Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Sard

Started as Sigma racing in 1972 Sard officially became Sard in 1985 with the Sard Supra Group A race vehicle. Sard races the Toyota Team Sard Super GT class and has very close ties with Denso and Toyota. Nobody knows Toyota racing and Injector performance like Sard.

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Sanai Works

Sanai Works is a RE tuning shop, like RE-Amemiya is based in Chiba. Sanai Works prides itself in their aero parts which make the RX-7 and RX-8 a pleasure to look at. If you're ever in the area with your RX-7, they can do a great job of tuning your Power FC too!

Check'em Out: Sanai Works

Friday, April 10, 2009

Samco Sport

Samco Sport is the industry leading maker of silicone hose automotive technology. All of Samco Sport's hoses are handmade and visually inspected guaranteeing quality. Compared to its cheaper competitors, Samco Sport's hoses are garuanteed to outlast the engine they are installed onto. Samco Sport supplies their silicone hoses to high end car manufacturers such as Koenigsegg, and Aston Martin, as well as F1 Teams.

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S2 Supra Style

If you own a Supra, you have probably heard of these specialists. Their line-up includes body parts, interior pieces, exhaust, and more for the 70 and 80 Supras. S2 Supra Style is one of a Supra specialist shops to go to if your looking for a one stop shop to improve both looks inside and out of your Toyota Supra.

Check'em Out: S2 Supra Style

RSW

This Osaka based parts designer specializes in Carbon Fiber interior panels to add a sportier look to the inside of your JDM ride. The RSW line-up includes pieces for the Fairlady Z, GT-R, RX-8, and others. RSW isn't limited to only car interior design, exhaust and body pieces are also available to better the looks, sound, and performance of your car. Planning on giving your car a sleek Carbon Fiber interior? Look no further than RSW!

Check'em Out: RSW

Thursday, April 09, 2009

RS-R

Sport Service RS-R has been around the tuning/racing scene for just about 30 years and is currently showing face in the D1 scene with special appearances in the Orido JZA80 Supra. RS-R produces extremely fine quality exhaust and suspension parts. Since 1968, RS-R has been continuously producing exhaust and suspension pieces with their vast knowhow in the motorsports scene. Product testing has been done in motorsports genres varying from Drag Racing to Rallying.

Check'em Out: RS-R

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

RS Watanabe

The maker of the world famous 8-Spoke wheels made popular by images of Old School Shakotan cars and drifting AE86's, RS Watanabe is based in Yokohama and have been around making the same model wheel for the over 37 years since their establishment in 1972.

Check'em Out: RS Watanabe

RS Start

RS Start has been a premier company in the tuning and restoration of mainly Nissan/Datsun cars since being established in May 1977. RS Start caters to a wide variety of models. From the C10 Hakosuka and S30 Fairlady to the modern day Skyline and Fairlady, RS Start tunes and restores them all. On top of that, Carbon Fiber and FRP body pieces are also available to make your old school Datsun lighter and sportier looking.

Check'em Out: RS Start

RS Pantera

RS Pantera is a tuning specialist for the Rotary engine based in Shizuoka. From Aero to Exhaust to Suspension, RS Pantera has quality parts available for your rotary powered FC, FD, or SE3P. RS Pantera doesn't limit itself to only those models either. A popular item from them is their Fighting Meter Gauge Panel which helps to add a more fighter plane-like atmosphere to the interior for the FD3S driver.

Check'em Out: RS Pantera

Thursday, March 26, 2009

RS Chita

RS Chita is a AE86 parts and used parts specialist. They are based in Nagano and have been around since 1985. This is a great brand for AE86 tuners looking for a great selection of Individual Throttle Body kits and parts for swapping the 5 Valve AE101 and AE111 engines.

Check'em Out: RS Chita

Rising

Hachioji based Rising takes much pride in their custom and original work. Many of their items are handmade in an extremely precise process to bring you engine parts of the highest quality. They are located on the outskirts of Tokyo, where they can engage in tuning without worry of disrupting the people within the heart of the city.

Check'em Out: Rising

Ridox

Ridox is Drifting and Super GT super star, Manabu "Max" Orido's very own aero parts brand that specializes aero parts for the JZA80 Supra and an extensive line of goods, such as silver jewelry and shirts. Dress up your car's exterior with high quality aero, and stand out from the crowd with the signature GT car look Ridox is known for. Ridox is definitely a brand to take a look at for owners of the JZA80 Supra.

