The folks at the MYX Channel set up a booth for the SpoCom San Mateo show and invited me to bring out my S14 Silvia for display. They were there filming new episodes for their 360vm television show on their network.

The MYX guys were kind enough to let us throw up our Drift Sumi-e Banner at the booth. The Drift Sumi-e Team actually stopped by their studios earlier and filmed an interview so be on a lookout for that on a future episode of 360vm. Thanks for the support!

Here’s my S14 rocking the Vertex Lang aero with the Garage Inc. custom pearl white paint job, holding it down at the booth.

The MYX guys had a lot going on the their booth all day.

Their 360vm booth looked like a full studio set with all of the TV screens, lighting, backdrops, props, etc. on hand. They came out with a full production crew ready to shoot.

Og import super model, Christine Mendoza, was hanging out at the booth all day. She had a bunch of her paraphernalia out on display for folks to come check out.

I want to give some shout outs to my sponsors that helped out on this Silvia project.  Thanks for the support!

Stay tuned on the MYX channel for the upcoming 360vm shows featuring this interview and the SpoCom show coverage.

Come check out the 360vm / MYX Channel Booth as they will be featuring one of my Drift Cars at the SpoCom: San Mateo Show on may 1, 2010.

Official Drift Sumi-e Launch Party @ Azul Bar and Lounge in San Francisco

Together with Get Live’s Word Up: Back In Business “All Things Hip Hop” Party.

Playing them beats for your feets are Dj’s:

KINGMOST- Pluglabel
PRINCE ARIES- Distortion2static
RAICHOUS – RRS FEED

along side WORD UP resident Boogie Brown

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*Early Arrival is Highly suggested

Azul Bar & Lounge
1 Tilman Place
SF, Ca.
21+ with Valid i.d

For bottle service or more info contact: getlivesf@gmail.com

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** RSVP till 11pm @ going.com/wordupmarch2010 **

** Show us Drift Sumi-e on your iPhones or iPod Touch and get in all night for Half Off! **

Brought my FD out for the first time after it’s Dominican Republic Demo return. I was a bit worried about it at first because the car would not start for the longest time since that demo. The car sat in a shipping container at the Long Beach Docks for like 3 months and I guess all that salty sea water air caused the apex seals to lock up. But thanks to Ben Meeker of Rotary Extreme, we finally got the car to start back up after several days of work. The car ended up running beautifully during the Fatlace Team Drifting Championship event at Buttonwillow over the weekend. Such a big relief, as this rotary setup has been awesome.

I ended giving ride alongs during each session, this particular one was with Allister Capati, my fellow co-creator of our iPhone game Drift Sumi-e. Trying to teach this guy a thing or two about drifting, so I hope he was paying attention during the ride.

I grabbed this pic from the Motor Mavens site. Antonio was hard core enough to come out on his own along with some associates to cover the event. Good to see him still knocking out dope pics after all these years.

I finally got a chance to remove of all the vinyl wrap from gtstickers.com and see the FD back in white. This car has not been all clean of decals since it’s debut during the 2004 SEMA show. Even at that event, I had to throw on some stickers on the car. So I was really happy to see the car all clean in white with the full Vertex kit. I now have a full collection of white cars. Stay tuned for a group photo shoot soon.

I was going for that street style look. So I took off my APR wing and installed my Seibon Carbon hatch with lexan window. That hatch was so much lighter than the stock piece. It actually made the car swing around a bit more nimbler around the track. I actually liked this setup for lower speed courses. Good to know the car still works well without the wing.

My CW FD is now known as the Drift Sumi-e FD3S. We will be doing more events with this car in the near future with promotions for the game. Be on the lookout for a new DS video trailer with this car drifting with the in-game footage of the Proto One DS car. This video will be produced by Phillip Velasco of 360 video who always knocks out super clean vids.

My FD is still rocking a race ported 13B-REW rotary with an Apexi AX75F92 tubine setup. A new Rotary Extreme V-Mount setup cools the intake charge and coolant keeping this motor reliable and running at proper temps. Garage Boso put this whole engine setup together which is pushing around 415 hp at the wheels and still holding up after a year and half of beating.

It was good to be out at the track drifting in a proper drift car again.

Big thanks to Xander and the Fatlace crew for putting on this West Coast Team Drift Championship. I hope there will be more events to come soon. Until next time.

:: Calvin

During the off-season I have been working on a Drifting iPhone App called Drift Sumi-e under a company called Objectify. We wanted to create an all-new game concept that incorporates authentic Drifting dynamics with the beautiful artform of Sumi-e brush painting. The game features a unique but simple gameplay dynamic especially designed for the iPhone touch controls.

