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Feb 08 2012, 08:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 24 comment(s)
Just came across this short video of Taniguchi drifting the BenSopra GT-R at Mobara Circuit. As many of you will know the car is based on what was supposed to become Nomuken's next Blitz D1 machine, a 1000 HP R35 that was converted to RWD and stripped of all electronic driver aids. Abe-san from Blitz was there to fine tune the Motec ECU before Nob took the car out for a little test. Unfortunately the engine suffered turbo problems and was pretty much running without any boost. Still, it's worth a look as it's not often you see R35s drifting through tight tracks like Mobara! Can't wait to see this car all fixed up and properly vaporizing those big rear Yokohamas!
BenSopra
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Jan 31 2012, 05:30 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
What happens when Vaughn Gittin Jr., K&N and HPI Racing get together for some fun?
This.
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Jan 17 2012, 07:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 33 comment(s)
There was quite the explosion of GT-R popularity at this year's Tokyo Auto Salon. It seems that after four years that it's been around, tuners and parts makers have really caught up and are churning out upgrades for serious big power and performance. We can't however forget the previous generation of the car, there might have not been many on display at the show but what was present was mouthwateringly good like this BNR34 from Art Tech Hanatsuka... ...on display at the RH9 booth. That's...
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Posted
Jan 17 2012, 10:30 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 50 comment(s)
What do the East Coast's best drifters do for fun? This.
There's nothing else really to say.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Jan 17 2012, 07:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 43 comment(s)
For me the second show day at the Tokyo Auto Salon started with a freezing walk through the parking lot before heading into the warm halls of the exhibition center. Having seen thousands of people lining up at the entrance, hours before the doors were due to open at 9 am, I made good use of the time I had to shoot as quickly and as efficiently as possible before pretty much every car on show was going to disappear behind the crowds. On top of the show cars there was the action out on the makeshift...
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Jan 14 2012, 07:00 PM
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Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 59 comment(s)
This year's Tokyo Auto Salon certainly had a few surprises up its sleeves. As you probably gathered from my behind the scenes post of the set up day , it seemed the Japanese tuners really stepped their game up. It wasn't so much a case of an increase in cars or booths, but more involved builds, lots of exciting new parts and an overall better atmosphere. After a couple of years of decreased interest, TAS was back with a vengeance! Before I begin focusing in detail on the main cars that stood...
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Posted
Jan 13 2012, 11:30 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
Perhaps you've seen this video exploding all over your social media sites today. If you haven't watched it yet, make sure you do.
Can't think of a better clip for a Friday than this one. The title is self-explanatory, watch and enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Jan 12 2012, 11:00 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Tokyo Auto Salon doesn't officially kick off until tomorrow, but already the news is pouring out of Chiba. Among the cars debuting at TAS is this Toyota 86 D1GP car, wearing Falken/Up Garage colors and driven by AE86 legend Tetsuya Hibino.
Here's a video clip that Option Video released of Hibino shaking the car down outside Makuhari Messe.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Dec 21 2011, 04:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
Japan's northern-most island of Hokkaido might not get the same attention of as the rest of the country when it comes to car culture, but this video shows that Hokkaido can really thrown down when it comes to grassroots drifting.
Keep an eye out for a bunch of cool AE86s, a mean looking Supra, and even a Nissan mini-truck.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Dec 19 2011, 04:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
With so many drift videos out there these days, filmmakers are always trying to find ways to set their footage apart.
One way to do that is by hiring out a helicopter for some overhead views.
Check out this cool chopper footage of D1NZ drivers doing their thing.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Dec 01 2011, 05:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 38 comment(s)
You will have to forgive us if we seem to be going a little 86/BRZ/FR-S crazy lately. But come on, we've been waiting so long, can you blame us? This latest post however is of the computer generated variety, a really impressive rendering made by Italian up and coming car designer Lorenzo Oujeili. Lorenzo has put some thought into what a possible 86-based drift car could look like. Check out the little details like the Volk Racing TE37 SLs, the reversed Speedhunters windscreen banner, Fatlace...