Check'em Out: Ridox

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Revolution

Established in 1989, Saitama based Revolution is a RX-7, RX-8, and NSX tuning specialist garage. Revolution has a large catalog of parts for each supported vehicle and is hard at work producing more and more parts to increase the performance potential of each car.

Check'em Out: Revolution

Restored

Restored is FRP and Carbon Fiber body panel company founded for the "Old School" JDM cars. The 510 Bluebird, S30 Z, GC10 Skyline GT-R "Hakosuka" and many other tuner favorites of the past are supported by this company. Doors, Hoods, Trunks, and more can be found here!

Check'em Out: Restored

Reimax

A GT-R ONLY tuner located in the busy port city of Yokohama. They originated in 1986 with the tuning of the FJ20 and CA18 motors. As soon as the GT-R was debuted, Reimax began tuning and testing the colossal vehicle. This gives them as much experience and know how of the RB26 as possible. Their catalog of engine and drivetrain parts speak for themselves. A must see for the RB26DETT owner.

Check'em Out: Reimax

Recaro

Established in 1906 and based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, Recaro is a marque seat maker used all around the globe. Their FIA certified full bucket seats are used in professional motorsport competitions as well as in amateur competitions. Commonly heard opinion is that Recaro seats, although at times lacking in holding capability to its competitors is extremely comfortable. More than its main competition in Japan, Bride.

Check'em Out: Recaro

Real Speed

Osaka based Real Speed has what you need to completely dress up both the outside and inside of your Fairlady Z. Lights, Seat Covers, Front and Rear Bumpers, and more great cosmetics parts are available for your Fairlady at Real Speed.

Check'em Out: Real Speed

RE-Wing

RE-Wing is a tuning garage specializing in building Grip and Drag rotaries. The Mie based garage was founded in 1989 and has built a variety of Rotary specific parts for the FC, FD, and SE3P.

Check'em Out: RE-Wing

RE Ameimya

No Rotary engine fan can exist without giving respect to the design and tuning ability of the RE guru, RE-Amemiya. From the most exotic aeroparts, competition winning D1 Drift vehicles to GT Racing Championships, RE-Amemiya has proved performance with beautiful design.

Founded in 1974, RE Amemiya has proven itself time and time again in the rotary tuning industry. Their quality tuning and parts has made RE Amemiya the first brand to come to mind when a rotary owner wants some modification done to their street/circuit machine.

Check'em Out: RE Amemiya

Raybrig

Raybrig is a car H.I.D., LED, Halogen bulb maker established in 1996. Their Multi-Reflector Head Lamps for cars equipped with retractable head lights are highly popular among 180SX and Miata Roadster owners, adding better lighting and looks. Raybrig promote their car lighting items through sponsorship of teams in Japan's JGTC racing championship, showing the world the quality of their lighting products.

Check'em Out: Raybrig

Ralliart

Ralliart is the tuning arm of Mitsubishi Motors, established in 1984, Ralliart develops the company's rally and off-road competition cars as well as produce performance parts for Mitsubishi's current line-up of consumer cars. Ralliart participates in rally and off-road competitions around the world, notably the World Rally Championship and Dakar Rally.

Check'em Out: Ralliart

Lowen Hart Corporation

The Ehime based Lowen Hart Corporation is a multi-brand company composed of a variety of exclusive marque wheel brands. Lowenhart, Racing Hart, Euro Hart, DEF, and Bersaglio. These brands are highly popular among the Spo-Con, VIP, and LUX style tuning crowd here in Japan. The Lowen Hart Corporation's catalog of wheels is built of the highest quality and are guaranteed to add style to your street cruiser!

Check'em Out: Lowen Hart Corporation

Racing Gear

Established in 1947, Racing Gear produces a wide variety of parts for vehicles of a variety of makes and models. RG's catalog of clutch parts is highly popular, used by shops and garages throughout Japan as the shop's "special clutch." The JTC'N1 Circuit Damper series of coilover suspension kits are built of the highest quality, and have proven their performance ability in N1 Races throughout Japan.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

R-Magic

Established in 1993, R-Magic is a Rotary specialist shop with dream products for any Rotary Fan. R-Magic boasts a large catalog of parts for all aspects of your rotary powered sports car. From Suspension and Exhaust, to Cooling and Aero, they have it all.

