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We did a photosession with two Mazda RX-7 FDs awhile back. FDs have always been one of my favorite cars and we were happy to get a chance to shoot two of them together! Collin and Vinson took two different approaches to the route they took for their FDs. Collin’s silver RX-7 was a road race only car built by Marko and his team at Forcefed Performance in Abbotsford. Collin is converting it back to be more of a street/track car. He plans to take his FD to Mission raceway this year but other than that, he doesn’t drive it too often as it can cost a $100/day in fuel to drive! Vinson’s black FD modifications gear more towards the aesthetics with him removing a body kit and returning the car back to a clean and stock body style. The ’99 spec front bumper, lip and tail lights help to achieve this look.
Silver and Black 
The engine bay in Collin’s FD Collin: “I chose a FD because I’ve owned two before and I have had a rotary engine addiction for the past 7 years! I’ve owned too many to count. The last FD I owned was originally built by RE-Amemiya in Japan, then Chris Scremin swapped a 1JZ -VVTi motor into it. It was an awesome car having owned it for 4 years. I sold it because I was going to college and broke. Missed it so bad I had to buy another and ended up with this silver one.
Future plans : Change the turbo setup to a new borg n warner + direct port methanol injection and change fuel system so i can make 600HP on pump gas! Also might sell the FD and do a 20B 3 rotor swap into the FC. Or vise versa for the FD. Going to go with the flow for now!”
Stripped race interior 
Collin’s Silver Bullet 
On a roll with some Mazdas 
That damn sexy nose Vinson: “I have been driving FC Rx7s since I first got my license. I had been debating with myself about getting a more practical (but still fun) car after putting my final FC, a TII, on the market. Roughly a year from now, I (un)fortunately decided to take the plunge and invest in an FD Rx7. Having driven nothing but Rx7s, I wasn’t about to break the chain now. From the very beginning I’ve been very intrigued by the Rx7 due to the uniqueness of the Rotary Engine. Who would have known that these little 1.3 liter engines with spinning triangles on a stick would be keeping up with engines with at least twice it’s displacement? As soon as I hopped into my first Rx7 and took it for a good brisk drive, I knew this was it. I felt a connection with these cars, and felt right at home in the driver’s seat. In terms of aesthetics, no other car has really appealed to me in the way that the Rx7 does, especially the very much-refined elegance of the FD Rx7.
The only things I have done to the car are mostly aesthetic. Soon after buying the car, I removed a body kit and returned the car back to stock-body styling with a ’99 spec. front bumper and lip and tail lights. I also replaced a massive Greddy muffler with a 5″ outlet to a Racing Beat muffler. Finally, I applied the finishing touches by throwing on a set of 2-piece Work Meister S1 wheels that I actually got for a steal, replacing a set of Sportmax wheels. Aside from possibly deciding on taking the stock ’93 spec spoiler off to go spoiler less, I don’t see me doing much else to this car aside from maintenance (go figure, right?). The car is great the way it is although it is very likely that I will slap on a single turbo setup in the near future, but plans change and only time will tell what will really go down.”