The gameplay is technical yet elegant. Drift Sumi-e requires you to draw a precise drifting line connecting all of the clipping points smoothly in a timely manner. If not drawn correctly, you may either spin or crash off course. The game carries a calming, Zen-like nature as you watch your art come to life.

Here is our App Store Description:

| Limited Time Sale Price: $0.99 |

Welcome to the art of driving.

Experience Drift Sumi-e (su-me-eh): art and driving uncommonly fused into one.

A modern approach on a classic brushstroke art form focusing on capturing the essence of the subject, create a brush line and watch as it comes to life, car gracefully sliding through course.

Featuring:

- A groundbreaking gameplay dynamic.
- A sophisticated game engine with true-to-life driving physics.
- 8 challenging tracks created by professional motorsports driver and US drift pioneer, Calvin Wan.
- Picture perfect environments. Visually stunning courses depict rich and serene anywhere-in-the-world locales.
- Deep and rewarding unlock system. Keep coming back for more – see what your first place rank unlocks.
- Snapshot and share. Sit back and watch through playback mode, then take snapshots of your run in action. Easily connect with Facebook, Twitter and E-mail to share your art.

Drift Sumi-e (su-me-eh). Start with a raw canvas, finish with a real-world masterpiece.

http://bit.ly/a9T9zW

www.DriftSumi-e.com

Finally got the call that my FD got released from US Customs! My car was shipped over for a Drift Demo on September 19 for the Brahma Light Drift Track Opening in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was shipped back to California shortly after, but due to some miss communication with the US Customs with it’s entry back to the US, the FD was held for inspections at the Long Beach Ports. US Customs required my car to be declared as a race car to be able to get let back into the country. So I had to request for a Race Car Exclusion Letter from both the DOT and EPA separately before US Customs would even begin it’s inspection processes. After a while the requests went though and they proceeded with the inspection process.

My FD was moved from the docks, to a US Customs Bonded Warehouse and then the G.O. Warehouse where they allowed me to pick the car up at. It was a huge warehouse with huge stock piles of boxes everywhere. My car was in this back section of the building amongst other imported cars awaiting pickup. I was happy to see the car was still intact with everything in it. Finally, free at last! Felt like it just got out of jail or something. LOL. Time to refresh the car back up.

I just got my S14 Silvia ready for this year’s SF Auto Show at the Moscone Center. It is currently on displayed there from Nov. 26 – Dec. 2nd.

Special Thanks for my Sponsors:

• Vertex USA
• Garage Inc.
• Graphtech Graphics
• Fatlace
• iPhilms
• Seibon Carbon
• Apexi
• Asus Eee PC
• BC
• Exedy Racing Clutch
• Griffin Radiators
• Impact Engineering
• Kaaz LSD
• KW Suspension
• Mach III
• Nissan USA
• OS Giken
• Peak Performance
• Project Mu
• Sparco

I got a chance to test drift some different cars during the last Thunderdrift full track event over at Thunderhill raceway. A SR20DET powered RPS13, a LS1 Turbo Powered S14, and a stock G37. Out of all of the cars, I was actually most surprised about how well the stock G37 drifted. The factory setup the stock settings with mild understeer, but it can be called upon to smoothly rotate into stable and predictable drifts. Mid-drift the car feels serene, even when being aggressive with the throttle, it still held it’s composure. The chassis did not do anything scary, the car drives very predictably at the limits. This car was reminiscent of my Falken G35 where it was able to hold long, smooth drifts, but it seems that the new G37 has some suspension improvements that allows the car to perform at a more refined level.

Where the G37 felt like a refined, luxury drifter, Luke Lonberger’s LS1 V8 Turbo powered S14 felt like a crude import hot rod on the other end of the spectrum. This S14 chassis felt very light and nimble compared to the heavy G37. It rotated quick, but it lacked the refinement mid-drift to hold a steady line, especially during off camber, decelerating corners. The chassis felt less forgiving then the G37′s, but the extra power from the turbo LS1 motor more than made up for it. The motor was able rev out the powerband quickly even at part throttle, so frequent upshifts was necessary to keep the engine off its limiter. This car has a lot potential still, with proper gearing, some additional tire and suspension tuning, this car would be a competitive drift car.

The RPS13 is the pinnacle of drift cars, as it is the most commonly used drift chassis in the world. Jay Lapid of Graphtech Graphics hooked up this Camo S13 for about half a decade now and even competed this car in Formula D back in 2005-06. It’s been through many stages and has been recently resurrected and is going through refinement. This S13 chassis rotated very quick and was capable of big drift angles, but his lack of a solid engine tune held the car back from it’s full potential. It did run solid the whole event with Jay getting in a full day in with his car. Can’t wait till he get’s his car fully setup so we can get some good tandem drifting going on in the future.