R-Magic has also made their debut in film with their demo car playing in a role as the starmachine in the Japanese action movie, SpeedMaster. R-Magic is currently expanding their exposure competing Japan's D1 Grand Prix.

Check'em Out: R-Magic

Quantum

Established in the F1 world, specialists and makers of High Quality coilover suspension. Quantum has been in the suspension market since the 60`s, making coilovers for F1 cars in need of high endurance suspension pieces able to withstand over 200kph. When ordering Quantum, you`re ordering over 40 years of racing experience and quality.

Check'em Out: Quantum

Puriair

A company specializing in manufacturing Hypoallergenic Air Conditioning Filters for a wide variety of vehicle makes and models. Puriair A/C filters eliminates allergens and bacteria that build on your car's A/C filter.

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Proudear

Yokohama based Proudear is a parts brand producing parts for the Fairlady Z and Skyline. Proudear has a large catalog of parts for the Z31 available and is a great place to look at for Z31 owners wanting a more aggressive look on their cars. Fenders, Bonnets, Bumpers, and more can be found to add to the body of your already great looking Fairlady Z or Skyline.

Check'em Out: Proudear

Project Mu

Project Mu is a high performance brake technology company with their product heavily researched and tested in motorsports competitions throughout Japan. Project Mu's current catalog covers all bases for everyone from the daily driver to the touge attacker.

Established in March of 1988 and currently employing 27 workers, Project Mu is hard at work to produce the best braking parts available.

Check'em Out: Project Mu

Prodrive

Prodrive is a world class motorsports and automotive technology company with experience in F1, WRC, and many other international motorsports competitions. Proof of their technical abilities and racing knowledge can be seen in their 6 World Rally Championships and over 100 international rally wins in collaboration with Subaru.

Originally established in 1984 with four employees, Prodrive has become a powerful motorsports brand with over 1000 employees around the world.

Check'em Out: Prodrive

Monday, March 16, 2009

Pro Shop Rapid

Founded by former amateur drifting star and currently driving under Team Orange in the D1GP. Hideo Hiraoka's Pro Shop Rapid is well known for their extremely popular "Dame Ningen" stickers and S13 Silvia aero. They also offer an original coilover suspension kit as well unique interior pieces and Carbon Fiber decorative parts.

Check'em Out: Pro Shop Rapid

Pro Shop Iida

Kanagawa based Pro Shop Iida is a small shop specializing in tuning all things Mitsubishi. Need some tips on 4G63 tuning? They have you covered with plenty of knowledge and advice along with a great selection of parts ready for purchasing and installing onto your Mitsubishi. Legnum and Galant owners take notice, Pro Shop Iida also has parts specific to the EC5A and EC5W ready to up the performance of your ride!

Check'em Out: Pro Shop Iida

Power House Amuse

Chiba based Power House Amuse is well known for their high quality Titanium Exhaust parts and the Hi-Tech ROM ECU. Their circuit aimed Aero parts and Body Kits are also put together with 100% quality. Amuse can be normally seen at the world famous Tsukuba Circuit testing and adjusting upcoming prototype parts. Like many major companies, Power House Amuse is currently hard at work researching and developing new parts for the R35 GT-R.

Check'em Out: Power House Amuse

Power Enterprise

Since starting out as an engine parts developer for race applications in 1997, Shizuoka based Power Enterprise has become a brand to go to for everything (except suspension) you need to build a tire shredding monster machine. Power Enterprise currently is working on expanding its catalog of Supercharger Kits for everything from the tiny iQ to the massive R35 GT-R.

Check'em Out: Power Enterprise

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Power Craft

Kanagawa based Power Craft is a specialist in exhaust parts fabricating. They specialize in parts for the GDB Impreza, AE86 Levin/Trueno, and the Z33 Fairlady Z. Power Craft's quality parts are second to none, and the brand is highly recommended to owners of the earlier mentioned Fairlady, Impreza, and Hachi-Roku.

Check'em Out: Power Craft

Friday, March 13, 2009

Pivot

Pivot was founded in 1986 as a new maker of electronics for race cars by a man who was only 24 years of age at the time. From there they have grown to offer a great line-up of gauges, smart devices, and much more for your vehicle. They are located up in the northern part of Honshu in a snowy land called Nagano.

