Mazda RX8 Drift Car Update: As you can see from the pictures the little 1300 cc rotory engine that usually lives in the engine bay of the RX8 has been replaced with a big old 6 cylinder Skyline R33 2.5 GTST lump. All new fabricated engine mounts hold it in place and it is attached to [...]
CONTINUE READINGHOT NEWS – BMW E30 Drift Car Matt was able to drive the car out of the workshop today! There are still a hundred small jobs to do as well as a few quite large ones. As this started as a humble 318i the rear drum brakes are on the way out to be replaced [...]
CONTINUE READINGBMW E30 Drift Car update Having built some custom engine mounts it was possible to install the engine in the engine bay, but that was only the start. Matt also had to fabricate custom mounts for the high capacity radiator and inter-cooler then sort out the pipework to make sure the water goes in the [...]
CONTINUE READINGNissan 350Z / SR20 drift car. When you see a well prepared drift car in action it is easy to think all it has had done is to drop it as low as it will go and weld up the diff and add a few stickers. There are lots about like that, but if you are going [...]
CONTINUE READINGRX8 Skyline engine trial fit. When you are doing something as special as fitting a Skyline engine into a Mazda RX8 you have to chop quite a few bits out and make up some special brackets. As with all this stuff, you measure twice and cut once. That is why, when Matt did a trial [...]
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