Wangan Slickers Challenge [FINAL PART]

1998 Schnell L6 3.5 LSi
This L-Series Coupé has been modified with a grille mesh delete, 2 piece wheels and spoilers, side skirts and lip, tow hook and 5000K Halogen headlights to make it not so yellow, a upgraded RETECH radiator and ITB’s along with a tubular manifold and a middle muffler removal to make it very loud. Also has fake LS Sport badge.

Lore n' Backstory

Lore: The L-Series line of Coupes were introduced in 1998. Schnell managed to make the 3.5L V6 pack a healthy 200HP. It was revolutionary for the brand. Gone were the underpowered V8 models in the midsize D-Series. It was also the result of Hakumai buying half of the corporation due to the brand being fairly a bit bland. With Hakumai manufacturing more econoboxes each day.

Backstory: This car was bought by a average businessman. He used it to drive to work, and daily drive. It has 52,826km. He had to sell it so his insurance company would keep him since the car. It was a bit of a Gas Guzzler to him. Then he sold it for 547,430 Yen, (5000USD in NORMAL money).

Eventually a 22 Year old street racer bought it. she totalled her base model L4 Sport 16v when she spun out in the tight roads of Japan.
This L6 came bone stock before she bought it and modified it. She was forced to sell it later on due to family problems and that their daughter didnt need such a powerful, unreliable German machine. (Lost some value, Because its German)

Stock Form

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“1992” Alba Cordillera S-Type (Street Runner)

First off. It’s not a 1992 model. That’s probably deductible by the styling.
The original model from '68 was a rather quaint and comfortable tourer, Hauling from England. Yes, England. That might be confusing, considering that it is rather similar to Japanese sports cars of the era.

However, The version here presented is heavily modified:
A reinforced chassis, Panels such as the Bonnet replaced with Aluminium, Widened fenders, 3 Liter Inline 6 engine…

You may be asking: Inline 6 3-liter? Isn’t that a bit small?
And yes, it is. It’s a Single turbo, even. Which means: It is most likely “Underpowered”, At about 440 hp. This does mean that the engine is easier to reach and work on, considering the body’s Smaller engine bay, and simpler construction when compared to a V-Engine.

But what didn’t go into Power, Went into Lightness and Grip, Pulling some respectable ~1.2 Lateral Gs at higher speeds thanks to Downforce.

Stock Car

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MY1999 Leonardo Vigore 560TC "Cherry Bomb"

to the tune of…

Mister Otane (real identity withheld) is a retired lawyer, who grew up longing to be in the Italian sports car grand prix he heard on the radio in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. He was able to build quite a nest egg following some smart investments in technology corporations just before the dotcom bubble, and cashed out sometime in 1998. Ever since, every night he cruises the streets he has adopted the persona of MISTER ROSSI, in honor of his favorite racing driver.

His preferred weapon of choice is a model year 1999 Leonardo Vigore 500, upgraded heavily with parts rumored to be sourced from teams participating in the 1998 Euro Touring Car Series. These parts include racing slick tires, titanium camshafts and conrods, 6-speed racing manual transmission, periscope air intake, two-point flank safety bars for both driver and co-driver, pushrod suspension and heavy-duty AWD torque conversion system, alongside creature comforts like cushioned Recaro bucket seats with 5-point seatbelts, A/C and a casette player.

Behind the pilot sits a monster 5.1L twin-turbo V8, peaking at 560 HP and 480 lb-ft while keeping the car just under a svelte 3000 lbs. Modestly-trimmed, the car catapults you at 0.9 g’s up to 100 km/h, followed by a quick hustle to 1/4 mile in just under 11 seconds. Not bad for a car with RWD and no traction control, huh? The total street price of his car is estimated at $75,000 USD, but he’s said to have poured ten times that into simply having the chance to acquire the parts necessary for such a force of nature…

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DMC took a 1995 Franklin Marshall HiWay and made a few changes. It’s the 3 door sport hatch which normally has a transveres, 2L, Turbocharged i4…

Things that DMC kept, from the original car, include the galvanised steel chassis and…most of the shape…and that’s about it!

Changes include -
A 450bhp, inline 6, turbocharged engine which is now fitted longitudinally. This is mated to a 6speed manual and is now all wheel drive.
Removal of rear seating which helps with new roll cage.
Sports front seats.
Carbon fibre body panels.

