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Anybody else seen this episode with the r33?

I normally like this show but this is so painful. They are "building" a "drift car" and I am struggling to watch it.

They put on a"massive" intercooler that he refers to as a radiator that would be maybe 2/3rds the size of a gtr one and he covers half of it with the number plate.

He's also put on a horrible aluminum wing and filled the standard wing holes with grommets.

No more power to be gained (not even increased boost), they're setting the suspension up.

It's killing me!

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There great with euro and american cars, but the jap stuff always ends up being riced up... probably due to jap cars needing little mechanical work and still needing to create a full episode of the show

There great with euro and american cars, but the jap stuff always ends up being riced up... probably due to jap cars needing little mechanical work and still needing to create a full episode of the show

Thats what I found with this ep. There was so little on the mechanical (cause there wasnt any) so they had to fill the ep with crap!

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