OK, the deal with the american touge, from myself. Back then the car was set up for STS2, and had only intake, header, exaust, vs the ITB, cams, pistons, ext.....that mr drift king is use to. ALSO, I found out later my woodruff key had shattered and the only thing keeping crank to cam timing anywhere NEAR where it had to be was the torque on the crank bolt. That motors since been replaced. Lastly, when you watch the dvd.....he is trying to drift it....lets think here.....car set up for autocross, with coilovers, big front sway, no rear sway.....and a vlsd....will it drift?! NEVER!!!!
And the shift knob thing? I dont know. Only thing I can come up with is at the time I had an east coast miata shifter(since been changed) and it was short! He probibly said shifter, and they did a not so good translation. What he said on the dvd and what they translated to me were two VERY diffrent things.
Oh, and btw....he will take back his words next round........my turbos workin now.....