We also thought it would look cool with red piping and suicide doors!

0-62 - 3.4s
1/4 - 11.5s
Top speed - 200mph

We call it the MiWay…

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1985 Zephorus V8 Wangan Edition

The V8 from Zephorus makes 630hp with a 9000rpm redline and a lot of lag
After a few test runs of the Yatabe Test Track the driver reached a top speed of 234Mph, there proved to be enough stability at the rear with the wing removed, just leaving the endplates for sideways stability.

Some say the name “Wangan Edition” came from the current owner of Zephorus, I mean how else would you get your hands on a GTB Prototype and be allowed to modify it without being shot?

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1981 Haniyasushin Monaaku IV RO Special

In 1981 a white Monaaku IV rolled of the production line. It was just a standard middle trim with a 3.2L I6, it was purchased by a salaryman who enjoyed this car for about 8 years. In 1989 a younger mechanic, nicknamed RO, purchased the vehicle. He tuned it for racing on the wangan with a large turbo. He quickly made a name for himself and started his own tuning shop named RO Tuning, with the Monaaku as halo car.

In 1993 he blew his engine during a run and crashed it, but it was rebuild: faster, stronger and lighter. First of was the engine, which was swapped for a 6.4L Monaaku V V12. The tuned V12 makes 583,7hp and 684,7 around 7000rpm and it’s coupled to a racing 5 speed manual. The chassis was strengthened and some of the body panels were replaced with carbonfiber. This massively increased body rigidity and slightly lowered it’s weight to 1635kg. Further modifications were applied to the brakes and suspension which were taken from a Monaaku IV GT car. To finish it off the bodykit was slightly tweaked and it was coated a shiny black. This massive overhaul produces a black brick that’s able to run at 333kph whilst also reaching that top speed relatively fast, not to mention it can pull corners at 1G.

To this day it’s still running the wangan and it still holds it’s status as RO halo car. But something more suprising is that RO still uses this car daily, hence the rear bench.

More photos + Stock car showroom photos


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Yatabe awaits. One of the Wangan folks decided to give a shot with the 1968 Sanzou 2000. They fitted the 1990 ST8 Sports bodykit and swapped the engine with a tuned RA77 which made 330HP. Here is the result.

1968/1990 Sanzou *HNS2000(AS10)


*HNS stands for High Noon Samurai.

Stock Sanzou 2000 from 1968

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' GOLDEN WIND, KIN NO KAZE '
by @Falling_Comet & @that-s-cop










345 KM/H / 214.373 MP/H

WANGAN SPEEDSTER | PREMIUM CRUSIER









PREMIUM COMFORT











YATABE SPEED GOLDEN WIND


GALLERY

















STATS
Sendo Solaire LX, Taka Fuji Suisei I6 Turbo Swap | 4L I6 Turbo | 680hp RWD. Stock premium interior minimal changes, cruise in absolute comfort and luxury at highspeed.

Stiffer suspension with SCH parts and new Brembi brakes supplied with Tyrlli sports compounds to maintain grip with its high power, paired with turbofan rims and new smaller grille surface.

Manual transmission and rebuilt to hold the high power from the engine swap, redid clutch and new geared diffs in replacement of the stock viscous and advance auto Sendo-matic 5 speed.

Widebody kit of the ‘Gold Wind’ Modification, and ‘Gold Wind’ Livery to show the groups efforts of pursuing comfort and speed.


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I feel like i have the least powerful car here. There’s no way i’ll be in the charts with a very underpowered tuner car while everyone’s rocking 400+HP Sleepers and tuners

March 1999
Shutoko C1 Loop
1:20 AM

The highway is nearly empty as nobody is seriously driving in such times. Except for some racers, known as the High Noon Club. The club is famous for its powerful modified cars and the top speed figures recorded on public highways.

A red Ursula was driving by at that exact time. Inside, Matsumi Izuhara, the driver, is cruising the car in high speed. On the wheel, she droves calmly as she tries to avoid any obstacle, while her right foot is heavily pressing the pedal. The sound of the V10 roars over the highway.

And yet, she found peace in her mind, on this exact highway.

