some serious fishing i bet

Definition - togue (tōg)
n.

See lake trout.

 

It would have been interesting if Best Motoring had let both the Skyline and the Vishnu Evo finish in a first place tie. That way the Skyline could have flogged the other cars and an Evo could have finished second.

I guess the moral of the story is -- bring a backup set of slicks just incase a 700 hp skyline sneaks in at the last minute

 

The only problem was that slicks were not allowed at the event. In fact, when the controversy arose, one of the things the officials wanted them to do was change to normal tires (RA1s, Yokos, Kumhos, etc,.) But I'm guessing that they didn't have them. But if they did, they certainly would have lost their 1.3 sec advantage to a stock looking EVO

shiv

 

Good seeing you SHiv and meeting you Dustin!

Dan

 

great job to everyone, it was a long day but worth every minute. the end was a bit iffy as shiv mentioned but thats just the name of the game, the bmi videos arent quite what you are lead to believe. major thanks to the FF boys for coming thru and dustin for busting his *** and everyone else that was there with us. this year was a whole lot better than last year..lol!

great job vivid for making it to the finals.

till next time....

 

more side notes.. we also had teh 2nd smallest tires size.. 255.. compared to mots cars that were riding on 275s, and some even evos on 295s. We also had full interior (we drove up with 5 people in the car) compared to most of the other cars that entirely stripped with one or two racing seats and nothing else.

Thanks to all the vishnu team for helping me build a pretty fast car that happens to look bone stock. Shiv has always been very generous to me and i am happy to promote his company and his brand of tuning. And as always everyone helped out greatly.. Dustin and Kal helped me, rather did everything and set up the suspension. Ruch, White man and everyone else. Not to mention Sean and Jerry from FF.

I have to say that the Paul G spec ohlins cant be described by mere words. "Its like riding on a cloud" That may sum it up. Even some of teh best drivers from Japan thought it was simply amazing. I guess Paul knows a thing or two about tuning suspension after all. Maybe all that Gran Turismo 4 told him how to set up a car... J/K

Props to vivid for making teh RWD turbo class finals... the drivers seemed to really love the way that car drove.

Hopefully we can enter the car in some time attacks and see what it is really capable of.. all while keeping it looking bone stock of course.

 

They don't do too bad at the`1320 for being tuned for Road Racing. U get the best of both worlds IMO. Congrats to Shiv and the King. The Streets are waiting for the King to return to his Old Stomping ground. Time to go Ape it Up.

 

Vishnu_Evo8 - you need to update your mods:

jic -----> Ohlins

 

ah yes..

 

its dustin's uncanny ability to get under a lowered car with a front lip without being jacked up that makes him so powerful

 

#1 Japanese(and American) Supercar!!

haha Great job Shiv and Vishnu_Evo8

 

i dont know about all that but he said it would be at or near the top out of all the non race evos in japan.

 

LOL!

 

On the Streets u are still the King. That is all that counts.

 

I would like to say that the event was not organized well. I think that they have overinvited people and with 40+ cars that were there it was impossible to do it right and fair.

Our car performed well. Being our first Togue event and TimeAttack nature of our car, we are not upset about not being selected. Congrats to those who advanced and won.

Out of all the EVO's. (8 or 9 I think), only half did not break (BOZZ, A-Spec, APR, XP and white "Robbi Spec" EVO) and actually got back to the pits using their own powers and not gravity (lol, gotta love the hills) and/or were given a "second chance". After all, this is a Togue event, so if you break, you loose. That is my take on it. After all, more than "fixing the problem" can be done during that time. Tire pressures, shock absorber settings, sway bar settings and more can be done while those who did not break did not have a chance to do. That is not to say that those who were given that chance actually did that. But in all fairness, it should be the same for everyone. You snooze you loose. Or at least, use the points system fairly and penalize "broken" cars.

Also, the whole AWD class was rushed through. Due to limited time, they had one driver drive one car. With the first 3 classes they had each driver drive one class. With AWD cars, they both drive half of the AWD cars. So the driving impression point system did not work at all with the AWD class.

So in the end, 4 cars were picked based on the "crippled" system they used. NSX in Turbo RWD, M3 in NA RWD, Top Setup EG Civic in FWD and XS R34 in AWD class. Based on the feedback from people they "banned" slick tires and R34 was disqualified. Vishnu EVO, that came in second in AWD class got the 4th spot. Then, for some reason, they swapped the M3 with Vivid's turbo RX8. And later on, "unbanned" slicks and kicked Visnhu out of the finals.

How did a turbo RWD RX8 got picked instead of M3 I am not sure. IIRC, M3 had "banned" tires so, why did not they pick second best NA RWD? Go figure.

Also, prior to the event, BOZZ was specifically asked to "do something about or graphics". As you may know, our EVO is a CUSCO sponsored car. So it looks like any other CUSCO EVO/WRX in Japan. They said it was too JDM and they wanted the American Togue to be more, ahem, American. So off went the "JDM" graphics in went the "JDM" Skyline. I mean, you cannot be more JDM than a R34. That car was not even entered. Another XS AWD car was entered but swapped for R34 last minute due to mechanical problems prior coming to the event. Once again, you break, you loose.

So, all in all, it was an ok event. We were happy to see all the cars, friends and competitors. I think that this type of the event is in its infant stages and the organizers play it as they go. I feel that the rules should be clearly stated BEFORE the event and followed through.

I think thirt installement of this event will be better. I bet they will narrow down the competition to no more than 20 total cars. We'll see. BOZZ for sure will be there next time.

Vishnu EVO looked mighty smooth on the track on its second attempt. So did the underpowered NA Subaru of Gravel Crew. Top Setup EG looked like it was on rails and so did the red MR2 with a ginormous wing.

In the mean time, thank you all for coming and grats to the chosen ones.

- Alex@BOZZ