Shaken or Japanese car inspections.

        The inspection system is in place to ensure that vehicles on Japanese roads are properly maintained and are safe to be on the road. Another reason is to determine if a vehicle has been illegally modified. Illegally modified vehicles and vehicles deemed unsafe by police will have a red sticker and the date the vehicle was declared not fit to be on the street. Before a test can be administered on a vehicle the owner of the vehicle must call up a shaken center and make an appointment by phone after which the owner must fill out paper work at the center. The cost for the shaken is broken up as follows yen1,400 or $18 for paperwork and processing, yen 25,200 $325 for the testing, yen29,780 $380 for 24 months of being valid, yen 8,090 $104 for the Recycling Department with fees being added depending on the vehicle and its intended use which would be business, personal or commercial. A typical shaken costs between yen 100,000 $1,285 and yen 200,000. $2,571 If the vehicle is in good condition with no mechanical problems, the shaken costs about yen 60,000 $770 for small cars includes 2 years of compulsory auto insurance. The higher costs are for regular automobiles. An initial inspection occurs at the vehicle's first registration and renewal inspections must then take place at prescribed intervals thereafter. Personal cars and 2 wheeled motorcycles have the first shaken last 3 years with every 2 years requiring a new shaken. Personal light trucks they must have a shaken done every 2 years. Personal trucks have the first shaken last 2 years with every year requiring a new shaken. Business cars require a shaken every year. Special vehicles require a shaken every 2 years. Vehicles with engine displacement under 250 cc are exempt and therefore not required to undergo an inspection. Vehicles are classified by both displacement and the vehicle size. Cars under 10 years old may emit not more than 1% carbon monoxide, and not more than 300ppm unburned hydrocarbons. Cars older than 10 years may emit up to 4.5% carbon monoxide and up to 1200ppm unburned hydrocarbons. This emission standard is laid out in the Japanese Emission Standard legislation. High flow catalytic converters are allowed. All oxygen sensors must be in working order along with any oil catch tanks^. Exhaust noise is tested at a 45 degree angle, from the tailpipe outlet. Vehicles up to 10 years old may emit not more than 96 decibels older vehicles are allowed 103 decibels. As vehicles get older, maintaining them to the required standards can become expensive. Most Japanese do not get involved in mechanical repairs, and as a result, mechanics can charge high Vehicles which cannot pass inspection are not permitted on public roads. Unwanted vehicles must be exported or destroyed and recycled.  Japanese used vehicles are exported once it is no longer cost effective to keep them in service in Japan. Japanese used vehicle exporting is international trade involving the export of used cars and other vehicles from Japan to other markets around the world. Despite the high cost of transport, the sale of used cars and other vehicles to other countries is still profitable due to the relatively low cost and good condition of the vehicles being purchased. Contributing factors to the feasibility of such export include Japan's strict motor vehicle inspections and high depreciation which make such vehicles worth very little in Japan after six years, and strict environmental protection regulations that make vehicle disposal very expensive in Japan. Japan has very strict vehicle emission test standards.  Due to progressively increasing costs of passing the mandatory periodic vehicle inspection, cars are typically scrapped or exported for sale abroad by the time they're about 10 years old. Engines removed from scrapped vehicles are in some cases exported for sale outside of Japan.

 

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2022.html

http://www.japaninspectionservice.com/

http://www.navi.go.jp/english/index.html

Ae 86 toyota corolla

The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. In classic Toyota code, the A represents the engine that came in the car which was the 4A series, E represents the Corolla, 8 represents the fifth generation E80 series and 6 represents the variation within this generation. The Levin has fixed headlights and the Trueno has retractable headlights. The export model name Corolla covers both versions of the cars. The AE86  was a rear wheel drive, and is among the last rear drive cars of its type, at a time when most passenger cars were being switched to front drive.

Mazda Rx 7

The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car by the Japanese automaker Mazda. It was produced from 1978 to 2002. The original RX-7 had a 1146 cc twin rotor Wankel rotary engine, rear wheel drive layout. The RX-7 was a replacement for the RX-3 both were sold in Japan as the Savanna and eventually replaced all other Mazda rotary cars with the exception of the Cosmo. The original RX-7 was a sports car. The compact and lightweight Wankel engine rotary engine is located slightly behind the front axle, a configuration marketed by Mazda as front mid engine. It was offered as a two seat coupe, with optional  rear seats in Japan, Australia, the United States, and other parts of the world. These rear seats were marketed as a dealer installed option for the North American markets
http://www.edmunds.com/mazda/rx-7/

Drifting

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. A car is drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, to such an extent that the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa. As a motor sport, professional drifting competitions are held worldwide and are judged according to the speed, angle and line taken through a corner or set of corners.

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The Toyota supra

The Toyota Supra is a sports car that was produced by toyota from 1979 to 2002. The shape of the Toyota Supra came from the toyota celica, but it was longer and wider. Starting in the late 1980's the Supra in its third generation became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica. Toyota also stopped calling it the Celica supra and began just calling it Supra. Due to the similarity  of the Celicas name, it is mistaken for the Toyota Supra, as well as the Supra being mistaken for the celica.

Power limitations on cars by car manufacturers In The Japanese car market.

JDM cars were limited by a agreement among manufacturers to 280 horsepower  in 1988 and a top speed of 190 killometers per hour since the late 1970s, both imposed by "Jama", mostly because of safety concerns and  later because of  concerns regarding gangs. The horsepower limit was lifted in 2004. But the speed limit of 180 kilometers remains to this day depending on the make and model of vehicle. Many JDM sports cars have speedometers that only go up to 180 kilometers per hour, even though the car would be capable of much higher speeds if not for the limit that was imposed on them.  http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-60840.html

Jdm

JDM which stands for the Japanese domestic market includes many cars that never made it to america. These cars share allot of things such as the fact that they cannot be easily obtained in america because of Americas strict import laws, a car has to pass an emission test as well as a structural test before being able to be brought over and be legally registered since Japanese laws are less strict about these factors a person wanting a exotic car from Japan would have to modify it to meet the standards which usually result in having to downgrade most of the performance aspects of the vehicle which would result in an Americanized version of the JDM car.
Below is a Nissan Skyline R34 gtr probably themost popular because of the popular movie "2 fast 2 furious".