Been doin work

Well oilver has been making alot of posts lately but i haven't found time so much. Work and what not has kinda gotten in the way. But i am happy to say that i finally got my garage cleaned out and i am back to doing some long time work on the coupe that i have been putting off. Been working on the engine bay and trunk mainly. tucking wires and cleaning things up. Managed to finally relocate my battery. Here are a couple pics of the trunk

I'll be posting some future updates on my coupe within the next couple weeks

- Garrett

The GC8 Impreza

The GC8 Impreza never came in a STI trim in The United States. Instead we got a 2.5 litter naturally aspirated motor, and a version called the 2.5 RS. If I can remember correctly (I’m not a Subaru guy) the WRX, and STI versions, came with a 2.0 litter turbo, and in Japan the 2.5  N/A was never offered in any GC8 chassis. This car has been a long time favorite of mine. The styling is very aggressive, with the giant fog lights and the functional hood scoop, well, functional in the Japanese versions. This compact all wheel drive coupe is more at home on a gravel course than on the street in my opinion.
I’ve only driven one of these once, It was in high school and an older Japanese guy that I was in a band with had one. He let me drive it around the block once, but i didn’t really get a feel for the car. I wish I could have taken it on a mountain road. The GC8 Impreza is on my list of cars to own. One day, one day.
-Oliver

I Have Too Many Blogs.

So I meant to update this blog Tuesday as to why I wasn't going to the Sonoma drift event. I wrote it out and posted it but it was to the wrong blog. I'm such a ditz. If your interested in that blog entry its here. It wouldn't make sense to post it because I'm talking about this past wednesday in the entry.
-Oliver

All Business Life

So me and The Crew rolled  out to the Vallejo meet again this last Wednesday. There wasn't as much as a turnout as last week, I'm guessing because it was so cold. So, next week Wednesday there's a big car show/ drift demo at Infinion raceway in Sonoma. All proceeds will be benefiting relief for those who need it in Japan. Check it out here:

 

Our very own Stephen and Garratt were approached to be in the show last night. That's always nice.

After the meet we headed to Starbucks to get some coffee, then to 7-eleven to get some doughnuts and then back to Garratts house. We hung out in his garage and talked about the show next week and plans for our cars and stuff like that. Then the guys busted out their bikes and started getting a little crazy. I recorded some of it:

Always good times with those guys. Look out for coverage of the Sonoma drift exhibition next week. It should be pretty exciting.
 -Oliver

C.R.E.A.M Meet

So I went out to the cream meet in Vallejo tonight and I must say it was pretty dope. saw a lot of cool cars. Saw a legit JDM right hand drive all original EK3. It was a VTI model, witch is like the economy model. The guy was telling me that on the highway the 4th cylinder turns off so he gets ridiculously good gas mileage. That was pretty cool. There were a large variety of cars. and the parking lot actually got pretty packed. As I was leaving I saw a very familiar car parked next to mine. It was my old Miata, and it looked pretty good. That was kind of triply but it was pretty cool lol. If you're anywhere near Vallejo you should check it out. Hit up TheCreamLife.com For more info

-Oliver

Finally A Welded Diff

So if you've been reading then you know that I tried to get a welded diff but then ended up failing because I got the wrong diff bla bla bla.

So I came down to So-Cal and I knew that I could get it done here. I asked around and actually got sent the direction of a friend of mine. My friend Kristian works at SP Engineering, builds motors, and is all around a very knowledgeable and great guy. He told me that he had a shop with a few friends, and that he actually had an s14 diff that had been welded. Last night I brought my car over to his shop and he, and his friends hooked me up.

 










That's Kristina in the Snap-on jacket and his buddies working on my car.  So now may car is pretty much ready for motorsport action. I plan on hitting up some autocross in Santa Rosa ans Some drift events pretty soon.
-Oliver

David Is Back!

So my friend David (Martinez) is back from Japan! I'm so glad he actually missed the earthquake by a day! He is so lucky. Anyways, I went to go visit him and to go see how his cars are doing. he told me that he plans on bringing his Ej1 out to Eibach! Hopefully I'll b able to make it to Eibach this years along with most of the crew. He also showed me a lot of parts he ordered for his E30. He ordered a few bracing pieces and a few things to tidy up his car. After recently making some upgrades to my car i asked David to drive my car and give me an impression/ pointers. We took my s14 to a local canyon road and David took it through the paces. I got some good feedback from him and its strange but whenever he drives my cars and takes them to the limit, or close to the limit, I end up driving my car faster. After that we ended up just chillin and going out to eat. Good Times with a good friend.
-Oliver