Japan and Altezza

Here are some photos from around Japan and of my Altezza. Enjoy.

Naruto Skyline

5 times to the Naruto Skyline in 4 days.. Amazing.. I was finally able to reach 160km/h in this orange and red beast. It is very different car compared to my 240sx back in the states.. more practice is needed.

Chicken Chops, Good Times, and Wet Servos

Last night, Kigu, a local RC Car shop owner, and I headed out for some food at a local Katsu place in Anan City. I'm really not sure of the name, but the food is pretty tasty. You can't beat an extremely large fresh, not frozen, fried chicken chop with a salad, and more Japanese BBQ chicken on the side. After the katsu headed over to Mos Burger, grabbed some drinks there, then off to the book store. I really must say, Japanese books stores are pretty amazing. But, the don't carry older books, only the newest of the new..

This morning, I changed my front diff in my TT-01D RC car.. I decide to go out side and test it. The rain was poring, but I thought it would be ... okay. After ten mins, the car shorted out and I believe I may have fried the servo, receiver, and amp... I'll find out tomorrow. ... Tomorrow there is a Drift RC Race... We will see..

Sean

Mount Bizan, Two Patrol Cars, and Three Yanki Mammas

After a long work day, an even longer dinner with my wife, I took the longer, out of the way home last night and headed up to the Bizan Parkway for an uphill climb followed by a downhill run. Bizan Parkway is the roadway through Mount Bizan in Tokushima. It stops at the top with a parking lot, a small park with few points over the city, and a hotel. I believe it has three access/exit roads. The access road I use is lined by hourly rate hotels and one amazing high speed section of hairpins. There is a downside and a upside to this mountain. I'll start with the upside. After 10:00pm, there is no charge, there are very few people, if any, walking or biking on this parkway at that time of night, and you may see a few naked girls in their cars with bleached blond hair and Way too much make up on. The downside...It is a know place for high speed hill climbing and the police will show up. This makes it difficult to use the full RPM range on a car if it has a straight through muffler...... Although I have a loud muffler, I still headed up hill for a slow drive to study the course. After that, I went down hill slightly faster in neutral to get a feel for the course at a higher speed and headed home. As soon as I left the mountain, I saw two patrol cars head up there... I left just in time. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the mountain or the drive. But, I here are a few pics of the car that was used. A 1999? Toyota Altezza RS200 Z. It's fast, but it is still a boat compared to my old 240sx.