A 4-BANGER MAKING 850 HP ! I'm definitely amazed with how it came out , and oh no no no guys , this isn't all for the Kouki , many things are gonna change , because as of now , the car can't put the power down at all. The engine is simply way too powerful in comparison to the other parts , so expect suspension/brakes and some body/aero mods coming soon ! Anyway , here was Rich's reaction when I told him everything ! ✓-



-✓ And with that , it was time to shut the engine off and lock down the little garage the S14 is now resting in... ✓-





-✓ Oh , before I forget about this , I also have some news about the R33. No , I didn't do anything to it , and no , I'm not selling it ( and to be quite honest , I don't think I will sell it ) but because the winter is coming , I have to take some measures and do a little thing for the GTR. What I'm talking about is the fact that this car , my R33 GTR is going to be stored for the winter , so this is probably the last time you'll see this thing for around... I dunno how many months , but until the winter is over and there's no more snow around. I'm doing this because I really don't want to use my GTR as a winter car , and I have 2 reasons for that. One would be the fact that I care way too much of the GTR , and another one would be the fact that I don't want to expose it to the elements , like snow and all of that , because as you know , snow is made out of water , water can produce rust , and I think you already got the idea. I just want to take care of this thing as much as I can , so therefore , I'll be storing it for the winter , even though it's only October , I don't want to risk it too much , so I'll send the R33 at the storing place which is the garage of a friend of mine. His garage is pretty big compared to the 2 garages that I have , and there he'll make sure the R33 is safe and protected. Keeping so many cars around is such a major pain in the ass because I have to move the cars around and do all sorts of complicated manoeuvres to get the cars where I want them to be , so yeah , tomorrow I'll drive down to my friend's place , leave the GTR and chill for the rest of the day. Having more space in the garage is definitely a really handy thing , and now that I won't have to keep the GTR between the E36 and Z , it'll be so much easier for me to work on the Z or something like that ! Oh and also , as I mentioned before , the single car garage I've started renting is right besides my 2 car garage , so yeah , it's that one behind the R33 in the second pic ! Ahh I'm so glad all my cars are inside and safe ! So yeah , that's pretty much it , this is the last time you guys are gonna see the GTR this year and yeah , I'm gonna miss it very very much , hopefully I won't completely forget about it haha , and yeah , enjoy the last 2 pics above , I guess ! ✓-





-✓ Talking about the E36 , something also happened to it as well ! I bought some winter tyres and the winter wheels I'll be running on it , because my plans have been turned around by the offer my friend made me ( storing the R33 at his place ) and I came to the conclusion that the E36 will serve the role of my winter car this year , because besides the Kouki and the Z ( which are both either non-functional or undrivable ) I have no other car to drive , so yeah , the E36 is gonna be my daily from now on until sometime next year , I dunno. Anyways , the fresh new wheels you're seeing on the E36 are Enkei's RS05RRs in silver ! They look extremely dope in my opinion , and the design gives the car a more "race car " look. I personally like them even more over the BBS wheels that it came with , and because these are significantly cheaper than the BBS's , they'll be great as winter wheels. Now , I know I've said that I care about my cars and I don't want rust on them and blah blah blah , but the E36 is a whole different case. My plans for the E36 are pretty damn huge and they involve turning this thing into a [ ahem , not gonna tell you my plans just yet , it's a surprise...] but all of that will take place next year in Spring , when I won't use the E36 as a daily anymore and I'll be able to work on it without worrying that I don't have a daily car , so yeah , for now , I'd recommend you guys forget about this thing , because it won't be anything else other than a normal daily car from now on. Either way , I'm going to make a statement and that is the fact that I won't spend anymore money on it , because it's just not worth spending big amounts of money on my winter beater , so yeah. If I do end up breaking that statement , uhhhh... umm... I dunno , I'll owe all of you guys 20V$ , how about that ? Hahaha , but either way , it's gonna be all good from now on and yeah , the E36 is now the winter beater ! ✓-





