I hate to open a post with a picture of rain, but I guess that’s just apart of our culture in Ireland, rain creeps into pretty much any interest or outdoor social event. Its always bound to creep up on you when you least expect it or want it. We decided to make the trip up to Tullow, a place where many of you know by now you can pay to drag race to your hearts content all day till you run out of fuel or maybe something else. We ended up missing Prodrift and Enniskillen due to some unforeseen circumstances, but that’s what happens.
Many people have affection towards the kp series starlet in Ireland. Mostly due to the fact they were one of a rare breed of rear wheel drive hatchbacks from the late 70’s and early 80’s which made them extremely popular in rallying and hot rodding due to their FR layout which along with rust was one of the main reasons these cars disappeared, well that and the evil scrappage scheme. Most examples around Ireland have the usual superlites and mudflaps so it’s always nice to see a properly done version from the motherland.
From even this shot, id imagine many of you may remember this gem. The car scene really did take a turn for the worst, but things seem to be coming back full circle.
We came across these the other night on an good mates computer from back in the day and were amazed at just how scary things had gotten back around 2005/2006 with some people. Dont get me wrong you have to admire the effort put into this, but once you see it your going to ask yourself why?
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I hadnt been to Tullow since the first day when they were trying out the track. Each time it was on I either couldnt get a lift to cover it or something else was on. I finally got the chance today and it was cool to see that the event had grown. More and more people seem to be showing up becuase of the freedom of paying and racing your face off for the day. What could be wrong with that?
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Incase people get scared about the level of Honda’s we decided to break it up. Presenting member one of the official juicebox team. Expect to see this starlet at every show with its own stand and in every drag race, time attack, you name it. UNREAL
Just came across this for a cool little story, a clean JDM imported ep82. Its more than likely the only on in the US which is kind of funny as they are as common as fuck in our country. There has been so much of a buzz over this car as it has gone up for sale in florida.
It has to be the only modern starlet at least after 83 driving around florida or maybe the US for that matter and it seems to be in very good condition.
The inside looks very tidy indeed. The owner is looking for 10000+ for the car. The compomotive wheels wouldn’t be the best choice in my opinion but the car itself seems very well looked after.
You would have to wonder what this car would be like now if this had been released on the us market. What kind of slammed versions of this would be all over the web, sites like Honda tech and JDM conversions, oem parts and extras from toms and trd.People obsessing and using them for drag racing. I have a feeling they would have been just as big as the whole eg/ek scene. Interesting find I guess.
Ive always had a thing for these kp starlets and i imagine many others do, heres a shit load of nice interesting ones to show some kp 60-62 love.
Seans building a nice track ready ep-82 . Its raw as fuck and fully stripped out. He ran a 13.7 by turning up the boost back in Limerick in 09 on the side of that dodgy horse racing track and melted a piston so Sean took the car off the road and decide to rebuild the engine and use it as a track car. He replaced the melted piston with standard pistons, just polished to them help prevent detonation and shortened the intercooler piping. Ive always been a fan of these little cars there cool as fuck because there a 1300 turbo little pocket rocket ( haha had to get that term in there at least once) on a 4E-FTE that gives out a nice little kick. So many shams got their hands on them an molested them when they first hit our shores so there reputation has been put down alot over the years. Personally if one is done right its gonna be fucking cool and personally i think Seans will be cool its raw and hes not afraid to drive the fuck out of it. Ive always liked Seans because he doesn’t put chrome tint all over the windows and tons of accessories and stuff you would find in and on many other starlets. He did the total opposite. He uses this car and built it towards function. You have to love the side exit exhaust on the bumper! The gt-turbo is as JDM as you can get and i know JDM is an overused over raped term but this gt turbo is cool. Check some of Seans pics of the car and his progress….
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Abit old I know.. but I didn’t get a chance to put the pics up anywhere or some of the video. I don’t have much because most of the pictures got deleted somehow. Thanks fuck some of the more decent ones didn’t.
This is the dodgiest quarter-mile ever. The inside of a horse racing track. Here are some times filmed on the day. Just a few before I got bored.
This not being out weather at all looked like something from spain. A change from japfest.
Monster is just too much for bees.
Jackie’s eg6 slash dc two. Which is currently being turned into something else stay tuned for updates on that….
Mad racing stall with Toms old s14. Everything just looks better with some sun.
This was my fave of the whole day because its just cool as fuck.
This is turning into such a nice car. This is how it should be done.
This ef8 is nothing short of amazing. What a serious car.
This clip from hot version shows the car in Japan>