1989 FC Drift Build
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1989 FC Drift Build
Hey,
I'm Ela, here's my drift build...
I bought this car back in March of 2011 with the purpose of building a drift car.
The day I bought it:
I'm Ela, here's my drift build...
I bought this car back in March of 2011 with the purpose of building a drift car.
The day I bought it:
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Thanks! I got a deal on the coils for $900 (compared to $1400 MSRP) and I'm not sure exactly how much weight but I know when I bought the car it weighed 2638, then I removed all the interior, sound deadening, A/C, ect, but my guess is only 50-100lbs, for the safety and the added structure it's totally worth the weight
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So I drove the car on the stock motor for about a year after I bought it, then in February 2012 I blew an apex seal (engine had about 90,000 miles on it, although not sure how accurate that is). It was time for a new motor. I had a bunch of different 13B's laying around the shop in all different conditions, some with better parts than others so I decided to combine pieces to make the best mix. (never actually taking the motors apart, just matching the miscellaneous pieces). The engine is a S5 TII 13B with a massive street port.
Refurbished Stock Turbo (done by Charlie Brown in Florida) with clipped and balanced exhaust wheel and 20mm expanded intake
Then some extra goodies:
Racing Beat Race Disc 4 puck unsprung clutch
Pineapple 10 qrt oil pan:
2" Gilmer belt drive
(It only has the top mount on for that pic until I can bring it to my fabricator.)
Refurbished Stock Turbo (done by Charlie Brown in Florida) with clipped and balanced exhaust wheel and 20mm expanded intake
Then some extra goodies:
Racing Beat Race Disc 4 puck unsprung clutch
Pineapple 10 qrt oil pan:
2" Gilmer belt drive
(It only has the top mount on for that pic until I can bring it to my fabricator.)
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Thanks guys! Hopefully I'll be updating soon, just brought my car to a buddies shop so I can actually work on it, my neighbors were getting pissed at the 3"straight pipe and Gilmer screaming in their window. Have some tuning that needs to be worked out and I'll post some videos
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are you so sure about that Mark? maybe there is something I'm just not telling you
What's wrong with the white?I don't want to paint it now because there are more important things that my money can go to and I like the stock look of it. But eventually I will eventually need a paint job and I think I will be going to a white pearl with a heavy purple flake.