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Now where things took a turn if you want to call it that. As I said, I had always planned on putting in a 1jz-gte VVTi so that I can move the parts all over from this car to the next with little to no downtime. I had a line on a 1jz-gte VVTi with r154 and some other goodies, The bad is I was told it had low compression so the guy parted the car and just wanted to make some money back. So deal was made, and I was on the way home with this guy. only thing that bothered me is when I showed up I asked where the coil packs are and the guy then let slip that the engine overheated and melted the coil packs. Oh well with the parts I got extra on the engine, I can sell it all and make some money. So leakdown and compression were crap on the 3rd cylinder, Time for a tear down.... well that explains it, the engine got so hot it began to thermal seize. No fun but that means the block is useless. New plan was to send the head out and have it checked over to see if it was still usable. M&M got back with me a few weeks later saying the head was in good shape still and they can get it back to 100%. I decided might as well do it and find a new bottom end. While they had the head I had then install some GSC Ti springs and retainers since it was out. after searching for a new block and striking out I decided to just go back to my roots and go 1.5jz. a 1.5jz is a 2jz block with a 1jz head. as soon as I turned my focus to this I immediately found a IS300 block that for $300. So fast forward because no one cares, block got sent out, Thanks to Alex L he gave me a set of 2jz-gte rods and pistons and I put those in the block. The engine now is 2jz-ge block 2jz-gte rods and pistons Kings race main bearings Kings race rod bearings Kings race thrustwasher ARP main studs ARP rod studs ARP head studs Accelerated performance oil pump OEM 1jz-gte head gasket Real Street Billet tensioner Gates Racing timing belt Fuel injector clinic 1000cc injectors Radium engineering fuel rail Radium engineering MPR fuel regulator Tomei cam gear BC 264 cams GSC Ti spring and retainer 1nz coil packs Blitz K1-380v turbo ATI Dampner custom J-pipe delete Finished state with the horrible valve cover. New OEM cam gear cover from japan. Ill get more pictures later, its got more finished but basically it is waiting for a harness and Haltech Elite 2000

Now that the car is here, Time to get to fixing and making my changes. so as you can tell, the paint is trashed and the bumper is messed up. Not a big deal, I planned on fixing it anyway, I guess its time to fix that and modify. Good friends of mine are the US distributor to Car Modify wonder which is the kit I have been wanting for the longest time. As of December of 2017, I placed an order for CMW drop vent hood, CMW Shadow line bumper, side skirts, rear bumper and I also ordered the +25mm vented fenders. All said and done, it will look like this. plan will be to go dark green metallic with a black roof, A/C pillars. I also ordered Ganador mirrors and plan to order a URAS low mount spoiler and roof spoiler. This should give it the sleek low look im after. Onto wheels, I ended up ordering a set of Work T7r wheels, 18x9.5 and 18x10.5 respectively.

and now to this weekend. After much of the learning of importation process and over a month of shipping from Tokyo to Texas and getting the car.. she is finally here. Fresh sitting in port waiting for paperwork to be finished so I can load it up. Finally loaded and out of port for the long journey home. Lastly, Finally home, this was on last sunday. I didn't get to do much with it since I need an out of state inspection before I can get a title and plates.

Fast foward now to November of 2017, My wife and I flew out to japan for two weeks, one week to explore Tokyo and the second week to Ebisu to drive my car. In getting there though I focused on getting the car up to ready to drift. This included adding a LSD to the rear, changing the front wheels to something sticker than the crap tires on front, adding a seat, and changing the steering wheel. once this was done it was time to go out. I spend the first day just having some fun being careful but by the end I was going full bore and having a bunch of fun! After a few changes Video of finally doing North Course in full fashion. This is the first run that I did the full entry. Its hard to see but the first corner is a blind entry over a hill straight into a wall, off that take the corner wide, avoid outside dirt drops as it was a 1 foot drop, dont go to far inside at the apex again another dirt drop that can rip off a wheel, power through being careful to not over extend and back through. Untitled by Patrick Farkas, on Flickr I didnt take much photos or videos, the videos I did do were basicly all on North course and the sound is bad so I havent posted them.

