Takumi's Rants and Stuff

Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:35 p.m.

School's FINALLY out. Man, this is a huge relief. I finished up my final project last night in record time. It only took me a measly 4 hours. Well, 6, since I went out to Kinko's, ate something twice, went online, and whatever. My teacher loved my design. I'll scan it whenever I damn well feel like it. Trust me, it's dope. :P I fucked up my in-class final though. I was stupid enough to forget to bring my damn paints, brushes, and palette. I had to borrow Nick's paints and buy a cheap little palette, which was a piece of shit to begin with. I painted my primary and it's complimentary color perfectly. It's just that I fucked up on the tertiary colors. The primary color I painted was yellow, then it's complimentary color, which was violet. Then the tertiary colors I chose were red-violet and yellow-green. My brush was kinda dirty, so I fucked up the yellow-green a little bit and it dulled out. The red-violet was a bitch because it either came out too blue or too red. Now I needed a midtone. I had to mix both tertiary colors with an even amount of both in order to get a neutral color. Anyway, I could have finished that shit in under 45 minutes if I brought my stuff with me. Oh well, shit happens, it's done now and I passed Color & Design.

I read the Velocity Racing Team page again. I was just checking out the mods they had on their rides since I was curious how much power they're putting out. Damn, they were putting out mad horsepower with simple bolt-ons, ECU tweaking, and boost controllers. Now I'm really tempted to get a 240SX and dump an SR20DET into it. They've got a 180SX putting out 290ps (around 270HP? I dunno). Anyway, it's phat. There's another 180SX in that squad putting out 345ps. Man had an A'PEXi GT-R intercooler, HKS intake, 5-Zigen exhaust, a Mines ECU, and a Skyline GT-R fuel pump. Alright, I know some of you have been hearing that I want a 240SX and "probably" wondered what would go in it. Let's see what Holland's own SR20DET powered Nissan would have, shall we?

Engine:
SR20DET
A'PEXi N1 exhaust
A'PEXi intake
A'PEXi front mounted intercooler
300ZX TT fuel pump
Blitz Super Sound blow-off valve
Jim Wolf tuned ECU
Kaaz limited-slip differential

Suspension:
RS*R down springs
Tokico Illumina adjustable shocks (the whites!)
Cusco front strut bar
ST Anti-sway bars
Ingalls camber kit
17" 5-Zigen Corpse wheels
205/45/17 Yokohama Parada tires

Inside:
Autometer gauge pillar cluster (air/fuel ratio, boost, water temp)
Autometer shift light
HKS turbo timer
HKS boost controller
Driver's side racing seat (Sparco, Corbeau, Recaro, whatever)
Razo shift knob and pedals
Broadway wide mirror

Outside:
89-91 Silvia K's front end conversion (w/ projector lights and amber bumper signals)
Bomex rear wangan spoiler
Pearl white paint job
Amber side marker lights
'97 180SX taillights with a center panel

There you have it. That's my "ideal" basic setup for a nice looking Sileighty. There ain't no rice here. It's a true riceboy killer, that's for sure. It'll turn "some" heads, but compared to the other fixed-up cars out there, it looks pretty tame.