Quote: (10-09-2011 10:05 AM)el mechanico Wrote:
Prowl..That Ram van is sweet. they give those things away here.
Do your japanese friends pimp the interiors for banging chicks in those minivans? I don't understand why they would want to race them. Explain?
My friends are just the two at the top, the Mazda MPV and the RA1 Odyssey. Neither of these are raced, both are on air suspension and were built as carry vehicles for motorcycles/scooters.
I've talked to one of the guys from "Youga Base" a few times (the group that runs the Ram Vans), but I wouldn't really say I know him, definitely not a friend, I'm just vaguely aware of what they're doing because I read their blog.
As for the racing of the ElGrands and the Ram Vans...not sure. Maybe just because they can? They're dumping TONS of money into these things, especially the Rams. Viper V10's, 6MT's, $10k into suspension, etc, just to do track-days with each other. Most of those Watanabe wheels are magnesium (AND bespoke sizing) at like $4-5k/set, super light, etc. I guess it'd be fun to take a vehicle not meant to go fast and then make it go fast, but it seems like swimming upstream to me.
As for the pimped-out VIP-style vans like the last white one I posted (Fledermaus/Regina Vellfire), some of those are definitely shag-vans. Some are also set up with DJ equipment inside and huge speaker arrays, etc. If you can dream it up, someone in Japan has probably installed it into a modern fullsize JDM van. It's probably the MOST popular tuning subculture in the country, sports car tuning is waning in popularity in comparison with the late 90's, but vans are still crazy popular.
Then there's shit like this. Vanningzoku.
And people think Donks are strange.
DISCLAIMER: I don't know what I'm talking about and my posts are opinion, not advice.
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