Yes, we’re back at Gunsai Touge.
We’ve covered the varied thrills and risks of drifting at this venue prior to now, so at Hardcore Tokyo’s latest Gunsai day I made a decision to give attention to a couple of of the cars that make these events special. There are some real gems in here too, so you’ll probably need to get comfortable.
You might know me as an AE86 fanatic, but I do have an affinity for Nissan Silvias as well. Enter the Garage Mak cars.
Garage Mak is well-known even outside of Japan, and searching at these two S-chassis you quickly realise why. They’re almost hard to explain. Excessive without looking absurd, perhaps? The Garage Mak 180SX boasts a myriad of custom aero bits including full time attack-style bumpers and stacked overfenders. It’s a refreshing style for a 180SX, especially in Japan where nearly every aero combination has been attempted.
Japan has never been known for clean engine bays, but Garage Mak has really smashed it out of the park with these two. Their S15 has one in every of the cleanest bays I’ve seen in a Silvia here in Japan, complete with stitch welds, custom wheel tubs and bracing finished in a battleship grey. A straightforward gloss black rocker cover, huge HKS turbo and a vivid red HKS Super Power Flow filter suggests this SR20DET has the ability to back up its wild aero too.
And wow do they get driven, fast. For cars that appear like they belong at a Tsukuba time attack event, they go sideways at speed incredibly well. Seeing them fly through each courses at Gunsai was incredible, especially given the well-known consequences and the way nicely put together each cars are.
And simply because I can’t help myself, here’s some more AE86 content.
This yellow and gray 2-door duo appear like they’d had their fair proportion of guard rail rubs, yet were still in fighting form. Garage Infinity was out in force as well; their classic anime-look Trueno hatch was tearing up the courses at an incredible pace. That jogs my memory – I used to be recently at their shop in Gunma organising a little bit of a surprise, so get excited for that story coming soon…
In fact, it wouldn’t be a correct Gunsai day if there wasn’t some drama, so listed below are a couple of photos of the carnage that unfolded throughout the day. Perhaps the scariest crash was the S15’s – it flipped over on one in every of the banks consequently of engine oil on the track and almost caused a pile up. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there to snap photos on the time.
Then there was the Mark II, which was rescued by a tiny kei truck. It’s all the time hilarious to see something this small tow a automobile twice its size.
Events like these are all in regards to the visuals. It truly is hard to take a nasty photo in these settings, so these are a few of my favorites from the day…
I can’t say for certain when, but I’ll find yourself back at Gunsai sooner reasonably than later, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m curious nonetheless, what your favorite automobile of the day was? Let me know within the comments…
Alec Pender
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