{"id":7302,"date":"2013-04-04T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testo.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2013-04-04T01:12:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T23:12:37","slug":"car-shopping-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/04\/car-shopping-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:de-->Car Shoping in Japan<!--:--><!--:en-->Car Shoping in Japan<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:de-->As you all might know we do have out first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/16\/speed-industries-drift-event-in-japan\/\">Japan drift experience<\/a> coming up in May and therefore we need some cars.<br \/>\nNow I do see cars from and in Japan everyday but it is not that easy to find that cherry on a budget.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Kazama-Lexus.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kazama Lexus\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nSo I was thinking about a nice D1SL car with some serious power and all the mods it could ever need.<br \/>\nBut what about the famous wall at Ebisu Minami?<br \/>\nAnd what about the budget?<br \/>\nWrong thoughts then, this would not work.<\/p>\n<p>Then I was thinking maybe something unorthodox, something no one has drifted before.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Boso.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Boso\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nWould we be gangster enough to drift a Boso machine?<br \/>\nThen I though about the extra short throttle, crazy aerodynamics and super wide wheels (must be a hassle to find tires)<br \/>\nSo nooooo that will also not work.<\/p>\n<p>Then all of a sudden I stumbled across a nice R34 Skyline sleeper.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/R34-4door-T88-2.8l-NOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"R34 4door T88, 2.8l, NOS\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nThis had a crazy list of mods:<br \/>\n2.8 rb26dett<br \/>\nT88 turbo<br \/>\nNos<br \/>\n-> lots of power<br \/>\nBut unfortunately also lots of JPY.<br \/>\nSo another no go.<\/p>\n<p>Right now as you read this I am carhunting at the auctions in Japan. Some candidates i found:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ps13-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ps13\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/C33-1024x483.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"C33\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/R32-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"R32\" width=\"598\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Which one do you like the most?<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s see what happens, I will keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>Should you also be interested in getting a proper car from Japan, then <a href=\"mailto: info@testo.speed-industries.ch\">let us know<\/a>. We can get you basically everything.<br \/>\n<!--:--><!--:en-->As you all might know we do have out first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/16\/speed-industries-drift-event-in-japan\/\">Japan drift experience<\/a> coming up in May and therefore we need some cars.<br \/>\nNow I do see cars from and in Japan everyday but it is not that easy to find that cherry on a budget.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Kazama-Lexus.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kazama Lexus\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nSo I was thinking about a nice D1SL car with some serious power and all the mods it could ever need.<br \/>\nBut what about the famous wall at Ebisu Minami?<br \/>\nAnd what about the budget?<br \/>\nWrong thoughts then, this would not work.<\/p>\n<p>Then I was thinking maybe something unorthodox, something no one has drifted before.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Boso.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Boso\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nWould we be gangster enough to drift a Boso machine?<br \/>\nThen I though about the extra short throttle, crazy aerodynamics and super wide wheels (must be a hassle to find tires)<br \/>\nSo nooooo that will also not work.<\/p>\n<p>Then all of a sudden I stumbled across a nice R34 Skyline sleeper.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/R34-4door-T88-2.8l-NOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"R34 4door T88, 2.8l, NOS\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\nThis had a crazy list of mods:<br \/>\n2.8 rb26dett<br \/>\nT88 turbo<br \/>\nNos<br \/>\n-> lots of power<br \/>\nBut unfortunately also lots of JPY.<br \/>\nSo another no go.<\/p>\n<p>Right now as you read this I am carhunting at the auctions in Japan. Some candidates i found:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ps13-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ps13\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/C33-1024x483.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"C33\" width=\"598\"  \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/R32-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"R32\" width=\"598\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Which one do you like the most?<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s see what happens, I will keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>Should you also be interested in getting a proper car from Japan, then <a href=\"mailto: info@testo.speed-industries.ch\">let us know<\/a>. We can get you basically everything.<br \/>\n<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--:de-->As you all might know we do have out first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/16\/speed-industries-drift-event-in-japan\/\">Japan drift experience<\/a> coming up in May and therefore we need some cars.<br \/>\nNow I do see cars from and in Japan everyday but it is not that easy to find that cherry on a budget.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Kazama-Lexus.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kazama Lexus\" width=\"598\"  \/><!--:--><!--:en-->As you all might know we do have out first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/16\/speed-industries-drift-event-in-japan\/\">Japan drift experience<\/a> coming up in May and therefore we need some cars.<br \/>\nNow I do see cars from and in Japan everyday but it is not that easy to find that cherry on a budget.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Kazama-Lexus.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kazama Lexus\" width=\"598\"  \/><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[410,43,66,77,169,132],"class_list":["post-7302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jdm","category-kommende_events","tag-car","tag-drift","tag-ebisu","tag-japan","tag-nissan","tag-toyota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speed-industries.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}