Check'em Out: Pivot

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pit Road M

A tuning garage highly involved in zeroyon racing (0-400m). The owner is a Mitsubishi GTO freak and is the reason why much of their line-up supports this vehicle. They are located in the Nara prefecture which is close to the large city of Osaka. You may find some stuff you never knew existed for the Mitsubishi GTO from this company.

Check'em Out: Pit Road M

PIAA

PIAA is a sponsor for many of the high-powered vehicles seen on the race track. They specialize in HID lights and lighting but also have a line-up of various accessories found in and around the car.

Check'em Out: PIAA

Phoenix's Power

Once known as Garage Fukui, it was rumored that the boss was busted for insurance fraud when he crashed a customers car. Under new management, Garage Fukui was cleaned up and its image restored. Like the Phoenix out of the ashes, the small tuning shop was reincarnated to Phoenix's Power.

Today, Phoenix's Power has grown from one, to two shops in Kyoto and Fukui. They offer a line-up of original exhaust systems for a variety of vehicle models and also offer original ROM-Tuned ECUs for a wide range of cars.

Check'em Out: Phoenix's Power

Monday, March 09, 2009

Pentroof

Established in 1993, Pentroof is a Tokyo based tuning garage experienced in tuning genres ranging from High Speed Time Attack Racing to Drifting. Pentroof offers a variety of parts from popular tuning bases from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Toyota.

Check'em Out: Pentroof

Pan Speed

Saitama based Pan Speed is a specialist garage for rotary engine tuning. The garage specialize in tuned ECU's and high power capable rebuilt engines for the rotary, and also offers a range of aero parts for the FD and FC RX-7. Pan Speed also offers a wide array of suspension, exhaust, and brake parts to better your Mazda.

Check'em Out: Pan Speed

Monday, February 23, 2009

OS Giken

A famed machine shop since the times when the 510 Bluebird twincam L-head engine was a popular tuning base. Unlike its main racing clutch competition, Ogura Clutch (ORC) which manufactures clutches for a wide array of cars and other applications, OS Giken was established solely for producing tuning parts.

Since the early days of the company, OS Giken has been making new a innovative parts time and again, making them a commonly talked about in the tuning community. First they grabbed the attention of the public with their DOHC 4 Valve TC16-MAII/TC24-B1 engine in 1975. Then again in 2000 with the RB30 OS-E2996 Engine. Innovation from OS Giken came again two years later with the release of the RB26 Sequential Transmission, and the Super Lock LSD came the following year.

OS Giken continues to excel at bringing the tuning industry new and innovative products and will definitely continue to deliver high quality products for years to come.

Check'em Out: OS Giken

Origin

Like D-Max, Origin started as a small Osaka company a few years ago as has exploded in a major sponsor of D1 cars and producer of extensive body kits and drift related parts. Because of their low cost and great looks, Origin has become one of more commonly seen aero/body kit brands seen among tuner cars rolling around Japan's streets.

Check'em Out: Origin

Sunday, February 22, 2009

ORC Ogura Racing Clutch

Established in 1938, Ogura Clutch manufactures a variety of clutches not limited to cars for a variety of applications. They own 1/3 of the market in car air conditioning systems and have corporate offices all around the world.

Ogura Racing Clutch is arguably the most popular aftermarket clutch maker around. Many vehicles from the street to the circuit trust ORC to get the power to the ground, they are even used in D1 extensively.

From 1998 to 2006, ORC's campaign in the JGTC resulted in a total of six series championships further proving to competitors and skeptics alike that the ORC brand was not a low quality product.

Today, ORC has a variety of clutches available for anything from a street tuned miata, to the 1000hp drag supra. ORC has also started production of Brake kits and has started to expand into engine tuning with their new Supercharger lineup.

Check'em Out:ORC Ogura Racing Clutch

Thursday, February 12, 2009

On The Beat

One of the active organizers of events for the Sport Compact tuner movement in Hokkaido, On The Beat is a used car lot and custom car garage specializing in the 70 Supra. They are a big organizer of events for the Supra and Celica tuning scene in Hokkaido as well as participate in Japan's growing L/S (Luxury Style) scene.

Check out what they have to offer HERE

Okuyama/Carbing

Okuyama has been a major force in chassis reinforcement and roll cages for cars since their establishment in 1977.

