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08-22-11, 06:28 AM

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the "backyard engineering" project

hey guys my name is Tom, im from birmingham in the uk. i use this forum every now and then just for ref and ideas but i thought you might be interested in my little project. i bought this 94 fd last summer as a bit of a tune up and fun toy idea but that quickly changed after digging a little deeper and finding a cracked chassis leg at the front.

when i bought her

horrible colour

made a few changes and just a general clean up but after i found the crack the direction of the project quickly changed.

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08-22-11, 06:29 AM

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08-22-11, 06:29 AM

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08-22-11, 06:34 AM

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Wow!! do you plan to put it on a track?

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08-22-11, 06:45 AM

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Wow!! do you plan to put it on a track?

yes thats the main idea for it really. hoping i will be able to use it for both drifting and just track fun. just make a few setup changes between the two

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08-22-11, 06:46 AM

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That is insane! You want to do my car next lol.

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08-22-11, 06:47 AM

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That is insane! You want to do my car next lol.

ye sure lol, i prefur building to driving anyway

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08-22-11, 07:19 AM

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Very nice

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08-22-11, 07:43 AM

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08-22-11, 08:41 AM

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Incredible work!

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08-22-11, 09:45 AM

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It's definitely come a long way

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08-22-11, 09:51 AM

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this car is so beautiful!!

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08-22-11, 09:52 AM

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WOW, super nice!

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08-22-11, 09:59 AM

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Very cool!

God help you though if you hit that splitter on track... it'll take out your whole front subframe/heat exchanger mount.

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08-22-11, 10:19 AM

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Incredible work!

x2!!

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08-22-11, 10:20 AM

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wheel spec's??
Please...

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08-22-11, 11:21 AM

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YESSSSSS! ive been waiting for this threaD!!

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08-22-11, 11:24 AM

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love it!!! great job

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08-22-11, 11:29 AM

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..........damn never thought that bumper could look so mean with a custom diffuser added to it!

really looking forward to more progress on this. what event are you going to enter this in?

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08-23-11, 06:37 AM

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went to my unit with the intention of doing some work lastnight. fitted the passenger headlight and started making the fiberglass mould for the custom rear light cover. and i got a fresh picture too

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08-23-11, 06:46 AM

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Just Sick Tom... GL with the project. Where are you planing to run? season events or just solo runs? Link me when Your finished, I'll definitely come down south and watch you run.

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08-23-11, 06:54 AM

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Just Sick Tom... GL with the project. Where are you planing to run? season events or just solo runs? Link me when Your finished, I'll definitely come down south and watch you run.

hey matey, im just building the car for me to be honest. so probably just do a few track/drift days whenever i can afford to really. hoping to be done by christmas so i can drag it to all the shows/events/meets/track days possible next year

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08-23-11, 07:02 AM

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Ok, well I'll keep a look out for you at any events I get to go to. I presume your taking that baby to rotorstock next year then.

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08-23-11, 07:15 AM

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Ok, well I'll keep a look out for you at any events I get to go to. I presume your taking that baby to rotorstock next year then.

hopefully

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08-23-11, 10:40 AM

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what headlights are those? i keep coming back to this thread.. i cant get enough of this car!!!

ps LOVE how you layed the car on its side on top of mattresses instead of a rotisserie hahaa

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