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Custom Moroso air seperator tank 
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Collin’s Silver FDExterior:
99 Spec RE-Amemiya front bumper
99 Spec RE-Amemiya Tail light lip coverWheels / Suspension / Brakes:
19×10 Racing Hart C4’s
Toyo Proxe Tires
HKS Coilovers
GREX Alcon Big brake / Rotor kitInterior:
Full Roll cage
Stripped interior
Microtech DASH unit Display
AEM Wideband / Autometer water temp
Sparco Seat / 5pt Harness
Sparco F1 Steering wheel
Mazdatrix Short shifterEngine:
13B-REW Rotary engine
Full Race Bridgeport, Dowelled, studded, built and tuned by Forcefed
Forcefed T67 turbo
Forcefed Custom Flat mounted intercooler / Piping
Aeromotive adjustable FPR
GReddy BOV
GReddy Catback
Custom downpipe / 55mm external wastegate plumbed back into the downpipe
x2 1200cc Primary and x2 1680cc Secondary injectors
Walbro in-tank pump
SS Fuel / Oil lines with A/N Fittings
Microtech LT10s standalone fuel management
Custom clutch / flywheel
Custom Moroso air seperator tank for cooling system
Koyo Rad
Twin oil coolers
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Line them up 
Two Mazdas, both quite different [one_half]
Vinson’s Black FDModifications:
Rebuilt engine with mild streetport
Microtech LT10s
Greddy Pully Kit
SR Motorsports cold air intake
Blitz SMIC
Fluidyne Radiator
’99 spec. twin turbos run parallel
3” Greddy downpipe and resonated midpipe and Racing Beat muffler
Momo “Tuner” steering wheel
KSport Kontrol Pro coilovers
RP rear trailing arms
OEM ‘99 spec. front bumper and lip
DIY ’99 spec. converted tail lights
Work Meister S1 Rims (17×9.5 +20, 17×10 +25)
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Front strut bar 
Mazda RX-7 FDs 
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ArtofStance Online Shop Now Open!
Our new online shop is now open! Artofstance stickers are available in a variety of color combos and every purchase made helps support the site. We’re having $1 flat rate worldwide shipping till the end of the month! The shop may be small for now but we’ll be adding more items online soon! Just click the Shop button on our main menu or visit the store here: http://artofstance.bigcartel.com/ Thanks for your support!
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Late Night Under the Bridge
A couple of nights ago, I went out for a mini photoshoot with some friends. I knew of a good location that would set an interesting backdrop and luckily, the cars didn’t have too many issues getting in position. The photoshoot went into the wee hours of the morning and I was more or less satisfied with the shots.
Which do you prefer? 2 or 4 doors? 
According to Honda.. 
Back to Black 
Dubble Dubble 
Genesis 
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Nissan Fest at Evergreen Speedway – Part Three
First of all, I would like to apologize for the time it took for me to edit these photos. I had to meet a stringent application deadline. The write up to such an event would be much better if I wrote it immediately after it had happened. Nonetheless, it was an awesome experience! I’ve never been that close up to the action! Although some details are hazy, the sound of tire-squeal, the screaming crowd, the smell of the tire-smoke, and the debris hitting my face remains vivid in my memory. Northwest Nissans really know how to throw events! A free-admission drifting showcase is unheard of but these guys pulled it off!
It was my first time being so close to the action and I didn’t know exactly what I was supposed to photograph. Tried many techniques but it was all pretty panicky at the time. As the day progressed, I managed to calm down and be more selective of my shots. Thanks to Gaelen Norman for giving us the media passes! Here are the results of the day:
Here are some car show photos.
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Modified Rides from Around the World
There are plenty of hot cars from outside of the west coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest. We wanted to showcase some of the sweet modified cars we’ve found. Hope you enjoy these high powered modified rides. The owners may lack common knowledge, budgets, and/or overall taste. However they make up for in courage and…well there’s always courage.
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Happy April Fools Everyone!
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Nissan Fest at Evergreen Speedway – Part Drift (Two)
After we checked out some of the cars at the car show, we proceeded to the media meeting at the Northwest Nissans booth. Now originally it was only me that applied for media pass online for Richard and I. We found out later that we were supposed to apply for a media pass seperately. The media pass gives us access to the track for photos as well as a pit pass. So after I grabbed my pass, Richard stood nervously on the side to see if there were any extra to be given out. Luckily Gaelen from Big Boy Media had extras. So with a sigh or relief we headed to the track with our friends from Dodologic. I would personally thank Gaelen for the media passes and giving us access to photograph a great event.