To help promote their products and gain valuable technical know-how, Okuyama has been running a domestic motorsports team, participating in Japan's National Dirt Trial Championship and the Japan Gymkhana Championship. The aggressive campaign in the two championships yielded a three year championship reign in the Japan Gymkhana Championship's Class D from 1988 to 1990. Team Okuyama has also become Series Champion in the Japan National Dirt Trial Championship. Their first reign was in 1993 with their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution I, then again in 2003, competing with a Lancer Evolution III.

The valuable knowledge gained in the motorsport field has led to race proven, high quality parts for the car enthusiast. Roll cages, strut bars, lower arm bars, and more are available to modify your car into a stiff bodied, responsive handling, crash ready competition car!

Check out a few examples of what's available from Okuyama HERE

Monday, February 09, 2009

Okada Projects

A leading Ignition parts manufacturer for both cars and bikes in Japan, Okada Projects was started in Kanagawa in 2003 with the idea to develop innovative products in today's ignition systems. Okada Projects manufactures stronger ignition systems to optimized engine performance with lower emissions and improved fuel consumption.

In 2005, Okada Projects launched the Plasma Direct and Plasma Booster line-up to a variety of applications including Japanese, European, and American cars.

Check'em Out HERE

Ohlins

Ohlins is a high performance suspension company based in Upplands Vasby, Sweden. Starting out as a suspension tuner for motorcycles and snowboards, Ohlins has become a leader in the industry, and has gone on to expand into suspension kits for cars. Ohlins has become a worldwide distributor of its parts, located in over 50 different countries around the world. Ohlins is also a maker of OEM parts for a number of companies including Yamaha, Ducati, Aprilla, and BMW.

Check'em Out HERE

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Odula

Odula is an Osaka based garage specializing in the tuning of Rotary equipped cars, the RX-7 and RX-8. Odula also caters to Mazda's piston engined favorites, the Roadster, Atenza, and Demio.
Odula continues to improve on the tuning of the RX-7, the only "Real" sports car of Japan. Already having a plethora of aero parts available for the public, Odula works to increase amount of "street legal" racing parts available to owners of the RX-7.

Chek'em Out HERE

Monday, February 02, 2009

Nissan

Nissan was originally founded in 1932. They are the makers of the popular tuning vehicles, the Fairlady Z, Silvia, Skyline, and others. In recent times Nissan had been in major financial trouble, on the verge of bankruptcy.
1999, Nissan's financial trouble led to their alliance with French automaker, Renault. This led to the Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault being appointed as new CEO of Nissan. Ghosn led Nissan's sinking ship out of bankruptcy and raised sales back up.

With Nissan's sales back up and financial stability renewed, Nissan has begun to reintroduce its sports cars back into the market with bigger and better performance figures. The Fairlady Z and GT-R are looking better than ever, are there are also ongoing rumors of the return of the Silvia coming soon.

Check out some Nissan OEM HERE

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Nismo

Formed in 1984, Nismo is the factory backed tuning division of Nissan. Nismo designs and produces a wide variety of aftermarket performance parts for all aspects of Nissan car. Whether it be Exterior(Bodykits, Diffusers, Wheels), Interior(Seats, Guages), Engine(cams, turbines, head gaskets), Suspension(Coilovers, Arms), you name it, chances are Nismo has some thing better to replace you Stock OEM with.

Check'em Out: HERE

Night Pager

Night Pager is an over 15 year old shop specializing in parts fabrication and is well known leader in producing innovative tuning parts. Night Pager is the originator of the Gator Pipe/Wastegater/Cheater gate. Rollcenter Adapters, Brake Kits, Exhaust pieces, Night Pager has a little bit of everything available for a variety of cars.

Check'em Out: HERE

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

NGK

Established in 1936, NGK is the leading brand in the spark plug industry. NGK's spark plugs so much of a amazing product, they are specified as original equipment by the majority of the auto manufacturing industry. NGK sponsers a number of competition vehicles in the F1, WRC, MotoGP, and other motorsports competitions.

Check'em Out HERE

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Neko Corporation

Want to do an engine swap without all the work of splicing together wiring harnesses of cars? The first place that gets mentioned for plug and play wiring harnesses and engine swaps is Neko Corporation. Swapping an RB25 into your HCR32 Skyline, and SR20 into your RS13 180SX, S14 SR20 into your PS13 Silvia. All can be done without headache with a clip-in wiring harness from Neko Corporation!!

