Ive had my car for almost 4 years now and along the way Ive put almost $20k into it. Lets get started with pics

This is how it sat the day I brought it home.
87 Turbo
Homemade catback w/racing beat downpipe
720cc secondary injectors
Rtek 1.7
Blitz SBC id EBC
Apexi SAFC-II
dyno'd at 220hp/200tq







Then I got some S5 tails


I put on a FMIC setup on the cheap



Bettery relocation

 

Next came a nice FMIC setup and a rebuild
streetported with aviation black seals
Rtek 2.1
ACT 6puck sprung clutch
BNR stage 2 turbo
New downpipe with Racingbeat catback and test pipe
the Blitz boost controller kicked the bucket so I got a Hallman MBC with in-car adjustment kit
At some point I got a KAAZ 2-way LSD and Stance coilovers
ST sway bars that are now removed
DTSS Eliminators
S5 Power rack (depowered)
TC Sportline sub link
Removed rear carpet and all sound deadening and painted everything to match
Im sure im forgetting something....



I decided to get some wheels. A-Tech weapons 17x9 +17 front 18x9 +15 rear

 

Last year at a drift event I made the mistake of letting a friend drive and he smashed the pass. side quarter panel so I decided it was time for a body kit
I got the kit from a friend for $200....you get what you pay for

The side skirts were 2" too short. So I cut and lengthened them


The rear bumper didnt fit at all. I had probably 10 hours worth of fiberglass and filler work making it right and I filled in the other exhaust outlet.

But it all came together in primer



Then came paint





It sets pretty low

 

I couldnt stop there. I thought What kind of FC drift car doesnt have modified steering angle?
I got DCW knuckles
MazdaTrix race angle kit
and replaced the wheel bearings.
I also got new drilled rotors and new pads and ebrake cables
Powered By Max wheel spacers so I wouldnt rub the control arm at full lock



After a few hundred $$ in odds and ends it sits like this





Its my never-ending project drift car
Dyno'd at 320rwhp
Still needs a cage and some more alignment products.

 

if you are ever in ohio and need a cage let me know...i've got one sitting in my basement i would like to get rid of

 

Nice Job! Any Vids?

 

What kind of cage and what's your price?

 

nice car man!!

 

The only video I have is a project I did for school a couple years ago. It is really outdated and it has some of my friends in it as well as me but heres it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3z2J8ABmg

 

whats with the rear wheels? positive camber? crazy poke?

at least the fitments is better than when you first got it.

 

I like, nice clean t2.

 

its almost at 0 degrees. I did say i needed a few more alignment parts.

 

Nice work. I love the green wheels!!!

 

Haven't been on in a while so here's an update for the past couple months

I bought the cage from 87 t-66. Thanks man!

When I got it home I painted it up and put it in the car. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done




I was suprised how well it ended up fitting




Then I put the interior back together




I had it at the track and the threads pulled out of the end of the driver's side tie rod coupler because Mazdatrix is too dumb to supply a longer coupler with the race angle kit to sufficiently set the toe and be safe all at the same time.
My solution:



I then proceeded to do high speed sideways burnouts
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*Thanks to Kinch for snapping yet another one of his sweet pics!!

 

nice. cage with full interior just soo full of awesome

 

Lovin the black/green scheme! This build gets me so stoked to get my build closer to where yours is at!

 

Love this car. Slides real nice too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wekphotography/5827817616/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wekphotography/5827817616/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/wekphotography/, on Flickr

 

Some things have changed since my last update.I bought a Miata

and fixed it all up

I sold my RX8
and traded my 280ZX Turbo

for something I've always wanted...

The FD is currently at Speed1 getting some love because I don't have enough time to do a rebuild and a bunch of other stuff to it while being ***** deep in another project. Plus I have plenty of extra garage space now

 

Here is the important stuff:

I started the Christmas season off right with a big box full of fiberglass.

Yup. I finally went widebody. I got a good deal but it was kind of a pita to get on the car.


Drilling the holes in my quarters was one of the most painful things ever but WTF its a drift car!

I got the OMP adapter from Rotary Aviation. I have yet to install it though.

 

Also, I'm in the middle of making a V-mount because I'm too poor to buy one and I have a welder. It's the fun way anyhow.

I cut everything out


Here is the lower rad mount half-done


...welded to the car


Rad mocked up




Made some aluminum upper rad mounts and set the intercooler in its new home


Let me know what you guys think of this setup so far. I looked around at all the different ways people have done v-mounts and this is what my friend and I ended up creating. I am going to modify the inlet and outlet on my rad and box in my core support and weld mounts for the intercooler there. After everything is all plumbed up, there will be some sort of hood vent and a bunch of ducting. I just hope it all goes as smoothly as this much has gone. Although, it would be nice to have better tools. Everything so far has been made using only a sawzall, angle grinder, and welder. And lots and lots of measuring. "Measure twice, cut once."

 

awesome thread man i cant wait to get my project off the ground and be rolling this summer for sure gave me tons of ideas on what i wanna do with it for sure.

 

Yeah this is great! your car is looking awesome!

 

^ what these guys said. right on man, car is coming along. where in pa are you from?

 

Hey I saw you up there at the Lake County Speedway's Drift Effect. Look'd at your car quite a bit while i was there. Not a bad drifter either haha, hopefully we can meet up next year

 

Thanks guys! Im from Punxsutawney, land of the groundhog.
@Silver Comet: Lake County was quite the learning experience for me. It was my first time drifting near a wall haha. I had a lot of fun running tandem in practice but I was super bummed I didn't make it into the comp. My first qualifying run the dude before me dirt dropped and threw a huge dirt patch onto the tranny into the center of the track and I hit it and lost it and I think I was too psyched out in my second run. Wouldn't you know that my shittiest two runs were for qualifying :P. Oh well. At least my entrance speed was only like 2 mph off of Feiock. I was pumped about that.