Meeting monday
Not really a bosozoku car meeting as the previous posts, but rather a pictures of Nissan Cedric and Gloria C330s at Bosozoku car meetings:
The music is really…uhm…bosozoku?
Last weeks poll results
Last week we asked you about what you think of the rim width on Bosozoku styled cars. Most of you thought they can never be wide enough and runner up was 10J as a good comparison between deep dish and extremely wide rims!
This weeks poll is about the styling of the site: we changed over to a new image format:
Old image format
The old image width is 350 pixels wide and allows us to wrap the text around the image. This looks cool but sometimes makes the texts unreadable.
So we decided upon this new image format:
New image format
The new image width is 460 pixels wide and fills up the full width of the text so there is no wrapping.
So what is your opinion about the image size change?
by bosozoku with 2 commentsRare Bosozoku cars: Mazda RX7 FC
This week we have another unpopular Bosozoku styled car: I initially planned to do a popular bosozoky styled car with the Celica XX but then I realized I already did the Corona RT40 last week, so the Celica XX feature will have to wait a few weeks I guess.
Anyway, I did see a lot of RX7 SA/FB Bosozoku styled cars but that is quite natural since the SA/FB raced in the Super Silhouette races. However I only found one Bosozoku styled RX7 FC:
Bosozoku styled Mazda RX7 FC
You could consider this FC a bit of a mix between racing style and Kyusha style, but the huge lip and oil cooler in front makes it Bosozoku styled!
Bosozoku styled Mazda RX7 FC
I have no idea why the RX7 FC would be an unpopular Bosozoku car: it is Mazda, it is rotary and it looks like a Porsche 928/944… Maybe it is too modern?
Factory stock Mazda RX7 FC
Back in 1986 the FC replaced the SA/FB and was produced till 1992 when it was replaced by the FD. The SA/FB was a more popular than the FC: the FC only sold half of the SA/FB in numbers.
But the FC was actually a better car than the SA/FC: it was very modern, had a better engine, featured ABS, adjustable suspension and even featured a convertible!
Factory stock Mazda RX7 FC
The FC only featured the 13B engine which was available naturally aspired and turbocharged. The power ranged from 146hp to 200hp.
Ryosuke Takahashi and his white FC
Lately the FC became very popular after Initial D featured a white FC driven by Ryosuke Takahashi. He is one of the most charismatic persons in that series and his FC is styled very subtile so it is actually the opposite of the Bosozoku styled FC at the top of this article. 😉
Exhaust of the week: Inside-out pipe!
This week we have another special exhaust: an exhaust sticking out of this cabrio just before the rear bench:
Inside-out exhaust pipe!
We suspect this car was once a Nissan Skyline C210 and got its roof chopped to make it a Cabrio. Now it features a Mazda grille and some random quad headlights as well.
Also note the recusion on the hood:
Scale model on the hood
I bet this scale model also has a smaller scale model on its hood!
Here you can see a bit clearer that the exhaust comes from the inside of the car.
Inside-out exhaust pipe!
Also the Laurel C130 next to is also has a great looking exhaust! 🙂
Exhaust of the week: smoke like a chimney
This exhaust of the week is another fine piece of art:
This car probably smokes like a chimney
I have no clue what car this exactly is, but I suspect it is a Nissan Stanza T12. It is a bit hard to tell but the front wheel drive Nissan Bluebird (badged Stanza in Japan) has the same gills at the rear end. Anyone can confirm this?
Already found out:
It is a Nissan Leopard F30 sedan.