Nails, Ramen and shirts... Random

Yeah, so today has been your average monday.
Leaving a homeowner's today My foot decided it would step on a 2" nail sticking out of the concrete floor. FML. straight to the bone.




On a lighter note, couldnt wait to get back to the office to have a much needed luncheon... even though its nearly time to leave for the day..
But I really am on a MAMA spicy shrimp noodle kick. Accompanied by some Lychee drink.
Gigity.




















I was facebooking and noticed quite a few people decided to pick up Jmuag's jiggy/selina x shirt. AWESOME!

Straps..

So fellow member Adam and myself took our permit to carry class last night.
Pretty lax, few rounds at the range followed by class at a local sports bar. Life is good. Next up is weapon choice.
This company out of Minnesota- Magnum Research; kinda tickles my fancy. Some of the best priced/quality guns out there.
Its either one of their guns - baby eagle (Isrealie tactical pistol) or the baby eagle fast action. (which is a replica P99 that Ive had a hard on for since I was 15)
But I also like the Springfield XDM series adn the H&K USP.40. What do you think?
(From top to bottom- Springfield XDM, P99, Baby Eagle, H&K USP)

Midwest Cup Round 1/ DD31

This is coming up fast and im not done yet. If we get the valve issue figured out soon, all I have left will be wiring the maf, making the exhaust (downpipe back), screamer pipe and break in with SAFC, then wire the haltech and tune. Close...





















anyways. It's sad that one of the main reasons I want to get to Round 1 so badly is this.... Giordanos in Chicago. Traditional DEEP dish style pizza. And with my shit- that extra sauce. Holy shit, I'm hungry.

How dare you guys post stuff like this on d-town. We should start a "good eats" thread.

One step forward. Two steps back

So, tried getting her ready for 1st start up but wont build oil pressure. checked the compression since it sounded like it had none and that was the case. Pulled the valve covers off and did a leakdown..results -100% leak. After some checking we diagnosed it as intake side only.
Timing is good..hmm...wtf.

Good thing we designed the front end to simply unbolt. If you ever try to put a straight six into a s13 you probably realize that its a bitch to get in with a friend, yet alone by yourself. This makes things 100% easier..

So we did a leakdown with the cams out and it turns out 0% leakdown.
Must be an issue with the shims/cams/valves.

Hope everything turns out decent. This thing is SOO CLOSE to firing up. Stay tuned.

Vids

Just figured I'd post some videos from last season etc. This was before the "redbull" became the present day "rape bull". awesome.

Empty Pockets 2009 from Jim Palaia on Vimeo.

Empty Pockets Drift Crew 2008 from Jim Palaia on Vimeo.

Jmuag Production

After a lot of long nights, Jmuag Production has finally released their first line of soft goods for the car community to enjoy. One of their debut shirts features my car along with local up and coming model Ms. Selina Xiong.

These shirts are limited edition so support the local scene and get em while they still have em.

Big thanks to Neng of Jmuag for sponsoring me and creating this awesome design!

Check em out @ http://www.jmuagproduction.blogspot.com/

Shirts $20 free shipping

calander (july10-July11) $15 -All local cars and girls!