Sp Engineering’s Supra Appreciation Day—february 6, 2010

[Bruce Leeroy]

Alex Shen, the owner of SP Engineering (SPE), founded this company in 1996, about one-year after purchasing his 1995 six-speed, alpine silver MKIV Supra turbo. Shen’s interest in the Supra began with his ownership of a white MKIII turbo and blossomed into a full-blown love affair with the purchase of his MKIV. With 2010 marking the beginning of SPE’s 14th year of existence, it is easy to see how Supras, the MKIV version in particular, have contributed to the success of SPE as a company. In honor of the Supra’s role in the growth and development of SPE, Alex has determined that a Supra Appreciation Day on Saturday, February 6, 2010 would be the best way to celebrate the car we all know and love and to give back to the community that has been so instrumental in the growth of his company.

Let’s get this out of the way right up front. Supras FROM ALL GENERATIONS are welcome and invited to this event. Other car enthusiasts are also welcome, but the preferred, on-site parking is reserved for Supras only. At present, the event is projected to begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. This time is subject to change so please subscribe to this thread so you will be sure to receive all updates in a timely manner. Rather than being tied down by a never ending series on honey-do’s, on February 6, 2010, you can come out and see some of the nicest Supras in the country, and I’m not just talking about the Display Cars. Southern California is home to the greatest concentration of Supras in the country and many of the nicest will be present at this event.

Speaking of Display Cars, here’s what we have on tap so far (all cars built and tuned by SPE):
1. The winner of the SILV06 “Best Stock Body” award owned by Chip Schwartz (Lagtime on SF);

2. The “Clash of the Titans II” 4-inch exhaust shoot-out car owned by Ju-Hon Chan (8Wasabe on SF);

3. Preston Ebert’s (1badmofo on SF) RSP beauty, winner of the SILV08 “Director’s Choice” award;

4. Steve Wilson’s first-in-the-country NA-Single Turbo car featured in Import Tuner magazine (Yes, 192 whp to 632 whp in one fell swoop! supramd on SF);

5. Arseto Wijaya’s menacing, murdered out, super-clean, 12K mile, 1997 black beauty with HKS twins and a sweet V161 six-speed tranny (NITECRUISER on SF);

6. Return of the Prodigal Son: Louie Altobelli’s black with suede interior chariot, with the oh-so-rare HKS TO4Z, dual ball-bearing single turbo upgrade and one-off IForged wheels (Supra557hp on SF);

7. Ken Henderson’s Renaissance Red BPU monster, more popularly known as “Eau Rouge” and featured in a supporting role in Japanese Performance magazine; and,

8. Ken Henderson’s “Blackie”, the MKIV Supra turbo most closely tied to SPE, winner of eight individual awards at the SILV National Supra Meet, featured in nine magazine articles, including two covers, and one book and one of the most famous MKIV Supras in the world (KenHenderson on SF).

Several other SPE-built cars have been invited as well, so stay tuned to this thread for more updates in this regard.

FOOD & DRINK: We don’t expect you to spend your valuable time on a Saturday morning and afternoon without proper sustenance. As a result, we will be having a very nice BBQ and other foodstuffs, with plenty of sodas and water available to help with your food digestion programs. You can help tremendously by committing to attend this special event and signing up for it in this thread. Please do not sign up for this event if you are uncertain about your attendance. It is very important that food and drinks are in more than adequate supply and this cannot be accomplished if people flake when it comes to this event. Only put your name down (and those of friends accompanying you) if you know for certain you will be attending this event.

RAFFLES & SPONSORSHIPS: Japanese aftermarket powerhouses HKS and GReddy will be in attendance and offering products at too-low-to-publish prices. Certain products will be in limited quantities. In addition certain products that appear to be available today may not be available on February 6, 2010 so there will be no published lists of HKS and GReddy products that will be available at the event. To know for sure what will be available, you will have to attend this event. The SPE crew will be working hard to identify the HKS and GReddy product that will be available and, if we can determine for certain what will be available on February 6, 2010, this thread will be updated accordingly.

What we know for sure will be available is the full catalog of TiTek carbon fiber parts for the JZA80. One piece of every TiTek production piece will be available to the lucky winners of affected raffles. That means TiTek carbon fiber gauge pods, versions 1 and 2, Kansai-style lip spoilers and cooling plates, among other products will be available to be raffled off and purchased. WINNERS WILL HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE THEIR TiTeK PRODUCTS.

