Now to characters of people I DON’T know from the internet!!!
Most Anime fans know that there are two major Street Racing Animes. Initial D deals with mountain racing, while Wangan MidNight deals with highway racing. What happens, say, if the character from one decided to race in the other?
Takumi Fujiwara, protagonist of Initial D, was captivated one night, coming home from beating some idiot on Hakone driving an RB26-powered Mustang, when he suddenly came upon this blue Z, going REALLY, REALLY fast.
He had to chase it.
The problem, of course, was the 86’s tiny little 4A-GE 20V engine: even with over 200HP, it couldn’t keep up with a monster Z like that. So, he had the 20V swapped with a BEAMS 3S-GTE. Bunta has currently tuned the 2.0L turbocharged engine to around 450 HP, More than enough power to push the little AE86 Trueno to 165 MPH, which Bunta figures is fast enough to start out with. Aero parts have been applied, although the mountain-ready suspension is unchanged. Rumor has it Keisuke Takahashi is also tuning his FD3S for Wangan, but he’s not quite ready, yet.
Ghost of Akina
Owner: Takumi Fujiwara
Make/Model/Year: Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX ‘85
Chassis: AE86
Engine: Toyota BEAMS 3S-GTE I4 Turbo: 454 HP
Transmission: 5-speed Manual
Top Speed: around 165MPH
License: Gunma, Japan, 13-954
Takumi Fujiwara, Initial D, etc (c) Kodanasha, LTD
Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) (c) Toyota Motor Co.
"Ghost of Akina" Wangan concept (c) James McHenry/Jim Prower
