Showing posts with label silvia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silvia. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2012

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/

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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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".