takumi's engine

[Josh]

Originally posted by PunkRock
Those things look more like carbs than ITBs, but anyway.

Those are ITB's for an AE101. Looks the same(minus the air filter) to me.

I have no experience with ITB's, or carburetors, though, so I really wouldn't know. I was just guessing because they looked a lot like them to me.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Josh

Those are ITB's for an AE101. Looks the same(minus the air filter) to me.

I have no experience with ITB's, or carburetors, though, so I really wouldn't know. I was just guessing because they looked a lot like them to me.

They could be, i don't know... I'm not even sure if these things had Fuel Injection (hence the need for a throttle body) or not...

 

[advanR]

did i mention i am cool because my car has 4 TBs? hahaha

 

[Josh]

Um, no... you didn't.

 

[Cano]

Originally posted by PunkRock
Those things look more like carbs than ITBs, but anyway.

...If it had a suspension system ultimately set towards road racing instead of drifting, it could probably be a pretty quick little car... As it stands, it's just a showy car...

what the hell is an ITB?

and, from that statement, punk rock, I may assume you dont like drifting, unlike the rest of this forum???? *-*

Cano

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by Cano
what the hell is an ITB?

Individual Throttle Body.

I don't like drifting. It's kind of fun to do in GT3, and stuff, but other than that... it's not for me.

http://www.racingstrong.com/aw11/specs.asp

That says something about injector size for the 4A-GELU. I also just noticed next to Misc. it says Indiv. Throttle, VVT - whatever that means.

 

[Cano]

Originally posted by Josh
Individual Throttle Body.

I don't like drifting. It's kind of fun to do in GT3, and stuff, but other than that... it's not for me.

oh... O_o well, didnt figure out by the initial letters sorry...

Cano

and its good to hear you dont like drifting either, Josh!! at least there are two of us.... more???

 

[Cobraboy]

Originally posted by Cano
and its good to hear you dont like drifting either, Josh!! at least there are two of us.... more???

I don't hate it all that much, it can look quite impressive, but all the 13 year olds running around the place really piss me off about it...

 

[Cano]

haha, yeah, every ricy kid here seems to think that Japanese car = drifting. or any car, for that matter. saw the latest user registered name? Skyline-drifter or something... so, well...

Cano

 

[Driftster]

Cano, what you've got to do, is go to your SCCA sponsored track on an open day, and watch the honda kids trying to ebrake around the corners, you'll never see anything more funny in your life, I gaurentee it.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Cano


and, from that statement, punk rock, I may assume you dont like drifting, unlike the rest of this forum???? *-*

Cano

I don't mind watching it, mind you, especially the crazy Japanese videos, but i'm not one to go and brag about how fast & fun drifting is, like some members here, because that's a load of BS...

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by PunkRock
but i'm not one to go and brag about how fast & fun drifting is,

hArha!!! dAtz becuz ur not a mAD tYt3 dr1ft3r y0! lOlz0rs!!! st00pid n00b!


Yeah, anyways, besides GT3, and watching an occasional group of crazy Japanese guys, I don't care much for drifting. I probably have less than 10 drifting videos on my computer.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Josh
hArha!!! dAtz becuz ur not a mAD tYt3 dr1ft3r y0! lOlz0rs!!! st00pid n00b!


Yeah, anyways, besides GT3, and watching an occasional group of crazy Japanese guys, I don't care much for drifting. I probably have less than 10 drifting videos on my computer.

0h y3@h? 1'm gunn@ sh0 u wh0'z d@ st00pid n00b!

I've got 22 vids, worth 285 mb... Then again, i've got 3 gigs of video stuff...

 

[Cano]

Originally posted by PunkRock
I don't mind watching it, mind you, especially the crazy Japanese videos, but i'm not one to go and brag about how fast & fun drifting is, like some members here, because that's a load of BS...

yeah... as someone said, it can be really spectacular some times... but from there to, "ooh I cant wait to get my hand on my next car so I can drfit in it" like most members here.. well... josh pretty much exeplifies that with his m4d - 7y73-1337 stuff!!

hehe...

Cano

 

[Rue]

Replica of the aformentioned AE86 Trueno in Initial D

 

[Driftster]

That's not a replica, it's missing "Fujiwara Tofu Shop" on the side. And that's a normal 4A-GEU, not a 4A-GELU. it's just a normal panda trueno

 

[Rue]

Originally posted by Driftster
That's not a replica, it's missing "Fujiwara Tofu Shop" on the side. And that's a normal 4A-GEU, not a 4A-GELU. it's just a normal panda trueno

No, I'm afraid you're wrong. The Trueno in Initial D only has the logo on the right hand side of the car, as does this one

 

[Driftster]

Be that as it may it still lacks the 4AGELU, and even if it was trying to emulate the original engine that was in it, the original engine wasn't blue/yellow

 

[Rue]

Originally posted by Driftster
Be that as it may it still lacks the 4AGELU, and even if it was trying to emulate the original engine that was in it, the original engine wasn't blue/yellow

It's not trying to be a carbon copy of the Initial D Trueno, just a visual nod to it hence the number plate and tofu shop sticker. The fact that they've made it look similar to the car in the cartoon is down to it's popularity at the moment.

