Back in the day... (Import Scene)

[memnon]

indiglo gauges...
...h3 using diesel(delo)oil for their cars.apparently mas makapal daw ung viscosity ng diesel kya better protection for high revving cars?...

^^ baliktad yata? although some groups still use Delo. tipid meals

Siyempre kailangan rin yung B16 mo naka scav para maingay at MALUTONG BUMITEK PAPS!!!! wahahahahaha  :rofl:

[nathaniel]

...wide oval tires on expanded/machined steel rims, Antares mags, Viper alarm na pag pinindot mo, may magsasalita..."protected by Viper!"..

[Project NCP91]

...wide oval tires on expanded/machined steel rims, Antares mags, Viper alarm na pag pinindot mo, may magsasalita..."protected by Viper!"..

I remember some even get alarms that speak spanish

[El]

...wide oval tires on expanded/machined steel rims, Antares mags, Viper alarm na pag pinindot mo, may magsasalita..."protected by Viper!"..

hindi ba sya "viper armed" tapos "viper disarmed"

[rota wheels wrx]

How far back do you want to go.

During my boyhood days, it was the Mitsubishi Saturn, CAM 3, CAM 6 C-3 etc... Weber 45 DCOEs, Toyota T series engines like the 2TG, 2T, 3T

Then naging box type with the with the 2000 and later 1800 Intercooler Turbo. Toyota had the 4AG.

My  early SEMA shows, all the rage was RS Akimoto, JG Engine Dynamics, Extrude Hone, DC Sports, DRAG turbo kits, Iceman intakes and Neuspeed for the VAG crowd.

[nathaniel]

hindi ba sya "viper armed" tapos "viper disarmed"

...yep meron ding ganun. I remember some of my schoolmates having those alarms then.

[El]

eh yung changing park light bulbs to blue

[onewaytrip]

...yep meron ding ganun. I remember some of my schoolmates having those alarms then.

we would simply knock on a car's door to engage the speaking viper alarm, then bike away as fast as we could.  trip lang namin ng mga kalaro ko noong bata pa ako.


as an eighties kid, i remember in philippine setting:
nodalos headers, dual-tip mufflers
double carburetors
ducktail spoilers, rear fog lights, "MMC" emblem on lancers
alarm with separate keyhole
solex keyholes
3rd and 4th square brake lights on rear windscreen
running brake lights ala knight rider lights
non-stock mudguards
pioneer stereo with circular mechanical display

later on:
2-inch exhaust tips
5zigen-style tips with foil sticker (as per jp_757's post)
wheels: momo typhoon, intra, a certain 5-spoke wheel design with rounded spokes, and another one with squarish spokes, bugatti wheels
redline racing sticker
velocity
kicker
adjustable "hydrau" suspension
3-way speakers
removed emblems (they no longer leave holes unlike in the 80's)


for me, the "baduy" cars started to come out in 1993.

[jdm_rims]

saturn engines + weber carbs

ang tanda ko na hehehehehe...

ha ha ha ayus to....

[Territory TX]

ha ha ha ayus to....

dagdagan ko pa. 8 track tapes, wohoooo

[joaquiboy]

...group 5.  team with one of the first boosted SiRs roaming libis back then.

...tsikot.com, where most car clubs were born.

I remember Group 5, near Shaw Blvd.

Also Mang Boy Teehankee's house nearby, where I got a dose of his 'tuning' and the wares that he sells. Very nice guy and quite a character, parang ala- Doc Emmet Brown. 

[speedyfix]

iba na ata binebenta nya nung huli... hehehe!

[joaquiboy]

iba na ata binebenta nya nung huli... hehehe!

curious..ano na binebenta niya nung huli? 

I remember he was one of the sources for Mallory wires and "drilled" spark plugs and Borg-Warner air filters that never needs replacement hehehe

[speedyfix]

ewan ko lang ha but he always struck me as kinda weird. the Emmet Brown referrence is very accurate. parang he was on something. hehe!

[lomo13]

got "schooling" from my dad back in the day:

our 76 corona, super lowered, 2T-G, twinside webers, arguably the (only) sexiest-sounding car in bulacan then.
his crew with other "kargado" cars:
galant colt station wagon (orange) with saturn engine.
their head tuner's starlet (yellow) with a 2T-G.

pag dim lights, single on pero naka high!

afternoons spent naka-tambay sa talyer, talking car stuff.

fun runs to tuguegarao, isabela, using two-way radios (icom) para maka-overtake sa zigzag roads, hetc..

practically all tuner parts were from japan, even the sidings had japanese instructions stuck to them!

practically our garaged then reeked of 2T-G parts and old school toyota items. ngayon wala na.sayang.