Check'em Out HERE

Nardi

Alongside competitor MOMO, Nardi is a leading brand in the sports steering wheel industry. The Torino, Italy based steering wheel manufacturer has been supplying car manufacturers and car enthusiasts with the highest of quality since 1932. Well over 75 years in industry and Nardi's quality is still top knotch.

Check'em Out HERE

Monday, January 26, 2009

NAPREC

A top quality machine shop specializing in the tuning of engine heads on Nissan and Toyota engines. NAPREC stands for Nagoya Precision however is based out of Hachyoji Tokyo. NAPREC's catalog of products include large valves for the RB26DETT engines and reinforced timing chain and rocker arms for the SR20DET engines.

Check'em Out: HERE

Nagisa Auto/NAMS

Osaka based Nagisa Auto/NAMS is a chassis stiffening and suspension tuning specialist experienced in the building various competition and street driven cars. Sunday Races, Touge, High Speed, etc. You name the competition, Nagisa Auto can help you get your car ready. All members of the Nagisa Auto staff has had past racing experience and are more than capable of building and suppling the parts you need to building your gold winning racer.

Check'em Out HERE

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mugen

Estabilished in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda. Mugen is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer closely associated with the Honda Motor Company. The company tunes and races Honda vehicles in various GT competition. Mugen has won the Formula 3000 championship in 1990 and 1991, participated in Formula 1, and up to 2005 was the exclusive supplier of Formula Nippon engines.

For the amatuer enthusiast, Mugen offers a wide variety of tuning parts for Honda's lineup of cars, mainly their performance cars, the NSX and Type R line-up.

Check'em Out: Mugen

MSC Challenge

Originally, D1 was the perfect event to see the privateer drift go head to head with the pros in everyday, street tuned cars. Now however, with the addition of various sponsors, D1 has become for for the wealthy than the privateer to compete in. The cars competing no longer mirror ones you would be able to build or see on the street. The D1 events also always end with predictable winners, leading to speculation of fixed competition. This is where the MSC Challenge comes in. Founded by Manabu Orido and Nobuteru Taniguchi, drivers of D1 and Professional Motorsports fame, MSC aims to be the drifting competition to take the place of the void left by the D1 Grand Prix. Unlike the D1, the MSC is more of a grassroots type competiton accessible to the privateer drifter and much more enjoyable to watch because of the close competiton, much like the now defunct BM competition and ongoing Ikaten. This is possibly one of the biggest reason for MSC's success in the drifting world today.

Check'em Out: MSC Challenge

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

MoonFace

MoonFace is a relatively young performance company with 10 years in the game. Hailing from Aichi prefecture, MoonFace has come up with some new innovations in all aspects of tuning. MoonFace was the originator of the oval shaped Front Pipe, Outlet Pipe all-in-one that D-Max copied and sells under the Cobra Max name. MoonFace was also one of the first companies to have a full catalog of parts for correcting your low riding import's roll center, with a wide array of camber adjusters and suspension arms designed for the job. Be on the lookout for future innovations from tuning pioneer, MoonFace.

Check'em Out: MoonFace

Monster Sport

Monster Sport is a specialty tuning company based in Tokyo. Started up in December of 1983, Monster Sport has been producing various engine, exterior, and interior parts for their specialty car models, the Lancer Evolution, Impreza , Integra, Civc, Swift, SX4, and Cappuccino. Along with the tuning of their supported cars, the workers of Monster Sports are readily available to speak with on tuning advice.

Check'em Out: Monster Sport

Monday, January 19, 2009

MOMO

MOMO began in the 1960's with a passion for motor racing. Giampiero Moretti, a university student and gentleman driver, had a friend who made a very special steering wheel for Giampiero racing car. It was smaller than the ones normally used. What made it even more unique was its very large handgrip that giving a better grip of the car's steering, making the car easier to handle and drive. This odd steering wheel attracted the attention of many drivers, among them John Surtees of Ferrari. The English driver was enthusiastic after trying it, and had it mounted on his single-seat Formula One car.

After Surtees and Ferrari won the F-1 championship that year, requests for steering wheels began to pour in. What began as a passion grew into a business.
In 1966 a factory in Verona was opened to produce these special steering wheels, giving birth to MOMO (from the initials of Moretti-Monza).
Ferrari was the first to order, deciding to use MOMO steering wheels on all its racing cars. With this formidable entry, MOMO could begin to sell to the international market.

