Levittown Car Club Meet at Sheraton

Welcome to another Lexi.Laron exclusive shoot of Arcie and a couple of other cars at the meet.

The meet began at the Sears Parking Lot on Oxford Valley Road in Levittown, PA and when a little bit of rain started falling, the boys decided to head up to the Sheraton.

Somebody drove into my shot.

All of the cars lined up.

End of a good night.

Motul Civic Si and Other EFs

This is by far my favorite Civic in Gran Turismo: the Mugen Motel Civic Si.

Check out these old-school pics of other late '80s Civic cars.

Overseas Parts

So I realize that as an RSX owner, I not only have some of the cheesiest aero parts available on the USDM market, but I also have some of the sweetest Type-R parts available on the JDM and Euro market...problem is they're in the Euro market!

In light of this dilemma, I, Dillon, decided it'd be nice to find a site based out of the UK or Australia that could supply me with the right amount of JDMage for my RSX if I ever decided to modify it any time soon.

Here's how I found this site that I'm about to show you...

Step one.

Go to Google.co.uk.

Step two.

Search for "JDM Car Parts"

Now, we've all seen the usual websites such as Password JDM, and you've maybe even seen J's-Garage.  But this time, try to resist those websites that sell sweet carbon fiber cool air intakes, stickers, and used JDM engines, and go for one that you've never seen before.

The website you see above is called "Nengun" and it's just one of the sites I found for JDM parts in the UK.

And viola, Step Three-- order your parts.

I also found this site, which is pretty amazing.  Eu.tougedistribution.com has the best selection of car parts that I've seen in a while, but unless you have a car that's pretty popular amongst the tuner scene, I recommend not even bothering.  That means you, person in the Prius.

Happy buying!

--Dillon

Good Morning!

Today marks another day at work.  My cooperative learning experience with PSEG will be ending soon, so I figured I'd post this little dedication...or something!

The TRD GT 86

Yet another car, today, do I reveal to you that Japan has made with the spirit of speed and agility in mind that we, the Americans, do not have!

The TRD GT 86 is just a modified stock 86, but it looks like so much more!  The new body kit is so fresh!  I want it!!!  It's so beautiful and they won't bring the freaking thing to America!!!

They need to do something like this with an FR-S in America, or I'm going to Toyota Headquarters in Japan and pooping on their doorstep.

Anyway, enough trash talk and ranting even though I don't feel like doing much technical writing today, because work has me tapped out!

Just look at those wheels...

The car is going to feature redone racing seats on the interior, and I'm sure it's going to have the little amenities that normal GTs don't have, including a new shift knob or some cool stitching or something, which is pretty cool considering my Type-S came with a cool shift knob and a new transmission and I KNOW that my car is about ten times faster because of it.

This lady will also be sporting one of TRD's own unique body kits, featuring a new front bumper, side skirts, and rear diffuser with some 18" rims to boot!  Pretty snazzy, eh?  ;)

Suspension tweaks include cross-bracing, carbon-fiber strut tower bars, and I'm sure there's gotta be some other chassis mods going into it or something.  Maybe it's lower?  I don't know, you tell me.

There's going to be a high-performance exhaust!

I'M HYPER!!!!

So long,

--Dillon

Oh, by the way...STI or TRD?  You choose.

The Philadelphia Auto Show: My Adventure

January 29, 2012:  The Philadelphia Auto Show

The morning of the Auto Show began at Drexel University, where I go to school.  I stayed over my boy's dorm in University City after a great night of hanging out with friends and got up early to meet up with some other people at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

I got up early to get some morning shots in as well!  Before I go to shoot something, I like to be as warmed up as possible, exercising my eye for the pictures ahead of me.  Luckily I found this awesome Civic Hatch!  I love the EK, but it's still nothing like my RSX.  ;)

PS, props to the owner of this car.

Off to the magical kingdom of bums and trash: Center City, Philadelphia!!!

Colorssssss! c:

WHAT, HOE?  Some Philly-behind birds right there!  Hahah.

THE MAJESTIC BIRD--

THEN THERE WAS A PRIUS.

The lighting was amazing out, it's a shame I couldn't have made a post about a shoot made outside.

However I did get this sweet Stance:Nation-style shoot of two Versas on in a second.  Check it outtt, staggered poses!

Stay out, tourists!

Okay, we were just kidding.  :)

--XOXO, Philadelphia

So, this is just a calibration shot, but apparently Chevy is on its bean-size car ish!  This is called the Chevy Sonic LTZ.  I've read about this car before in MotorTrend.  Apparently it has a 1.4 liter, turbocharged ECOTEC Engine with about 130 horsepower and a six speed transmission, woahhh Chevy!!  I thought they also upped the displacement in one of their models, but tossed the turbocharger and kept the power the same, but I could be incorrect as the Chevy Website says nothing about this.

