tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85841330010747179112012-02-12T02:12:47.681-08:00kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-56135896388557501282010-03-31T22:24:00.000-07:002010-03-31T22:26:15.507-07:00

WE ARE MOVING TO http://kenchimsg.wordpress.comUpdate your bookmarks :)

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-35771867656366093772010-03-16T13:40:00.000-07:002010-03-16T13:47:03.295-07:00

I'm proud to announce for the 2010 Redline Time Attack season, I'll be partnering with KINOD Collective as the title sponsor for my Toyota MR-S. We've been in talks for the past several months work dreams into reality, and the reality is quite dreamy. Please follow this link to Linhbergh's blog.We'll be announcing updates as they come. Stay tuned!-kenchimsg

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-63155883984704863502010-02-21T17:17:00.000-08:002010-02-21T17:23:54.830-08:00

with round 1 of time attack just a month away, a fresh start as well as a fresh look will be decided.the blank slate.check back soon :)

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-4181813543613312362010-02-10T22:50:00.000-08:002010-02-10T23:00:29.929-08:00

I would like to apologize for such late posting of results. It's been a very tough couple of months getting everything situated for the coming time attack season.On November 15th, I visited Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for the season finale of the 2009 Redline Time Attack. It was my first time ever on the large half-oval + infield track. It was a very tough course to conquer as it tests the

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-61524250141888180992009-10-01T19:13:00.000-07:002009-10-09T19:35:45.828-07:00

It was 9pm Friday, the night we set sail to Pahrump, Nevada. My car loaded up on the trailer and ready to do it's job 300 miles away in the middle of b.f.nowhere. Sean's car, still in a world of mysterious noise making. We made our way to Charlie's shop to put forth our best efforts to remedy the Honda motor. After about 4 hours, the head was taken apart and put back together. When everything

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-8920848302629685302009-09-22T18:21:00.000-07:002009-09-22T18:38:10.378-07:00

Just a couple days remaining for the next RTA event. For the first time ever, kenchimsg will venture out to the nether regions of Pahrump, Nevada. Our destination recides a 3.1 mile road course where the corner workers could possibly be corner workers at dusk.Very little has changed in the performance department of the mr-s. Ichiba 15mm wheel spacers have been added to the rear which increase

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-91766458403922408632009-07-31T22:42:00.000-07:002009-07-31T22:48:34.442-07:00

2 more days...to get the car ready i needed to do a few fluid changes. i ordered some torco 80w90 for the transmission yesterday and it arrived today but was not what i ordered. they gave me 85w140 (commercial truck grade). i have no choice but to run coastal 80w90 with lsd additive. hopefully it will be enough to handle.the front end has been raise 1/4" to comply with the banked turns of horse

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-32947931830492833722009-06-03T18:38:00.000-07:002009-06-03T19:31:40.885-07:00

Round 2 of the 2009 Redline Time Attack took place at "the fastest road in the west"... Willow Springs International Raceway. It is a 2.5 mile track consisting of 9 turns and a 1/2 mile front straightaway.The events leading up to race day were far from staggering to say the least. My MR-S received new Dunlop Z1 Starspec tires which were purchased from fellow RTA competitor Manly Kao. Along with

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-38610822366694374202009-05-21T20:15:00.001-07:002009-05-21T20:15:39.840-07:00

A week from now, motorsport activity will resume for kenchimsg. First will be next friday, MR2OC event at streets of willow. This event will be tentative for me because my permission has not been granted from work to take the day off. It is one event I would really like to be a part of because of all the great people who I hardly get to see will also be in attendence. We'll have to see.May 31st

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-52197154982804808142009-04-30T19:06:00.001-07:002009-04-30T19:10:00.143-07:00

I just found this today and it is just fascinating. It gives you a sneak peak at the parts development in Redbull's f1 facility in UK.Great quote from the video by Sebastian Vettel..."a racing car is never complete. it is constantly being developed."enjoy

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-89130767912435522922009-04-09T17:55:00.000-07:002009-04-09T18:50:52.879-07:00

Yes, a little bit late on this one but results are set. I now found time to bring to you a recap of the event that occurred in Buttonwillow, CA on the 29th of March 2009. Let me take you to the morning of the event.For the 2nd track day in a row, I was awaken by snoring.I got on the track at about 8:30am for my first run. This being the first time I've driven configuration 13 ever so I looked for

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-78667977779139076422009-03-24T18:04:00.000-07:002009-03-24T18:36:44.347-07:00

I've been slow on updating the progress of my preparation. I have now 3 days remaining to finish any preparation. All that is left to do is bleeding brake and clutch fluids. If time permits, I can make the car pretty for the event.As of this past week, the front splitter was complteted. I coated it with flat black paint and a layer of Varathane clear polyurethane just for some water resistance.

