Ernie Fixmer/Rotora 240 (Old PHOTOS)

[INFO]

[Drift IT]

damn look at the intensity in those eyes on the last photo....

[Ernie]

a little sleepy!!!....that was stuff done before the first D1. Now many things have changed. I currently have been setting up a Right hand drive 180sx with S15 front end. the most significant and obvious difference has to be the rear solid metal flarework, and flared front S15 fenders. Rear is 60mm per side and front is 45mm per side over stock. We already debuted the car at the Formula D in Atlanta and also used it at the $10,000 shootout at Laguna Seca. We (Team Rotora) have currently replaced 3 transmissions in this car to date, due to a minor clutch problem that has since been worked out. This car has many more differences over the first Chassis projects. So many I will have to list them later in future posts. Hope to see some ppls from this board at future drift events. The next scheduled appearance is at Formula D in Houston, Texas. See you all there, Ernie

[emission]

Welcome to the forums.

[Rooney]

Hey Ernie, I met you at Drift Atlanta. You signed my option Nice to see you on the forums. Keep up the great drifting.

[Drift IT]

Originally posted by Ernie
a little sleepy!!!....that was stuff done before the first D1. Now many things have changed. I currently have been setting up a Right hand drive 180sx with S15 front end. the most significant and obvious difference has to be the rear solid metal flarework, and flared front S15 fenders. Rear is 60mm per side and front is 45mm per side over stock. We already debuted the car at the Formula D in Atlanta and also used it at the $10,000 shootout at Laguna Seca. We (Team Rotora) have currently replaced 3 transmissions in this car to date, due to a minor clutch problem that has since been worked out. This car has many more differences over the first Chassis projects. So many I will have to list them later in future posts. Hope to see some ppls from this board at future drift events. The next scheduled appearance is at Formula D in Houston, Texas. See you all there, Ernie

yeea i seen pictures of ur 180 its niice
hey i was watching you at D1 i seen you were havine some heavy metal (another word for hardcore) car troubles what happend there?

[OH240SE]

Welcome Ernie, always good to see more Profs on here.

[yarzan]

yeah man welcome to the forums. also anyone know if ken gushi is on here yet?

[CFran55]

who is ernie fimer not who is he but whats his name is that him as info well either way if u there welcome get ken gushi lol


ohh my bad i didnt notice the post afterwards sorry bout that

[pokeraddict86]

Ernie = Ernie Fixmer's name on these boards

[Ernie]

well its funny you should ask what happened....seems nobody cares when the cars broke. Seems ppl are more interested in the cars that run and perform at the events... First the engine crapped the day before, (rod Bearing), then in qualifying the transmission broke. You lose out on a lot when the car does not perform. It takes a while to work out the bugs when going up in the horsepower numbers. I think we are on the right track though and its only a matter of time before things start to get better.

[Ernie]

I will talk to Ken, but its up to him whether he posts or not...

[OkinawanHCR32]

hey ernie I read something about you where you first learned how to drift in Okinawa??? I live here now and I was wondering what places you went to?? what years were you hear and did you ever drift at irajima (aja)??

[D1 DRIFTER]

hey Ernie this is Riley.. i dunno if ya remember me but im buddy with matt from shogunstyle... well just saying hey and welcome to the boards... keep up the good work!

[OH240SE]

Damn ernie, why's everyone wanting u to get gushi on here? I'm sure if he wanted to he'd be on here too. I think thats kinda rude, seems like people are "Fixmer? Fixmer who? Where's Gushi" kinda the same as people calling my house asking for my friends, a bit impolite if u ask me. But oh well. Hopefully sooner than later we'll have all you D1 Profs on here.

L8r

[sfdjflip]

hey wassup man ! !! Im a big fan of yours you are very intense on the track ... 1 of my fav part of the d1 grand prix dvd (Aug 2003) is when the judges are screaming ERRRRRRR NIEEEEE FIX Ma ... !!!!! .... ERRRR NIEEEEE FIX Maaaaa !!!!!! ...... at the begining of your round against Imamurra ...... you earned alot of respect right then n there n it was great watching it happen ....... good luck 2 you n to team rotora ....



n get ken on the board too if u can ... lol

i think ppl just want to beable to reach out to ppl they look up to im 100% positive if it was ken on the board n ernie wasnt we all would ask ken to get EEEEEErrrrrrrrr Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeee FIX Maaaaaaaaaa here ....

