On Saturday, while we were on our way back from the SICC rain out, my friend Jared hit the blackberry messenger with a message saying lets meet up when we are rolling through Columbia. Through some more rain, dark sections of I-95 and I-20, some of the best southern non-top 40 music I have heard lately, and a few energy drinks, we got to Cola about midnight. Rolling up, we pulled in right behind Jared and before you know it, I am already out of the car combing one of the holy grails to most Honda Owners.

Check this shit out!

Plans for this car are said to be only a few minor mods, but knowing Jared’s history of cars, and also having documented coverage of his history of cars I think it is safe to say we will see this thing modded up in the future! Til then, I plan to sit back and watch with open eyes!

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I will just call him Jeff, because for those of you who do know him and do business with him, he and you are on a first name basis. When he calls, there is no hello, no hi, or any soft greetings of that nature. Instead, you get the bullshitting tones you hear when you 1st walk into the garage at your local shop, or most of the automotive dealership’s tech bays around the US. This dude gives it up straight. I have no worries that you guys will come to enjoy the stories of him and his time around Greasy Blocks, along with his EK. I hope this thing does well during the season, because he put enough time into it on his kitchen table. Dude seriously needs his own shop, but ill let you guys be the judge of that!

The following posts on Jeff and his buildup of his k24 Ek are straight from his hip, and by that I mean straight from his blackberry. Forget the pics that everyone thinks you should see, these fully edited shots, Jeff is straight up raw from every angle, and you will come to see that when you see pics of Jeff taking blocks out on the ground in snow!

Anyways,  I wont babble much about Jeff and his shit, but you guys will see more of it starting in the next week.

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Ford brought the game up a notch when they released the 2003 Mustang Cobra. The damn near 1400hp capable stock internals, the strong 6speed, and the supercharger to move the goods. Was Ford trying to dominate? A bud of mine named Danny was all over these cars. I mean to date, the dude has had 3 of them. I don’t know why he cant stay away, but I can tell you his newest one is 11 months in the making, and has the potential to be a killer from its rebirth!

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When you sit as wide as Eric’s GLI you can pretty much say forget everything else. Motor, no needs for any power besides the little bit you need to move the wheels. Interior, please! All you need is 4 seats, an Ipod, and air in the compressor! As the Prince said on that track SUMERTIME… “2mph, so everybody sees you!”

Eric’s Jetta is sex. That’s how I always seem to tell people about it when I try and describe it to them. When I tell them that those BBS on the back are 17×11 with a 225 on it, that’s probably when I get either continuous talk and hate about why people shouldn’t stretch tires, or something along the lines of that’s the baddest shit I have seen son!

This car is never finished, never ready, never right. It is always going through some kind of construction. There are always details changed. But the part about this car that we all can get down with no matter if we like it or not is the fact that its a daily driven car! Sometimes hundreds of miles per day, and sometimes just to go get supplies for work, either way, you’ll see it on the ground!

The Anodized lips are ill. I miss the polished lips with purple spokes though (Pics coming!)

Keep an eye on Greasyblocks to see more on Eric’s Jetta! (Assembling the BBS wheels, fitment information and tutorials, and video riding around whoring out the fo-DOE!)

• BBS RS Wheels
• 17×9.5 et 19 with 2in lips 215/40 Falken 512
• 17×11 et 25 with 3in lips -3 camber 225/45 Falken 512
• Lips anodized by Dragon Plating and Anodizing/Paint custom blended by D&D Customs
• Wheels were a BMW bolt pattern but redrilled to a 5×100 to be able to fit wide fitment
• As for fitment when I got the wheels I knew no matter what i wanted a wide wheel with a big lip
• Custom Lips from Racing Team Hofmann in Germany
• TT Brakes
• BagYard front struts
• Universal Air House 2 air bags with bilstein Shocks rear
• 4 way Accuair manifold w/ seven way switch box
• APR reflash
• GHL Turbo-Back exhaust
• Light weight pulleys
• Upgraded Intercooler and tubo piping

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I have heard mad rumors about this car locally. People all seem to have a different view of it but one thing is for sure,  it looks stock as hell!