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-69918131034023110302009-03-12T21:57:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:38:27.198-07:00

Good day friend,I've just now had something exciting come up that pushed me to write to you again. Just last week I signed up for the Redline Time Attack which will be held at Buttonwillow Raceway on March 29th. This is the real test to see if my home built car is capable of delivering competition worthy of mention.I researched information about last year's competitors as well as the regulations

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-86202899634682336212009-01-16T23:55:00.001-08:002009-01-17T00:04:27.983-08:00

view the full album hereKINOD Photography

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-14563880200468102692008-12-07T16:37:00.000-08:002008-12-07T17:07:48.427-08:00

kenchi's garage, hard parking yet again. brian and i showed up to this years motors 4 toys show in woodland hills. it's like a cars and coffee meet, but bigger. the car show was free to enter but they do ask that you bring an unwrapped gift which were collected to be given to needy children. for rich fools, they had a lapd motorcade for you to haul ass down to toysrus to buy 50$ in toys to be put

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-20703103618323394622008-12-01T19:13:00.000-08:002008-12-01T20:10:32.466-08:00

The night before, seanjay came by to rest up for the big day ahead. I too was excited for the event. We had set our alarms to go at 4:30am. Let this video entertain you. The snoring had begun long before I even thought of getting the camera. I was awaken by this snoring while I was dreaming that seanjay had beaten everybody in miatachallenge and won all prizes (weird dream i know). I then

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-52964246627828609222008-11-26T17:30:00.001-08:002008-11-27T00:52:00.654-08:00

In one year's time, my car has been through so many changes. The exhaust has been changed from a oem celica header and a Magnaflow canister that had been completely blown out, to a LittleRocket header, JNZ downpipe, and Techno Pro Spirits titanium exhaust. Also for shits and giggles, I threw on a no name intake that was about 6 inches long with a HKS foam filter.So we did a baseline run with the

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-16311955152721182522008-11-24T17:52:00.000-08:002008-11-28T15:30:34.840-08:00

i made me a splitter. 1/2" plywood. not sure what kind of plywood it is but it's really smooth. for now the splitter will keep this rough shape. i'm still in need of more mounting points to assure that it will hold up to the abuse this sunday.also what you see in the picture are my rpf1's with toyo r888 mounted on them. running lotus elise size tires 195/55/15 and 225/50/16. the wheels are 15x7+

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-3092038475237681992008-11-16T19:40:00.000-08:002008-11-16T19:45:29.715-08:00

Who woulda known bleeding a clutch was the hardest thing to do? I assumed it was the same as bleeding brakes...pump 5 times....hold the brake pedal down...crack the bleeder screw...tighten it...repeat as necessary...apparently not...After 30 minutes of pumping and getting nowhere, i went on the internets to find out how to do this. I ran across these instructions on hondaswap...crack bleeder...

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-69077516582473803282008-11-15T17:22:00.000-08:002008-11-15T17:31:26.482-08:00

Today's work on the car was toughest shit.Brian started everything by fixing my front lip using fiberglass. He did a pretty good job and seems to have a better understanding of that stuff than I do. I was working on the front of the car, experimenting on the top strut mounts to gain some caster. This required moving teh top mounts from the driver side to the passenger side and rotating 60 degrees

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-50805881217472169962008-11-15T08:42:00.001-08:002008-11-15T08:43:13.984-08:00

Here it is!http://www.kinod.net/linhberghThanks Linh!

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-91041214015733125072008-10-15T18:48:00.000-07:002008-10-15T19:08:00.805-07:00

After hunting down Hey Mikeyyyy down for months, I was finally able to stop him and get my hid and racing battery. The hid was pretty much a return for me giving him my Apexi I-Moni. The Buddy Club racing battery is a replacement for the same battery, which died on me earlier this year. It lasted a good 2 years of daily driving.To install the battery using the factory battery hold, I had to drill

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-41716904753685083602008-09-27T20:36:00.000-07:002008-09-27T20:54:54.767-07:00

Birds in the air... Flowers blooming... Spring time is here! This calls for some annual cleaning!... well it's spring in Australia isn't it?To start this off, Here is what the garage looked like about 20 minutes in. It didn't look much different from this before I started but I assure you it was inaccessible.The main thing I wanted to focus on was fitting my tire trailer in a way that it wouldn't

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-9346642329095590062008-09-24T17:28:00.000-07:002008-09-24T17:35:42.946-07:00

I was just surfing around ebay the other day. You know, the random e window shopping. So I was just looking to see what might be up for sale related to mr2's. Somehow I came upon this...According to the seller, These came as a gift when you buy a 2 pack of Georgia canned espresso. These were sold only in Japan at Circle-K stores. This is pretty cool. The mr-s model looks to be outfitted with all

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-81858260642836809082008-09-15T19:48:00.000-07:002008-09-24T17:40:58.896-07:00

Another long day of wrenching it was. I spent the morning at a fellow mr2 owner's house swapping suspension parts. Both our cars had issues the state that they were in. Just happened that we both had something the other needed, so it was fair for trade.This all came about when the both of us found issues with our suspension. Khoa, who drives a 2001 Veilside widebody mr-s was rear ended a while

kenchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763017310599477969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584133001074717911.post-57726916987530781332008-09-07T20:14:00.000-07:002008-09-07T20:39:03.559-07:00

Earlier this year, I bought an APR GTC-200 gt wing for my car. When it arrived at my doorstep, I ran and opened the box immediately to envy the item I had just received. It was a gorgeous piece of work. So I installed it and realized it was just too low for my car. When I looked in the rearview mirror, all I was able to see out of it was the wing. Nice to know a wing is tailgating you. So I

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