[MrodDrft]

yea tsuchiya was hollering ur name into drifting fame

[Drift IT]

Originally posted by Ernie
well its funny you should ask what happened....seems nobody cares when the cars broke. Seems ppl are more interested in the cars that run and perform at the events... First the engine crapped the day before, (rod Bearing), then in qualifying the transmission broke. You lose out on a lot when the car does not perform. It takes a while to work out the bugs when going up in the horsepower numbers. I think we are on the right track though and its only a matter of time before things start to get better.

awww that sux,I wanted to see Ernie at his best!
well I hope next time I see you in action u'll be at your best

[Feint]

Originally posted by OH240SE
Damn ernie, why's everyone wanting u to get gushi on here? I'm sure if he wanted to he'd be on here too. I think thats kinda rude, seems like people are "Fixmer? Fixmer who? Where's Gushi" kinda the same as people calling my house asking for my friends, a bit impolite if u ask me. But oh well. Hopefully sooner than later we'll have all you D1 Profs on here.

L8r

Trust me,most of us are well aware of Ernie and his track record.From Team Murder to Okinawa to him being the number one prospect out of the American drivers for the 2003 D1 Grand Prix.I guess the reason why we want more of these guys on is because they seem so real.When you look at the Japanese guys,it seems so distant because they're out in Japan,a country where drifting has been going on for longer.To see these guys get up and do what they are doing,it makes it not seem so distant in a sense.Also,we get to see things from an insiders perspective as well.

[yarzan]

hey talking about Murder. do they have a website? i wanna find out more info about them. plz help

[Ernie]

team "Murder" ..... they have a website, but it is very old and has not been updated for a long time. I will bug the leader of Murder, Yasu, to get an American website going with new updates. The best way to access it is to convert Yahoo Japan to english, possibly through Altavista. Then enter "Murder+Okinawa" into the search engine. You will come up with all kinds of crap about the military and the rape case that happened there a few years back. Some where on the first or second page you will see something about "Okinawa Lady Driver's Network", in that link you will find a link to Murder's website. Still in Japanese....can be converted through Altavista.

Like a forementioned. I now drive a right hand drive 180sx w/S15 face. It is highly modified with some extreme racing specs. Most of the design comes from a JGTC mechanic who has been helping me out. I was pretty tied up with building the car and learning how to work with my sponsors. It is a constant learning process and at times is pretty frustrating. Now I work as an electrician for my Godfather, Archie, who owns an electrical contracting business called ANC Electric. This kind of keeps me fresh with the cars and I don't get as burned out so easy. It also allows me a little more free time. Enables me to get online once in a while and keep up with what is going on.

Gotta go for now.... I will see what I can do about getting more information on team Murder. Yes I used to drift Irijima, a place called SenagaJima, Awase Port, Aja Port, and Benoki Dam (northern most part of the island). There are many more places that I know of where drifters terrorrize the night every night of the week. Maybe someday I will return there and get some video footage.

[prodigy]

Originally posted by Ernie
I will talk to Ken, but its up to him whether he posts or not...

Yeah, tell him all the pros are doing it. That should get his rich butt on here (I am aiming this remark at the 10gs he won and with that I congragulate him).

[OH240SE]

"Gung Ho" Fixmer,
bro i know about you, i read about you and i respect you, but i still haven't seen any vids of ur driving yet. SUX living here in ohio, just today finally i downloaded the vids of pfeiffer crashing into norris, the gushi/millen race and that punkass viper. please someone tell me there is a link where i can download some footage of you drifting.

AJB


p.s. (am i behind or is there STILL only 1 volume of the import racer "DRIFTING" magazine)??

[prodigy]

I am sure I can get one of my buds to film me drifting, I don't think that would be a problem. Man, I didn't know I had such a loyal fan. Oh wait, you are talking about Ernie aren't you. Come to think of it, I haven't really seen a footage of a good drift from you. The ones I see is when you are having massive car problems. Post some good vids up on here Ern-man so we can see why you are a pro driver.

[Ghost]

nice, nice