OTHER EYE CANDY: Ever seen a twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo up close and personal? How about a twin-turbo Lamborghini LP 640? Come to this event and you will see both, plus a 775 whp Nissan R35 GTR and some absolutely outrageous company-owned and SPE customer cars. If you’re car guys and girls—face it, aren’t we all—this event is a must attend for car enthusiast of all types and stripes.

Happy Holiday and hope to see all of you on February 6, 2010



I will be updating this list daily!

1) Ken Henderson
2) Chip Schwartz
3) Louie Altobelli
4) Preston Ebert +3
5) Arseto Wijaya
6) Steve Wilson
7) Ju-Hon Chan
8) Patrick94TT
9) jokable1
10) SupraHKSx
11) SUPRAtruc2JZGE +2
12) xknowonex
13) bpu supra +2
14) Nick Stonawski
15) Da BlaCkMoBiLe
16) the amazing spider-man
17) lazysan
18) gfd2726
19) T72MKIV
20) harut
21) twincharge
22) HellaLaaag +7
23) Buckweed
24) rj1031
25) mysupratoy94 +1
26) Alpine2JZ
27) JUICEMAN
28) miss supra95 +1
29) mpunisher
30) KEITH TA
31) my95genIV
32) PaKmaN
33) IggySupra
34) 2JZPWRD
35) T701JZ
36) TOYMR2TRD
37) JamesN
38) MyKarIsVicious
39) Silver94Supra
40) Supra JZA80 +4
41) SDStreetracer
42) hgonzalez +1
43) EVL TTWN +1
44) MB38
45) JaguarXJ6 +2.5
46) RockonSupra
47) MarkVenom +4
48) Daves2JZGTE
49) supra lover
50) SF-NJ-LA
51) 1badsup +1
52) suprastevesd +3
53) poorman's supra
54) Team Toyota
55) chopstickz
56) OneJoeZee
57) Malibyte
58) Dave2JZ-GTE +2
59) Dmont0446
60) lenny +1
61) VIP Maxima +1
62) AdamSupra
63) REYESSUPRA +1
64) d_boy +1
65) kiro1968@yahoo.com
66) rmjdrift +1
67) lilazni3ouy +3
68) Supraristo +1
69) toyotasupra916 +1
70) StarletGTT +1
71) MKIII HATER +3
72) jtt97+1
73) 87T SUPE
74) BlurredVision
75) Smaay
76) SuprA70
77) AJ MK3
78) tmccann
79) AmarInSocal
80) SupraSized
81) MasonF
82) emission
83) Triple-threat
84) trd24mr2
85) the juggernaut
86) Vicious
87) BorHor +1
88) Bao
89) SupraMatt96 +1
90) AristoA +1
91) Urban Diplomat +1
92) T AND X
93) slinky
94) Dangermouse +1
95) suprasareforever +2
96) Southpaw +1
97) Jessupra +3
98) Aku +1
99) RSA Supra
100) IMAGINETHAT
101) DaveT
102) maeso +2
103) jun2
104)



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[Patrick94TT]

IN.

Can't wait to see the TT-LP640 and Blackie.

[jokable1]

I shall be there sounds like a great event but then again Sp Engineerings events are always great.

[SupraHKSx]

I'm so there.

[supra557hp]

I will try to wind up the Antelope Valley guys to roll with me... Since I will be on display there I will be leaving around 6:30am to be there by 8am so hopefully these guys can get up.

Mike D. - are you down to go? (MDSuprastar)

Also no stupid stuff like excessive speed or burnouts... do not want to attract any law enforcement that may tag us as we leave during the afternoon. See you guys there, I see this being a huge event.

Louie Altobelli

[Lagtime]

If you live in SoCal, NorCal, Nevada or Arizona you need to find a way to attend this event.

One of the premier performance car builders wants to give you free food, drinks, and swag? And you get to gaze upon an assortment of Supras ranging from my tame, BPU appearing car to Ken H.'s fire-breathing black monster. How can you say "no" to this? (You can't.)

Once you've had your fill of Supra gazing, they'll be lots more automotive eye candy to keep you busy, along with the octane-charged conversations that are bound to erupt when a bunch of turbo-driven enthusiasts get together.

This will be great.

Chip

[SUPRAtruc2JZGE]

Damn that the day is my bday, I was going to throw a BBQ/sushi/Viet Namese at my house. Nevermind, I just go to this one, instead.

I'm in for this, unless someone here is going to kidnap me...


