Straight from the cold deep seas of Hokkaido (well actually Russia as I believe they came from Sakalin) to the table. Simply boiled these 4-legged monster crabs (technically they are not crabs but who cares!) are incredibly tasty.
This is a smaller one, equally tasty especially its brains boiled with a bit of shochu!
Was at Subaru HQ in Shinjuku yesterday and spotted this EZ30 on display on my way out. This is Subaru’s silky smooth 3-liter flat-6 lump, mated to the company’s 5-speed automatic. This is the engine I have in my Legacy Wagon and it’s a real gem. Could do with a bit more midrange torque but who cares, just rev it more and enjoy that Porsche-like sound! Fuel consumption wise it will give you a heart attack driving aggressively in Tokyo traffic (think GT-R figures!!) but get out on the highway and I’ve seen as much as 13 km/L on a long 600+ Km round trip. Averaging city & highway I usually get around 10 km/L out of every tank which is just great. Although with the price of hi-oku in Japan nudging the 200 ¥/L mark I will no doubt be looking for something slightly more economical as my next work car!
You can see where the driveshafts for the front wheels pop-out from on this picture. Explains why Subaru’s engines sit so far ahead in the engine bay, just like in Audi’s.
Well since these pictures have already made their way around the internet I though I might as well post them here. I spent driving around and shooting this car last friday and concluded it is the best street-going hachiroku I’ve ever had the pleasure of driving. Obviously it doesn’t come close to Miguel’s own Techno Pro Spirits tuned monster but that black-top 20valve engine under the bonnet really is perfect for a car primarily used on the road. Plenty of pull from as low as 1,000 rpm and a very usable midrange. Of course as with every AE86 you have to rev it to an inch of its life to get the most out of it! Very clean car overall, must have been looked after very well. Engine swap looks almost factory and there are loads of interesting bits in the suspension and brakes set-ups making it a very complete car indeed. The new owner, Atsushi-san, will be very happy with it! On to the pix…
The Toyota bB color looks great but is a real bastard to shoot!
No aliens have not landed in Tokyo, that is the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition hall in the background.
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