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Matsumi, who was 20 that time, is the only daughter of the Takeshi Izuhara, a wealthy businessman who owns the largest banking company of Japan and reportedly has ties with the Yakuzas. At that time, she was just graduated from University of Tokyo and being a bright student, she aced all her studies. Of course, like her father, she is also a car nut, driving cars since 14 and always having new cars to drive every month before the recession hit.

Of course, her father was against her ideals, as he is worried about her daughter being well, bad. Her rebellious nature strained her relationship between her dad, and nearly have their relationship broke. Luckily, nothing serious outside that happened, and calmness has prevailed since then, as she became more mature by then.

Yet, her love for speed retains till then. However, what happens next on the highway, is a mystery.


1994 Ursula R1 600S x4 “Midnight Racer”

The Ursula R1 was launched in 1991 as the successor to the V7 convertible GT. Unlike the V7, the R1 is only available as a coupe in its lifetime (although convertible versions were considered, but ended up being not available). The car was initially available with inline-6 and V8 engines, but in 1994, a V12 model, the 600S was released as the flagship of the series.

The car was purchased in 1994 by a rich businessman in a Ursula showroom located in downtown Shibuya. Since the car was the guy’s daily driver, it was kept stock in its first few years, before the owner decided to sell the car due to the economic downturn in 1997.

Matsumi bought the car (with cash gotten from her father) in 1998, as she is impressed with the car’s potential and comfort, despite the vehicle had just stopped production at that time. Of course, despite loving the car she felt the car “a bit too soft”, which means that modifications will come next.

Over the months, the car’s original 5.2-liter V12 was swapped with a twin-turbo V10 from the Altus XR-10 supercar (which was modified again for more power), alongside some serious modifications such as better brakes, carbon body parts, a race ECU system, race suspension, magnesium rims, semi slick tyres, and all the other stuff that make the car more fun to drive.

The result? 722 horsepowers moving the car from zero to 100 in just 2.8 seconds, an unbelievable figure at that time. Despite all those power the car still retains most of it’s creature comforts (save for the deletion of 2 rear seats), and the all-wheel drive system still remains intact. Of course, rumors stated the car could break 350 km/h, but even then the car is often rarely seen, even within the group.

And the best of all? It’s a one of a kind. It’s probably hard to recreate another one again, since there’s no way we could find out.

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Classic! Reminds me of SSC all over again! ;p

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Cabrera Rabion

Let the numbers talk by themselves

=> 500 hp

=> 3,5s 0-100

=>Tuned to perfection

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collaboration with @conan

1988 Ossan Zenkaze

Tuned for the maximum speed, yet maintain “ordinary” looks. A true “wolf in the sheep’s clothing” for both driving to blending yourself in, and expressing your true self at high speed.

More of this "Zenkaze"

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Tokyo, 1996

Made in collaboration with Schyena from the official Discord

Katsuhiro (not his real name) was a rather successful stockbroker. He loved cars, but he also loved his wife and four kids. On the weekends he would take his family out camping in the mountains in his trusty 1990 Hinode Carrier Deluxe AWD, a luxury MPV based on the Hinode Carrier van. However, that would all change in the summer of 1996 when he found out that his wife was cheating on him.

Distraught, Katsuhiro turned to alcohol and their marriage deteriorated even further. Eventually Katsuhiro’s wife filed for divorce by December and took all the kids with her. The Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 worsened Katsuhiro’s mental state even further as the stock market crashed. With nothing to live for, Katsuhiro drove his 1995 Hinode Mahkota (his daily) up to the Yokohama Bay Bridge and prepared to end his life once and for all.



Before he could make the jump, however, Katsuhiro heard something. The roar of three cars in the distance. He saw it with his own eyes. It was the High Noon Club. Katsuhiro was in awe. The way the cars looked, the way they sound, and the way that they passed by him. It was love at first sight. For the first time in many years, Katsuhiro had something that he wanted to achieve: speed. Katsuhiro then drove off to the nearest video shop and began to conduct some research into the world of illegal street racing.

After several weeks of research, Katsuhiro decided to turn his Mahkota into a full-fledged Wangan cruiser. He came to High Ace, a garage that specializes in Hinode vehicles where he met Yamashita, the owner of the garage. While talking about the car and modifications, Yamashita casually suggested that he wanted to tune a van one day. And then it clicked. Katsuhiro picked up on the idea and told Yamashita about his Carrier Deluxe, and the rest was history.



