Hi! I'm Brandella and I LOVE Mazdas and racing/drifting! I bought a fc from my friend to build for race car, I ended up wanting to turn it into a drift car as of now. I already pulled the [carbon locked] na engine, tranny, drive shaft, [totally rusted] exhaust, gutted the interior, and I'm about to pull the diff to weld it. I wanted to put a rew in it but I kept reading that it was a huge pain to put it into a s4 chassis /= Then decided on a s5 t2 I just need to find an engine now. I'll post pictures later, I've been more concentrated on the build than documenting it right now =P

 

welcome. i think its awesome to see girls that r into the car scene, so hows knoxville? i used to spend alot of time in gatlinburg tn.

 

nice to have another lady interested in racing!

 

Welcome definitely nice to see another female on here....

 

Welcome! Post up some pictures when you'll have time

 

welcome cant wait to see the pics i just picked up a t2 also

 

Thanks guys (: Knoxville is a pretty awesome area, the drift scene is pretty small but we are working on it to make it grow!

 

I've met quite a few car people up near Knoxville, definitely seem like nice people. Post some build pics!

 

Wow girl drifter? Sweet!

 

I was thinking the same thing

 

welcome to the club

 

Girl drifter? Rad.

 

welcome... im trying to get my wife into drifting too

 

What side of TN are you located on? I just picked up a 12a FB to start restoring, and I'm getting ready to pull the short block (1st time in a long while & 1st by myself). It would be awesome to get some subject matter expert help from time to time.

 

im doing the same i have a 86 fc and currently building it in to a drift car but keeping it na turbo to much hassle for me

 

its awesome to see more girls getting into drifting/racing, my whole family has been behind the wheel since we could see over them. im the younget of 3 with 2 sisters.

 

nice to see girls behind the wheel of nice car

 

Chick drifting...thats hot LOL

 

13b-RE swap FTW! do it!

 

Welcome. Good to see another drifter from knoxville. Thats Where im from. I love it there. wish i hadnt left but oh well. post some pics of the fc.

 

welcome, you gotta post some pics of your build!

 

Nice cant wait yo see some pics

 

Welcome

 

Thanks for the support guys!!
To answer some questions, I am located in West Knoxville.
I am one of the main coordinators of east10drift and the only female (As far as I know) in the whole east tn drifting scene.

Here's the story on my 7:
I bought a '87 FC from my friend, who said the engine was carbon locked, but I put little to no effort into making it turn because I had bigger plans for it (:
I pulled the engine, trans, dshaft, diff, subframe, hubs, suspension, etc lol It was literally a shell on four jack stands. Gutted the entire interior too.
I drove over 6 hours east to buy a t2 motor, trans and dshaft.
Later then drove 2 hours south to buy a t2 lsd, 5 lug and t2 brakes.
In the span of about 3 days me (and a few amazing friends) put the engine, trans, dshaft, lsd, 5 lug, brakes, suspension, wheels, mazdaspeed seats in.
I was attempting to get her ready for the drift event we had Saturday, but a fuel problem got in the way and she had to sit this event out. ): I have ordered some injector connectors and hoses, so I hope she'll be up and running soon!

Sorry for the delay on the reply guys, I've been crazy busy with this build!
Rotaryyyyy Pooowwweerrr soon!

 

Good to hear. Wish I had the time and availability to devote even 3 whole hours to pulling and purchasing for my FB.