Who Wants a Drift Car?

Apparently this drift car out of Torrence, California is up for sale.  The person originally funding the build is now unable to pay for the car and so "World Racing" is looking to liquidate its assets by selling this beauty.

Serious inquiries will be taken in person.  To see more pictures and specs, check out some of the stuff I took from Wrecked Magazine!  It's pretty cool.

Sweet diff, bro.

Do you even squat?

Lemme see ya grill, you wanna see my what??

Radiator in the trunk, yo!

Taken directly from Wrecked Mag:

Here are the STATS of this Formula Drift legal/ready Scion FR-S:
Chassis: 
Acid Dipped and seam welded chassis by WORLD Racing.
Every single hole on the body has been filled for strength and appearance.
100% powder-coated body, chassis and rollcage
Custom rear sub-frame mated with Winters rear end (FD legal)
Custom tin-work
Air-Jacks with plumbing and nitrogen wand

Body:
Custom carbon fiber hood and rear deck lid.
Lexan MR10 windows with NACA ducts
NACA ducting in roof for driver cooling and ventilation

Drivetrain:
Winters “Quick-Change” 10″ rear end 4:12 ring/pinion – ask for ratios
Quaife QBE69G (6-speed sequential) gearbox
Ray Bates 300m (“OEM” FRS spline) axle stubs for 930 CV’s
Mark Williams Axles
“No-Lift” shift cut mechanism from Angerole

Safety:
OMP Eco Life – Fire Suppression system
Recaro Profi SPG Racing seats x2
Crow Enterprizes 5 point harness’

Fuel:
12 Gallon ATL Fuel Cell
Misc. A/N lines and fittings from Earls have been plumbed for the tank

Cooling: 
Rear-Mount Mishimoto Custom dual-pass Radiator
Earls hoses, fittings and plumbing are completed

Suspension/Steering:
Front:
KW Suspension Competition 3-way adjustable coil over
Solid Toyota MR-2 power steering pump has been fitted to work with this steering rack.
Right hand drive conversion w/ Nissan 240 steering rack fitted for MR2 pump
Toyota MR-2 power steering pump (p/n 1960-17017)
Vorshlag GD High Caster aluminum front caster plates (60mm)
Cortex Competition lower arms (front)
Cortex Toe Link Assembly (pair)
Cortex Bump Steer Kit
Rear:
KW Suspension Competition 3-way adjustable coil over
Cusco rear pillowball lateral link

Oiling: 
Dry Sump Tank (3Gal) Mounted
Dry Sump Pulley (for use with ATI damper)
Dry Sump hoses, fittings and plumbing are completed.

Brakes:
Wilwood Rotors, Hats, Calipers and pads… (custom)
Tilton Pedal assembly w/ reservoir
Tilton proportioning valve
ASD Hydraulic E-Brake (Pull-Up style)

Wheels:
Motegi Racing Traklite 1.0 (Drift)
17×8 Front
18×10 Rear
(Also includes 1 spare set of 4 wheels)

Tires:
Falken Azenis RT615R – 255/40R17
Falken Azenis RT615R – 295/40R18

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The Tuner Community; Now and Forever

Hey all.  As of recently I've been noticing some pretty awesome trends going on in the community.

A shot from Canibeat's Website by Photographer, Sean Bradford.  Canibeat showcases many cars from shows all over the country.  A big part of this boom in the scene is due to their fanaticism about the industry. Source

Roof racks and Hellaflush were the beginnings of a so-called dilution of the industry by some die-hards.  What was once a sport of trying to make your import car faster by modifying its intake, ECU, exhaust, turbo, internals, and more has now become the sport of not only "show," but some would argue it has become more about "go."  And honestly, maybe this is true!

Shot I took at WEKFEST East

But with this recent boom in the scene, we're seeing more attention from the major auto makers.  Perhaps this is what drove Honda to bring back the NSX or perhaps this is what prompted Toyota and Subaru to bring into production a lovely front-engine, rear-wheel sports car by name of the Scion FR-S or Subaru BRZ.

From Lexi.Laron's coverage of the Philly International Auto Show of 2012

I mean let's face it, people are Tweeting more, they're Facebooking more, they're Instagramming more, they're making verbs out of just about every bit of social media out there and it's enabling people who are in touch with the car community to make that transitive link that we have been searching for.  Now the car companies don't have to go, "How do I reeech these keeeeds?"  They can just go do it now (heck, they can do it here)!

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But I think one of the best parts is that we are seeing stolen cars and car parts being recovered thanks to sick cars that are shown by Facebook Pages that have a lot of likes.  A page will post a "STOLEN" article and everyone will share it and spread the word!  What better way is there to find something than to have everyone looking for it, right?  Just take for example this recent story about a man in Hawaii who had a rare set of custom wheels stolen and returned to him thanks to the wonders of social media!

Only scumbags destroy people's passion ;)

I mean, this is great.  We're getting more attention from car makers and we're making it harder for people to jack our crap!  Sure, we may be getting more negative attention from the cops while on the roads, but that's a price I'm willing to pay.  I hope that in the future the tuner community moves forward to continue diversifying, whether it be building full race cars with monkeys strapped to them or replacing their motors with horses, watching out for its members and their goods, and making contact with the major car makers.

All in all, I'm Lexi.Laron and I'm signing out.

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