Aaaaaaand we're back. :) After a hiatus to refocus and re-energize I've decided to take NotSoStock on again but this time keep it as my own site and just let it live organically rather than try force it to be this or that. With that said, I decided to re-cut my teeth at this past weekend's CSCS event at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga. This event always seems to be somewhat rainy but it never really spoils the fun. Scroll on for plenty of pics, I even threw in some shots from the June event at the end just to ...
Well it's been a little while since I posted up, and that's because I've been busy shooting some new rides. Fear not. I'd never let a social life get in the way. I ran into Jay's stunning black M3 convertible at a meet earlier this spring and knew right away I had to shoot this car. That was as far as I got. His idea was to shoot downtown so the day we met up I figured ok, if he wants to rip his lip off trolling the pothole ridden streets of downtown Toronto, his game. Surprisingly, this car championed its ...
I've been waiting to post up about this GD series Impreza until it was unveiled on track for obvious reasons. While it did hit the track this past weekend the car is far from complete, and the guys at Can-Jam Motorsports have some huge plans for it still. Regardless, seeing this beast finally turn laps was really exciting and I'm sure truly satisfying for the team. I know they have been working literally around the clock to prepare the car for its first weekend - even if it was racing its first race ...
The BMW M1 is a car that went down in history as one of the rarest cars BMW ever produced. Another homologation special like the CSL 3.0, the M1 was built to allow BMW an entry into sports car racing. The race version of the car is so much more beautiful and aggressive than the road version in my view though, so I was thrilled to come across one that's not sitting in a museum, rather being raced at Mosport! A lot of this car looks like it's been replaced and upgraded over the years - ...
Or maybe the title should be "The Ultimate Driving Spaceship", or something equally descriptive. This is one of BMW Motorsports' most iconic racer cars. While it's been described by drivers as one of the least fun cars to drive, demanding constant attention, and punishing you if you lapse in focus; it truly is one of the coolest cars ever to see the track. Why "batmobile"? That should be fairly obvious. This was the first project built entirely by BMW Motorsport entirely, and resulted in like many of the best race cars, a homologation special race car. This was BMW's way of ...
It's pretty hard to walk around Tokyo without seeing some stunning JDM machinery, but a lot of it fits the same bill. I hate to admit it but even the R35 GTR's became pretty boring after a while. Now a 370Z is rarer in Japan still, and a Nismo edition is even rarer. Now take that car to Autech to fiddle with the engine and you have one VERY rare car indeed... When Nissan's own tuning arm wants to build a race-winning motor, they goto specialty tuning house Autech. With credits including the JGTC ...
A nice fat, wide set of tires have always been popular with the enthusiast crowd for obvious reasons. Even stretched tires have had their place in our hearts since the 60's and 70's (Countache and Stratos, anybody?). But the audacity to run these setups on a daily driven street car, let alone one engineered to run an OEM wheel & tire fitment nowhere near these specs has only really been around in this incarnation for the last few years. Add to this the fact that setting up a car like this to live a life ...
When hunting big game it's best to bring along a big gun. Which is why I felt entirely unmatched when I arrived at Daikoku PA outside Tokyo for the annual R34/35 meet not long ago. I had foolishly only brought two small lenses with me, no tripod, and was clammoring to shoot every GT-R I could get in front of my lens (and get some other curious enthusiast to move out of the way of). Let's take a look though at some of the more interesting GT-Rs that showed up... The first ride I happened upon was this stunningly clean white ...
Sometimes there's a definite plan or mod-route in mind when a serious project car is undertaken. Sometimes, there isn't a plan at all, and it's the result of years of evolution and tweaking and fiddling. Stephen's Honda falls into the latter category. Perhaps it's the definition of this category... Stephen bought this car new back in 1997 and never gave it up. He never had a finite goal with the car, other than he wanted it to be as different from other cars as he could. The custom CCW rims he picked up this season really ...
"JDM" is a funny term. Like any trend based around a single ideal, the core of that ideal will be diluted and worn away as more and more people latch the trend and don't stick to the original intent of the idea. It's not a bad thing, it's just a natural progression. However over time the original ideal will be eroded to the point that it no longer carries the same meaning at all. Over the years what has defined something as "JDM" has been worn down to slapping on bumpers, lights, oil caps, rad ...
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