EA11R

The EA11R has always been a favorite car of mine. When I 1st came to Kyoto a friend had a fun little boost-up red version that I drove a few times (and crashed once lol). A few weeks ago at Meihan there was this green example that caught my eye from my 1st roll into the pits.

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Along with the flashy color and the SSR MKIII this guy could drive WELL and the quick, snappy nature of the car really reminded me of driving my Roadster. He looked to be having such a good time.

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Massive camber to fit the wheels, but the lack of grip doesn’t seem to be a problem in light cars (such as I discovered in my car) and he was ripping through the track as fast as everyone else. A nice engine bay (that I didn’t take a shot of) included a bigger turbo and varous other goods. Pictures really don’t do this car justice, it was so small and fun in person!

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Sadly in the middle of the afternoon going hot into the 1st corner his front left lower arm snapped in two sending him into the tire barrier. To his luck he suffered no damage other than a slighly bent up fender from the wheel flopping around going up onto the flatbed. He was able to borrow a spare lower arm (I guess it’s a common weak point?) from another buddy of his in a Cappucino.

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Notice anything strange about this car? I’m told this car as well as the green EA are very well know within the Cappucino comminity here in Japan.

6 comments so far

that is some good shit. I want one.

kevin
July 30th, 2009 at 8:50 am

Hmm whats strange? It took me awhile but is it the merc emblem?

Steven
July 30th, 2009 at 11:47 am

BMW logo and are those s13 flip ups?

Watcher
July 30th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

first one is awesome and lol at the big pop-ups on the second.

john
August 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm

a friend has one in France. It’s very funny

street41100
August 14th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

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