hey all, starting my new build up my new toy, a 86 TII rx7. just a budget drifter. tell me what all you think, im open to any input, or suggestions, thanks.

plans so far include of course good coil overs, sways frt n rear, poly bushings, lsd, custom roll cage, lexan for all glass, body kit.. just something to catch the eye, have 3 sets of wheels so far (17s aftermarket and 2 sets of 18s off my z), and for more or less, loosing as much weight as possible with carbon fiber where possible or shaving steel and stich welding. naturally going to mod the spindles for max steer angle and best part, this car will never be streeted so i can go crazy.

also kicking ideas around for paint. thinking of either bright kandy green or light kandy blue.

have been kicking the idea of a vq35 swap as well

ill update every now and then, at the moment its just stripped down to chassis and motor, and the motor will come out this weekend or next..

 

Sounds good.

The car looks pretty sweet as it stands if you ask me.

 

heh not to mention it runs and never wrecked for 400$... i love ebay...

 

Not a bad start, but with all those plans it doesn't sound like a budget drifter lol. I'd say start off with good suspension and lsd. Get used to the car, then get a body kit afterwards. You don't wanna tear apart that precious body kit right away.

 

First off... some of your listed mods are not so budget, at least for me anyway, some people budget builds are on different scales. Carbon fiber is expensive.

I would forego the sway bars for a while, personally I keep stock ones. Could use that money and get the Heim joint end links from mazdatrix.

Other than that looks good and have fun with your build

 

ha this is budget compared to my other drift car... 03 350z... so i have about 300 bucks a week to play with on this one

 

aero was meant to be destroyed jk jk

good deal

 

$300 a week just for a car!? Must be nice, I wish I had $300 a week for me! lol I'm on the college budget, doesn't help living in LA too!

But yea goodluck with the build, gotta post some pics along the way.

 

Just got some coilovers and ordering tube for roll cage and carbon fabric this weekend

 

Post pics of new stuff. We like eye candy.

 

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what wing is that?

 

Ha not sure, came with the car, but it's growing on me

 

I'd go with the blue for paint... or my personal favorite, Anthracite

 

This is gonna be an interesting build.

 

jesus christ.

get rid of that whale tail wing/yellow painted FTP's/ and repaint the wheels another color.

That thing looks like it was owned by some illegal aliens. All your missing is some chrome fender trim and an Old English "Gonzales/etc" family vinyl in the back.

 

Dang thats one of the best deals I've ever seen for that price! Ya change some of that paint scheme, put those coilovers on and lets see where youre at. I'm curious about this one as well.

 

nice patio

 

yup yup good start on the other hand theyre right about the mods tho. candy paint is more expensive by itself than most mods. good plans but definately not gonna be a good drift car to start off. your really gonna be trying not to hurt it the whole time. while alot of us drive daily drifters so we dont want them to be hur anyways your ognna be worried about driving the gravel going to work after spending that much money on paint and cosmetics.

 

So what you're saying is that all it needs to look like a drift car is some old english on the glass? LOL

 

im a body man, so none of this bothers me.. plus this will NEVER be driven on streets, ever... race car only, and kandy will cost me only 200 extra bucks

i drift my dd 350z, ive hit the wall hard before, still drift, riskier than ever, dont see me worrying, its just money, you can always make more

 

That's the way to do it bro

 

nice. looks good then man get goin so i can watch your progress. =)

 

well i took you all a few pics, im just waiting on parts to come in now....

my stockpile of tires and wheels..


ripped off front clip, ready to stitch weld and for reinforcements to be added, i plan on beefing up the aprons incase a glancing hit to wall so i can try to save my suspension


the all-mexican vynals everywhere... im still leaning towards making a cf hatch just for the different look it will give


busted out window when i got it..


interior stripped and waiting for tubing to come in for roll cage, my new drill and tubing notcher are on their way




having a potential buyer so maybe i can get a vq set in soon


lil teaser..... my next drift project after the 7 is done

 

making some custom headlights, xenon projectors out of a maxima and foglights out of an ser altima... going to mount up and make a cf cover, used led in the fog light for turn signals