Boxcar Racecar

This weekend I talked Andrew into finally installing his longtube headers on the Altezza. I finally had a open weekend from school so I went ahead and drove down to Andrew’s for the day. Once I got there, I had to do an oil change on my car and figured i would lower the front a little more since the front of the car was jacked up already. After I finished, it was Andrew’s turn to start tearing stuff up. Eventually Justin showed up to not help at all lol

Removing the headers on the 2j was pretty easy and the install was fast. So fast that I didnt even get a chance to take pics haha

Before

After

Like I said, the install was very simple and fast. The only thing that was we didnt have were gaskets so we made some.

When we finished and right before Andrew was going to start the car, Imran arrived with his brother to hear the beast come alive.

http://s905.beta.photobucket.com/user/NismoJimbo/media/20130209_180022_zpse213b87b.mp4.html

After getting cleaned up, we made a run to a local mexican restaurant so we celebrated with fajitas and cervezas on the  job well done.

The night was spent just like any other night at Andrew’s house, watching Option Videos or Drift Tengoku videos. It started to get late so I just crashed at Andrew’s house while everyone else went home since I live further then anyone else. (Thanks again!) Woke up early to meet a guy for some Z parts and went home with a nice little stash of aero to end an awesome weekend.

All in all it was a great weekend to see everyone and it felt good to get the wheel rolling for the upcoming season. Ideas are being passed around and its going to be an exciting year for Essence Garage!

- Jimmy

Lone Star Drift Series 2013

Just announced, the first round of the Lone Star Drift series here in Texas now has a date! We cant wait for the season to begin!

Happy New Year!

We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe new year! See yall in 2013!

Lone Star Drift: Round 5

A couple of weeks ago, the team headed down to La Marque, Texas for the final round of the Lone Star Drift series hosted by Fabricated Motorsports. For the first time in a long time, every driver of Essence Garage was drifting at the same event which was awesome to say the least. It would take too many words to describe how great the event and weekend was so we will let the pictures do the talking.

 

Early Morning Prep

 

#BLC

 

Slammin’ Banana

 

The Stig

 

Iron Man?….

#SAC

Nismo

Big Wang

Smoked Out

 

Zenki POWER

 

Angle

#BLC #GGC #SAC

We would like to thank all the photographers that did media coverage for this event!

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http://www.facebook.com/autoessence

http://www.facebook.com/JaythanPhotography

 

 

 

WIN

Holy Smokes! Drift Event

The gang decided to hit up a new drift event in Texas called Holy Smokes! at Texas World Speedway this past weekend. Even though Andrew was the only one that was going to be drifting, Imran and myself tagged along to see how this event would go. The night before and the morning of the event, the weather was nothing but rain. Brock White, the man behind the event, decided to close the event but let drivers that wanted to drive the course in the rain drive.

Not only was the track AWESOME but this event was surprisingly good with only a handful of drivers and not the best of weather. Andrew did very well and even got to tandem without a cage, which he KILLED IT on his following run for the 3rd place running. It was the best run of the competition and had everyone excited to see that kind of driving come out of nowhere. Unfortunately, on his lead run the clutch went out and was the cause of the 4th place finishing.

Overall the event was great and we cant wait until the weather is better and more people show up. I think that drifting at Texas World Speedway could be a premier avenue for drifting here in the Lone Star State.

Heading out

Rolling

Ganadores

The Arrival

Free Parking

This was pretty much the coolest thing ever. Free PADDOX for all drivers!! It was very unique to see this available for drivers at a drift event but something that would be very appreciative in the community. I had to take some cool shots with the new iOS6 Panorama feature.

Banana in the Paddox

The PADDOX

After a few laps, Andrew felt that he wasnt driving as well as he could because he was hungry, so we took a lunch break. Go to find out, he actually was looking air in one of his front tires and forgot to turn on his H.I.D.s lol

After lunch, Andrew swapped out tires and continued on his was of killing it on the track.

Imran the Spotter

When Andrew was finally allowed to have passengers, Imran and I decided to ride along but Imran forgot his helmet so he improvised…lol

3/4 of Essence Garage

At the end of the day, our friend Thien Ngo did a little photo shoot of The Bruised Banana and Andrew’s IS300

The Bruised Banana

Reppin’

No kits or lips

Essence

So after the event, Andrew invited us to come chill at the house and said that Justin would be joining us since he didn’t come to the event. We went to grab a bite at House of Kabob, where we met up with Justin. And whats not a good meal without dessert? Its not a good meal haha so we got some Italian ice cream at Poocomolo where we just chilled and let the food digest.

The whole gang!

After our ice cream raid, we went to Andrew’s house and hung-out. Doing the typical drifter stuff like car talk and Video Option D1 crashes haha. That night we decided to take the Lexus to our favorite place to eat…Taco Bell!!!

Wangan Run!!

The Last Dinner

And with that, we went our separate ways into the night after an excellent day of drifting, food and bros.

 

GONE

-Jimmy

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Lone Star Drift Round 3

Finally another update! Well we made it to another event at GGP for Round 3 of the Lone Star Drift Series. We all are pretty busy with our everyday lives but we always try our best to make it to local events whether we are driving or just to show support.

We began the morning with usual gas station stop to top off gas and to see if we could get anything to eat. Plus take a few photos.

Battle Ready

The Bruised Banana

Rep Yo Set!

Justin didn’t drive the event because he has some master plan about this little car he thinks is going be like his S14 or something like that. Plus he sold his car haha.

My day ended when I let Chelsea Denofa drive my car and blow through my spares…FML. Not to mention letting Justin drive and getting my new lip run over. So i rode with Andrew for rest of the day and helping him out with tire changes.

At the event, Andrew pretty much killed it. His driving keeps getting better and better every time he goes to an event. Plus on top of that, he was driving with a car full of people!!!

Rolling DEEP

Imran showed up fashionability late but he did get this really cool picture of him AutoXing the course lol

So there you have it. A short and sweet update of Round 3 from Essence Garage. Since this was my first time posting, I’m going to try to continue posting to keep things fresh since there are some new things happening within the team so look forward to future posts.

Jimmy