 

[Driftster]

And the 1985 AE86 from Initial D only had 1 Racing seat. Anywho i'm bored, and did you notice alot of the time in Initial D they spelled Trueno wrong on the car, they splled it Toreno alot of the time.

 

[Rue]

Originally posted by Driftster
And the 1985 AE86 from Initial D only had 1 Racing seat. Anywho i'm bored, and did you notice alot of the time in Initial D they spelled Trueno wrong on the car, they splled it Tureno alot of the time.

I didn't notice, I'm not keen on the cartoon to be honest. But the misspelling of words in anime happens a lot, 'Bony' TVs and the like

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by chaser_fan
Replica of the aformentioned AE86 Trueno in Initial D

I'm currently holding the back of my hand to my forehead with the index finger pointed straight up, and the thumb pointed off to the side...

 

[TahirNuri]

Addressing the issue of misspellings in anime:
The Japanese language system relies on letter pairings to form their basic alphabet.

A Ka Sa Ta Ha Ma Ra Wa
I Ki Shi Chi Hi Mi Ri Wo
E Ke Se Te He Me Re
O Ko So To Ho Mo Ro
U Ku Su Tsu Hu Mu Ru


That's a rough construct of the most basic Japanese pairings as per un-accented hiragana.... Logically, TuReNo would be an obvious mutation of Trueno, since Trueno cannot be written in Hiragana, nor Katakana.

My name transforms to
Tahiru Nuri, or Maikeru Torezu with their alphabet.

 

[Famine]

That's only in the "Modified Hepburn" system of romanising Kana, Michael... But it is the most commonly used form - although my friend from Shizuoka uses the most bizarre Romaji you've ever seen. My own name would be written Andoryuu Ebansu in the modified Hepburn.

I'd suggest the most obvious "mutation" of Trueno, going on the pronunciation alone, would be To-Ru-E-No. But in terms of conversion of the written word, I'd agree entriely with you.

Just to add the remaining Romaji

The only Romanised letters than can appear singularly are A, E, I, O, U, N, M.

There is also a Na sequence - Na, Ni, No, Ne, Nu
The Ka sequence modifies to Ga, Gi, Go, Ge, Gu
The Sa sequence modifies to Za, Ji, Zo, Ze, Zu
The Ta sequence modifies to Da, Ji, Do, De, Zu
The Ha sequence modifies to Ba, Bi, Bo, Be, Bu - and also to Pa, Pi, Po, Pe, Pu.

You can add Ya, Yu and Yo characters to any _i character to form the third set of syllables:
Kya, Kyu, Kyo (Ki +)
Sha, Shu, Sho (Shi +)
Cha, Chu, Cho (Chi +)
Nya, Nyu, Nyo (Ni +)
Hya, Hyu, Hyo (Hi +)
Mya, Myu, Myo (Mi +)
Rya, Ryu, Ryo (Ri +)
Gya, Gyu, Gyo (Gi +)
Ja, Ju, Jo (Ji +)
Bya, Byu, Byo (Bi +)
Pya, Pyu, Pyo (Pi +)

Wow... I think that ends today's lesson

Edit : Actually, now I come to think of it, Trueno CAN be written in Romaji/Hiragana (I assume Hiragana - if not, where the hell did they adopt it from?). For some words where the characters just don't get it - often Chinese names - they'll add a modifier to the beginning of some characters. By placing a small "tsu" ahead of the Ru - so it reads tsu-RU-E-NO - you can add a singular "T" to the beginning of the pronunciation.

 

[TahirNuri]

I took Japanese for 3 years.. Good catch on the Na line, completely forgot about that.

However, this experience was much like class all over again, thanks for the flashback Famine. I believe this dilemma is why the AE86 is simply called Hachi-Roku instead of forcing people to attempt to say "Trueno". Similar attempts on my behalf to introduce some of my family members to the letter L have ended in comedic circumstances.

On the subject of hiragana: Hiragana was created by the Japanese after their decision to become a true island empire and cut their ties with the Chinese, from whom they received their first kana "kanji". Hiragana is the style most used by poets and women in Japan. Newspapers are printed in katakana and kanji.

 

[Driftster]

Lol, See the thing is you see that 6 letter word on the front of the car. It says "Trueno" just like every other "Trueno" ever made. I know it was just a goof on the animations part, because I watched the series on my computer. I'll be glad to find a pic of it spelled Toreno just gimmie a minute or 2.

 

[Driftster]

I just wanna know before I post the pic, did they ever make a Trueno, that the front emblem said "Toreno"

 

[Driftster]

i'll take that as a no so here's a screen capture.

 

[takumi64]

yeah, even i noticed that mistake... heck, have you ever noticed the word, "NISNO", written on Iketani's shirt?

 

[Rue]

Originally posted by neon_duke
I'm currently holding the back of my hand to my forehead with the index finger pointed straight up, and the thumb pointed off to the side...

Sorry, I may be missing something, but I don't understand?!?!