"I don't like junk" "Miatas are good for hairdressers, women, don't even get me started" + more. How many sneak disses he gonna get in on RicerMiata!! lmao
Pretty much he admitted that he used Rudnik Ricer Miata to kickstart his RU-vid career. Now that he doesnt need Rudnik he can talk shit about him cuz he never really cared about him to begin with. Toxic personality trait
@@bradysmith3024 before Tommy met rudnik aka ricer miaita. He was a nobody. Used another persons clout to kickstart his own YT career and then kick em out his shop and cut ties off after for no reason. and not even using the shop space that rudnik was in.
I vehemently disagree that gatekeeping information makes the hobby more fun. What it does is make the hobby less accessible. And people who think this way will be the reason this hobby dies.
It really depends. Gatekeeping wheel specs or silly stuff like that is super dumb. Gatekeeping places to get certain parts keeps those parts affordable for people who scrounge and work to find them. I get what your saying but from my POV it allows me to afford nice stuff without the hype beast/tiktok trend premium.
@@Jrob992 if you spend the time looking for those things, than you gotta understand that it won’t be here forever. Would you rather have less of the thing at a TikTok premium, or none of the things due to government regs. I’m telling you guys, I’m a transportation designer and I’m often in circles where the future of transportation and mobility is discussed. And I would lying if I said the future of this hobby is not in jeopardy. Gatekeeping isn’t the whole story, and it’s not the only reason this hobby might die, but it CERTAINLY doesn’t help.
@@BradVicious One day you might not be able to drive your car. Or modify it. Autonomy might become the norm. I hope that never happens, but I don’t think it’s out of the question.
Pitchfork crowd, not a fan. Until you get the opportunity to sit down with both sides and able to make your own opinion, don't listen to a screen to create your opinion (Old guy life lesson). Don't believe anything you hear and half of what you see.
@@IDv8I he never paid back over 180k to the person that invested in him and his channel when he had nothing. The person that made him who he is. the guy literally bought him a nissan s15 and so much more for RU-vid. if someone did even 10% of something like that for me I would go to the end of the earth for them and feel indebted forver. there is no two sides to that argument
idk if i’m misunderstanding him, but why is he complaining that the GT3 barely makes more power than a Carrera but costs way more? the motor is not the point you’re paying all that money for how insane the chassis is on a track.
Easily the best episode yet in that I feel the guest was completely authentic and didn't try to sell a single thing. He just said "I like this." "This is garbage to me" and was ridiculously knowledgeable on nearly every subject brought up. Please bring more dudes like him on.
I still wanna see nissanda and the S14 k20 swapped switch motors and motor mounts plus the trans adapter plate and starter. KA24 Silvia & K20 RWD swapped 99 civic Si. "Chef's kiss"
@drtone he pretty much invented the word as far as youtubers go. and a swap doesnt mean its not oem+.. if it could have been a likely option or trim or from an oem like.ruf, alpina, etc then its oem+
@hectorquiros7214 nope like the guy stated it was the E90 heritage edition, super rare cause the numbers were like 10 or something like that but they did do it for sale, not a concept
Wish everyone knew what fyeah did to one of the closest people to him in the scene. Literally threatening the dudes friends over RU-vid bs. Basically used and manipulated his friend, then scammed the person who got him more exposure in the beginning then anyone else. Then split ways like the friendship never happened. Dudes one of the most cut throat business men out there in the US/JDM scene up there with the guy who screwed over T-Pain and the pickle rick s15. Time goes on and people forget though.
I feel the same way about the "gatekeeping" part. For someone to spend alot time, money, and energy into solving problems to just give information away for free just doesn't make sense. Too many now a days just want the answer and don't want to invest in their own time to learn how to solve the problem. The struggle is what makes the car special. It 's what makes it worth it and proud to put ones own name on it.
As a 13+ year Miata owner,Tommy is absolutely right. The cars are decent. The owners are generally the worst. However with the cost skyrocketing for miatas that should help keep the riff raff away from them.
Love @tommyfyeah's take on builds. He's a breath of fresh air in the car youtuber scene, I wish he would go back to uploading consistently. He keeps it real on builds and is trying to elevate the game which I respect a lot. I think he missed the mark on the gt3 "only" having 415 hp and why porsche guys like NA. GT cars are for driving enthusiasts and NA is so well revered for the throttle response. I guess that would be the only blind spot he has imo. Think he prefers speed over feel and driver engagement but we all have our preferences... Thanks for having him on, it was a great conversation.
spot on about the s2000 CR. i worked at a Honda Dealer from 2008 to 2012 and there was a black CR sitting in the showroom the entire time i was there that never sold
@@danchristian7282 Within a year it was supposed to be like 6-10 giveaways for his giveaway subscriptions. I know he did the HKS giveaway but the 350z and the S14 white zenki were supposed to be next but ever since the drama happened not sure what went on after that. I never subscribed so I don’t know the status.
