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i made it to the practice day, had so much fun and loved the new found power

heres a couple of pics of broken shit, and a vid of a few runs,

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broken d1r ended my day early as i dont have spare wheels the right offset for the front,

hopefully i can get the rear mesh wheel fixxed,

1jz is so much better running 14psi on stock computer and loving it,

https://vimeo.com/59327070

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well round 1 of the tasmanian drift series has been run, i qualified 12th
(highest ever) and battle through to the top 8,
i beleive i finished 7th
which i was not expecting as i had never won a battle, so it was an awesome day
and cant wait for symmonds now,
car ran faultlessly and the conversion is
doing exactly the reason we put it in the car,
http://vimeo.com/60532611

the video i took through the day, will post some engine bay pics and new front wheel pics

  • 1 month later...

well a few things have happened, got my rotas at round 1, which I scratched to shit at symmons, bought a car trailer and a set of r33 gtr wheels,
went to the symmons practice day before round 2 in 5 weeks, loved it
https://vimeo.com/63110944





photos to come soon


  • 1 month later...

well round 2 has been and gone, had heaps of fun didn't really focus on the competition part, quallied 11th due to all the broken cars there was only a top 16, my first battle came up against matt russel , I lost, but had so much fun battling some one of his level and just watching him chase me in the mirror was awesome, plans for the car are some ducting around the radiator behind the intercooler to try keep it cool, constant laps witout stopping cause it to hit 100+ degrees, buy some new front steer tyres and get it ready for the time attack and drift battle event in mid june, heres the official round 2 video il post mine when I upload it, and if anyone is intrested in seeing my engine bay its in the video in the opening flashes, https://vimeo.com/65643760

  • 2 weeks later...

some engine bay shots and the way the car looks currently DSCF2928_zps85fc48ce.jpg DSCF2927_zps51a369ee.jpg the new ducting behind intercooler infront of radiator, can see the side piece sealing up witht he bottom piece, DSCF2921_zpseafb46c0.jpg DSCF2916_zpsc1dd4100.jpg DSCF2905_zpsd15f77c0.jpg DSCF2903_zps4ea8a97f.jpg 12 days until a mini comp and time attack day car is ready looking forward to it,

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