Falken Tire motorsports manager Jonathon Bradford posted on his personal Facebook today that the Falken Nissan 350z built by ASD and campaigned by Tyler McQuarrie is now up for sale. The car will be hitting Racingjunk.com soon he reports but reach out to Falken and snag it early. This car was never actually crashed badly in its drift history unlike most Falken Tire cars of the past. The car is currently in Southern California and would make a great turn key or starter Formula Drift build.
Dai Yoshihara is continuing his work with his Relief for Japan charity by auctioning off a set of tickets to each Formula D round along with a grab bag of Dai-branded shwag. The bag itself is a sweet Sparco backpack and includes a Falken hospitality VIP pass, HPI race car, and t-shirts and shwag from several of Dai’s sponsors including KW suspensions and others. The current bid is already up to $360, but with the money going to a good cause, we’d love to see it continue to rise! Dai will be running similar auctions for all of the Formula D rounds this season so keep your eyes peeled out for future auctions!
Bid on the auction here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Formula-Drift-Round-2-Atlanta-Tickets-Charity-Auction-2013-/271200300978?
The guys at Hoonigan have released a limited pro edition version of their censor shirt with several Formula Drift drivers including Chris Forsberg (his shirt seen above). All the shirts are inspired from the 2013 Formula Drift liveries these various drivers run. Other than Forsberg you can find shirts made for Vaughn Gittin Jr., Tony Angelo, Pat Goodin, Ryan Tuerck, Rob Primo, and Nate Hamilton.
Buy This: https://www.hoonigan.com/product-category/t-shirts/
The guys over at DSTROYR clothing created an all new Team Bakchis shirt for the 2013 season inspired from the RPM DSTROYR tee. The shirt pulls inspiration from his new livery and sponsors including his Formula Drift car number #723. What do you think of his new 2013 shirt? You can pick it up at DSTROYR right now!
Buy This Shirt: http://www.dstroyr.bigcartel.com/product/odi-bakchis-x-dstroyr-2013
ACT Clutch has announced today they will be introducing a new twin-disc clutch kit for the 1989-1998 Nissan 240sx engine platforms KA24DE and SR20DET. The twin-disc for each engine has its own part number but both of them carry a torque capactiy of 770 ft.-lbs! They support tons of Formula Drift drivers including Ryan Tuerck and Tyler McQuarrie who put their products to the test at the highest level of drifting.
The ACT 7.25” race twin-disc clutch kit for each engine offers Nissan enthusiasts a race-ready, direct bolt-in kit that requires no modifications. These twindisc clutch kits feature a pressure plate, two sintered iron discs, a XACT Prolite flywheel, release bearing, pilot bearing and alignment tool.
The XACT Prolite flywheels are a one-piece Chromoly construction with machined slots to provide the lowest inertia and best throttle response. In addition, ACT’s XACT flywheels can be cost-effectively resurfaced.
Both the SR and K20 ACT race twin-disc kits are dynamically balanced as an assembly for trouble-free use. Both kits have an overall weight of 16 pounds, which is a 53 percent decrease in weight compared to the stock 34-pound kit. Below are some details on each kit:
SR20DET Twin-Disc Kit- Part #T1RR-N02 / Clamp Load Increase – 52% / Pedal load 20% increase over stock
KA24DE Twin-Disc Kit-Part #T1RR-N01 / Clamp Load Increase – 90% / Pedal load 13% increase over stock
Charles Ng has been attacking the WTCC circuit in Europe leaving his Rx-7 to sit in Southern California over the last season. The car is running a built LS3 with 490whp and a nice 4-speed straight cut dogbox. The car is currently sitting in Temple City, California ready for a new buyer. You can make all purchase inquiries to charlesngracing at gmail.com.
Here are the specs:
Fully built LS3 (dynoed at 490whp)
Tein Super Drift Coilovers
Tein Springs
Nitto NT05s front 235/40/18 rear 275/40/18
Customized bladed front sway bar
Driveshaftshop rear axles
Kaaz 2 way Diff
Enkei Wheels
Bride Racing Seats
4-speed straight cut Dogbox Transmission
Custom Exhaust
Custom Knuckles and lower front control arm kit by Evasive Motorsport (enough angle to chuck a backwards entry)
Wilwood brakes with dual rear caliper setup
Lexan glass windows
FD legal cage and fire system
V-LED HID front lightsNotes:Car has body damages here and there but main frame is still good. Good for drifting comps. Car was capable of getting me to top 8 finishes in FD, or can do more with an even better driver!
Danny George is a little short on his funding for the 2013 season. He has taken up a new site, appropriately called ‘Save Danny George‘, and made this video asking for purchases from his online store. Help Danny George by buying one of his packages, which includes t-shirts, stickers, signed hero cards, putting your face on his race car, or possibly spending a weekend in the pits with Danny at a Formula D event. Head on over to his site and tell your friends to help pitch in to last year’s ‘Spirit of Drifting’ winner!
Gary Gardella has gotten a jump on spring cleaning at his shop and listed the LS7 powered 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP for sale at $32,000 OBO! According to Gardella Racing the car has run in two events only (including the Yas Marina Circuit Formula Drift event that we have pictures of the car above). The car also only had two test sessions done putting minimal wear and tear on the chassis and products. This is most likely the cheapest/best deal you will find right now on a professional level Formula Drift vehicle.
The Goods:
LS7 – Stock with upgraded oil pump and ECU (Car comes with 2 ECU’s, 1st to run pump gas and 2nd to run E85)
Fuel Cell – Fuel Safe
Fire System -
Transmission – G-Force
Clutch – ACT
Rear End – IR Speedway Quick Change
Drive Shaft Shop – Drive Shaft and Axles
Shocks – PRO
Dash – Racepak with GPS
Roll Cage
Wheels – Forgeline
Tires – Nitto NTO5’s
Body Panels – Carbon Roof, Carbon Hood, Carbon Trunk, Fiber Glass Rear Cover and Custom Ft. Cover, Glass Dash, Glass Side Skirts
Seats – Sparco
Steering Wheel – Sparco
Seat Belts – Sparco
Radiator – Ron Davis
Brakes – Wilwood
Custom Exhaust
We got an email today from Odi Backhis sharing with us he is letting his 03 Chevrolet Express Utility van / tow vehicle he has used over the last few seasons. The thing is pretty cool looking and seems to have tons of storage space. It does have a KUV utility package and tow package slapped on it from Chevrolet and is powered by a 6.0L V8 engine. It has just under 80,000 miles on the clock and has ice cold a/c. Follow the link below for contact information and his Craigslist ad.
Buy it Now: http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/3526613904.html
While most of us spent the past month buying holiday gifts and planning for the new year, Kyle Mohan was busy getting married and developing a mount kit for the SE3P RX-8 chassis to mount the FD3S RX-7 motor. Many people find the Renesis motor in the RX-8 chassis a bit more difficult to tune and prefer the older technology of the FD3s. Kyle Mohan Racing has developed a mount kit which allows for the continued use of the RX-8 transmission and driveshaft, making the conversion a bit easier on the pockets. If you’re into rotary motors, this may be just the kit you’ve been waiting for to join Kyle Mohan and Bergenholtz Racing in the RX-8 ranks of Formula D!
Check out the Ebay ‘buy it now’ auction HERE
