Author Archives: Garth Ivers

All AE86 Drift Comp

July 14, 2009 in Events by

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A couple of weeks back, the norcal AE86 guys got together (with the assistance of many, including Drift Social) for a day of fun and drifting. Lots of prizes and what seems flawless organisation the day made it a huge success. This quote from forum member MayanWarrior really tells you what these local AE86 meets are all about:

Me and ma lady, Elysha, will definitely remember this day for the rest of our lives. This really brought back a lot of great 86 culture memories. Everyone is so awesome! I’m so glad the media and popularity of these little slide buckets hasn’t changed the attitude of the Corolla owner at all.

Hell yeah! Check out the event threads here and here and the Picasa album (sorted by car number) here.

Deutschland Destruction

July 13, 2009 in Videos by

Pretty interesting video made by some German hachiroku maniacs of them drifting and cruising around the local touge in Wiesbaden, Germany. Impressive video editing and a really cool ‘Top Gear’ style clip!

Stick-Up Kids

July 10, 2009 in Random by

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The characters read “ハチロク魂” or “hachiroku damashii”, which means “the soul of hachiroku”. Thanks Alexi. Do any of you guys have a prized possession sticker? i can remember being pretty proud of my J-blood stickers that came with my carbon hood all those years ago. Hit up the comments and share!

A Little ’86 Trivia: Levin Rotating Grille

July 8, 2009 in AE86 History, Parts & Accessories by

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AEU86 admin (and all-round JDM freak!) Banpei has a great FAQ style article on one of those wacky AE86 optional extras: the Levin rotating grille! If you simply HAVE to know about everything ’86 (and I’d like to think you all do!) then head over there and check it out!

And Now For Something Completely Different!

July 7, 2009 in Videos by

The AE86 Swiss Team at the Slalom de Bière ! At what seems to be a rallycross time-attack style tarmac event, this intrepid bunch of Toyota heads all got into their cars and drove their asses off. Check them out @ www.ae86.all-up.com (French language only)

Joe Manji Madness

July 3, 2009 in Videos by

Awesome coverage of AE86’s at the Joe Manji event in New Zealand!

Forza Virtual ’86 Club

July 2, 2009 in Random by

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The allure of the ’86 runs deep for a lot of us – even those who don’t own physical AE86s of their own!!

The Forza Motorsport forums (for the XBOX360 game of the same name) have a dedicated tribe of users who meet up ‘in-game’ in their customised hachi rokus to compare mods, talk shop and race their creations – not all that much different to us ‘real lifers’ i guess?

If you’re a HR follower and want to get in on the action check out their official thread and while you’re at it leave your gamer id in our blog comments and get some HR friends to join in with you!

New Wallpapers Up!

July 1, 2009 in Random by

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It’s been way too long since our last set of wallpapers but today we return with Goto-san’s missle hachiroku’s engine bay in all its rippled and rusty glory and Kazuya from Himawari Racing in his hot pink kouki Trueno coupe in the pits and in action on the track. All pictures courtesy of Alexi at Noriyaro, of course.

Get ’em on the downloads page now!

Idlers Games AE86 Race Final

June 30, 2009 in Videos by

We are riding along with HR favorite Tsutomu Suzuki again driving his Cashiew Trueno #121 in the Idlers Games AE86 One Make Race at Tsukuba.

Hibino Takes Podium @ D1GP Okayama…

June 29, 2009 in Events by

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…on the top step alongside Daigo Saito for equal first place?! It was an interesting final for Saturday’s D1GP 2009 Round 3 event at Okayama International Circuit with both drivers punishing their cars in their battle for victory, destroying them in the process.

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