I once wondered about this car being stock and there are a few videos talking about it.

Is it stock? Is he bombing the shit out of it? I have a few pictures of a completely stock car!

Looks stock around these parts to me! The automatic car seems to be just a daily. I would possibly be more worried about the car sitting in this gentleman’s garage…

…shot out to my fellow GreasyBlock’r Kyle Barnett on his photos. Kid is dope with the camera!

This 99 Viper GTS holds the Record for fastest:

• Stock clutch pass
• Stock axle pass
• Stock Trasmission pass
• Stock Longblock pass
• Supercharged 20″ Tire pass

1/4 times: 9.56 @148 on drag radials

1/8 times: 6.04 @117 on drag radials

Here is a view of the car running:

GreasyBlocks will have more up on these cars soon. Keep it dialed in!

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The late 60’s Camaro rivals the iconic presence of any muscle car on the planet if you ask me. The body lines are some of the best ever created. Add a 388-stroker and you have yourself a red light terror machine, option tag of “get in my car girl” is available!

What can you say about a spotless 1968 Camaro on the street? The 1st thing I always say is that its good to see a piece of history on the street. But whats even better is to see the “resto-mods” which the industry labels these oldies when they have anything late model on the car. Wheels, or anything. I know them as Hot Rods, and the older they get, the more they mean to us all!

When I first found out Jake had this car, it was a goal of mine to shoot it. I never go around to it, and the car itself got better and better over time. When the Weld wheels were added, it was a for sure thing! Jake has had the car since 2007, but the mods have been flowing from day one. It had a stock 350 in the bay when he got it, but soon after was replaced with this Dyer Racing Engines built 388-Stroker that you will see in the mods list! This beast can get out of dodge!

I have already mentioned that here on Greasy Blocks we are nuts over drag racing! See, down here in the southern states we have a few things that make this very clear; a ton of drag strips, very loose emission standards, more domestics being used than anywhere else in the united states, home of NASCAR (meaning tons of machine and chassis work) and possibly some of the best weather for year-round driving in the states.

When it all comes down to it, I may just be obsessed with the year and make of what Jake’s car is, or it could be one more factor. Since the motor is a low compression motor, it can be driven anywhere! I mean, long distance, jagged and beat up roads, on the crappiest of pump gas out there. We all know those bum-ass filling stations here and there that get crap gas. Sometimes you need those, no matter what you are behind the wheel of.

I could blab you on and on with some feature, but Jake’s Camaro does more in pictures than I could do. Plus, that’s one of the goals of Greasy Blocks, not to just blab you on! With a car that passes the 8th mile traps in 7.4sec at over 94mph, there is no blab needed! More coming on this car in a few weeks.

• 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS
• 388ci stroker 4 bolt built by “dyer race engines”
• Eagle 4340 Forged Crank and
• Eagle Connecting Rods
• Mahle Forged Pistons
• Hellfire Nitrous Rings
• Dart PRO 1 Platinum Aluminum Heads (ported)
• Edlebrock Victor jr Intake (ported)
• 1.6 Roller Rockers
• Heavy Duty Dual Valve Springs
• Solid Roller custom Erson cam
• Holley HP 750cfm Double Pumper Carb
• MSD digital 6, PRO Billet Distributor
• MSD Plug Wires
• MSD coil
• Weiand Aluminum Water Pump
• Autometer Gauges w/custom console cluster
• March Aluminum Performance Pullys
• TCI T350
• Yank SS3600 Converter
• 12 bolt rear with 373 gear
• Greg Weld wheels w/Mickey Thompson 275 ET streets rears, sportsman fronts

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Backyard Special bumpers along with Mugen wheels are normally parts that you do not see the average joe posted up on the corner with, but what about out in horrific rain storm? This story is true for Jared’s 1998 Acura Integra Type R. Now, throw in 2 idiots running for cover, lightning strikes that were too close for comfort, and a wall of rain and you will now be able to call this whole article pure insanity!

