Fast And Furious Tokyo Drift Mustang

[Clay]

This model has been discontinued by the stores but I have found it on ebay, and the question is does it come with the Tuner engine in it or is it a regular mustang? For those that havent seen the movie, the guy takes a drifter car and implants everything into a '60s mustang.

(this thing should really have spell check)

Edited February 11, 2008 by jones_clayton

[gasman]

yea it has the tuner engine, its a Nissan sr20det, i'm not sure of how well its detailed. or how accurate it is.

[Robert81]

I don't have this kit, but i have heard that the Nissan motor leaves a lot to be desired. It is AMT's Wonderful 67 Mustang gt with the addition of the Nissan motor, a set of big wheels and brakes, plus "racing" seats. I have also heard it has a different hood included in the kit that is the proper gt hood, or something.

As for the spell check, Internet Explorer has a button for spell check. That is what I use.

[Nick F40]

I never built it but all I know, is it's like the Monte Carlo....wrong engine or certain details like turbos, chassis, interior, and wheels/tires.

It's a 67 by the way, and in the movie, it's even Highland Green!

Edited February 11, 2008 by Nick F40

[Rick Schmidt]

As they said Its the regular AMT 67 stang It has another whole tree for the tuner stuff. Me not knowing one thing about that stuff I can't testify to its correctness. I bought the car because Of the extra hood hehehe Now where my Highland green and those wheels. Other than that extra tree and wheels its the same car

[Tonioseven]

yea it has the tuner engine, its a Nissan sr20det, i'm not sure of how well its detailed. or how accurate it is.

Actually it's an RB26DETT.

[Nick F40]

Yeah, the Mona Lisa, it was funny though that the car was ruined yet when they popped the hood, a chromed, built turbo RB26 motor.

[marinewifejones]

if you remind me when you get home i will show you where the spell check is

[Darrell Gwinn]

I have no idea about the model, but does it bother anyone else that they would even think about sticking a nissan engine in a mustang?! I mean it would be kind of cool if it was the other way around... lol just thought id put that out there

[JAFFA]

Nissan engine in a Mustang?

[Nick F40]

Yes, I think it is wrong, BUT it was a twin turbo RB26 engine, that made close to 800 HP I think, so I say hell yeah to that!

[Ron L]

The "tuner" sprue includes the Nissan engine, seats, and brake/caliper units. The kit's RB26DETT is a joke. Yes, it's the only one in 1/25 scale, but you might as well whittle one out of Play Doh. AMT's version of it is just as embarrassing as the engine in their Eclipse. The "intake" sweeps back towards the rear of the car, miraculously becoming exhaust headers. The exhaust side consists of random pipes with no logic to them. Mine's still sealed in the bags so I haven't mocked it up yet, but the instructions don't show a way to hook the turbo engine to an exhaust system.

I'm guessing their research consisted of a guy with a notepad in a dark movie theater, quickly scribbling the engine as he saw it on-screen.

[Ken]

I think that the basic block for the RB26 is okay, but that is all as others have said. I plan to scratch everything else up. I might use the kit turbo or something else. It is the only one in 1/25th. Until Revell gives us a first gen 180/s13.... Please!!!! Think D1 and such. It seems like such a no brainer as they are insanely popular on the street. Usually, people stuff an RB20 into them, but I have seen RB26s in them. I think that Revell could smack one out of the park knowing how popular the first runs of the tuners were.

[Mr. Metallic]

I have no idea about the model, but does it bother anyone else that they would even think about sticking a nissan engine in a mustang?! I mean it would be kind of cool if it was the other way around... lol just thought id put that out there

I don't want to start a fight, but what makes it so wrong? Just because it's a Japanese engine in an American car? Hot rodders have been putting other makes of engines in their cars since the beginning, so what's different than what they did in the movie?

Hot Rodding, buiding street machines, muscle cars and tuners, it's all about going fast and looking good. This mustang did both in my book.

[Darrell Gwinn]

I don't want to start a fight, but what makes it so wrong? Just because it's a Japanese engine in an American car? Hot rodders have been putting other makes of engines in their cars since the beginning, so what's different than what they did in the movie?

