Mazda Tuning Festa 2013 - 7s day

The Mazda Tuning Festa has become THE event for Mazda fans in Japan. The sheer variety of stuff to see, hear and probe is the real drawcard.

Mazda Tuning Festa 2012 - Suzuki FC

That crazy man Suzuki in his crazier FC.

Drift cars don't last long. They eventually get re-shelled and the successful components transplanted.  The cool pieces from the last FC3s have found their way onto this FC3c.

The shell is not a hack job. It's actually pretty straight and clean.

Mazda Tuning Festa 2012 - Preview

Mazda Tuning Festa 2012. Another 7's day event that was amazing. This event continues to be fun and produces some excitement in many forms. 

If time attack is your thing. There's plenty of that.

Maybe an appreciation of the older models and a chat with some privateers.

in the pits, or on track, you don't have to look far to find some coolness. Young guys and old.

Legends are everywhere.

Some more suited to tracks other than Tsukuba.

Maybe drift is your style ...

... or street tune.

There is something for everyone. 

7's Day 2011 - FC Heaven

Daikoku is always full of FC3s and FC3c on 7's Day. This is the venue for the FC lovers. These two BN Sports style machines showing the true Japanese Drift style made famous by Haruguchi.

You always find awesome cars here, This B-Wave bumper on the FC was always a favourite of mine.

Panasport G7 5 spokes and some nice period correct items. some people would kill for the window rain defectors on this car. But check the background, Daikoku fills with enthusiasts, from restored stock to wild chops.

these old school Enkei 3 piece rims and a wild combo and further down the row you see the Tamon demo car. Some guys bring some items to off load.

The Japanese variety and abundance is hard to imagine for some. Stock 84 FC3S to 91 Enfini. It's all here.

GT-R rims are a nice upgrade on this base model. Thankfully no NA cars in Japan. Only the turbo monsters.

These black car was the cleanest I found. The owner very pleased to show it off.

All FC lovers are "quirky", right? You have to be to put up with FC electrical gremlins and the 80's wonder.

If that's too much for you then a few upgrades usually eliminate most problems. But some take it a bit further to full rebuild level. This car was perFeCt!

go go FC.

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7's Day 2011 - F-See

Here's a little inspiration for those FC-Xtremists among us. Most FD owners have probably had an FC or two in their past...

These are the ones they probably dreamed about. Border / Tamon / Convertible with TE37 and V-Mount.

Or perhaps an RE-Amemiya FC-2000 front to complement some older tuning components like these MS-01 Mazdaspeed rims.

How about THE original RE-Amemiya Greddy II widebody with 928 headlight conversion on OZ rims. Awesome or what!!!!

Or maybe something wider... this car tuned by ERC features some extra wild parts from Border, Tamon and more.

Makes you want one again, doesn't it? I wonder if the electrics are still working?

7's Day 2011 - The Boss

The Boss FC Turbo Convertible always draws a crowd.

So I had to shoot these pictures very early in the day. 17" front and 18" rear work emotion XD-9 in Bronze really match the candy red paint and silver carbon additions. I  love open cars and drifting one is a cool experience.

But whats that lurking behind?

7's day was like that, just when you think you find an awesome machine, there's another just as cool within a few meters. New CR-Kiwami on this BN Sports FC.
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