Back on the lot Jane had watched the video and she smiled, she grabbed the remote and found the point in the video where Sweeper was cornering.

"You hear your engine sound here don't you? This is where you lack your engine punch." Jane commented while pointing at the small monitor with the remote.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You need to change your driving style for this car, you were driving in turbo style in the corner, and you were trying to do as much full throttle as possible. However with a NA car you can dive in at the limit and vary your pressure on the accelerator for extra control, that's what you need to do."

"So you want me to dive in a lot quicker than I usually do and control the front grip with the gas pedal?"

"Yes, if you did that with a turbo you would suffer the spool up time from letting go off the accelerator, it is not much but sufficient to give you a loss of time and maybe control. With a NA the pressure on the accelerator alone decides the power output, but I am sure you catch what I mean by now."

"Yeah, I do. I'll give it a go next time." Sweeper turned away and headed over to Chang and McClintock.

"So tell me, how is it in Tokyo as of now Chang?" McClintock asked Chang while looking at his R34 on the back of the truck.

"Quite interesting really, after I lost my title as "Tokyo's fastest" the racers have popped up all around town; mostly it is the Wangan racers, those who prefer the highway racing over the mountain pass."

"Sounds interesting, I wonder if they take newcomers, all I have to do is wind up the boost on my turbo and I think I may compete." McClintock said enthusiastically.

"Well it may prove to be tough for you, there is this guy called Sagara I think, he is pretty damn fast on the highway. I haven't seen him at my bar though."

Sweeper bumped into the conversation.

"Sagara huh? Well if I wasn't enrolled with Project S I would probably have challenged him." Sweeper commented.

"With that 4 rotor NA of yours you wouldn't be much of a threat on the straight to him, you will need to put in the 4 rotor turbo."

"Yeah I know, I did bring the turbo engine over here but I won't spend a day in the workshop swapping them unless I really need to." Sweeper commented.

"I still wonder why all of you guys swapped over to slower engines for this type of racing, I mean you have all detuned your cars, I am still running in the stock form I have always done, with around 500 HP or so, but you and Carlos have dropped from over 1000 down to the 600 range or so."

"I am sure both me and Carlos could have beaten all of these guys with the high lag we get from our turbos as well as the wide gearing we normally use. However both I and Carlos look at this as a chance to test our mountain pass configuration before we have to do the real deal in a World Cup race. The reason why lower power is better is because we get a bit more responsive engines, like I said we have problems opening the throttle in corners due the turbo effect, it feels slow until the boost comes down. Well it doesn't matter much for Carlos and his driving style though. However I usually drive grip to preserve the tires and losing it in an unexpected situation due to wheel spin is not a very good idea."

"That's right, I put the supercharger I had lying around in my garage back on the NSX, the turbo I normally use doesn't have a very widespread boost threshold either, on a mountain pass you may find yourself falling out of the boost threshold every now and then." Chang added.

"Well, I haven't done anything, I did a few tests at some local mountain passes over in the states and I didn't have any problems controlling the car."

"It is easy to figure out why, first of all your engine has a few parts that I added when I used to own that car, 2nd part is the solution you went to neutralize the turbo lag. I must commend you, it is very effective." Sweeper said and looked at the bayside blue R34 GT-R Vspec.

"I know about the lag part, but I was talking about the boost threshold, I have never had the problem that I have fallen out of the boost threshold."

"You will feel it in the next battle, I am pretty sure you will." Sweeper commented with a smile.

On the uphill they had already cleared a few corners; Sakai was smiling while clearing corners in his usual way of driving.
However Carlos was sticking to him as if he was being towed by Sakai.

"Up here begins the corners I like, sequential corners which are part blind corners. I will play the same tactic I always play with those who races me here."

The Integra dived into the corner and as Carlos came into the corner the Integra's brake lamps went on.

"Why are you braking here?" Carlos sputtered out while letting go of the gas pedal.

The Integra quickly gained some distance between him and Carlos.

"You son of a… If this was in Brazil I would have made dinner for the dogs out of you! Nice trick with the fake brake lamps, but that will not work a 2nd time, you stupid Honda driver." Carlos slammed the gas pedal to the floor and instantly gripped the shifter.

The Mine's Response RB26 package was an engine that was totally designed for maximum response in the 4 first gears.
In those gears it usually didn't last longer than 1 second before you had to up shift, it was somewhat close gearing however the speed you got on the speedometer sure wasn't from a close gearing gearbox.It was like the standard R34 gearbox and that was going to Carlos greatest weapon against the Integra driver.In the Integra Sakai was still smiling, not only did he smile when he was concentrating but he was also smiling of Carlos falling for his tactic.

"Feint braking is common in Todou School competitions; however that is just the starting of my trap. The main part in this race is not speed, it is keeping the right rhythm and I am an expert at disrupting the chasers rhythm."

