When it comes to the S14, a chassis that has been modified by countless people around the world for the last two decades, it can be quite hard to stand out from the crowd. If you’re not building a car for competition drifting use or following a strict “2001 style” […]
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After what was a sensational season opener, I had every intention of making it to the second round of the rejuvenated and revitalised British Drift Championship. In the end, I was only able to attend day two of the event at Teesside Autodrome but this meant that I would at […]
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Some footage I filmed of Alex‘s S14 in action at Sunday’s round of the 2017 BDC at Teesside Autodrome. It’s a real shame that the GoPro’s spot meter wasn’t able to cope with the extreme sunlight during his qualifying run; every other bit of footage was absolutely fine! I’m sure the […]
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My apologies for borrowing a line from an episode of I’m Alan Partridge for the title of this blog post but it’s a sound-bite that I felt was extremely relevant as I sat in the grandstand at “Round 1: the Evolution” of the British Drift Championship at Rockingham Motor Speedway this weekend. […]
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In an era where most content is fed to us in the form of a single photo or a short video clip on social media without a back story or further details, it’s increasingly easy to make our own assumptions as to the subject matter shown in said content. Don’t judge a book […]
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The British Drift Championship have just announced that the series is under new ownership, with Irish Drift Championship foreman David Egan having taken the reigns. As the response to this has been almost universally positive, I wanted to take a look at why this news has been so well-received and, […]
Read MoreIf you remember my post from the other month covering Joe Ankers’ VG30DETT powered S14, Joe was experiencing yet more issues with the troublesome VG and planned on removing it in favour of his old Red Top SR20 taken from his PS13.
Read MoreWith running examples available for just a few hundred pounds these days, it’s a real shame the Mazda Rx-8 was only available with two fairly lacklustre engines while sporting looks that weren’t a patch on the FD3S Rx-7 that came before it. Even engine transplants haven’t been all that common […]
Read MoreThe early days of drifting revolved heavily around people taking their daily drivers and driving them as hard as possible, progressively modifying them as they went until their cars resembled hardcore competition track toys that remained road legal. While this is still commonplace in the grassroots scene in both the […]
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