official WIP drift car build off thread

[Corvette.Jeff]

I gotta ask.....WTF???? I saw the challenger but what the heck is this?

[sigmaman]

Love the flag on the Piazza(Impulse). Looks great.

[RodneyBad]

I gotta ask.....WTF???? I saw the challenger but what the heck is this?

That's what I thought.

Pics are back now

Must have been a photo hosting Glitch..

posted by sigmaman Love the flag on the Piazza(Impulse). Looks great.

Thanks

and the pics make the lines look soo much cleaner

I saw a small faded outline on a hood of a Datsun 510 some years ago.

And it just come to me that it would make a cool Tribute to the East who started the Drifting Craze.

(in which I barely know anything about except for what I saw on F&F Tokyo Drift )

It is the first, almost 100%, finished model in many yrs.

I misplaced one of the chrome wheels.

As Per Mr Zinn, Who needs a matching set anywhoo.

[steve_b]

Thought I would give an updated pic since I mocked this up to make some measurements for the cage

and to check the stance. Don't know if I'll keep the color...it's kinda too dark...and what trim color

hasn't been decided yet.......maybe an off white....

still haven't decided to keep the 429 or to go with a different power plant.

Decided to keep the interior colors the stock white scheme with the wood just to keep a bit of the

original design intact, only change is the rear firewall and rear seat removal.

This is the heaviest mod I have done to a kit....so far....so good.......

[diymirage]

still haven't decided to keep the 429 or to go with a different power plant.

i have a twin turbo inline 6 from a supra

[steve_b]

i have a twin turbo inline 6 from a supra

hmmmm.....I've got a slant 6 from a Dodge 330 and a cummins turbo here...

[diymirage]

hmmmm.....I've got a slant 6 from a Dodge 330 and a cummins turbo here...

[encite riot]

cant go wrong with a mopar engine in there

[/encite riot]

[Corvette.Jeff]

i have a twin turbo inline 6 from a supra

There was a kid here in Texas not to long ago that put a 2jz in a 69' camaro. Rumors were that the dyno read out was over 1,000 at the wheels!

[B_rad88]

ok, diymirage, i might be back in the game!!!! lol! this is what i want to enter:

and the end finish should look like:

a special rare TWR Jaguar XJ220R!!! can i enter this instead of the previous entries i thought i was getting but didn't!

Edited July 13, 2009 by KUZTOMMODELS88

[The Red Ranger]

I have a Tamiya Skyline GT-R 2000 that I would like to do. It really should be done by October 2nd. Can I join?

This is a mock-up of what I want to build. All I have done right now is the wheels fit to the car so that should be less than 10%.

Edited July 14, 2009 by The Red Ranger

[diymirage]

I have a Tamiya Skyline GT-R 2000 that I would like to do. It really should be done by October 2nd. Can I join?

This is a mock-up of what I want to build. All I have done right now is the wheels fit to the car so that should be less than 10%.

thats a nice photosoup you got there

it would look great if the real paint job comes out like that

any word on the engine ?

[The Red Ranger]

thats a nice photosoup you got there

it would look great if the real paint job comes out like that

any word on the engine ?

I'm parting out the twin turbo parts from a FnF Supra I have, and going to mod the Nissan engine with that, and Nos. hehe.

K I have decided on this for the paint scheme, I am a huge Sundrop fan, but dont have it in Arizona. It makes me want to cry. But that is the main theme behind the paint. For sponsors I am going to do more non-traditional sponsors, but it will be awesome. Hehe.

Edited July 15, 2009 by The Red Ranger

[diymirage]

ok, diymirage, i might be back in the game!!!! lol! this is what i want to enter:

and the end finish should look like:

a special rare TWR Jaguar XJ220R!!! can i enter this instead of the previous entries i thought i was getting but didn't!

dont know how you snuck by without me noticing it

ill change yor entry to thise one

that is jsut what this build off was missing, some british racing green

[RodneyBad]

I have a Tamiya Skyline GT-R 2000 that I would like to do. It really should be done by October 2nd. Can I join?

This is a mock-up of what I want to build. All I have done right now is the wheels fit to the car so that should be less than 10%.

Photoshopped Paint job?

That looks great.

Be a good looking paint job when your done..

I love them Skylines

Drifting Jag XJ220?

Cool. I thought I did the odd ball car

Cool.

[diymirage]

Drifting Jag XJ220?

Cool. I thought I did the odd ball car

Cool.

i think the only real odball in this build off is david thibodeau...he build a drifter that was a kit that was a dedicated drifter

[RodneyBad]

i think the only real odball in this build off is david thibodeau...he build a drifter that was a kit that was a dedicated drifter

Excellent point.

and you have a twin powered Acura.

Who would have thought of that.

[B_rad88]

thanks diymirage!!!!! i am going to take pics of the plain kit today! i am going to start painting it!!! and ever since the enzo was cancelled in this build! i thougt i would enter the exotic! and that twin eninge AWD acura is MAD!!!!! that is very wicked!!!!

here is my inspiration for this jag!!!!!!

http://s652.photobucket.com/albums/uu250/K...mview=slideshow

[B_rad88]

hey guys can i ask you witch looks better?

TWR modified jaguar xj220 c

or the factory modified jaguar xj220 gt

thanks for the help!

[RodneyBad]

hey guys can i ask you witch looks better?

TWR modified jaguar xj220 c

thanks for the help!

Tough call but I like the Green with Yellow trim.

White is just, soo white.

[B_rad88]

ok, cool! and what about the front bumpers?

thanx!!!

[diymirage]

hey guys can i ask you witch looks better?

TWR modified jaguar xj220 c

or the factory modified jaguar xj220 gt

thanks for the help!

both of them look impressive and have certain things i like

the TWR has the accented air intakes and the factory has the black headlights

if it were my car

i would go with a base of british racing green (a must on this car IMHO)

with maybe a silver accent to the air intakes, almost like the yellow on the TWR but not as wide so that is "dead ends" into the actual inlet

then i would paint the headlight housing silver (where the factory version is black)

finally i would ad a dab of silver to the front splitter (black on both cars)

also, if my car would have the TWR bumper with the canards on it those would be silver aswell

regardless of which bumper is used i would fill in the upper grille (between the foglights) and smooth it all out like it never was there

i think it would give the car a much more agressive look (it also opens up posibilities to widen the bottom grille)

lastly, the silver accents can be painted any colour you like of course, but i would accent those parts

[B_rad88]

thank you for the ideas! i didn't like the fog lights on the twr jag, but they fit it! and fill in the vent? HUM......... i never thought of that! thank you very much! i plan n trimming the middle vent out of the bonnet and i am going to have to make my own wing! FUN!!!! lol! one thing i am going to have perfect is the vents on the top of the rear finders! oh, and the rear is going to get the full treatment too!

[B_rad88]

hey guys, here is a pic of the kit!

here is a pic of the deep dish wheels mock-up!

all i did so far is take the inner wheel move it to the outside to give the deep dish look! here is the stock wheel next to the deep dish!

thanks for looking!

[diymirage]

looking good

seems like you ave plenty of ideas , hope it all comes long nice

which reminds me, i should work on mine

[B_rad88]

thank you! i might change a couple of things though! after looking at the front nose on the jag, it would be difficult to cut out the head lights and make buckets for it! its a very tight area inside the body! and one other thing i am going to need white TWR decals!

Edited July 17, 2009 by KUZTOMMODELS88