first of all a very belated happy new year to each and every single one of you. we didn’t have much of a break during the end of 2024 into 2025 period due to preparing for a lifelong dream – having a car entered at Tokyo Auto Salon.

long story short boss man naoki spoke to me mid last year with a simple question of ‘do you want to participate in the 2025 tokyo auto salon’ next to my car, in which without much thought swiftly responded ‘yes’. before we knew it the end of the year was near, the HKS 2.1L managed to get hot which completely ruined the head, block and most of the pistons. following this the car went to SKY MOTORS in osaka to takuzo-san for a full pull-down and rebuild. new head, block, HKS 87mm pistons, rods, brand new oil & water pump, head gasket and some head work to get it back, running and not only ready for auto salon but for the 2025 season. the new engine made a wild 531HP at 1.65 bar.

i have been shooting this event for many years, dating back a few decades ago to Australian auto salon’s and even back to working with auto salon magazine when i was 16 years young or so. honestly this has been one of those self-manifestation goals i’ve had for a very long time. the fact that very minimal foreigners have had cars and or companies entered into this event has made me beyond hungry to make this a reality.

over the course of 3 days we had a rediculous amount of people pull through to say hello, express their gratitude and positivity with what we’ve been doing and creating for the last 15 years in which we’re forever thankful – so thank you everyone. as usual we’ve put together a video & very small photo gallery from the event (below). 3 days wild days of the event plus months of preperation.

next up is osaka auto messe 2025 which is held in osaka next week, february 7th, 8th & 9th. if you’re in japan during this time be sure to make it as it’s osaka’s largest event in the annual year.

ready for a giant year, thank you always. caseyyy x

D1 LIGHTS 2024 rounds 6 & 7 meihan sportsland c course

what a wild few weeks or even months leading up to this event and competition. D1 LIGHTS is a series formerly known as D1 Street Legal one rank down from D1 Grand Prix (D1GP). last year i did 3 out of 4 rounds of the D1 Divisional series (one step down from LIGHTS) placing 3rd in the series. the previous year i also drove at a senkoukai (license day) at Autopolis Lakeside circuit coming 1st obtaining my D1 LIGHTS license. a few years later and here we are with the V2 reformed and properly built 3037 D1 spec S13 silvia.

rounds 6 & 7 (dual) for this year were held at home course meihan sportsland c course in which myself, jake from Australia, fujio-san & nakamura ryuu debuted in. the lead up to the event was multiple all-nighters and an insane amount of work not only in our shed but other friends such as Takuzo (SKY MOTORS), Naoki (N-STYLE) & Satoshi (PRO SHOP DIVERSION) for D1 regulations, painting & tuning before coming back to Nara to test & finish the car just in the nick of time to be ready and presentable for D1.

results for saturday weren’t anything to write about – not passing qualifying definitely hurt however the car was having very small issues with boosting where it should be which didn’t help from the morning. best run in round 6 was a 95.8 which put me around 25-30th qualifying position.

sunday was a much better and brighter day after changing front suspension setups back to what i was used to in the V1 3037 S13 and diff final change from 4.6 to 4.3 to help get extra legs after the flick for the longer extended meihan course. i ended up qualifying 6th with a 98.25 on my 2nd run putting me into the top 16 battles which felt amazing especially after saturday’s results. pushing through my top 16 battle with more surfacing car issues into the top 8 being knocked out by koga-san in his RPS13 180SX from kyushu. i was chasing initially and upon flicking behind him the car did a giant missfire and cut out causing the car to not flick at all anywhere near 100% making it seem like a very ‘weak chase’. next was my lead and i knew the position i was in so tried to lay down one of the best runs i’d done all weekend which felt amazing however obviously wasn’t enough to get through to the top 4. final results overall on sunday round 7 was 5th overall. a lot learnt, for sure.

i want to say a giant thank you to:

N-STYLE
STANCE USA
KOYORAD
DMAX
PRO SHOP DIVERSION
SKY MOTORS
STACKED RACING
GCG JAPAN
PARTS SHOP TAKA
SUPERWOW FACTORY
GKTECH
REMS
I DREAM FOR YOU
GP SPORTS
JADE
JAKE
JORDAN
KEISUKE
MACEY
JOEL
SHANE

and each and every single one of you, especially those who purchased one of our D1 LIGHTS support packs, it helps tremendously. very excited to get straight back into practicing in the newly built S13 and get on the rails to go as hard as possible this year at Kansai All Stars in a little over a month. what a wild experience and to say i’ve got the bug for D1 would be an understatement. a little more testing and confidence in the car i will be looking forward to competing in more rounds in 2025.

