I used to deal a lot with steve sakai in the past with hondata and tuning stuff, he was very knowledgable about everything that had to do with tuning and engine building. I havent been in the ITR forum that much since getting my s2k, so if its been covered , my bad.

 

He closed his shop and got a real job. Shame, because he did a nice job tuning my car

 

that sucks, i saw that s-gt racing online is still up, does he still tune?

 

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He does still tune. If you email him he will eventually respond.

I think he just kind of lost heart with the direction the industry was taking.

 

I think he finally grew up .

 

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no man, just under the radar

 

I miss his wit and wisdom

 

i talk to him occasionally...

...on myspace.

Good Fella! Had fun with him a gordon mack at Hyperfest in Charlotte in 03.

 

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He was funny and very knowledgeable..

 

To a legendary B series tuner

 

I believe he owns/runs Ultimate...was NU IMAGE in VA. I seem him from time to time at MIR.

 

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nah, totally different people...

My SGT build motor is still running strong to this day!

 

lots of good advice from SGT

 

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I bought my hondata through him for my JUN III setup, he even hooked me up with a JUN III map that he did for someone else's setup that was almost identical to mine....end result was 215 whp and 133 tq. Ende dup selling the motor to someone on this site

 

he's still around, but only tuning.. just had my setup retuned 2-3 month ago. best way to contact is by email.

 

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No, that is Norris Prayoonto that drag races for Clutchmaster. He works with Ultimate after selling Nu Image Autosports.

-Victor

 

ahhh ok, my mistake...

 

last i heard he is still in the nova area and using inline's dyno for tuning purposes but hey i could be wrong havent talked to him in a month or so

 

He needs to come back and help every once in a while. There is a dearth of good technical information these days.

 

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George your right, I remember 3-4 years ago the great header test, those threads were the best and I gained so much knowledge from this board. Im glad theres still a bunch of OGs still on here

 

Mr. Sakai is still around. If you want your car tuned just email him.

 

I miss his feet...hehehe

Expo2 flashback:


That was 1 helluva kaa. I would love to be closer so Steve could build my WC motor

 

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Ahh, geez. Just think, who else would work on cars wearing Kenneth Coles LOL

 

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I lurked on this site for 2 years before signing up, some of the stuff posted back in 2000 - 2003 boggles your mind, there were posts on tranny rebuilds how to's. Those guys had major skills.

Now all the posts come from kids with no knowledge and half the posts are useless. Admittedly my posts aren't always informative.

 

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Nice shoes Steve..