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Subaru BRZ Street-Custom

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8 27 February 2020, 14:26
Neuling
Very appealing colour!
28 February 2020, 12:06
Karl Briffa
Thank you Neuling, that is the original BRZ colour, the WR Blue 🙂
28 February 2020, 14:06
matt
awesome Karl, as they all are ?
13 July 2021, 16:35
matt
not the car itself, silly boxer engine lol, but ur build tho... sweeeet man
13 July 2021, 16:36
Karl Briffa
Haha, yeah the NA boxer engine raised some concerns online! I'm glad you like my build. This was a fun build which I was really happy with the outcome
14 July 2021, 10:40
Rod -
Go easy on the boxer! I drive one of those ?
14 July 2021, 13:37
matt
haha i have a 2jz
14 July 2021, 14:12
Karl Briffa
Rod, I drove one locally for some time and loved every second of it. Engine response was great for me and I'd own one without thinking twice about it 🙂 So I love it.. but have seen many people complaining about the power and the fact it's NA! Oh well, people complain about many things online after all.
15 July 2021, 05:53
Karl Briffa
Oh wow matt, you drive a 2jz! That's some serious power there! You own a Supra or another JDM beauty?
15 July 2021, 05:54
matt
a jzs147 mate, na, auto 🙁 lol used to have a mk4 supra that was absolutely perfect and a manual but alas an na 5 speed, was still a lot of fun tho as it was well sorted handling wise, people tend to overlook the supras handling capabilities because of the engine but it's really the mk4's party piece a well sorted one can be proper stuck down. i've always had jap sports cars i love them, apart from a few lancias in the early days, nothing that special, beta coupe, y10 and a delta gtie.
jap wise i've had a dc2, s14a, ae111 bzr, a 2zz swapped mr2, turbo'd swift gti, starlet gt turbo, the supra, a charade detomaso, a g11 charade turbo among many others, my bro restores evo's and has always had jap cars too, hence the hyundai blue 5 in my projects, thats what he's building and the colour he's going to paint it. look him up in facebook if you're interested in his work, his names jason edwards. i'll upload a pic of my 147 to new project for u so you can feast your eyes lol
15 July 2021, 07:21
Rod -
Mine's a toyota 86, I think its great. Heaps of fun to drive, uses hardly any fuel, it's nice and small, easy to park. I guess the power thing is all relative to what you compare it to. My previous car was a 90kw lancer wagon, so the 145kw 86 feels quite a lot better 🙂 And there's a dozen different 86 kits to choose from for model making! My 86 and tamiya model are in my albums to.
15 July 2021, 07:38
matt
they're nice little cars Rod look amazing with a rocket bunny kit on too
15 July 2021, 07:57
matt
also had an s2k like last year, can't believe i forgot that one haha, only had it six months, uploaded
all the pics i have on this phone for your approval guys, i'll delete them all again in a couple of days as this isn't facebook and i haven't asked my mate if i can put his bike on the net either
15 July 2021, 07:59
Karl Briffa
Thanks for your input guys. I have seen both of your real rides and I must say I'm amazed at how great they look, both Rod's 86 and also matt's 147.. well done
15 July 2021, 13:37
matt
cheers mate altho i'm sure my 147 is far scruffier thans rods 86, but then she is 25 now and still rust free which is the main thing ??
15 July 2021, 13:55
matt
incidently, what's your daily Karl, i bet it's something cool, there's a few autozams for sale here in the uk u could export to Malta if u wanted the real deal
15 July 2021, 13:58
Karl Briffa
erm.. believe it or not it's a simple Honda Fit.. a Japan import that's still riding on the original steelies! Used to have an EP82, however since I sold it I kept a low profile on real cars with just a Yaris and then the Fit! Will see what the future holds for me, however for now that'll have to do!!
16 July 2021, 12:21
matt
fair enough, i have a 220bhp ep82 in my garage, it's not mine tho, it used to be i'm just storing it, very fun little cars
16 July 2021, 13:28
Karl Briffa
wow, mine was completely stock and it was fun. 220hp on such a light weight car must be super fun, not just fun! They are some amazing little cars, still miss mine at times. That nice acceleration + dump valve sound was fun for sure!
16 July 2021, 13:48
matt
yeah it's a hoot to be fair, standard setup td04 greddy emange etc and a noisy dump valve too
16 July 2021, 14:03
Karl Briffa
Yeah a noisy dump valve works wonders on these little rockets! As I said, mine was stock.. even still had the catalytic attached! However it had a noisy Blitz dump valve and with every release of the gas pedal, it sneezed so loud that everyone thought I had some sort of a tuning set up! I miss it sometimes 🙂
21 July 2021, 05:29

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The Tamiya Subaru BRZ Street-Custom. More pictures below:

Full Work-in-progress: jdm24scale.com/subaru-brz

Completed: jdm24scale.com/tamiya-subaru-brz

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