Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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.
1993–1995 Toyota Supra

Friday, May 18, 2012

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

Monday, May 14, 2012

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".