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Oh true? I just assumed I needed a full cage, well that will save me abit off time :yes: im hoping too have it ready by Jamboree :wub:

yer don't skimp on the suspention mods man, no good having the grunt if you can't use it for fear of understeer death lol

Haha yeah, true that!

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The only reason me and jez put a cage in his drifter is so passengers can enter but I highly recommend something to stiffen the car they flex a lot

well I think for my sake I really should build one lol my metal fab skills are decent enough too do it, i know ile need a notcher because chromoly is a bitch, ile just use a hydro hand bender aswell, have any tips for me mate?

keen to see it finished at jambo, will come inspect myself :)

see we're not such a horrible bunch lol

Haha, i didnt think you guys were, i knew i put myself into that trap, might be able too take you for a lap :yes: and youll get too see how a drift spec cars goes down the quarter hahaha

Seee, when you are not being a cock people are willing to help

I didnt mean too be a cock lol :unsure:

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none of us ever do, but it occasionally happens lol. sounds good man, I've seen a drift spec 180 run 10.8 on slicks so some r deffinetly quick.

make sure to bring the thing to QR for the friday night drift meets awesome laid back scene.

you will learn that arrogance/aggressivness gets you no where fast

this isnt boost cruising

hahaha thats were I started lol have too be on your toes there and straight on the defence!

none of us ever do, but it occasionally happens lol. sounds good man, I've seen a drift spec 180 run 10.8 on slicks so some r deffinetly quick.

make sure to bring the thing to QR for the friday night drift meets awesome laid back scene.

Cant see mine getting into the 10s, maybe mid 11s and i surely 10s would be over kill power wise on a drifter lol ;) yeah mate ile defently be there every friday night! once its done :cheers:

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It's not a easy job even for a skilled fabricator I'm just lucky and brad shows me the secrets and the extra skills I'm still learning but I'm learning from the best. Now iv seen the way brad goes about the job I would never do one without propper equipment again. To be honest if your fab skills arnt that good I suggest paying someone it could save your life think of it that way plus if there is a cage in the car people will look at it. If you need any help with fab stuff send me a pm and I'll help you out as much as I can.

It's not a easy job even for a skilled fabricator I'm just lucky and brad shows me the secrets and the extra skills I'm still learning but I'm learning from the best. Now iv seen the way brad goes about the job I would never do one without propper equipment again. To be honest if your fab skills arnt that good I suggest paying someone it could save your life think of it that way plus if there is a cage in the car people will look at it. If you need any help with fab stuff send me a pm and I'll help you out as much as I can.

Yeah ile take it into consideration, i know my tiging skills are shit so i wont be welding it lol, ile just tac it with the mig and take it too a mate whos a pro welder, ile read all the guidelines for CAMS and see whats required. Thanks mate.

sweet man ill cya there, I'm usually floating around there somewhere. should take it to a test and tune pre jambo I'm there 90% of wednesday meets spectating so yer...

+1 for getting the cage rigged up by someone that knows there s#it could be the difference between you wrecking the car and wrecking other things :P

Dude iv played with cars you could dream about I'm not a moron. It sure does but your building a drift car not a time attack car you don't need half the shit your buying chances are the things you replace will cause more to break. If I was building a drift car I would. Kando turbo, nismo injectors, PFC or nistune, decent cooler, e85 and a good cooling system then spend the rest of my 10 g on making it handle and safe then start saving for spares

Tht sounds exactly like a drift car i know :D

I built a full car from a

Rolling shell for around 6.5k that includes buying a motor a box, turbo, clutch, nismo inj, z32, kando turbo on ebay manifold, bsa built the exhaust and cage for it, i tuned it on E85. All u need is coilovers and a shimmed diff and u will mince tyres.

I have learnt over the years what u need and what u think u have to sped money on to hang with the cool kids.

My old drift silvia had everything, all custom knickles etc etc, spent shit loads, this 32 drifter i have now out handles it with just coilovers and steering spacers.

well ive already been drifting in it for a few years with just a rb20- then too the 25, just with a nismo 2 way, tein coilovers and the microtech. I feel ive got the car at its limit with the current mods, so im going too the extreme with it and see how deep the rabbit hole goes lol

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