Word of the Day: Onikyan

Onikyan, Japanese for demon camber. So much negative camber. All of it. All the time. Why? Because onikyan.

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Pretty soon you are going to have to rename this series to Japanese Word Of The Day.

I predict much wailing and gnashing of teeth over this one. 

NickD said:

Pretty soon you are going to have to rename this series to Japanese Word Of The Day.

 

I predict much wailing and gnashing of teeth over this one. 

Me too.

People seemed to dig the JDM stuff, so we revisited it.

Next week will be something totally different. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I've always wanted to learn about car culture in Africa, South America, and Canada. Just kidding on the last one. 

My word of the day for super-stretched tires and 20 degrees of negative camber:   "Asinine" - adjective; meaning stupid, ignorant, and downright dangerous.

In reply to 300zxfreak :

I went on a toy run last year and a Veedub with crazy camber and and about 2 inches of barrel sticking outside the tire had the beads blow sending them almost careening into nearby cars

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In reply to David S. Wallens :

I've always wanted to learn about car culture in Sweden. 

FTFY.

I'm not stickin up for dangerous camber modifications, but remember, people do this to perfectly streetable Miatas.