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Posted
Nov 25 2011, 01:00 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 17 comment(s)
What do you do when you have a fully-built and specced engine ready to go, but the rest of the car isn’t finished? Find another rolling shell to put it into, of course! This is Mike ‘Boxxer’ Bradley’s road-legal, 1980 Ford Escort Mk2 four-door, built for drifting, track days and general messing about. It might look tatty on the outside, but inside and underneath it’s incredibly well-specced. The engine in question is a 2.1-litre Cosworth YB, converted to normally-aspirated...
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Posted
Nov 16 2011, 12:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 77 comment(s)
Recently Rod Chong tipped me off on a rather crazy drift car build that was going down in Sweden. This build story though. has a very unusal ending. We'll get to that in a moment, but first let's take a look at this wild machine....
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Posted
Nov 10 2011, 10:00 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 16 comment(s)
I recently spotted this RPS13 lurking in the back of the Bee-R workshop, a car that Imai-san has built on the cheap to allow him to learn and fine tune his drifting skills. Seems that after years at the helm of the Bee-R D1 team and having built two of the most legendary cars in the series... ...he wants to have a go too. And good on him, as it's usually not every day that someone decides to start drifting at age 50. What attracted me to this 180SX was the crazy offset of the front, now discontinued...
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Posted
Nov 09 2011, 11:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 31 comment(s)
Annyeong Haseyo Speedhunters! Greetings from South Korea! My name is Richard Kim Jr, and I’m here to talk a little bit about my machine, a 2010 Hyundai GenCoupe, and the overall drifting scene here in Korea. While living and working for the US Army here, I decided to pick up Korea’s first true RWD Sports Car. While a lot bigger than the Nissans and Toyotas of my past, Hyundai really took a step in the right direction with this car. Going to college in Seattle, being the former Running...
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Posted
Sep 22 2011, 03:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
If this doesn't make you want a big body Japanese four door sedan, nothing will. Some very cool footage from the recent Otoko No Yonmai festival at Nikko Circuit, brought to you by Car Modify Wonder.
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Sep 20 2011, 03:30 AM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 47 comment(s)
We all know drifting was born on the tight touge, or mountain passes, of Japan. Its rise in popularity and evolution into a professional form of motorsport has moved drifting away from the dangerous roads and onto the safe confines of race circuits, where it can be enjoyed by the fans and covered by the media. But imagine if you were to combine the high level of pro drift cars and drivers with the challenging mountain roads that helped spawn the sport. Well that is precisely what the Polish Drift Federation did for the fourth round of their Championship, holding the event on the mountain roads of Karpacz. Needless to say the coverage is pretty crazy. Hit play and enjoy some wild drifting!
Thanks to Dragos Mihai of Drift.ro for the link to the video.
DMP Website
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Sep 15 2011, 05:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 14 comment(s)
It's amazing to me how much the RC Drift scene parallels the real drift scene. Some people just want to have fun with their toys, some want their cars to "function" as well as they possibly can. Then there's some, like the people from Team Sling in Japan that just want their RC machines to look sweet. That's where this trio of S13s comes from. -Mike Garrett Found on Team Sling's Minkara page.
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Posted
Sep 06 2011, 01:00 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 34 comment(s)
Spotted this clip over on Jalopnik and figured it deserved a repost here. Watch as this BMW M5-powered GC8 Impreza slides around with the sounds of high revving V10 music exploding from its pipes. Based on the driving in the clip, the BMW V10 looks to be a natural fit for the old Impreza.
Liked.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Sep 01 2011, 10:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 7 comment(s)
It's been a while since there have been some proper JDM drift wallpapers on the site so I just had to prepare some hi-res backgrounds of my favorite shots from this past Sunday's MSC round in Honjo circuit. You can download the following images in your preferred size over from the Desktops section. Hope you like this shot of the Run Free hachiroku ... ...and this of the Team Magician MarkII at full lock on corner entry. Komagata in his GP Sports 180SX in action edging close to the sponge...
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