Monthly Archives: juni 2012

VIDEO: Gatebil Våler 2012 – by new recruit Daniel ”O’snap” Hovdahl

I guess its time to make it more then just common knowledge; but we have recruited another very talented guy to our SUPERIOR MEDIA video division- welcome aboard Daniel ”O’SNAP” Hovdahl from Heggedal, Norway!

This has been a careful selection process, and although we have many friends who are contributing in one way or another; this is a commitment we make with Daniel to be a longterm resource for our different projects.

You already saw a little preview of what our collaborations will be all about- in the Kenneth ”Kenny” Moen Supra shakedown movie a few weeks back. Daniel was also supported by friend and SUPERIOR SELECTED prospect HENRIK OULIE in that clip.

Nevermind, as we will let the work we do speak for itself. The general theme of this little gem is sun, smoke and subtle cool (yes, you could use a ”the three S’s cliché to summarize).

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GATEBIL events never fail to put on a show, and the early birds in Norway were at it right away mercilessly slaying their tires.

Among many that featured, we can mention names like Kenneth Alm, Team Yellow, Fredrik Öksnevad, Öivind Översveen, Kenneth Groth and Team Japan Auto among many many maniacs- enjoy the clip:

We appreciate you ”sharing” the clip if you enjoyed it, and as usual follow the ”behind the scenes” of everything we do at SUPERIOR FACEBOOK!

…one final ”welcome aboard” for the new guy Daniel as we also encourage you to check out his own FB-PAGE O’SNAP!

 

DESKTOP: Superior Drift ”media day” & shakedown preview – by Martin ”Bilbilder.se” Persson

After a long silence, we will give you quite a treat to forgive us as we give our SUPERIOR SELECTED guru photographer Martin ”BILBILDER.SE” Persson the honors of releasing the first official photo of Superior Drift 2012! We spent almost 24 hours a few

sundays back shooting three of the official team cars, and also had some track time testing them out. But info about that is coming at a later stage (we love saying that these days) and we focus on this gorgeous sample Martin was kind enough to release if you promised you would LIKE HIS FACEBOOK PAGE and continue to support him. Not too much to ask, but we’ll still leave it to you if its worth the effort if you really like the pic: Martins own comments on this specific setting were that the environment was a pleasant surprise in the dwindling light of dusk: ”I didnt have the occasion to prepare much before (which is something you have to be used to as a photographer), but seeing the temple with its surrounding area- I just felt it was the best place symmetrically with many contrasting textures. Having the morning light available for the threesome was a real blessing. Very satisfied with the result!”

– Martin ”BILBILDER” Persson

We are very happy to bring you this desktop sized picture free from any watermarks (I guess the message of the pics is still kept quite clear). If you do want to ”share” it, we would be extremely happy if you linked to SUPERIOR FACEBOOK and also BILBILDER FACEBOOK. Thanks in advance!

VIDEO: More then a few years in the making; Martin ”Gzon” Gustavssons three rotor 20B Mazda RX-7 started!

There are many sentimental conclusions and interesting facts behind this simple start-up video. The two most important ones to save you the trouble of too much reading is:

1. Sourcing this engine from Japan indirectly meant planting the seed for Superior Imports AB. I did it as a personal favor to ”some dude I knew was hella-good at the FD3S RX-7, so he could help me out; and thats how it basically went from there.

2. ”All good things take time” as this personal labour of Superior Workshop Katrineholm chief Martin ”Gzon” Gustavsson has been an on/off project for sooo many years. Cant even start to think about how many its been now?!

You’ve seen some teasers in OUR FACEBOOK PAGE about it, standing in the Katrineholm Workshop; and Iam sure skeptics have been wondering why we haven’t seen more of it.

All good things take time…

VIMEO:

Some see the many inspiring builds of Japanese tuning companies like RE-Amemiya running RX-7’s with this unique engine, and think its ”your basic engine swap”.

Being a witness to this entire process, I can tell you its definitely not.

I don’t think spec sheets will explain how much fabricating, electrical work and research it really takes. But if you want to have a go anyway, take a look HERE at Martins own profile at GARAGET.ORG.

This is still at the earliest possible stage, and a new turbine kit tailor-made for the stock FD3S gearbox to handle is coming up. General goal for this season…?

Just enjoy that unique sound, as Iam sure we will have the pleasure of sharing as soon as the block has been run in properly and some tuning to the Haltech ECU is done.

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