7's Day 2011 - R-Magic Doriya!

R-Magic and Kenji Takayama. An awesome combo.

 As one of the few remaining Fd3s running in D1, the limits are still going up as they push this car within breaking point. The 13B is getting all kinds of add ons in search of that level playing field with the 1000hp competitors.

Heading out on track, The car was once again repaired after damage at Odaiba and Okayama. Looking pristine.

A warm up lap before burying the pedal. The two main cars at 7's day were Kenji and as we've seen Suenaga. Both on par. I'd call one more time.

Another thing we've seen were the passenger demos. Oh the lucky to experience a couple of laps in here.

 A nice smooth sequence and a few mm of Falken 595RS-R rubber left on Tsukuba's hairpin..

Personally I like the Yellow side more than the pink side. Seems to have more impact.

Ohara-san finding something funny.

While others just enjoy the car.

 This intercooler is not enough, currently R-Magic is experimenting with much a much thicker cooler.

Everything gets hot under here with Wide Open throttle and not much forward airflow. Fan runs directly onto the fuel rail.

Drivers get hot too, ducting onto the driver is a necessity, just like the sequential shifter.

 You can make up your own mind about Time attack aero parts on a drift car. But with a trail of white smoke,  cool looking cars are even cooler!

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7's Day 2011 - Revolution Noir

Revo-tune's rx8 3 rotor NA monster.

This left hand drive Rx8 is an awesome machine. The sound is amazing! The revised Rx8 is a much better looking machine also. It's amazing how small changes can really effect a cars overall appearance.

Subtle bodywork at play here. Splitter , Craft Square mirrors, Carbon rear doors and other small enhacements get the car lower and meaner.

Aoki-san hardly gets time to rest at these days. modifying engine maps and extracting that extra performance. After each run, he can usually be seen checking digi-spice data for where the car can be quicker on the circuit.

Don't worry about the smoke. It's a rotary.

Silver roof is a mystery. I only noticed it in my pictures... Usually hard to check sooo many details on one day.

Screaming past the pit.

Into the hairpin. The car was running arount 1.01 on the day on S-tyres.

Sitting on the grid for the Hot Version Race, it was looking fast. New Rays RE-30 Club Sport look awesome.

You can see the Pan Speed Rx8 just behind, actually, just infront on the reverse grid. These cars run about the same speed.

 And finished in about the same place on the track.

A very well executed fast NA machine.

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7's Day 2011 - Frogger

RE-Amemiya's D1 7 with the Super Greddy I Kit is hardly the best looking car around. But painted black and chrome, the lines are hidden a little and at least it looks respectable.

I've featured this car before so I didn't spend much time in the pit. Masao Suenaga was absolutely ripping it up on 7's day. Maybe he was loving to be back in the FD. :)

The Drift Samurai's D1SL car was no match. They played a lot on the day, but Masao's machine was that step above and Suenaga-san was able to put it anywhere he wanted.

The extra length on the car is a tough ask for the car. It looks like a missile.

But does all the right things in the handling department. Traction seems great for a drift car. RE-Amemiya have abandoned the use of the diffuser on this machine. It's not designed for this purpose.

Look at the angle of the front wheels. Castor and Angle. Knuckles are a must.

Here is Masao hunting Immamura.

They were having fun, but sometimes you need to stop for tyres. The front view of the machine is great. It's that rear...

Suenaga was also giving rides on the day. Here he is with a lucky passenger. who experienced the following run.

Back to the pit. Definitely the ugly duckling of the RE-Amemiya garage.

But who cares about the body, It's drifting that this car excels at.

Kenji and Suenaga playing with friends.

Looks fun, doesn't it.

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