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Tsuchiya’s FC

The legendary white AE86 and the NSX are just to name a few that are well known to be in Tsuchiya’s garage. However few may know that one of dori dori’s first race cars was a Mazda RX-7 FC3s. Tsuchiya campaigned the car at the JSS (Japan Super Sport Sedan championship) in the mid to late eighties. …

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Kiddie Hybrid?

As kids we all day dreamed of someday being able to drive a car. Paul Leduc is one of those  kids at heart. Taking a turbo-charged Dodge Colt,  he cut off the top and sculpted a bumper car body over the original one, using foam, steel and Fiberglas. A half-inch-thick strip of rubber was donated and became …

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SSR’s Racing Heritage

In 1971 SSR released the first 3 piece wheel, the MK1. Aluminum wheels were in high demand and resulted in the creation of JWL (Japan Light Alloy Wheel) Certification in 1973. The Japanese Government incorporates this certification on aluminum wheels to improve quality and safety. JWL certification involves testing impact strength and endurance strength. SSR wheels …

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Big Wheel Stunna!

Modified big wheels that can do touge!! Looks dangerous, but so is your suicide set-up on your fixed gear bicycle. Happy skidding and please wear a helmet and shoes. From your friends at Tanabe/SSR Wheels/ More-Japan.   Related Images:

A Visit to the Rough World – RWB

Our good friend, JGlaze.com from Thailand visitted RWB in Japan few weeks ago.  Thanks to Mr. Warong S. from JGlaze (Thailand) for sending us these pictures. Related Images:

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Super Gran Turismo!

Flashback, California Motor Speedway 2004. JGTC (All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship) currently known as Super GT held it’s first inaugural race in the United States reaching a domestic audience of about 60,000 spectators. From Dec. 18th-19th the race was held as an exhibition All-Star Race set aside from the actual series schedule and championship. The G’Zox SSR Hasemi Fairlady …

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Furious Shifting yo!

Here’s a little montage of all of the Fast and Furious movies’ shifting all rolled into one little video…. makes you ask yourself why do they seem to have a 15 spd transmission and why are the quarter mile races taking 5 minutes? http://youtu.be/5mY0ji1otH8 -D. Related Images:

Hair Washing Robot?

It’s nice to see new innovations as our technologies advance. Panasonic developed a hair washing robot that has 24 fingers, 16 which are split between two arms and 8 for the back of the scalp, that automatically scan your head to determine the correct amount of pressure applied to the scalp when shampooing and washing …

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It’s so HUGE: 145-inch Ultra HD Plasma Display

We here at More-Japan like things BIG. I mean, who doesn’t like big things? The current trend in consumer technology is to make things smaller, more compact & portable, but packed with more features. So when news came out about NHK & Panasonic revealing its new 145-inch Ultra High Definition Plasma display we were surprised …

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Motion Auto Show People’s Choice Award

Motion Auto Show Industry Awards Presented by NOS Energy Drink Vote for your favorite Industry Manufacturer. We will be compiling all votes and the winner will take home the first ever Motion Auto Show & Expo Peoples Choice Award, Presented by NOS Energy Drink. Vote for your favorite Manufacture For more details to vote visit: …

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