So after quite a long time of being with out a "fun" car I am finally back into something I said I wanted to get after the SC300. The SC was a fun car but I did over build it for what I wanted to do. This MarkII is going to be different but yea im already on track to do alot more than planned. The Toyota Mark II Jzx90 I purchased in May of 2017 from Power Vehicles at Ebisu circuit in Japan. I have always wanted to go to Ebisu and do a bit of driving on the 5 circuits and used this as an excuse to make this a reality and drive my own car on the tracks. So the Jzx90 itself is a 1993 Green Mark II Tourer V which means it comes with a 1jz-gte twin turbo, 5 speed r154, and is rear wheel drive. The one I purchased was an auto chassis that was converted to manual which I am fine with since its body is in quite good shape minus a few dents and decently low miles. When I purchased the car it had 129,000 kms on it and had some mods. For those that are not aware, Power Vehicles is a performance workshop based out of Ebisu circuit in japan. Their entire business model is supplying vehicles to individuals to drift at Ebisu. If an individual decides to keep the car then PV will store it for you and do the maintenance. On top of sourcing vehicles, they also modify at customer request and even build championship wining cars for customers. The Jzx90 will be a stop gap really until I can import a Toyota Chaser JZX100 in 5 years once they will be legal. The plan is to have some fun with the JZX90 and anything I do can transfer over to the JZX100, With that said the 100 has a 1jz VVTI which the 90 has only a 1jz non VVTi The plan on this was to just swap. anyways here it is when I bought it, ORC Super Single Clutch Aftermarket Air Cleaner Greddy Metal Upper Rad Pipe Front Mounted Intercooler Kit 17” Alloy Wheels 7J + 45 Greddy Full Tap Coilovers Trust Front Pipe Decat Pipe Blitz NUR Spec Exhaust Aftermarket Steering wheel

Still have these if anyone is looking for a quick gaming monitor

Congrats Derek, I used to see that BBQ trailer sitting at some dudes house and always wondered about it. I guess now I know more!

I was hoping to get something with tread on it if possible.

but then you just paid 26k for a Chrysler....

Honestly I kinda agree. Ever since I upgraded my TV to a 4k OLED UHD TV I don't like going to theater because I get a much better picture at home, while being much more comfortable and not having ear piercing loud sound.

I really need to contact him once my Mark II shows up since its got a gnarly dent in the door I want fixed.

un popular opinion because that dude does some crazy work and its amazing the body he built out of metal, but the dude comes off as a try hard or just doing it to get all the attention. Maby its just me though.

Personally I do, just gives a bigger immersion. VR has a long way to go for sure but it is definitely do able. Main issue is the screen door effect and dealing with distance but once you get used to it its not that big of a deal. I was running these in surround mode 7680x1440 at 144hz with gsync and it was really nice but it was still missing the head movement and realism. The car is a fictional car in Live For Speed kinda a mix of a bunch of different cars.

Thanks bud! I actually dont have many photos of the mini ITX completed but that one I built almost all the cables in the case myself. The big tower was my first go around and I would have never thought there is that much that goes into building cable. The entire case has a aquaero 6xt controlling all the fans and waterpump. Ive got temperature probes on most the fittings which the controller will regulate the speed of the fans and speed of the water pump based on the water temp to CPU/GPU temp to keep them in a happy medium all while keeping everything as close to silent as possible.

As the title states, I have two, well actually three if some one wanted all three, Dell s2716dg 1440p 144hz monitors. These monitors are 27" aQHD 2560 x 1440 at 144 Hz TN panels. More info can be found: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-27-gaming-monitor-s2716dg/apd/210-agjr/monitors-monitor-accessories I am selling because I went to VR on my racing sim and dont use all three monitors anymore. If some one wants all three I can negotiate that and I can also throw in the monitor stand I built for a little bit more if some one wanted it for racing sim use. I purchased these 1/20/17 for $520 each. All monitors work well and are Rev04 which is the best ones to get as they have the least defects. There are no scratches or dead pixels on the monitors. I am asking CR price $325 FIRM for each, all monitors have the original boxes and monitor stands. I will also include a display port cable. If you want all both or all three please shoot me a message, Ill take a bit less if you take more than one.

Quoting Brian again, Also this ^

Reading as well.

That color looks awesome on that car.

Does anyone have any 235/40/18 and 245/40/18 laying around?

can we just close this poll now and give it to doc?

I know you just got that seat but if you ever want to sell it let me know

also agreed that hydrographics is gaudy. ive never seen a dipped part and thought wow that looks good!

agreed with what others have said, do not put that contingency on there because most will just ignore it and move to the next offer. Houses these days are stupid. people are putting up their literal shit house for 50k more than it should be.

I would only buy those if I had a vehicle that was off-road only and all it did was wheeling.

Over the weekend my dad and I did some small quick work so I can begin doing some prep to sell my condo to move. First was wainscoting and chair rail in the laundry room. Not hugely visible with the washer and dryer in place but honestly it seems like a huge improvement to me. I really want to take down the wire shelving and replace it with cabinets and what not but im not really wanting to put that much into it. Next project was dealing with some dead space in the kitchen, lack of storage and counter top. We ended up grabing some cabinets removing the base and adding legs and putting on a butcher block top. Still not stained but that will happen next week I hope. Next major project will be painting the garage, sanding and painting the trim and doors then probably remove that fan in the kitchen and replace with something else.