Today, on the circuits around the world, MOMO continues testing and researching to produce the best steering wheels available.

Design, innovation, leading technology, top notch quality and brand image are the keys to MOMO's success.

Check'em Out: HERE

Modern Garage

An 18 year veteran in the FRP parts industry, Art Project Modern Garage is a living legend in the buisness. They have made parts for everything from race cars to OEM pieces for auto makers. Their motto, "Simple Is Best"

Check'em Out Here

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Mitsubishi

From Zeros to Lancer Evolutions, Mitsubishi Motors has be around for a very long time. Originating in 1917, Mitsubishi is currently the fifth largest car manufacturer of Japan. Mitsubishi is also a big competitor in Motorsport, participating in Rally races around the world.

Check'em Out: Mitsubishi OEM

Friday, January 09, 2009

Mine's

Maker of the world famous VX-Rom, Mine's makes tuning part for a variety of popular JDM tuning models. Established in 1985, Mine's has competed in various Top Speed and Time Attack competitions, working to build their tuning "know how" and better the quality of their products. Today, Kanagawa's favorite ECU tuning company offers a large catalog of not only ROM Tunes, but also Exhausts, Carbon Fiber Aero Parts, and more!

Check'em Out: Mine's

Midori

Midori is a garage based in Yokohama. Specializing in high speed circuit type modifications, Midori favors the R35, Z33, V35, R34 R33, R32, for tuning bases. Midori also offers a lineup of parts for cars not of their specialization. Exhaust, Brakes, Suspension, Carbon Fiber, Midori's got what you need!

Check'em Out: Midori

Thursday, January 08, 2009

MCR

MCR or Matchless Crowd Racing is based out of Saitama and are heavily into the circuit racing scene. MCR specializes in the tuning of the Nissan Skyline GT-R Fairlady Z and the Silvia. With japan's current climate of youth uninterested in tuner cars and fluctuation of gas prices, MCR has also extended its tuning to the smaller Nissan March and Suzuki Swift.

ECU tuning, high quality exhaust pieces and aero parts, suspension essentials, and more are available from MCR.

Check'em Out: MCR aka Matchless Crowd Racing

Mazdaspeed

Originally starting life in 1968 under the name "Mazda Sports Corner," Mazdaspeed is Mazda's in-house tuning brand, much like how Honda has Mugen, Nissan and Nismo, Toyota/TRD, etc. Mazdaspeed competed regularly in events within Japan and with Mazda was victorious in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. Today, Mazdaspeed produces tuning parts for all current production vehicles from Mazda, and also releases tuned "Mazdaspeed" versions of certain Mazda models.

Check'em Out: Mazdaspeed

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Mazda

Founded in Japan and formerly known as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. Ltd, Mazda has become well known as being the only current manufacturer of the Wankel Rotary Engine as well as the only non-European/American company to win a Le Mans 24hr Race. They won with the Mazda 787B, a Rotary powered monster.

Mazda rotaries cannot be talked about without mention of the RX-7 and more recent RX-8. Both cars have loyal owners and fans who will defend the rotary and its greatness to the end of the world.

Another Mazda favorite is their best selling convertible, the Miata/MX-5/Roadster. Although considered a "girl's car" in the United States and other parts of the world, the Miata Roadster is popular competition car in Japan, commonly seen mixing it up with Silvias, and JZX Tourer V's in Drift events and going head to head with the Imprezas and Lancer Evolutions in Gymkhana competitions.

Check'em Out: Mazda OEM

Maxim Works

Started by one of the founders of high quality motorcycle exhaust manufacturer, Yoshimura, Maxim Works is high popular among the NA tuning crowd for their high quality Headers. Maxim Works works as an "Old-School" company and doesn't keep up with technology. This means that they do not keep up to date with a web-site or any other international distribution. All of Maxim Works' exhaust pieces are manufactured in Japan, JASMA certified with machined finished flanges and only put together with Japan's SUS304TP Spec Stainless Steel.

Check'em Out: Maxim Works

Monday, January 05, 2009

Max Racing

Max Racing is a company specializing in parts for Time Attack racing. Competing in local motorsports events since 1998, the Max Racing team have participated in a variety of major racing championships including the Suzuka Clubman Races, Netz Cup, and the Super Taikyu Series. Max Racing's parts are made to show results on the track. Helping you to shave off that 100th of a second off your lap time.

Check'em Out: Max Racing