We walked out to the sidelines of the track and found out from track workers that we were allowed to shoot from the two center columns in the middle of the track. Of course when we heard this there was a mad dash from us and other photographers to camp out our spots. Richard and I have been to Evergreen Speedway last year for Formula D but we shot from the stands (click here to see the coverage from Formula D). This event however would be the first one where we’ve been on the track and the experience was great! No fence to get in the way and having a car slide across in front of you made for some great photo opportunities. Something that we should of taken advantage more was we should of moved around the track more to get more point of views around the track. The sound of the screeching tires and powerful engines was deafening, the smell of burnt rubber was poisoning, and the dust in our eyes were blinding. That didn’t matter, cause Richard and I would do it again in a heartbeeat. Thanks again to Northwest Nissans for putting on a great event! Be sure to check out Part One here!
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I’ve always loved having access to the pit area, you get a closer look at the cars. This gives you access to the cars without the fear of them crashing into you :). Like being on the track, it gives you a different perspective of the event than you would get from the grandstands.
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The drift cars seemed so docile when they were parked. Until the driver starts up the engine, then the beast under the hood roars to life. I thought it was interesting that while some of these cars were stripped out, there were a few where the interior wasn’t completely torn apart. Some even still had stereos still intact!
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Nissan Fest at Evergreen Speedway – Part 1
We headed out of Vancouver at 7am to Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, WA to cover Nissan Fest. We flew by our friends in the border lineup and took the 2 hour drive down south. We arrived just after 9am and after getting our pit passes, we checked out the car show before heading to the media meeting. What surprised me was that the car show weren’t all just Nissans, not that I’m complaining. I’m open and eager to anything. Here are my shots from the show.
Stay tuned for Richard’s show photos soon! Also the drift photos will be coming this week!
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Revscene 2012 Spring Meet Video Footage
Here’s some more video footage of the Revscene 2012 Spring Meet from our friend Mike Szmigielski. We start off with his original video:
This video captures the mood of the meet. Chilling out and hanging with good friends and checking out sweet cars. The way a meet should be. Meeting new friends and hanging with old ones over a mutual love of cars. I’ve saved my favorite video for last. Thanks Mike for these videos.
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Revscene 2012 Spring Meet
For our readers that aren’t from the Greater Vancouver area. First, you might be asking yourself, what is Revscene? Revscene is the biggest car and lifestyle forum in the Pacific Northwest with over 60,000 members. They annually hold a Spring and Summer meet that brings out some of the best cars the lower mainland has to offer.
Today we went to the 2012 Revscene Spring Meet at the location that started it all, Spanish Banks. One day a year at the start of spring, the parking lots by the beach are taken over by car enthusiasts across the lower mainland and beyond. I don’t have a final count of the amount of cars at this years meet..but using my natural Asian math skills…I’ll guestimate…eleventy billion cars showed up. Give or take a few billion. Nonetheless the Revscene Spring meet is the push we need to wash our cars, swap the summer wheels back on, insure the cars, and get ourselves ready for better weather and more car meets to lie ahead.
The morning started at 10am for Artofstance when we met up with “cool cats” where we rolled in together as a group. As with every year, the Spring meet brings some of the best cars out from the Greater Vancouver area and this year was no exception. We got to meet up with some old friends and check out some sweet new cars. The weather held up pretty good in the morning and early afternoon, overcast with a light sprinkle of rain.
Unfortunately with these types of meets, there’s always a few bad apples that feel the need to ruin a good time for others. The car community is always fighting the Fast and Furious stereotype of car enthusiasts. Revscene has always promoted respectful behaviour at the official AND unofficial Revscene meets. I also agree with this because its in our favor as car enthusiasts that public opinion doesn’t look at us like a bunch of street racing kids. When you’re doing burnouts, revving your engine loudly, speeding down the road where there are the families with children, you’re not impressing anyone. You’re just reinforcing the stereotype that car enthusiasts are just a bunch of immature, disrespectful a-holes. So if you’re at a car meet (not just in Vancouver, anywhere!), please be respectful of the public and obey your driving laws. Thankfully most car enthusiasts from the lower mainland frown on this type of behaviour.
Well enough about that, lets see some photos from the Spring Meet already!
Added a video shot by our friend Mike Szmigielski
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