Complete build of a 500bhp drift car - want to see it?

[Dakkon]

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[snotrag]

Dakkon said:

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[dragons den]I'm in![/dragons den]

[Project 644]

Looking good. Maybe just move this thread to the Readers cars section. No need for a new thread then.

[Stig]

Dec - quick off-topic (but related) question, what happened to drift academy?

Had a good couple of days with those lads. Oh, and makes a change from driving Avensis' round Brands doesn't it (which is when I last saw you)

[Mafioso]

Looks good but do you have to keep saying the word 'stock'!? I hate that stupid american word. Surely 'standard' is the word to us?!

[Lord Flathead]

cptsideways said:

Buy a complete JZZ30 2.5TT Soarer for £300-£1000 & rape it for the engine, thats the easiest option, plenty about as imports. Add £3-4k for the boost package, Turbo, manifold, oil & water lines, downpipes & intakes, intercooler pipes etc, management & mapping. So 4-5k gets you 500bhp on completely stock internals & totally reliable too. Probably one of the best production engines ever made. Most of the parts are off the shelf except some minor exhaust fabrication. This car already has the JZ fitted so thats one less job to do, just the turbo job to do.

Like this

Great stuff thanks. Preferred places to shop and specifically what parts are needed, if that's not divulging any secret builds?

[twiglove]

Wow - You don't hang around do you - Great thread, I will be reading with interest

[Biker's Nemesis]

Bookmarked here to.

[james_tigerwoods]

Click. Watched.

[crofty1984]

Mafioso said:

Looks good but do you have to keep saying the word 'stock'!? I hate that stupid american word. Surely 'standard' is the word to us?!

So I said to him right, you can't actually do that. This is me, right: "Them internals won't take that big turbo, isnnit?"
And this is him to me, yeah: "You're like, totally disrespecting my trousers, Coz it will, because I can do what I want right"
Random.
Isn't it though?
Standard.

[Marf]

[snotrag]

Genius.

[dibbers006]

Have another

And I said to the chap right, this zorst just ain't big enough and he was most apologetic.

[cptsideways]

Stig said:

Dec - quick off-topic (but related) question, what happened to drift academy?

Had a good couple of days with those lads. Oh, and makes a change from driving Avensis' round Brands doesn't it (which is when I last saw you)

DA died off a couple of years back it was expensive to run & maintain the school cars. Ahh yes Avensiii I had forgotten about them... I'm doing more advanced drift instruction these days a lot of which is in Euroland now. But not a lot on over the winter hence the build project/s

[cptsideways]

Even more stuff coming out now

Front & rear bumpers have been removed & had all the steel crash structure innards removed, along with various trims & I've modified the towing eyes, it had four originally! Plus a whole load more stuff that is'nt required. About 25-30kg each end :wack:

Then refitted the bumpers as they will be going with the car as spares along with an all new kit.

Bumpers off, hundreds of wee nuts, screws & clips


Tons of metal work in them there bumpers


Cutting out the towing eyes from the original crash member


Refitted just the towing eye


More of the same at the front end


Anal fact of the day - First use of fibre optics in a car!!!! As fitted to GZ20's & their funky sidemarker light things


It's starting to sit higher on the springs now!


I might be tempted to drive it down to the local weighbridge & see what it now weighs I reckon its easily lost 150-175kg.

[TheLurker]

Briliant stuff! Ive been wanting to do a similar thing to a track car, but cant afford the insurance to drive it anywhere Still, I shall be watching with interest for when I get the money!

[B'stard Child]

cptsideways said:

Stock weight is 1540kg I got my old car down to 1120kg all caged up.

See now to me that car was light to start with - My Opel Monza started at 1700 kgs and is now 1400 kgs - however I still have all the glass....... You've got me going down the plastic route now dammit!!!

Great thread - nice inspiration - have you x posted it on RR?

[cptsideways]

B'stard Child said:

cptsideways said:

Stock weight is 1540kg I got my old car down to 1120kg all caged up.

See now to me that car was light to start with - My Opel Monza started at 1700 kgs and is now 1400 kgs - however I still have all the glass....... You've got me going down the plastic route now dammit!!!

Great thread - nice inspiration - have you x posted it on RR?

A lot of the weight in these cars is the trim, seats & electronic gadgetry, sound insulation, there is tons of it!! The shells are surprisingly stiff too especially considering their age, but these cars were cutting edge design back in their day, one of these was a 50k car back then It was Toyota's most expensive model, nowadays they're obviously Lexii but the chassis codes are continued even through to the current model SC430.

Considering this car is 21 year old car, everything still worked perfectly, not one bolt had seized in, everything has come undone firt turn. Incredible quality really & just shows how far ahead the Japanese were back then.

[Dr.Doofenshmirtz]

Anal fact of the day - First use of fibre optics in a car!!!! As fitted to GZ20's & their funky sidemarker light things
The Fiat X1/9 had fibre optic dash switch illimination way before this

Looks like you're having a lot of fun

[Snoop Bagg]

Keep us informed, stuff like this keeps me from buying stuff on ebay at work when there is nothing else to turn to!