Fuze

Tight ride. Extra creds for maintaining the stock stuff, especially radiator. I have no such patience! Reminds me of the 1st Starion I got, 3 Starions ago, was white and looked super crisp in the bright sun. Yours looks like it rolled out of a time machine.

I remember reading lowrider mags back in the early 90's and being very confused as to why cars like this would be called Euro style lowriders?

 

 

 

 

but I think it was more a style of low rider, using something other than a 64 as a base.

 

 

 

something non american.

 

Also, like this Fuze??

 

LOL. Yeah I remember that anything not Amurikan was called a "euro" in the lowrider scene no matter where the car was actually from, it never made any sense to me but I'm an East Coast boy. I always thought those lowrider-style tuned imports were ghastly.  At that time (late 80's early 90's) there was also a huge mini-truck scene and a fledgling compact tuning scene. Since the 90's the import racers and the lowrider crowd kinda merged into what is now the stance/show car scene, and yeah a lot of those cars aren't really drive-able either. There's still some purists doing it the old way though with high quality builds. Come on, we invented this stuff, haha.

The bottom pic is funny, but that's just a hop competitor, just going for height and a trophy. The jumping Ford Expedition would just break/bend the hydraulics! Another niche scene mainly from California. Different parts of the US do things very differently.

You know when I ran the sleeve-overs with stock struts in my Starion the ride was shit, when I swapped in a set of D2 coilovers the ride felt like stock again if I dialed them to a soft setting, and the tires are tucked. The ride is 1000 times better with the coilovers. Dial them up stiffer and the car becomes a go-cart.

Wow, these were huge here in the states during the 90's. Used to hang around a shop that built them out of basically anything, even put hydros in an Expedition and made it hop. I would not be standing anywhere near it. Never made a lot of sense to me as they always broke but it's a scene. That crazy mural paint work, that's like a California thing.. well lowriders are kinda a Cali thing in general. Some trends come and go, like trucks with dancing beds....

Welcome Fuze, they never sold the wide body ones here but still a handful of members have them. I have a wide and flat side one. (4WStarion on SQC)

Ahhh I see. Small world!

The fog light mod is a common mod, I did it on my 87 Starion. They won't come on without the driving lights, but don't require the headlights to be on anymore when the mod is done. This is basically a one-wire mod, you tap into one of the side marker 12V wires. Check out this post from starquestclub.com, your best Starion resource for this stuff...

http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=28057

That's a sweet looking Starion/Conquest dude, welcome to the fray.

Thanks dude. Haven't seen any others on oldschool yet, but you guys have some cars there in NZ that we've never even seen before.

What's up everybody, I just joined up after finding some good info on 1UZ swaps here, I'm planning one for my 87 Starion this winter. NZ seems to have a cool scene for these old Japanese cars, not so much in the States.. Here's my vitals:

Name : Jay, AKA Fuze (AKA BattleMagnet, Fuze Freeway)
Location: New Jersey, US of A
Cars you own: '87 Starion (widebody), '99 Corvette
 

Starion Mods:

Motor>> 30 over, Balanced, BS elim, A/C delete, Marnal head, 1mm OS SS valves, Shneider HD springs, Mech rockers, LSP 52mm ThrottleBody/Intake Mani, 1000/1100 Bosch Injectors, 2.25" hardpipes, CX Frontmount, TurboXS BOV, TD06/Super16G at 16PSI, 3" MK1 SS exhaust with WickedFlow muffler, 3.5" GM MAS, MAF Translator, NGK Wideband A/F, Electromotive C4 coil, GM Alternator, Krank Vent System, 89 ECU mod, Comp Clutch Stage 4 w/ Billet Steel Flywheel

Chassis>> Autopower welded race roll bar, D2 full coilover kit, poly sway bushings, Mookeeh sway bars, Whiteline LCA & tension rod bushings, FC RX7 front spindle/brake/rotor swap, Greddy front strut bar, AndyW rear strut bar, drilled/slotted rotors, EBC pads, LSP SS brake lines, Riken vintage 16x8/9" rims w/ Nexen N3000 225/45 and 245/45 rubber.

Body>> Blitz Black color flip, MK1 CF hatch wing, CF airdam, CF hood, JH CF header and CF headlight covers. Rear wiper delete. Fog light mod. Burton Splitter. Stckers.

Inside>> OMP race bucket, Crow Enterprizes 3" 5 point driver harness, 2.5" passenger harness, Autometer boost and cheapie Boost warning gauge in MK1 pod, NGK AF-X wideband, Greddy Profec-B EBC, MK1 EL gauges, Custom radio console, FM Modulator for iPod hookup, Manual fan over-rides, Battle Magnet screwdriver shift knob, color flipping Grip Royal steering wheel, splined quick release. Plus a bunch of other stuff.

Vette Mods:

Motor>> AFE intake, Delrin MAF housing, TB water elim, Corsa exhaust, nothing crazy.

Chassis>> Z06 shocks, drop kit, 20mm spacers rear, 18"/19" C5 dish rims, Z06 endlinks

Body>> Plexi roof panel, Fixed headlight conversion w/ dual HID, Widemouth splitter, Front plate area modded into functional air inlet

How you found out about oldschool: Stumbled across the site looking for 1UZ swap info. Mostly hang around on starquestclub.com for many years.

Anything else you want to add: Check me out on Instagram @Battlemagnet. My obsession with the freeway comes from years of street racing here in NJ. Peace.