Hot Rodding, buiding street machines, muscle cars and tuners, it's all about going fast and looking good. This mustang did both in my book.

Im just not a big fan of imports, to me the words fast and tuners dont mix. lol

[MojaveRacer208]

Im just not a big fan of imports, to me the words fast and tuners dont mix. lol

I guess you are just a little short on education in that regard then...so maybe we can shed a little friendly light on it for you.

1st, the term "import": Do you mean like a Chevy Pickup truck with a "USA1" license plate on the front? The Chevy which was assembled in Mexico out of parts made all over the world (including China) by the company General Motors which made trucks (Opel) for the Nazi army during World War 2? Or maybe you mean my Toyota pickup which was built in Kentucky by American union workers out of parts over 85% made in America by American union worlers (This is because of US federal automobile import regulations) using quality standards and policies taught to them by Ford Motor Co.? "Import" and "domestic" are terms which have LONG outlived their usefulness.

2nd, "Tuners": Maybe you have confused "tuners" with "lowriders"? Tuners by definition are shops which modify production cars to make them faster. The term started in Europe with shops that specialised in BMWs and Porsches, fast cars to start with. Lowriders are lowered for looks and rarely modified to improve speed. For true lowriders, slow is better than fast.

If you don't think "tuners" are fast cars, try racing that 5.7 liter Chevy Monte Carlo SS in your avatar against a local 1.8 liter tuner Honda Civic sometime. My old next door neighbor several years ago raced his drag race modified Monte SS against the Pizza delivery kid's Civic and got his doors blown off.

As a guy who likes Fords, the Nissan motor in the Mustang bothered me. But so does a 32 Ford with a small blob Chevy. But a 32 Ford with a 4 liter Hemi V8 out of a Toyota Crown Limo...that's a Hot Rod!

The bottom line is going fast by whatever means are at your disposal!

[Darrell Gwinn]

I guess you are just a little short on education in that regard then...so maybe we can shed a little friendly light on it for you.

1st, the term "import": Do you mean like a Chevy Pickup truck with a "USA1" license plate on the front? The Chevy which was assembled in Mexico out of parts made all over the world (including China) by the company General Motors which made trucks (Opel) for the Nazi army during World War 2? Or maybe you mean my Toyota pickup which was built in Kentucky by American union workers out of parts over 85% made in America by American union worlers (This is because of US federal automobile import regulations) using quality standards and policies taught to them by Ford Motor Co.? "Import" and "domestic" are terms which have LONG outlived their usefulness.

2nd, "Tuners": Maybe you have confused "tuners" with "lowriders"? Tuners by definition are shops which modify production cars to make them faster. The term started in Europe with shops that specialised in BMWs and Porsches, fast cars to start with. Lowriders are lowered for looks and rarely modified to improve speed. For true lowriders, slow is better than fast.

If you don't think "tuners" are fast cars, try racing that 5.7 liter Chevy Monte Carlo SS in your avatar against a local 1.8 liter tuner Honda Civic sometime. My old next door neighbor several years ago raced his drag race modified Monte SS against the Pizza delivery kid's Civic and got his doors blown off.

As a guy who likes Fords, the Nissan motor in the Mustang bothered me. But so does a 32 Ford with a small blob Chevy. But a 32 Ford with a 4 liter Hemi V8 out of a Toyota Crown Limo...that's a Hot Rod!

The bottom line is going fast by whatever means are at your disposal!

I dont care about these new cars, i know theyre all made in mexico and china and what not, im talkin about the real american cars, the ones assembled over in michigan, thats what i like. Also, my monte is a 5.0 liter and weighs a heck of a lot more than a civic, plus its an automatic and most the imports around here are manuals. and my monte is stock and since its an '87 it has low horse since manufacturers werent big on horse power then. so thanks for the info, but i knew all that already and i still stand by my belief. I guess I want this country to remain this country instead of China #2, but if it keeps goin where its going it will fall apart just like all the other supposedly great empires....

[MojaveRacer208]

I guess you are just a little short on education in that regard then...so maybe we can shed a little friendly light on it for you.