-✓ *takes the cover off of the Z* *cough* *cough* Ahh , so much fuckin' dust... Jesus Christ... I swear this thing generates dust or some shit. Ah yes , the Z. The Z hasn't been touched since the last time you've seen it , and since then it gained a fuckload of more dust , but luckily , this time I covered it up so the paint wont get any more gross and dusty. Well , what can I say about it ? I haven't even touched it and I don't even want to touch it at the moment , it's currently occupying half of my garage just gaining dust , but to be honest , I don't mind it at all. It's also the last thing on my priority list right now , because I have to get the Kouki done soon , so yeah. Don't worry , I won't forget about it , but I just don't wanna work on it right now... or any time soon. I have to get the Kouki done as soon as possible and then after it's done , I'll ship the Kouki back to Rich over in the US , so yeah. I haven't even made up my mind on the plans for the Z , but to be fair I have so much time to think about everything... it's crazy , so yeah , I'll just take my time with the Z and that's all haha ! So yeah , I'm gonna put the cover back on the Z and I'll proceed to forgetting about it until I manage to find the motivation and will to work on it. ✓-


The meet with the Tokyo Gang !


-✓ So this week a little meet has gone down in Osaka. The guys from Tokyo , my friends , Marc (Macaron_moon) , AJ (RocketBunnyS13) and Muza (Niatross) came down to Osaka for a little hangout which later became a whole week get-away for them. I was pleased with them coming over and showing up to the little meet we established at Mackay's garage. All I can say is that I had lots of fun , I had so much fun getting to know them and seeing their cars... it was an overall awesome experience ! Mackay hosted a little BBQ sesh at his place and everybody was having so much fun ! I had the time of my life with those guys , and I also got a little bit drunk from Mackay's sake , but thats a whole another story haha ! Anyway , let me go more in-depth by showing and talking about the cars that they brought ! ✓-









-✓ Starting off with Marc's Evo X ! Ahh man this thing is absolutely SICK ! From what I understood from Marc , this thing is mostly stock , but it has some sick stuff done to it ! I really like how this thing looks , but what stood out to me was the color the car was wearing ! It's such a ... interesting color ! I have never seen something like this before , and I'm not even gonna lie , when I first saw this thing pull in , the Evo enthusiast inside of me went completely nucking futs ! The TE37s look hella fresh as well , and the Endless brakes behind them are fuckin' huge ! This car is a masterpiece , and I can't express how much I love the Evo X. To me , it's my favorite Lan Evo ever made. Marc definitely takes good care of this thing , and you can clearly see it ! I wish I could've gone more into detail about the mods on the Evo X , but the drunk me kinda forgot mostly everything that Marc told me that day lmao ! If you want , you can check his thread at this *LINK* . I had fuckloads of fun with Marc , he's such a funny yet smart guy ! What I can remember though is him going hella deep into Lan Evo knowledge , but still , I kinda forgot to remember that , you know why ! But still , he knows so much god damn stuff about Evo's , it's crazy ! Definitely check him out , him and his Evo are definitely dope as fuck ! ✓-









-✓ Moving on to yet another sick Lan Evo , this one belongs to Muza ! It's an Evo IX Wagon , and as you can see , it's surprisingly clean ! It's pretty much stock all around , except the Work Meister S1 wheels that he's running ( which are fuckin' dope btw ) and the Do-Luck rear bumper , which is still white because it didn't get painted , but still , this Lan Evo Wag looks super hot ! If I had a wife and a kid or something , this would be my go-to family car for sure ! Inside it's really spacious and the fact that it's an Evo Wagon makes it amazingly unique and cool ! Sick car , what else can I say ? Muza has build and owned some amazing looking cars up until now and seeing this Evo in person... Oh man , I love it ! But yeah , that'd be all for this thing , once again , it's super dope , just like Muza himself , so make yourself a favor and check his thread at this *LINK* ! ✓-