Tokyo, July 1999


While visiting High Ace, Katsuhiro heard that High Noon was looking for a new member. Understandably, he was excited and asked Yamashita for more information. For now, Katsuhiro and Yamashita are both working to improve the Carrier, hoping to increase the car’s top speed for the trials at Yatabe. They knew that they had no chance of being the fastest given that they were using a van. But even so, Katsuhiro and Yamashita still looked forward to getting some laughs out of the whole ordeal, even if Katsuhiro doesn’t manage to enter the High Noon Club.

That is all for now.


More pics

I don’t have pics of the original, unfortunately.

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Kaufmann Ataraxia Coupe 6.4

-The Wangan Missile

Owned by “Hideyoshi”, a Japanese man with money to afford a full-sized luxury coupe and modify it extensively.

810hp/954nm - Custom Twin Turbocharger system on 6.4l V12
RWD drivetrain - 5-Speed auto with new geared rear differential
Kaiserin Spezial Widebody
Sports Seats on Stock interior
Upgraded suspension and Bremsi Brakes
Fujisaki semi-slick tires on Evan RSv2 wheels

Gallery





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1982 Satyr Lancelot “The Black Knight”

Having it’s original V6 swapped out for a junkyard found Cadillac 500, built and turbocharged to almost 830hp, mated to a 5 speed stick being fed into the FWD transaxle that came with the car. Despite this, the car is still able to drive at speeds up to 210mph with the help of an LSD and upgraded aero components.

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are we on a horsepower war rn

1999 Régal GT 3500 - Pro Car

This heavily modified version of the 1982 Régal GT 3500 has pushed the limit this mid-transverse platform beyond it’s initial capabilities.

After a rebuild in 1990 to put in a full carbon fiber chassis and pushrod suspensions, the 1988 Pro Car V10 from Octane Racing was bored and stroked out to 4.2L and coupled with a huge custom turbocharger at 20 PSI. Result? 725hp of pure horsepower and a top speed of 367 km/h on the Yatabe track.

Even with a gutted interior, it is surprisingly roomy and comfy, but most important of all, safe with all the latest security measures. It also sports a 6-speed manual but retain the rear-wheel drive but with a geared LSD to attempt to tame some of the wheelspin.

The body kit was custom made and provided by Octane Racing. So, how much for the whole package? Under 100k.

It is ready to take on Tokyo’s streets. Are you?

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Mosoka GR300 Turbo


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(Thx for the pics Rizzler!!)

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the advantages of owning Variation magazine is i get to put this banner up for extra aesthetics and looks A⬈HA⬊HA⬈HA⬊HA⬈HA⬊


Sendo GT by BAY🟉SIDE

from @variationofvariables
(original car by both me and @Falling_Comet no he did not double collab this is an old ass car i tuned that i rushed in lmao)

Bayside is a tuning company established in Yokohama, Japan in 1983. The company specializes in high speed tuned cars and started out with Yatabe runs during the heyday Variation Magazine’s Yatabe Top Speed Attack Record.

The company tended to specialize in large displacement engines, as they initially started with imported American muscle cars, but later moved on to combine both large displacement engines and turbocharging once the technology had gone mainstream.

As such, when the V12 Sendo GT had emerged in the 90s, they naturally got to work with making such a machine for the record runs.


This Sendo GT features a twin-turbocharged Sendo V12 engine with two SCH snails, making close to 900hp. Most of the power comes from displacement as they had found that higher boost pressures tended to destroy engine components rather quickly.

Bayside retained the 5-speed automatic transmission, as it has proven itself to remain reliable and comfortable for use in high-speed runs.
The interior has been relatively unchanged, though weight reduction is visible with the lack of rear seats and extra padding removed. Most other luxury options that came stock with the vehicle are still here however.

The exterior features an widebody kit as well as an aerodynamic front end in an attempt to lower drag. Other improvements include the addition of a spoiler and front wing to increase stability and turning ability at higher speeds.


The driver joining the High Noon Club is Bayside’s Yuuki Nagato. AHOOGA HEART POUNDING OUT OF CHEST WHISTLING AWOOOOOOO
The daughter of some engineers in some famous company that you may or may not have heard of, she herself is some kind of mechanic idk i cant write descriptions for this just know she’s actually a mechanic with a degree or something and she drives recklessley on public roads and was arrested in Germany for speeding on the Autobahn in this car in 1998.



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