Rolling right along now with the second half of our Formula D Tech Day coverage….
Umm, there really isn’t much else to say about it that wasn’t already stated yesterday in PART 1. I think it’s a good idea to open these type of events out to the public because it gives people a chance to see the Formula D competitor cars up close. It serves as a great primer for the actual Formula D event itself that is set to take place in a about a week and I’m excited to go see it for myself. With that said, I say we go ahead and knock out the rest of these photos, shall we? Thanks for looking guys and I guess I’ll see you all at Formula D Long Beach on April 12-13….
Quick shot of Teddy Timoteo’s engine bay. I would have normally gotten a whole shot of the car but I think somebody was standing there for an extended amount of time and I just didn’t have it in me to wait while he chatted with his friends. It works out anyways because you’ll be seeing a lot more of his car next month (Maybe 2 months from now) in the Super Street Honda Issue…
I do, however, have this shot of an S2000 that rolled down to the meet with Teddy. Seems like the beefy tire has taken a toll on the thin front fenders of the AP1….
Eddie Kumchumroon’s 2JZ-GTE swapped S14 representing Nutek Forged Wheels. I recently completed a story for this car too and it’s a very, very, well-built car. Love the clean engine bay and the fact that the motor makes power (700+ hp). Catch it in the next issue of Super Street…
Walked around the meet and then noticed that they kept the SIM Rocket Bunny FR-S’ hood-popped and there was no one around to obstruct me from taking photos….
So I got up close and personal so I could get a better view of the HKS Supercharger that was just recently installed…
FD2-converted Civic Si with some blue-face Work Meister S1 wheels…
VeilSide Fortune model Acura NSX from R-Rydes…
Courtney Wingfield’s F10 BMW on SSR Professor SP1…
AP2 S2000 on some aggressive Meister S1s…
Black on black Lan Evo…
Eddie’s TSX on black Enkei NT03…
UCF30 Lexus LS430 slammed on SSR Vienna Kleids…
Almost forgot to capture a photo of my own Y33 Q45. Wheels are SSR Professor MS3 in Touring Gold and the car is bagged via JIC coilovers/Universal Air bags. Lip kit is a complete Wald aero kit…
I don’t see this car very often but I am actually a big fan of the Sparkle Garage 1st gen. Toyota Cressida…I just love the rawness of it and how it’s still executed tastefully…
Robert Kochis’ wingless Rocket Bunny FR-s…
Yogi from Fatlace’s 3GS with full Vertex aero, WEDSport SA55m, and Airrex air suspension…
Love it when Euro guys add that Japanese touch. This is a beautiful example of how to fuse the two together with this E46 M3 featuring Volk TE37s and Recaro seats…The yellow on the silver is also a very nice touch…
Classically-assembled two-toned AE86 Hachi Roku…
One more shot of Joel Lago’s TE72 Corolla…
Source Interlink Media’s social media expert, Mike Sabounchi’s Subaru Legacy wagon on Dai Yoshihara’s exclusive line of wheels…
S14 drift car rocking some HREs…
A trio of drift cars, including last year’s champion Daigo Saito’s Soarer, on a trailer after they completed tech inspection…
A soon-to-be completed Subaru BRZ drift vehicle rocking fender flares front and back on Avant Garde wheels. Very good looking car that should be a cool build when it is finally completed. It’s good to get a look at it now in its naked state before they apply all the vinyl graphics on it…
As soon as Forest Wang’s S14 pulled up, it immediately drew a crowd of onlookers, and for good reason. It was by far the best looking drift car there that day and probably also one of the most intricate builds. I loved everything about it and stuck around just to get more photos of it. I was about to leave and had put away my camera and everything. Just to witness this car in person was worth the trip down to the meet that day…
I couldn’t help but notice the overwhelming smell of fresh paint. I’m pretty sure the car had just been completed and the paint was still very fresh…
The cut-out trunk that revealed dual fans below was a interesting look…
I liked the use of this decal too because people love to just touch all over the car for whatever reason…
Window ducts that drive fresh air to the rear trunk section of the S14…
Loving the cage work…
Status bucket seats…
E-brake set-up…
An assortment of gauges and switches in the modified dashboard…
Shaved and tubbed engine bay and Toyota 2JZ-GTE swap. I really like how they punched the dimple dies into the core support and added plates to the shock tower section. Just a great job of executing everything and I think it shows that you can still put a very well-built drift car together without taking short-cuts and just leaving the car beat to shit because “it’s a drift car”… Much respect goes out to Forest Wang and crew for putting this thing together…
On that note, that’s pretty much a wrap on the Formula D Tech Day festivities. Here is a parting shot of a Porsche owned by head editor of Import Tuner, Charles Trieu….
Thanks for looking…
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