The Integra quickly dived into the corner up ahead in a very weird way in Carlos eyes.
His line was not what he would have chosen for that corner, he quickly figured out why the Integra was attacking at that line.Carlos slammed on the brakes and tried to fall into the same line Sakai had taken with his Integra, it was going to be difficult, especially when his R34 decided to understeer into the corner.

"Damnit! This is not the time to understeer… Fine then, lets do it my way!" Carlos stepped on the brakes and made the rear fly out.
His usual way of countering torque steer when he was driving his 1500 horse power engine, piling on the power to keep the car sideways through the corner.
Sakai looked in the rear view mirror and got a bit worried when he saw the GT-R come sideways out of the corner.

"He could clear that? He actually copied my line even though he was over speeding… He is good." Sakai commented to himself and stepped harder on the gas pedal, he was going to try and attack the next corner in the same manner.

Carlos slammed on the gas pedal, now it was only 2 of the worst corners left, the guy that exited the last corner would most likely win.

Sakai dived in fighting the FF layout's will to understeer, even in its original state the car would be prone to torque steer, however not only had he tuned his Integra, Sakai had also turbo tuned it, making the torque steer even worse.
Just as he exited the corner he checked his rear view mirror again, it was clear for the moment at least.But the more he looked the more he could swear he saw a black car come chasing after him.

Up to the last corner was a longer straight and that was where Carlos would make his move.
His GT-R quickly dived out of the corner following the racing line and the engine power rocket it down the straight.
He could clearly see the Integra's rear grow bigger and bigger.
Sakai on the other hand was getting worried.

"I cannot lose, not a 2nd time like Daiki did, after all this is the Todou School's home course." Sakai looked in the rear view again and this time the GT-R was right on his tail, nearly rubbing it.

"You are good, I am sure you are better than that Takahashi Keisuke that beat me, but I will not let you pass me."

Sakai lost his smile and tried to block the inside line for Carlos at the last corner.
However, Carlos had anticipated that and he kept charging for the inside.
He went slightly off the road course and bumped into the front panel of the Integra slightly, not enough to cause a dent but enough to overload the suspension on the other side of the car, causing the Integra to lose the rhythm and front grip.
Sakai slammed on the brakes hoping to regain traction, but it was useless to win the race now, the GT-R was already passing in front of him and accelerating away.
The last thing Sakai saw was 4 big circle taillights disappear around the corner.

"DAMNIT, I lost yet again."

Carlos was laughing.

"Stupid Honda driver, don't blame me for that, it is common practice in the racing world to make the opponent lose its rhythm, just like you tried with your cosmetic brake lamps. You fell for your own tactic!" Carlos commented while watching the Integra disappear.

20 minutes later at the bottom of the mountain they were all smiling, they had taken down Todou School.
Keiichi was relieved, actually so relieved that he said something without thinking.

"Know what! I will buy a round of drinks at Chang's bar tonight! It is on my bill."

The mechanics and some of the drivers cheered for the decision, but Carlos and Sweeper knew they had to do something else first.
They had to beat Project D's time on the course; it was time for the time trial.
Sweeper got into his FD and started the downhill while Carlos did the uphill, it didn't take long to crush Project D's time with 2 seconds.Even when these news hit Keiichi he really had to smile, his and Jane's heads were off the hook for now at least.

"Good job on the time attack back there Sweeper, and same to you Carlos, you really showed them what's what. Now let's pack up and head back to town. We are done here."

Sweeper and Carlos smiled as Keiichi walked away to instruct the mechanics on the pack up process.
Daiki and Sakai approached Carlos and Sweeper who were talking, the moment the two spotted the Todou members they stopped talking to each other.

"Can we help you guys somehow?" Sweeper asked.

"We were wondering, who you guys were."

"Well we don't have a big reputation in Japan, but the guys over there" Sweeper pointed at Chang and McClintock "Are Chang from Tokyo also known as the "Chinese dragon" and Mr McClintock and his R34. Next to me you have Carlos actually a Mexican living in Brazil at the moment; they call him "Speedy Gonzales" also drives a R34. Lastly it is me, Sweeper I drive a FD as you already know. We are actually racers in the World Cup if you have heard about it."

"That's where I remembered that R34 from. Remember my trip to Brazil last year? I saw him and his R34 on the front cover of a Brazilian car magazine. That was where I remembered him from." Sakai said.

"Well so it was you Sweeper who defeated that Takahashi Keisuke on the uphill. I thought of something like that when we raced but the rumours I heard stated that you drove a turbo 4 rotor and not a NA."

"Recent changes there."

"Speaking of 4 rotors, what else did you do to that FD during the conversion? I am sure you didn't follow the front midship position for the new 4 rotor, right?" Carlos asked.

"Correct, took me a lot of suspension tweaking but if you look in the trunk of the FD you will something else that will give you a clue to how I handle weight distribution."

"Looks like this were a no win match after all, these guys are on a totally different level than us." Daiki commented and Sakai nodded as they both turned away and walked back to their cars.

"Hey Carlos, let's get on the bus and get out of here, we have wasted enough time already." Carlos and Sweeper turned towards the bus to head back to their improvised home.