Posts Tagged "Mazda Rx-7"

We also grabbed Formula Drift rookie Nate Hamilton to talk about his upcoming season in the Enjuku Racing (rumormilled) / Hoonigan S13. Sadly his car was not present at tech day so we threw him in front of BG’s FC Rx-7 and started filming his interview. His car is currently getting a new wrap as we type this up preparing him for his rookie season of Formula Drift. Listen to him talk about his sponsors, partners, and what he learned following Chris Forsberg along during the 2012 season of Formula D.

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Enjuku Racing, Formula D, Nate Hamilton, Video | 5 Comments »

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 lights

Notes: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!

Posted in Buy This, Charles Ng, Formula D | 10 Comments »

Some off-season hype has been building about the Team Doorbangers / Chelsea DeNofa off-season pizza delivery video has finally arrived. Chelsea failed to deliver his pizza in less than 45 minutes whit his E46 BMW so luckily his backup job as a Formula Drift driver is still in place. The video even has a guest appearance from a pizza t-shirt wearing FC Rx-7 drifting BG who is attempting to steal the pizza from Chelsea in delivery. Sit back and enjoy some great off-season humor.

Posted in Chelsea DeNofa, Formula D, Street Drifting, Video | 5 Comments »

A run through the 2012 Formula Drift season with Enjuku Racing as they follow Florida all-star driver Jeremy Lowe. His unique American style replicates the famous and exciting Japanese style that drifting was built on back in the day. Here is a highlight reel of his season smashing bumpers and taking names for his rookie drift season.

Posted in Formula D, Video | 5 Comments »

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

Posted in Buy This, Kyle Mohan | 4 Comments »

These days James Deane might even be 18 years old but I don’t even think we are really sure on that fact at all. The days of watching James Deane wheel the “undriftable” Falken S15 around Long Beach are practically a distant memory in our lives sadly. However, James is still active in Europe competing with his awesome FD Mazda Rx-7. Here is an almost 10 minute walk through of how his 2012 season went down.

Watch the video: http://vimeo.com/54399540#at=0

Posted in James Deane, Pro Drift, Video | 5 Comments »

Jeff Jones has spent his fair share of history in Formula Drift moving from one chassis to another in the sport. In fact, we even own one of his old chassis from the 2010 season in the form of a FD Mazda Rx-7. He is pictured above giving tribute to his old car back at the 2011 SEMA Show. Now he reported today that he will be putting together a new chassis for 2012. The new chassis will be a S14 Nissan 240sx platform with some sort of turbo motor setup. The guys at Garrett have announced they will be coming on board for his new build. We cannot wait to see what Jeff Jones has cooked up for the new season.

Posted in Formula D, Jeff Jones, Major Announcements | 16 Comments »

Last night we headed out to pick up and collect our newest project car. It ran the complete Formula Drift 2010 season with Jeff Jones behind the wheel and retired at Irwindale Speedway. Below you can see a photo of Jeff Jones running tandem with Joon Maeng at Formula Drift Las Vegas last year! We will be opening up a projects blog and filling you in on more with this car very soon!

Posted in Formula D, Jeff Jones, Project Cars | 11 Comments »

The postponed D1GP Odaiba event took place over the weekend as drifting was happening all over the world. The guys at the Re-Extreme blog have decided to speak out about the things they don’t like about D1GP this year and how the sponsor favoritism is staying the course in the series. Back in 2009 we reported on a story someone wrote: “The Death of D1 – The Rise and Fall,” and it seems like nothing has really changed in light of the series. Here are a few notes of what Re-Extreme has to say and follow the link to read his whole report.

“It seems the D1 world hasn’t changed since the departure of Dai and Keiichi. Still pleasing the teams with connections and money to offer.

I was looking forward to this year as a fresh start but it seems worse than before.”

It is possible that this is an upset team not making it for the race weekend but this seems to be a common theme flowing from Japan since 2009. That year we witnessed some serious turmoil here in the United States with the series as well before it closed the doors and moved on back to Japan. His blog post has some more details and thoughts on the series bias and unfair judging.

Read More: http://rextreme.blogspot.com/2011/06/d1gp-2011-round-1-odaiba-parking-drift.html

Posted in D1GP, International, Japanese, Major Announcements | 13 Comments »

Last night Justin Pawlak had his Chevrolet 2500HD stolen and attached to it was his 26 foot enclosed Aztex trailer. Inside the trailer tragically was his green Mazda Rx-7! The picture above is how it looked upon being stolen. The trailer had two sets of wheels inside it (2 18×10.5 SSR Typer F wheels and 2 18×11 Volk TE37s). The trailer also had a Craftsman tool box full of tools. Please call or email me. It was stolen between midnight and 2am from Maywood St. in Eaglerock. Call Justin at: 623-332-6766 (Hotline shop number) if you have any urgent information leading to his stuff and let’s help him get his stuff back from thieves Wrecked Magazine!

Posted in Formula D, Justin Pawlak | 27 Comments »