By the way, does anybody have a address to this??? <noob>

[chopstickz]

424 Turnbull Canyon Road
City of Industry, CA 91745

[xknowonex]

I will be there for sure!

[1badmofo]

Subscribed!!! This will be an awesome event, thank you to the SPE crew and owner Alex Shen for putting this together. I look forward to seeing everyone on the 6th.

Preston

[bpu supra]

i will be there since all my work has been done by you guys

[Nick Stonawski]

sounds great! count me in!

[Da BlaCkMoBiLe]

Originally Posted by 1badmofo

Subscribed!!! This will be an awesome event, thank you to the SPE crew and owner Alex Shen for putting this together. I look forward to seeing everyone on the 6th.

Preston

Awww damn!!! we gonna bring the gangsta outta the central coast down to SoCal for this. you know i gotta be there to see him.

[KenHenderson]

Originally Posted by xknowonex

I will be there for sure!

Glad you will be there. Your pics of weekend automotive festivities have become required viewing. There should be some fantastic cars there to keep you busy. I'm hoping this event gets all Supra enthusiasts fired up for 2010 and that the rest of year is better than it was in 2009 (read SILV).

Ken.

[the amazing spider-man]

i'll go. hmm seems to be like there's at least one supra meet each month next year.

[8Wasabe]

I really can't come up with a more perfect excuse especially for us Supra Enthusiasts to get together.

In all honesty, along with the cars and the facility, Supra guys are always a wealth of knowledge. I'd like to try to rally up some old school guys and some others out of the wood work that I actually met throughout the years here in So-Cal. Even if they're no longer Supra owners, I know that their Supras still has that special place in their hearts.

Not to mention the last time I missed an SPE Supra event, there was a nice collection of widebodies, which made for a nice photo opp at the open lot right across the street. I surely wouldn't wanna miss another one of those!!!

See y'all there.

[lazysan]

In.

[NITECRUISER]

Originally Posted by xknowonex

I will be there for sure!

I need to check out your setting..hehehe

[supra557hp]

Originally Posted by 8Wasabe

I really can't come up with a more perfect excuse especially for us Supra Enthusiasts to get together.

In all honesty, along with the cars and the facility, Supra guys are always a wealth of knowledge. I'd like to try to rally up some old school guys and some others out of the wood work that I actually met throughout the years here in So-Cal. Even if they're no longer Supra owners, I know that their Supras still has that special place in their hearts.

Not to mention the last time I missed an SPE Supra event, there was a nice collection of widebodies, which made for a nice photo opp at the open lot right across the street. I surely wouldn't wanna miss another one of those!!!

See y'all there.

Yes, that was the last time I had my blue Supra there. This should be one of the biggest meets of 2010. What a good way to start the year off strong.

[Da BlaCkMoBiLe]

^^^Lets see if this event will beat out the 42 Supras that came out for the CarNCoffee in Nov09' aka S.I.C.C (Supras Invade Car n Coffee)

[Smart Ass]

Damn!!!!!! Everything cool happens down in Socal. That's why Norcal sucks donkey balls. I just posted on the Socal "mobile smog check point" thread, I hope they don't get wind of this and decide to set up shop near there.

[Rocketman1000R]

Any way we can do this January 30th? I'll be on the slope then.

[KenHenderson]

Originally Posted by Supraristo

Damn!!!!!! Everything cool happens down in Socal. That's why Norcal sucks donkey balls. I just posted on the Socal "mobile smog check point" thread, I hope they don't get wind of this and decide to set up shop near there.

Silas, bring your beautiful sled down to this event. I have never spent enough time around your car and, LOL, you never post any pics! That's one clean-ass car, my friend. Help us out and show everybody what they've been missing.

Originally Posted by Rocketman1000R

Any way we can do this January 30th? I'll be on the slope then.

Brent, February 6, 2010 is locked in. It takes a lot of planning and expense on the part of the shop to do these things right. From a business perspective, Alex wants to make sure SPE gets off to a good start in 2010. Plus, we didn't want the event to conflict with the NFL Playoffs, the Superbowl, Nick's event on Janury 16th or Patrick's event on February 20th. We're trying to be as inclusive as possible here. Hope to see you there.

Ken.

[Patrick94TT]

Originally Posted by KenHenderson

...or Patrick's event on February 20th.

Ken.

I sure hope that means you are considering making it out here Ken.

[T72MKIV]

Looks like it'll be an awesome event. I'll try to drop by.