@@buttontooth1 pretty sure its no heat on that side (ruddys portion and toms personal side), remember ruddy always getting yelled at for keeping the door open by the paint booth, at the end of the day it is like a 100 year old VW dealer or sumn like that
15 min and im done with this " car guy" please......if somebody see this channel for the first time,this is not the kind of people you see here,go and see all the others video they are really good,this one is a fail
Wish he would have touched on the drama but I’m guessing before the interview Tommy probably said he’s not gonna talk about any drama lol overall good interview
31:41 he doesn’t build them because it’s hard to stand behind a modified engine. Even if everything is done right. It could all go down over a bad driver move. And of course the builder then tuner get blamed. Not the driver that was banging rev limiter for 3 minutes straight at the side show
You can't be serious right? Shops have been building them for 30 years. Japan has been making crazy power. Most shops won't turn away money. He gets machine work done on engines all the time. We see countless times that his builds don't run well without jack or Roberto touching them. He still needs to tune the engine and we see alot of the builds have issues. If people want to overspend to have a clean bay that's on them.
Huh? What type of dumb excuse is that 😂 he doesn’t build them cause he clearly doesn’t have the knowledge on being a mechanic. It’s that simple. He still the owner of the shop buddy he’ll be the first to be blame regardless 😂
There's way more than 4 places that make true forged wheels APP makes forging in the USA and Italy. BBS, Motegi, Rays, Yokohama's Advan, and a bunch of other manufacturers that mainly work for contract and put whatever logo you want on them.
I love how they talk about the biggest automotive youtubers being LZ and TJ. It's definitely Cleetus, and cleet has way better creative videos. Touches all motorsports across the board. He even has his own track and does PPV.
"I don't like junk" I don't like superiority complexes the car community is full of them. 10 minutes in and I'm already to annoyed to watch. Build your type of car your type of way and just because it's perfect in your eyes doesn't mean it's not junk to the next guy so be respectful. Doesn't matter if you spent a million it's still crap to somebody.
@@drudru721 I hate to be that guy but I got Silver's because their top hats are gray lol. Also $100 more than BC means they're so much better right????
So, the setup on the green civic dx was a type r motor. New from Honda. New type r head milled 20 thousandths. Jdm type r trans with 4.78 final drive. Comp tech header. Car was tuned on hondata in Miami and made 185whp. Back then it was good power. Another local guy went 12.2 at 114mph in an all motor crx with that combo. (Gsr block, type r pistons, etc). Great memories though, was the beginning of the Honda game.
A lot of people hate on Tommy because he’s brutally honest and shit talks but this is what we need to clean up the car scene. Gotta do the other Connecticut boys. Jimmy oaks & Spoon
So everything is trash except for whatever I do because I'm the best. It's been a while since I've heard someone this narcissistic. It's impressive, really.
@@kevinruger8819 Looks like a bobblehead in a 1997 Missy Elliot trash bag music video 🤣 start rocking just T-shirt's scamyeahhh and show off the ham hangers 🥴
Tommy was a nobody b4 rudnik tbh, and he just milked him for content roasting him in every video and used him for his connections to the rich RU-vidr space like tj Dustin and lz
Idk how to take this interview. This guy has some real ass hole fans but i know what he’s doing and if i say it those people wouldn’t understand. But what i will say his builds are not special which is definitely okay but then he trashes everything that’s special. Like i dont own a KA24 but their are some real deal dudes out there making amazing power winning competitions for real. So i don’t know. Dude is just selling what he does.
While he does good work. Contradiction after contradiction. He says I don't like it, so I built one so I'm not a hater. That still hating on someone. If I don't like onions, then I don't eat them I don't keep eating it to say I did.
Most wheel companies, including Japanese ones, buy blanks from the forgeries and then cut the blanks in-house, it's the same source and same material, that said, there are a lot of shitty wheels out there made from unforged material, that will bend in the best situation or break in the worst.
He’s so right about people taking clapped out cars and putting an angle kit on it and welding the diff then disregarding everything else and calling it a drift car. It’s an excuse most of the time.
A manual 997.1 or 997.2 Carrera is the way to go! It’s got a ton of room for mods, not as costly to get into, and perform very well and are reliable when taken care of. Building one on my channel now!
@@DriftNick isnt that literally the point of drag racing to become faster and to get a better time and if ur really drag racing/dig racing ur car is going to break just as much as drifting would
Without even mentioning tires, Imagine building a car to drift, ordering whatever aero and wheels etc from Japan, painting it, just to more than likely have your aero explode, more than likely crash, having to replace susp arms, replacing hard to find body panels like jdm front ends, oem headlights, etc and having to do it all over again before the next event. Vs a drag race weekend which very rarely ends in a crash or having to replace your aero and getting a fresh paint job every season. Mind you this is at the grassroots level of drifting.
@@1rstGear Search "Huracan Ian, Tommy FYeah lies to everyone" his channel has several videos about Tommy's shady business practices with text, emails, receipts etc. for proof.
I delivered a storage container to his shop definitely a fire 🔥 shop n beautiful cars. Everyone there was cool asf n down to earth gave me a nice tour or the shop
