I originally started this website after I quit working for a JDM parts company near Tokyo. The plan was to start my own online parts company selling JDM parts. Unfortunately, rent had to be paid, and I ended up with another job. High Performance JDM never got started. Over the last year or so I [...]
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Changes to High Performance JDM Engines
Posted: 28th August 2010 by Nick in JDM Engines, JDM PartsTags: high performance jdm, JDM Engines, JDM Motors, jdm parts, toyota glanza, toyota starlet
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My New Roadster (JDM Mazda Miata)
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Nick in JDM Engines, Mazda Miata, Mazda RoadsterTags: evolution orange, JDM Engines, JDM miata, jdm parts, jdm performance, mazda miata, miata, miata roadster, roadster
I have been living in Japan now for a few years. The few I lived in Tokyo, I didn’t have a car. I know, Tokyo Drift shows Tokyo as this cool, fun place to drive. Well, their portrayal of Tokyo was about as accurate as someone who has never even heard of the place. In [...]
Real JDM Engines
Posted: 10th June 2010 by Nick in Featured Articles, JDM EnginesTags: high performance jdm, JDM Engines, toyota glanza, toyota starlet
It has been a while sine I have written on High Performance JDM Engines, but that is about to end. Since I actually live here in Japan, I will be posting about various tuned cars I find. When possible, I will be interviewing the driver/tuner and giving all the details of each car. The first [...]
Audi Hill Climb
Posted: 3rd December 2009 by Nick in RacingTags: audi r8, audi r8 hill climb, hill climb, racing car
No need for words here. The video says it all.
Honda to Redesign and “Shrink” the Civic
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Nick in JDM MotorsTags: civic type r, honda civic, JDM Engines, new honda civic
Remember the days when the Honda civic was a small, inexpensive hatchback. I know it has been a while. Well, luckily Honda does. According to Autoblog, Honda is redesigning the civic to make it smaller, lighter, and more fuel efficient. The new civic will most likely be released to the Japanese market first. Japan, didn’t [...]
JDM AE86- Intitial D’s Toyota Sprinter Trueno?
Posted: 6th October 2009 by Nick in Featured Articles, JDM Engines, JDM MotorsTags: ae86, japanese cars, jdm cars, jdm enines, toyota AE86, toyota trueno
When I lived in Tokyo I used to see amazing cars all the time. Everything from exotics (Lamborghinis, Ferraris, etc) and of course a huge number of JDM cars (Supras, GTRs, RX7s, Civic Type Rs). I even had an AE86 that was parked just down the street from where I lived. Not to mention the [...]
The Future Of JDM Engines: The Honda FCX Clarity
Posted: 16th January 2009 by Nick in hybrids, JDM EnginesTags: honda clarity, honda fcx clarity, honda hybrid, JDM Engines
Those of us who love cars have been having the feeling that the whole tuning thing my becoming to an end. With ever shrinking gas supplies and ever increasing pollution, manufactuers are looking away from cars powered by combustions and looking at alternative means. The cars that are being produced are focused more heavily on [...]