follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Delicious Tuning
Register Garage Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > Technical Topics > Tracking / Autocross / HPDE / Drifting

Tracking / Autocross / HPDE / Drifting What these cars were built for!


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 12-21-2014, 09:50 PM   #1
troek
Senior Member
 
troek's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Drives: 2012 Toyota 86
Location: Japan
Posts: 1,294
Thanks: 333
Thanked 396 Times in 285 Posts
Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
Amazing DIY Porsche

Sorry if this is old news, I found it quite inspirational.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...n-his-porsche/
troek is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to troek For This Useful Post:
BRZkitty (01-11-2015), Captain Snooze (01-06-2015), fasteddy (12-22-2014), JB86'd (01-06-2015), JDKane527 (01-07-2015), kosoku (01-06-2015), TM (01-06-2015), zdr93523 (01-06-2015)
Old 01-06-2015, 05:16 PM   #2
zdr93523
Senior Member
 
zdr93523's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited
Location: Utah
Posts: 631
Thanks: 447
Thanked 350 Times in 168 Posts
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Garage
Awesome article/video.
__________________
Instagram: @zdr_93523
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdr93523
Pink Ribbon Racing 2013 BRZ Limited NASA ST2 and TT2 race car
www.makesmodels.com
www.camautomag.com
zdr93523 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-06-2015, 08:07 PM   #3
sickmint79
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Drives: bmw
Location: grayslake, il
Posts: 393
Thanks: 16
Thanked 142 Times in 84 Posts
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGAHwzz_RgA"]Engineering vs Technology: My old 911 and the new GT3 - YouTube[/ame]
sickmint79 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-06-2015, 08:42 PM   #4
Hoosier Daddy
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Drives: '13 Denali, '15 Volt, soon a BRZ?
Location: CLT
Posts: 61
Thanks: 3
Thanked 55 Times in 23 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
BTW this guy is already famous for where he stores and works on his Porsche.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...t=55006&page=1
http://www.12-gaugegarage.com/
http://www.petrolicious.com/one-car-...ck-olsen-s-911
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...beauty-ii.html
Hoosier Daddy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-07-2015, 04:01 PM   #5
Jack Olsen
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Drives: 1972 Porsche 911, 1983 Jeep CJ7
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 5
Thanks: 0
Thanked 14 Times in 5 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Thank you!
Jack Olsen is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Jack Olsen For This Useful Post:
Hoosier Daddy (01-08-2015), troek (01-11-2015)
Old 01-07-2015, 06:10 PM   #6
Lunatic
Senior Member
 
Lunatic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Drives: 2015 Raven FRS
Location: Indio, CA. Just an Old Fart in a Automatic!.
Posts: 1,614
Thanks: 7
Thanked 1,056 Times in 488 Posts
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Just shows you what dedication, perseverance, and a love for what your doing will get you. I hope 10 years from now people will be reading about me in the same way.
Lunatic is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2015, 12:25 PM   #7
RehabJeff86
Senior Member
 
RehabJeff86's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Drives: 2013 WhiteOut FR-S
Location: Dublin,CA
Posts: 969
Thanks: 899
Thanked 492 Times in 306 Posts
Mentioned: 67 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Very Nice!!! I think i hv the same passion and love about 86 platform, hope to achieve similar goal as Jack Olsen to be one of the fastest track 86 in 10 years.
@CSG Mike @CSG David @WoOosOn @sw20kosh @mkivsoopra @BRZChix @BRZkitty - Team SHaRTA dream
__________________

2013 Scion FR-S whiteout
2012 Porsche Panamera S carbon grey
2008 Range Rover Sport SS black - sold
2004 BMW M3 alpine wies - sold
RehabJeff86 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to RehabJeff86 For This Useful Post:
BRZkitty (01-11-2015), mkivsoopra (01-11-2015), WoOosOn (01-12-2015)
Old 01-11-2015, 12:45 PM   #8
CSG Mike
 
CSG Mike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Drives: S2000 CR
Location: Orange County
Posts: 14,533
Thanks: 8,920
Thanked 14,178 Times in 6,835 Posts
Mentioned: 966 Post(s)
Tagged: 14 Thread(s)
I just realized Jack has an account here... and this isn't trackhq.
CSG Mike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-15-2015, 04:53 PM   #9
Jack Olsen
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Drives: 1972 Porsche 911, 1983 Jeep CJ7
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 5
Thanks: 0
Thanked 14 Times in 5 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
When I bought it, it needed a lot of love.

This is a before-and-after picture I put together today. In my case, it's a before-and-after-and-after because of a shunt at Laguna Seca.

Jack Olsen is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Jack Olsen For This Useful Post:
Racecomp Engineering (01-16-2015), TemeCal (01-16-2015)
Old 01-15-2015, 04:59 PM   #10
FRSfan111
Sideways and smiling!
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: First 86 FRS 5/8/2012 (second US)
Location: Oregon
Posts: 941
Thanks: 17
Thanked 273 Times in 179 Posts
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
The last pic is absolutely perfect. I love Porsches
FRSfan111 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2015, 11:24 AM   #11
Racecomp Engineering
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Drives: 2016 BRZ, 2012 Paris Di2 & 2018 STI
Location: Severn, MD
Posts: 5,409
Thanks: 3,426
Thanked 7,243 Times in 2,964 Posts
Mentioned: 303 Post(s)
Tagged: 9 Thread(s)
Send a message via AIM to Racecomp Engineering
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Olsen View Post
When I bought it, it needed a lot of love.

This is a before-and-after picture I put together today. In my case, it's a before-and-after-and-after because of a shunt at Laguna Seca.

Loved your car ever since I saw it on Petrolicious! Your work definitely inspires a lot of people.

- Andy
Racecomp Engineering is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Trd quickshifter=amazing! sanmarcosfrs Engine, Exhaust, Transmission 498 08-15-2017 01:31 PM
Holy **** E85 is amazing!!!!!! Tenchi Engine, Exhaust, Transmission 12 05-26-2014 05:54 AM
Just amazing! I gotta get me one of these! mike the snake Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] 0 04-04-2014 08:21 PM
Amazing Wax geb2391 Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs) 27 04-12-2013 04:42 PM
The most amazing thing I've done with my BRZ so far azngolfur BRZ Photos, Videos, Wallpapers, Gallery Forum 8 01-09-2013 08:23 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:15 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.