*Concave TE37’s @ 3:13 
Ever wonder how Rays Engineering wheels were made? Watch above.
Ever wonder how Roys and Ravs Engineering wheels were made? Use your imagination, or read Joey’s post below.
Honda Insight – Let It Shine from Honda on Vimeo.
The new Honda Insight’s out and my mom’s thinking about buying one. With every other car on the road being a Toyota Prius, it’s nice to see a competitor from Honda as without a doubt, it’s more fun to drive (I haven’t driven one, but I’ve driven a Prius) and looks decidedly better. Thought this commercial was pretty cool. Watch the making of after the jump.
Just a short one for now. Here’s a 30 second clip by Chester NG, one of my favorite automotive photographers. Turns out he not only shoots pictures, but does videos too. Most of the work I’ve seen by him has been for Hyperzpeed Magazine, which is I suppose, a Chinese version of Best Motoring. You can find some of their clips on YouTube by running a search query for “Hyperzpeed”.
There’s a story behind the acquisition of everyone’s first car. Sometimes it’s a hand-me-down lexus (must be nice). Sometimes you work all summer before you turn 16 just to be able to afford a barely running CR-X.
Before I was able to purchase my first car on my own in 2006, I drove the family fucking minivan. 1998 Chevrolet Venture extended… that thing had low miles because my parents bought it solely for roadtrips. So here I was raping the shit out of the thing going like 90 mph on the fwy in 2nd gear feeling like the most uncool person in the entire world.
After summer, I had sold a few of my profitable websites and soon had the cash for a relatively cheap car. I remember narrowing my search down to a Nissan 240SX S13 coupe, Acura Integra (DC), or a 4th gen Honda Prelude.
I remember randomly coming across the video above and thinking that was the coolest sounding thing ever. I didn’t really know much about cars back then, but I did know I needed an Integra in my life (and an intake). So I came across a granada black pearl 5 speed ‘94 LS with about 136k miles, and an interior that would’ve made you thought a dog daily drove it. The steering wheel was chewed up and the door panel was nasty. The paint was dry and all rock chipped in the front and the headlights were yellow… not because dumb ricer put film over it, but because they had oxidized over 12 years of being parked outside in LA. It was owned by an older black lady and was mechanically sound.
I took care of all the basic maintenance and added a fujita short ram intake, GReddy evo2 catback, and springs/shocks before selling it because I had sold more sites and could afford something better. I wasn’t done with the Integra platform so I decided to pick up a 2000 GS-R with black leather interior, but I’ll save that car’s story for another day.
I had gotten the sound that I wanted and I felt like the coolest kid in the world. I was happy… for a few days. It’s incredible that the very same reasons that I got rid of that car are the same reasons why I miss it. The tan cloth interior (for some reason Honda thinks tan is supposed to look like baby doodoo), squeaky ass suspension bushings, and the LS motor with the cheapo intake. Seriously, the B18B with an intake just sounds so amazing to me. I once misshifted from the top of 3rd into 2nd gear. The thing revved to like 10.5k and I thought I blew the engine because it was running on 3 cylinders. Turns out all I had to do was a valve adjustment and it ran perfectly again. No idea how that works, but that was pretty much the last time I really wrenched on my car. (I know, sad)
I don’t really enjoy “working” on cars as much as some others do and being lazy and having money didn’t help my cause either. I wish I never sold that thing. If it weren’t for ridiculous Integra theft rates, I would purchase my 3rd one in a heartbeat to daily drive. Bone stock except for a loud ass intake. <3
Almost every week, you can see a kid with a video camera at the entrance/exit of the Ford building in Irvine. I would assume that his name is Marshall Chang judging by his username on YouTube, but some people are weird and pick random nicknames like that.
Usually, the videos consist of a bunch of exotics and muscle cars leaving to a sound of pure eargasmic volume. The difference this week was that there were two cops camped out on the main street to slow people down and be more cautious. In the few times that I’ve gone; I haven’t seen anyone being reckless, just giving some people what they came to see AND hear. Some people have a problem with it and I can see where they’re coming from, but the main street is REALLY wide and pretty much empty the entire time. PLUS, there’s no law on how quickly you get up to the speed limit right?
You can see my car at 2:22. I took it up to about 6000 rpm, didn’t go higher or full throttle because I was intimidated. 