Anyway, cool stuff, Chevy!

Speaking of cool Chevys, check out this Camaro ZL1, Chevy's new top-of-the-line Camaro.  With one powerful 6.2 Liter V8, sporting an Eaton Supercharger, and boasting an impressive 580 horsepower, this car is not meant to be easy on your neck muscles, most likely wrenching your neck into an arched position, forcing your head into the head rest.

And it's not all power, either.  The car runs a 7:41:23 on the Nurburgring Circuit according to the Chevy Website.  Not too shabby, eh?

Scion xB, tC, and xD models

The Camaro SS

One of the biggest disappointments this year, aside from the stock Civic Si was this modified one.  I mean, yes you have a great paint job on this car with plenty of modifications in the hood-- and there were DEFINITELY some modifications under the wheel wells and in the shock towers, I'm sure.  But, what happened to the real Civic?  Wasn't the Civic supposed to be a sport-compact car with great handling, a small motor, and tuner support?

Now we're putting big K24 Engines in Honda Civics, and lengthening the wheel base.  I want to see something better than this Honda.  I'm disappointed.

Here are some pics of the stock Si that was on display.

All of the cars had missing shift knobs, FYI.

The Fit!

Those wheels and Brembo Brakes :)

Those Recaro Seats :)

That stitched, leather steering wheel!

That MIVEC Turbocharged Engine!

Must be an Evolution :)

This here is a GTI.  It has an engine in it.

It's a TSI.

There's a steering wheel with red stitching...

And an automatic transmission...

And then there was this, the Subaru BRZ!

I hate everything right now, so I'm just going to post pictures and hope everyone stops bothering me, K?

On display with the BRZ was its older brother, the SVX LSi.  If you remember seeing these things around, you'll remember seeing the dual-pane windows and the unique headlights that seem to look like those from a Mercury Sable.

And although this car was built to be fast, the automatic transmission and leather seats certainly don't scream sports car.  I think Subaru teaming up with Toyota was the best move, considering the all new BRZ will be light weight, have a low center of gravity, a manual transmission, and cloth, stitched racing seats-- none of this automatic crap.

4wd Turbo XT, What?  What the hell is this?

Apparently this car was designed to look like a wedge to improve its aerodynamic efficiency.  Everything from its engine placement to its mudguards are supposed to make its coefficient of drag as low as .29.

The model on display here had a 4-speed automatic transmission rather than the 5-speed manual with overdrive.

WRX, anyone?

Yada yada yaaah, I'm getting mad bored, so LET'S STAND HERE IN A TRACK JACKET, GUY!  What a slut.

Once I got past the douche in the track jacket, things cleared up pretty quickly for me as I looked at this Z in the favoritest car manufacturer section at the auto show, NISSAN.  Plenty of people didn't even know what they were looking at, as one guy called this a 360Z, and I think that the Nissan Badge makes people stupid, because somebody also said that Honda makes the engine in the GTR that I saw, that's false, btw.

I liked this car.  Although it was an auto convertible, it sat nicely and the interior seemed very well put together.  The curves on the exterior flowed very well and although I tried to show it off in my pictures, I got lazy and decided I didn't care.

I'm going to try and not be angry for a second even though I'm annOying myself!

This GTR WAS COOL!

LOOK AT THIS GIRL'S BUTT!  AND THIS CAR'S BUTT.

THIS CAR HAD A HOT SIDE PROFILE

AGAIN.

NICE WHEELS, NISSAN.

SLUT.

Everyone got out of my way so I could shoot this hahahah, it pays to have a big camera.

After Nissan, I moved onto Ford, who really stepped up their game this year, bringing out their 1.6 and 2 liter EcoBoost Engines in their 2013 Ford Fusions with plenty of trims to choose from.  

The EcoBoost engines come with turbochargers, hence the name "EcoBoost," and they also sport direct-injection.  Something that is useful when considering fuel economy.  It eliminates extra flow paths which otherwise would be considered when designing engines with computational fluid dynamics analysis.

Honestly, Ford had it all, they had tons of different trim models for their Fusion, extremely fuel-efficient full-size trucks, little Ford Fiestas (which I truly enjoyed), and even their Laguna Seca Mustang!

Ford is proud enough of their engine technology that they actually put their engines out on their own displays.  Chrysler also did this for their Fiat engines and I also believe they did it for their OHV Hemi Engines, but their displays didn't compare to Ford's in my eyes.

Here were two engines on display.

A Mustang pool table?  Hahahah

This Hybrid Ford Fusion looked so pretty.

Aston Martin DB9, anyone?

Stay tuned for more cars from the classics display, Buick, Chrysler, Hyundai, Lexus, Acura, and the DUB Show!

Peace!