-✓ Moving on to another one of Muza's rides , this is his Supra Mk3 ! Ahh man , this thing got trailered at Mackay's garage because when it came to Osaka , it wasn't running , but after quite a bit of work , the guys got it running ! Of course , the engine is a 1JZ and to be quite honest , I can't really remember what mods are done to it , but if you really wanna know what the Supra has to offer , go check Muza's thread once again , at this *LINK* . All I can say is that I'm amazed to see a Supra Mk3 around here ! They got pretty rare because of their age , but this one definitely seems like a hell of a project car ! I'm really curious how it'll turn out , but knowing Muza , I'm more than sure he'll turn this thing into a real beautiful beast ! Also , god damn man , these TRD seats are dope as all hell ! You're definitely making me jealous with them , 'cuz if you know me pretty well , I'm crazy after seats , and these are definitely rare as all hell ! I wish I had found a set of these back when I had my Supra , it could've been so cool ! Either way , awesome car , awesome owner , and yeah , I had an awesome time hanging out and getting to know Muza , he's a really chill guy with an awesome taste for cars , I really like that about him ! ✓-

-✓ Sadly I didn't get any pics of AJ's CRX because I've totally forgot , but if you wanna see his CRX , definitely click this *LINK* and check out his cars ! He's a really dope guy and I had a lot of fun talking to him. Definitely check him out if you haven't already , it's worth your time , I promise ! ✓-











-✓ During that little meet , I finally got an opportunity to get some awesome shots of Lagano's R32 ! I've always been a fan of his car , and seeing it right in front of me is just goddamn crazy. You don't even know how extreme this R32 is , and all I'll say about it is that it has over 1000 hp. Sure , there are way more details about it , but at this point I've ran out of memory space inside my head , I can't remember absolutely everything , so yeah , I can definitely say that this thing is absolutely crazy and I love it in every way possible ! I mean , what can you expect ? This R32 was once owned and built by Mackay , and you already know how much he goes out with his cars , and this R32 is not an exception. I really wish I'd own such a crazy car , but we'll see what the future brings me , I'm more than sure that I'll build something absolutely crazy with my own hands some day... ( Not that the Kouki isn't crazy or anything , but y'know , something even more crazy haha ). ✓-



-✓ And lastly , huge shoutout to Franklin ! Thank you so much for helping me tear down and put the SR22 back together 2 weeks ago ! Without you , it would've been so goddamn hard to get everything done by myself , and thank you for speeding up the building process of the engine , it would've been kinda hard to get the engine done before the last weekend when I got it tuned and dyno'd ! Y'know , sometimes it gets lonely when working alone , so yeah man , drop by whenever you want , I'm always down to for some talking and beer , so yeah , once again , thank you for dropping by my place in the middle of the night , you really helped me out ! ✓-



-✓ So yeah , that would pretty much wrap everything that happened in the last 21 days up ! Lots of things have happened ! I'm really glad I got the Kouki back together , I'm also really glad I got a place to store my R33 for the winter and that I have a reliable daily/winter car to use this year , and I'm definitely hella glad that I've got to hang out with Muza , Marc , AJ , Mackay , Lagano and Franklin ! You guys mean so god damn much to me and I feel truly blessed to have such friends to spend time with ! Thank you for everything and yeah , that'd be all. Now , I'm not sure when I'll update next , but we'll see , I kinda have some things planned out for the incoming future so yeah , the next 2 months are gonna be crazy , thats for sure , but sadly I won't tell you why. Why ? It's pretty much a bunch of secrets all gathered up and ready to happen , but I just gotta pick the right time to initiate them. I'm not gonna give any hints whatsoever , so yeah , stay tuned in , maybe I'll drop a few teasers or something , I dunno haha ! But yeah , this has been the long awaited update and I'm finally glad to be able to put it out here for you guys to see. It took me such a long time to get everything in order , so please , if you like what you're seeing , keep visiting my thread ! That's all that I can say , so yeah... Ahh I think I've said this around 3 times already , but that's everything for now , so yeah , stay stoked . I'll see ya guys next time , godspeed ! ✓-
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This post was edited by ErwinFenyvesi23 (2018-10-27 17:30, ago)