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Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 March 2012
For the lazy...
Here's a snippet of what you will find on my Flickr here
It's being constantly updated so keep checking back. I think I uploaded 1GB of photos today!
It's being constantly updated so keep checking back. I think I uploaded 1GB of photos today!
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Japan Pt. 1
Moshi moshi,
Hello errybody! It is day 3 of 14 in Japan (afterwards I'm headed back into China for family) and I'm really enjoying it here in Japan. The photos I'm uploading will be a bit hit-n-miss in terms of the quality because I've not got the time to properly go through them and I'm really uploading them not for artistic sake but so you guys can all see what I've seen (at least a glimpse of it). So all these images are straight out of the camera with no editing whatsoever.
Last 2 days, I spent in Tokyo with my family. It was a real blur, thankfully we had a local friend who gave us some well needed pointers (although my dad spends about 20% of his year in Japan, his Japanese is pretty poor still) and directions. However, I was really taken aback by the similarities of the Chinese and Japanese language in terms of written characters; the advantages of that was I could understand the gist of advertisements, billboards, news headings, even some food menus without being able to speak one bit of Japanese (although I've picked up some basic etiquette language).
Tokyo briefly - LOUD NOISES. Holy heck, if you're on the wrong side of the walkway/elevator/escalator/path you're bound to get bowled over or nudged aside roughly by rushing businessmen/women/girls/boys/grandmas. It definitely is far more upbeat and hectic than back in NZ - you'd seldom see such need to move quickly. Apart from that, it's one cool city - there is a two-tier system for public transport (buses are not used so much but still around for short trips due to heavy traffic) where reliance upon the railway is prevalent. There is the JR which is like your normal train, but actually on time and working (TranzMetro/Kiwi Rail Wellington take note), this gets you around to pretty much wherever you wanna go and it's actually quite easy to navigate. I've forgotten to take a few pictures of the stations, they are quite cool because you simply buy a ticket by working out from where you are to how far you're travelling (that determines your cost) then you take the ticket put it through the reader machine and hold onto it for the duration then when you exit at your stop you put your ticket through the reader again and you're done. If you've not paid enough, it'll reject you and you'll have to go to fares correction machines which means you have to top up 'x' amount to get out, but no refunds if you get out earlier.
Money - that's the other scary thing. Everything is in such massive numbers - eat lunch 2500Yen, that's ~$43NZD. However, just totally from a number's view, it's really, really, really massive. I don't think I'll ever been able to come to terms with it.
Food - EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH TO EAT. Oh my god, you would not believe the food here. Don't question it - just eat it.
Currently, I'm in Nagoya City - which is about 2 hours south of Tokyo via bullet train (think distance of Auckland to Wellington!). I prefer it here than to Tokyo because there is definitely more space and not as hectic as it was in Tokyo.
My brain is really fried, it is 11:35pm here and I'm tired! Plenty more photos on my Flickr! and the facebook page, so stay tuned. I apologise for the lack of car-related content, I do have some exciting news on that end of things :)
Yemo
Hello errybody! It is day 3 of 14 in Japan (afterwards I'm headed back into China for family) and I'm really enjoying it here in Japan. The photos I'm uploading will be a bit hit-n-miss in terms of the quality because I've not got the time to properly go through them and I'm really uploading them not for artistic sake but so you guys can all see what I've seen (at least a glimpse of it). So all these images are straight out of the camera with no editing whatsoever.
Last 2 days, I spent in Tokyo with my family. It was a real blur, thankfully we had a local friend who gave us some well needed pointers (although my dad spends about 20% of his year in Japan, his Japanese is pretty poor still) and directions. However, I was really taken aback by the similarities of the Chinese and Japanese language in terms of written characters; the advantages of that was I could understand the gist of advertisements, billboards, news headings, even some food menus without being able to speak one bit of Japanese (although I've picked up some basic etiquette language).
Tokyo briefly - LOUD NOISES. Holy heck, if you're on the wrong side of the walkway/elevator/escalator/path you're bound to get bowled over or nudged aside roughly by rushing businessmen/women/girls/boys/grandmas. It definitely is far more upbeat and hectic than back in NZ - you'd seldom see such need to move quickly. Apart from that, it's one cool city - there is a two-tier system for public transport (buses are not used so much but still around for short trips due to heavy traffic) where reliance upon the railway is prevalent. There is the JR which is like your normal train, but actually on time and working (TranzMetro/Kiwi Rail Wellington take note), this gets you around to pretty much wherever you wanna go and it's actually quite easy to navigate. I've forgotten to take a few pictures of the stations, they are quite cool because you simply buy a ticket by working out from where you are to how far you're travelling (that determines your cost) then you take the ticket put it through the reader machine and hold onto it for the duration then when you exit at your stop you put your ticket through the reader again and you're done. If you've not paid enough, it'll reject you and you'll have to go to fares correction machines which means you have to top up 'x' amount to get out, but no refunds if you get out earlier.Money - that's the other scary thing. Everything is in such massive numbers - eat lunch 2500Yen, that's ~$43NZD. However, just totally from a number's view, it's really, really, really massive. I don't think I'll ever been able to come to terms with it.
Food - EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH TO EAT. Oh my god, you would not believe the food here. Don't question it - just eat it.Currently, I'm in Nagoya City - which is about 2 hours south of Tokyo via bullet train (think distance of Auckland to Wellington!). I prefer it here than to Tokyo because there is definitely more space and not as hectic as it was in Tokyo.