enjoy a gallery & full video of the lead up to the event itself and everything in-between. love always. caseyy x

a lot of updates as of late. since the last blog post there is another 5 videos (almost a weekly basis) from building the cars, driving and everything else in-between in which the response has been amazing. below is the latest video – building the D1 LIGHTS V2 3037 S13 plus a full drift day at meihan c course in the second half of the video. as always enjoy along with the small photo gallery of the car coming together. love x

a brand new insight to the brand – the latest videos to SHIRTSTUCKEDIN. big, new refreshing plans with all the current S13 fleet. 3037 (main) and 2530 (practice) cars. 3 episodes live from the last few weeks building new machines.

the old practice car will now become the new 3037 (main) car, alongside a 60,000km un-crashed and un-drifted chassis. below are 3 vlog style videos documenting what has gone into these cars thus far, excited to continue documenting, shooting and enjoying having the camera by my side again daily. it would mean the world to have your feedback & following on the videos, plenty more to come with exciting plans in the works. big love alwaysss. caseyy x

the newest upgrades for the SHIRTSTUCKEDIN 3037 S13: one-off manifold by ben at thirdstrike fabrications in Australia. once again beyond blessed to continue working with the most talented people in the car industry. have been running this turbo setup on this car for 6+ years now removing & installing 3-4 old HKS manifolds dude to cracking multiple times. being stoked with the current turbo setup it was only right to make and create an unbreakable version for longevity. made out of 347 stainless built to last forever.

these will newly be available through SHIRTSTUCKEDIN as a collaboration project between the two companies in which will be custom to T2, T3, v-band & 3 bolt (TRUST) style & any custom wastegate flanges. more information after initial dyno and running testing however please feel free to contact us if you’re wanting to express your interest x

THRASH RACING bihoku highland circuit drift day. the 3037 PS13 went through a huge amount of maintenance, brand new aero, painting & stickers prior to this event only lasting 2 laps. a huge thank you to nakamura naoki, DMAX JAPAN and the boys for all the hard work getting this looking pretty again. full aero attached now sporting a full N-STYLE ‘akuon’ muffler which makes the car look 100% complete. didn’t get any footage from the day due to car troubles but might have enough outside footage to put together something small x

first run of 2024 – N-STYLE free practice day with everyone. 16 minute RAW. driving with a bunch of friends. sunny, cold, trouble-free days like this is everything. thank you always for watching x

the NER S13 – purchased off yahoo auctions early last year it has gone through a bunch of upgrades, maintenance and general work over the past 15 months to comfortably get back home on the streets of japan.

this is somewhat a famous car with history. built by TOMEI in the early 90s into the 2000s in collaboration with one of the largest magazines and media companies CARBOY to document each stage this car and engine went through in order to attack courses like Tsukuba 1000 & Gunsai. being in the hands of drivers such as keiichi tsuchiya and max orido there are a number of scanned documents from magazines and HOT VERSION videos still present on the internet today that this cars life used to be.

the car wasn’t ran for somewhere between 8-10 years from what the original owner told me upon picking up the car so it is a very cool feeling having it running, driving and trouble-free back on the streets of japan. the original 2.2L motor that the car was renowned for had to be pulled out and loads of maintenance taken place ready for another car down the track. the current motor setup in this now is from another car. SR20DE with GTIR 4 throttle intake setup and 260mm cams all run by the original TOMEI REYTEC.

after all the maintenance and work i finally have had the chance to make it look a little more appealing over the past few weeks, get things cleaned up further, get temporary insurance in order to take it for a drive & shoot. enjoy the photos right smack bang in the middle of summer in the hills of nara prefecture

love always x

HOT VERSION / GUNSAI video link: click here

a lot of driving lately means a lot of new RAW video’s on the SHIRTSTUCKEDIN youtube. below are the 3 most recent driving events & videos i have attended, competed and put a video together:

– D1 divisional series – mobara twin circuit making it to the top 16
– Meihan Sportsland K.STRUE competition day – winning #1st place
– Gunma Sports Cycle Center – GUNSAI HARDCORE TOKYO event

plenty more videos up and coming from so be sure to subscribe to the SHIRTSTUCKEDIN youtube
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almost 3 exact years since driving meihan E course – first day back driving in the 3037 S13 for 2023. enjoy plenty of onboad & outside footage from the day – very big thank you to joel, satoshi-san from Kansai Dori for the invite and brendan for the outside footage x