1st, the term "import": Do you mean like a Chevy Pickup truck with a "USA1" license plate on the front? The Chevy which was assembled in Mexico out of parts made all over the world (including China) by the company General Motors which made trucks (Opel) for the Nazi army during World War 2? Or maybe you mean my Toyota pickup which was built in Kentucky by American union workers out of parts over 85% made in America by American union worlers (This is because of US federal automobile import regulations) using quality standards and policies taught to them by Ford Motor Co.? "Import" and "domestic" are terms which have LONG outlived their usefulness.

I was distracted while writing this previous post and upon returning the 1st thought which had come to mind got missed.

Maybe you think of fast American cars like a 96 Corvette ZR-1, built in Kentucky (not far from the Toyota plant which had already built my Toyota truck). It came with one of the most powerful V8s Chevrolet ever put in Corvettes. It had an aluminum block and dual overhead cams...all designed and built by...

Yamaha!!!

And since you are from a state which is heavy into farming...you might want to check out some of that traditional American farm equipment like...say...Massey Ferguson tractors...

A British company...

There is a guy I see occasionally in the morning who has a late-model Chevy truck pasted all over with pro-American and pro-union stickers. One big sign across the back window of his cab says "Buy American". He obviously doesn't know that his truck was built in Mexico by a company founded by and bearing the name of a French-Swiss immigrant. I would love to tell him all of this sometime.

Like Mr Metallic, I'm not trying to start a fight...just pointing out some information which might help you and others see the big picture.

[Darrell Gwinn]

I was distracted while writing this previous post and upon returning the 1st thought which had come to mind got missed.

Maybe you think of fast American cars like a 96 Corvette ZR-1, built in Kentucky (not far from the Toyota plant which had already built my Toyota truck). It came with one of the most powerful V8s Chevrolet ever put in Corvettes. It had an aluminum block and dual overhead cams...all designed and built by...

Yamaha!!!

And since you are from a state which is heavy into farming...you might want to check out some of that traditional American farm equipment like...say...Massey Ferguson tractors...

A British company...

There is a guy I see occasionally in the morning who has a late-model Chevy truck pasted all over with pro-American and pro-union stickers. One big sign across the back window of his cab says "Buy American". He obviously doesn't know that his truck was built in Mexico by a company founded by and bearing the name of a French-Swiss immigrant. I would love to tell him all of this sometime.

Like Mr Metallic, I'm not trying to start a fight...just pointing out some information which might help you and others see the big picture.

Well the big picture isnt really anything new, everything in this country originated from somewhere else because we're obviously not the first country, and i know that alot of the great things that we call "american" came from a foriegn source, even the cars i consider fast american cars, and no its not a 96, more like 60's era corvettes. Zora Arkus-Duntov made all the things that make the first corvettes great cars and he's russian, but its still an american car. all car makers take design and performace ideas from from foriegn sources. the chelby cobra is a good example. I mean i like some foreign cars and all, but i living in a country that has its own things, not just use everything from everyone else. that why i do think its ###### that these new cars are not made in america anymore, but just because toyota is built in kentucky doesnt make it american, it didnt originate here. given time the world will have a globalist economy and there will be no seperation and there really wont be domestic and import, it will all be the same. and that right there is what id hate to see

[Darin Bastedo]

I have no idea about the model, but does it bother anyone else that they would even think about sticking a nissan engine in a mustang?! I mean it would be kind of cool if it was the other way around... lol just thought id put that out there

then you would probably hate this;

A Model T track roadster with a 300hp 8,000 RPM Engine out of a Honda S2000. An engine doesn't care what it says on the valve covers. Fast is fast.

[Darin Bastedo]

Maybe you think of fast American cars like a 96 Corvette ZR-1, built in Kentucky (not far from the Toyota plant which had already built my Toyota truck). It came with one of the most powerful V8s Chevrolet ever put in Corvettes. It had an aluminum block and dual overhead cams...all designed and built by...

Yamaha!!!

While I agree with the sentiment of you post, I should point out you are a little confused...

The Ford Taurus SHO engine was designed and built by Yamaha

The Corvette ZR-1 (1990-95 vintage) engines were designed by lotus (who at the time were owned by GM) and built by Mercury Marine (yeah the boat engine people)

But that doesn't change the fact that you are right that domestic cars stopped being domestic long ago.

