It's time to continue the coverage from my trip to last weekend's Tuning Powers show in Tokyo. As you saw in my first post, there were plenty of really cool and unique cars to be found at the event. While I said that the show draws a lot of the smaller tuners from around Japan, as you can see in the photo above, it also draws some of the bigger ones like JUN Auto who brought out their now famous Evo X demo car. They have done even more work to this car since the last time I saw it and I'm hoping I'll get the chance to see it in action at Tsukuba Circuit again soon.
Now on with the rest of the show coverage-
How about another shot of the RWB Porsche that nobody can seem to get enough of? Just look at that thing!
Can you see what I was talking about when I said this show is aimed towards the hardcore? Nagoya Precision had their full line of high performance engine components on display. NAPREC makes some seriously high quality parts.
C&Y Sports also brought their recently finished Hakosuka Skyline project all the way to Tokyo for the show.
Under the hood lies this single turbine 2JZ that has been shoved WAY back into the firewall. I guess this sort of balances out the RB26-powered AE86 that C&Y also brought to the show.
This JZA80 Supra was another one of the many drag cars on display at Tuning Powers.
Here is another view of the sexy carbon R32 GT-R from Garage Saurus.
This E46 BMW 3-series sedan looks very stock on the outside. What is it doing here?
It happens to be powered by a 380ps turbo rotary from an FD3S RX7. Very strange, but also very cool.
This left hand drive S130 Datsun 280ZX looked pretty cool with its 5-lug conversion and Work Emotion XT7 wheels.
It's powered by this fully built turbocharged 3.1 liter L-series engine that powers the car to high nine second ET's in the 0-400.
This Corolla sedan (TE21?) was also looking really cool with its ultra clean exterior and flawless RS Watanabe wheels.
And under the hood was this spotless naturally aspirated 3S swap. Absolutely beautiful.
HKS brought Nob Taniguchi's JZS161 Aristo drift car. This build is very similar to the new Aristo that Nob's good friend Orido is driving in Formula D.
Here's a very cool air cooled VW Beetle circuit car. I like how the "Sato" logo on the door is done the same way as the logo for the American company named Scat that makes VW race parts.
Blitz brought out one of Nomuken's ER34 D1GP cars and partially disassembled it so showgoers could get a good look at its undersides. This is the sort of thing you won't see at Auto Salon.
This wicked drag car built by Rising was once a B110 Nissan Sunny.
Here's a better look at the engine on this beast. It's a fully tuned and turbocharged Toyota 3S. Wicked. Rising has built some of the craziest cars I have seen anywhere in Japan.
I really liked this clean BMW E30 sedan with TE37's. Simple and tasteful.
I'll finish this up with CRWCH's wild S30Z drag car.
Under the hood is this RB26 fed by two gigantic turbos. A perfect way to end our look at a show that is all about the hardcore side of the Japanese tuning world.
-Mike Garrett