What happens when you are about to do a photo shoot and you just run into problem after problem?  Do you run back to camp and wait for another day? Do you wait til it stops raining and clean the car again? Do you hold off because now the place you were going to shoot is muddy? You can check no to everything that was just listed because we still shot!

The storm was probably the worst storm I have seen in my area all year, and on top of that my Vagabond power unit took a crap on me on the 1st flash burst! Without my bee’s, I got extremely mad. Still, Jared stayed around with me and we decided to still shoot. He had already traveled to the update from Columbia, SC just to hang out and shoot. No turning back now.

When we ran into this storm, it was a moment of “OH S&$%” between us. You see, there was a good bit of golf ball sized hail involved right after the downpour started. Things got so bad at one point that we ran for quick cover under an overpass that was packed. We looked at each other and wondered what we were going to do to move the car out of this mess. Considering the ITR has fresh paint on the body, we were in a panic!

Knowing how Jared came up on this ITR is funny in itself. The car had been sitting for a year since about the last time I shot it. The previous owner, Casey Whittaker, had this thing diced in Mugen Hardware from head to toe. It was probably one of the best Mugen equipped cars on the road in the US. All of the parts were real as well, unlike many other clones which were not even real Type R’s in the 1st place, but that’s another story for another article!

Jared’s old GSR before this car was a K20a Monster (I will have a feature of that car coming up here in the next week or so. Be on the lookout!) And yes, the K20a from Japan is still ready for a new home if someone is looking for one (useless plug on a for sale topic, I’m cheesy!)

Jared sold the majority of the Integra parts from the old GSR, he paid Casey a visit in North Carolina to lay down some bills on one of the most documented Integra Type R builds ever recorded. But like anyone who looks to continue modding and changing a car, Jared had a hell of a task in front of him. Have you ever tried taking someone else’s car and making it your own. Many times, people will see a car out and they will say “Hey, that’s xxxx’s car” or another phrase along those lines.

After scooping up the car from NC he quickly came home and got to work. In that time he sourced a motor, got some paint work going, picked up a set of Mugen MF10’s from the homie Blackstarr in NC, and got the car running. The time line for all of this is just under a month and I have to say that’s moving if you ask me! On a shell, a month, with no outlook on a motor when you get the car home.

I have to say that Jared is keeping the history going well on this well known ITR by not only changing up the build some, but actually driving the car still! These days, you don’t see many of these parts out on the road, and its about damn time someone actually is using a car for what it was meant for… FUN!

• 1998 Acura Integra Type R
• 98+ JDM OEM HID front end conversion
• Backyard special front bumper
• Mugen active gate brake kit w/ optional rear stainless lines
• Mugen MF10 silver 16×7 +50
• Mugen rear view mirror cover
• Spoon n1 exhaust
• Spoon duracon shift knob
• Spoon kevlar spark plug cover
• NRG v2.5 quick realease
• NRG short hub
• Nardi classic 330mm wood grain steering wheel
• Benen front strut bar
• Honda verno banner
• Beaks tie bar
• PasswordJDM rear upper strut bar
• PIC apex coilovers
• Ingalls F&R camber kit
• All carbon fiber interior pieces from 00+ ITR
• Red JDM SRD recaros
• Apex’i VAFC
• Blox lug nuts
• Benen rear tow hook
• EDM tail lights
• EDM rear fog light
• EDM clear side markers
• Pioneer 4100dvd double din media unit
• Infiniti reference speaker in all four corners
• Golden Eagle fuel rail
• Chase Bays wire/brake line tuck
• 4 door rear handles
• CDM airbag tray delete
• Viper 5900 alarm

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