[Darrell Gwinn]

then you would probably hate this;

A Model T track roadster with a 300hp 8,000 RPM Engine out of a Honda S2000. An engine doesn't care what it says on the valve covers. Fast is fast.

I never said i hated anything about anything, oh man....wow. I dont know what to say, Im just proud of what the United States really stands for and I like the things that originated here but now the U.S is far from having individual rights cause now we are sending the stuff that was ours to other countries and were bringing in everything else from other countries, so why did we have anything of our own in the first place? I mean is it bad that I like muscle cars of tuners? I realize this is a new generation, but heck i am this generation and I dont have interest in tuners and their power, i like old american iron and Id rather keep that alive than let it fizzle away and go buy a honda or toyota and try to make it go fast. I dont hate them, i had a toyota camry a while back and it was a great car, had almost 200,000 miles on it and rarely gave me problems, but it just didnt take my interest like my monte or any of my dads camaros or anything else. so yea, I guess im part of a dying breed... lol

[MojaveRacer208]

Darin, you are right about the ZR-1...oops, but thank you

European, not Japanese, but basically the same point.

And that point Dirk (and all), is that while it is fine and good to be proud of what you and yours produce, it is also good to be realistic about where things actually come from. In the modern world of automobiles, the "Domestic vs. Import" view is totally unrealistic.

I am poud to be an American and I love American Muscle cars.

But I am aware that America is a part of the world, and I love "foreign" cars as well.

My father raced Hot Rods, track roadsters, dry lakes, Midgets and stock cars in the late 40s.

In 1952, he had a new VW Bug with an modified engine which made nearly as much horsepower as a new full size Chevy of the day, in a car which weighed less than 1/2. My parents met at and I grew up around sports car road racing. I was in company with people like Carroll Shelby and Dick Guldstrand. But my older brother drag raced a 64 Plymouth Max Wedge, then had a 55 Chevy 210 with a Corvette 327 (which he still has) that would carry the front wheels, and a 68 Nova with a similar engine. I was born right off of and lived near the famous cruise spot Van Nuys Blvd. In 1970 when NASCAR decided that the supercars Detroit was producing in limited numbers were not really production cars, there were 2 Superbirds, 3 Daytonas, 2 Talledegas and a Cyclone Spoiler within 1 mile of my home and daily driven. I lived within earshot of San Fernando Dragstrip. We had a GT350 then a Tiger road race cars in our garage next to the 55. My dad's daily driver then was a 50 Belair "Sleeper" with a 62 Corvette fuelie drivetrain and suspension. Later I worked nights at a gas station in a wealthy area near one end of the world famous Mulholland Drive. People who raced there would stop in for gas and to meet up before racing. The guys with modified high-dollar Ferraris and Porsches all complained of a car they couldn't beat on that twisty section of mountain road. Then one night while a group was in the station talking, this famous car showed up...it was a 68 Bug with a 2180cc, dual Webers and wide tires! I had turned down the guy's offer to sell it to me 2 weeks before...for $1,500! I already had built my own VW Baja Bug with an 1835 engine and a single Weber. My co-worker had a sweet 65 Mustang with a built 289, which he drag raced regularly. He ran about 14.1 as he drove it on the street. He constantly made fun of my VW which he felt had NO chance racing against his Mustang. One night we raced after work. I didn't beat him, but stayed nose to nose...no winner. He never made fun of my Bug again.

And Dirk, long before Duntov worked on Corvettes, he worked for Ford, including a stint with Ford of England. He then went out on his own and developed an overhead valve Hemi head conversion for the Ford Flathead V8 known as the Ardun (ARkus DUNtov). He then went to work for Chrysler and developed the Chrysler Hemi before going to Chevy.

All of this education helped me understand that fast cars are fast cars, no matter who made them. And cars which the factory never intended to be fast could very well be turned into little rocket ships. I have brand preferences in cars, but don't write off any other.

[MojaveRacer208]

And Darin...I would LOVE that Track Roadster. My older brotherr who has the 55 currently drives an S2000.

A buddy of mine has an off road buggy with a 370hp Acura NSX engine. It's very hard on gearboxes.

[Ron L]

Way to kill a thread, guys.