My brain is really fried, it is 11:35pm here and I'm tired! Plenty more photos on my Flickr! and the facebook page, so stay tuned. I apologise for the lack of car-related content, I do have some exciting news on that end of things :)
Yemo
Sunday, 13 November 2011
1 Week!
A week from now, I shall be in Japan! Keep your eyes peeled on the FB page and here for pics and writeups as I get a chance to do em :)
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Insight into the 180SX
During the down time, with my time being spent on study (and procrastinating) I thought I'd give a bit of an insight into the plans for my car.
Thus far, it's pretty standard, doesn't have a lot on paper except upped boost (14.7psi via Greddy Profec B Spec 2) and a full 3" Blitz Exhaust (with an RS*R 3" downpipe). Doesn't even feature a front mount intercooler! Obviously the wheels (18" TE37 replicas with 25mm/15mm front and rear respectively) and Tein suspension has it sitting the way it does now.
So the plans for the car are as follows:
- Tomei Rocker Arm stoppers
- High volume baffled sump for track
- Adjustable castor, camber and toe
- Bride seats
- Bride interior fabric for door cards and glove box
- New headunit, speakers, amp and sub.
- BorgWarner EFR 6758 Turbo - Click for more details! I've decided to choose the EFR because 1) it's quite an amazing turbo from what I've seen and heard. It runs an advanced design which has an internal BOV and internal wastegate that arguably give me a better setup and response.
- Sinco Manifold - 6boost copies but locally made and just as good.
- HDi Front Mount Intercooler - Just as good as entry level GReddy/Trust kits, but half the price
- Injector Dynamics ID1000 Injectors - Never enough fuel, if E85 becomes more available, I'll switch to an E85 tune.
- Link G4 plug and play - obvious reason is obvious! For the international readers, Link is a local company which produces a standalone aftermarket ECU which is up there with some of the best like Haltech in my opinion.
- Kelford 272/264 in/ex cams - would like feedback upon this. I would like my car to be able to be driven relatively easily, so I dunno if I should go 264/264, 272/264 or 272/272.
- Walbro 255 or Bosch 040 in-line - Can't justify an external setup at this stage.
- 4pot/2pot + 5 stud conversion
Parts bought so far:
- New Gearknob: Blox Limited Edition 490 24K Gold
- Bride Material
- Adjustable Castor arms
Probably going "wtf?!" none of that makes me go faster. Yeah, you're right. I bought them when I had brain explosions (except the arms which I needed to replace the OEM ones which were busted.)
Fast forward to this week
I've nutted out most of the niggly issues out of the 180, next step is the power and move to turn the car into something more track friendly and less road friendly (not that it wasn't road unfriendly enough as it is with it's stupidly stiff ride). The leaning out and detonation is the fuel pump whining at 6000rpm+ (I couldn't hear it when I was on the track because I had the helmet on) at 15psi.
Whilst I'm in Japan, I'm gonna try and pick up more useless shit, like cup holders, stickers, bubble shifters etc. A set of gauges would definitely go down a treat :)
Blog post isn't complete without some pics :D
Peace out
Thus far, it's pretty standard, doesn't have a lot on paper except upped boost (14.7psi via Greddy Profec B Spec 2) and a full 3" Blitz Exhaust (with an RS*R 3" downpipe). Doesn't even feature a front mount intercooler! Obviously the wheels (18" TE37 replicas with 25mm/15mm front and rear respectively) and Tein suspension has it sitting the way it does now.
So the plans for the car are as follows:
- Tomei Rocker Arm stoppers
- High volume baffled sump for track
- Adjustable castor, camber and toe
- Bride seats
- Bride interior fabric for door cards and glove box
- New headunit, speakers, amp and sub.
- BorgWarner EFR 6758 Turbo - Click for more details! I've decided to choose the EFR because 1) it's quite an amazing turbo from what I've seen and heard. It runs an advanced design which has an internal BOV and internal wastegate that arguably give me a better setup and response.
- Sinco Manifold - 6boost copies but locally made and just as good.
- HDi Front Mount Intercooler - Just as good as entry level GReddy/Trust kits, but half the price
- Injector Dynamics ID1000 Injectors - Never enough fuel, if E85 becomes more available, I'll switch to an E85 tune.
- Link G4 plug and play - obvious reason is obvious! For the international readers, Link is a local company which produces a standalone aftermarket ECU which is up there with some of the best like Haltech in my opinion.
- Kelford 272/264 in/ex cams - would like feedback upon this. I would like my car to be able to be driven relatively easily, so I dunno if I should go 264/264, 272/264 or 272/272.
- Walbro 255 or Bosch 040 in-line - Can't justify an external setup at this stage.
- 4pot/2pot + 5 stud conversion
Parts bought so far:
- New Gearknob: Blox Limited Edition 490 24K Gold
Probably going "wtf?!" none of that makes me go faster. Yeah, you're right. I bought them when I had brain explosions (except the arms which I needed to replace the OEM ones which were busted.)
Fast forward to this week
I've nutted out most of the niggly issues out of the 180, next step is the power and move to turn the car into something more track friendly and less road friendly (not that it wasn't road unfriendly enough as it is with it's stupidly stiff ride). The leaning out and detonation is the fuel pump whining at 6000rpm+ (I couldn't hear it when I was on the track because I had the helmet on) at 15psi.
Whilst I'm in Japan, I'm gonna try and pick up more useless shit, like cup holders, stickers, bubble shifters etc. A set of gauges would definitely go down a treat :)
Blog post isn't complete without some pics :D
Peace out
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