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Spoon To Convert LHD USDM NSXs to Type R Status…but when it involves a tyre-shredding 2JZ-powered S15 Silvia, it’s simply too much fun to give up.
Because it’s a bit of a slow news day, I’ve decided to treat you guys to a video of one of the biggest smoke machines I’ve ever seen outside of Japan. It’s Driftwork’s new S15 drifter, which they purchased [...]
Japanese aftermarket parts powerhouse Blitz has apparently transplanted the RWD drivetrain from a Z33 Fairlady Z into a near-new R35 GT-R, which suggests only one thing: there are plans afoot to enter a back-wheel burnin’ GT-R into the sideways circus that is the D1 Grand Prix.
While I personally frown upon such mechanical mutilation of a [...]
Here’s a great time-wasting video for you all to start your working week with. For your entertainment, we’ve got rally pros Ken Block and Travis Pastrana wasting some tyres and getting sideways in what appears to be a 2009 USDM Subaru WRX and a WRX STI. Awesome AWD burnouts after the jump.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZRWCeIs2Ek&hl=en&fs=1][Source: Youtube]
Think you can drift? Think again. Sure, your wimpy little one-wheel skids might impress the jailbait that lives near your local industrial estate, but if you REALLY want some big-time kudos, try doing it like Yoshi Shinya: without using your legs.You see, Yoshi’s a paraplegic, so pedals are not an option for him. Yet thanks [...]
Toyota’s youth brand Scion will be making their first foray into professional drifting this year, and will be making their debut in this (very attractive) Scion tC.As you can probably tell, this ain’t your average tC. While the tC’s you can buy from your local Scion dealer are the automotive equivalent of a pair of [...]
Fancy yourself as a bona-fide drifter but can’t bear the thought of using your own whip as a dedicated drift machine? Perhaps Takahiro Ueno’s D1GP USA car is the answer to your problems…It’s for sale, which probably has something to do with the D1GP USA series being cancelled for 2008, leaving Ueno with a car [...]
Drifting for real is great fun, but puts your car at risk. Arcade games eliminate the chance of you punching your pride and joy through a tyre wall, but twirling a little plastic wheel just doesn’t feel right. So where is the middle ground? It’s right here baby. Right here.[Source: Gizmodo, response.jp][Photo courtesy of response.jp]
With the big power potential of American V8s and the drift-friendly nature of a Japanese chassis, combining the two makes sense if you want to build a competent drift car. Big-capacity V8 engines are torquey beasts, and torque plays a bigger part in drifting than it does in circuit or drag racing. Being able to [...]
If there’s one thing that JPCN loves about Japanese cars, it’s their great useability. Case in point: the Toyota Starlet. Starlets are the car you buy if you are young and need something cheap and cheerful to transport you to university and back, or if you’re somewhat older and want an economical city-car in which [...]
