After a hiatus of a more than a year I tracked down Nigel Petrie and asked him about the progress on his drift Hilux. I have been following his guest blogs on Speedhunters with great interest and was glad he wanted to collaborate again. So I’ll let him explain what he has been up to. …
Day 7 was set to be a pretty amazing day, with the Hilux running and everything working well we were ready to take it to the dyno. After I pushed it out of the trailer Andre kept going over the tune to clean it up so there was less work top do once we got […]
Top Gear Weekend was a blast, it was my one commitment in the 180SX for this year, now that its over the cars been put in storage and now the next drift car i drive will be of the Hilux variety. With the build just clicking over 2.2 years i am now at the point […]
Before I built the tube front end reinforcement I toyed with the idea of just buying a Toyota rad support, they were cheap, everything will clip in as per factory and life would be simple for me. But no, it just wouldn’t suit the overall theme of the build. Here is some pics that show how everything will go together. Im […]
The EXO car, and why chopping up perfectly good Integras and Miatas is a good thing
After a hiatus of a more than a year I tracked down Nigel Petrie and asked him about the progress on his drift Hilux. I have been following his guest blogs on Speedhunters with great interest and was glad he wanted to collaborate again. So I’ll let him explain what he has been up to. …
After a hiatus of a more than a year I tracked down Nigel Petrie and asked him about the progress on his drift Hilux. I have been following his guest blogs on Speedhunters with great interest and was glad he wanted to collaborate again. So I’ll let him explain what he has been up to. …
I feel like I have been slacking on this build lately, that isnt the case because I have been flat out aorginising all those other things that go along with the build. Last night I got back into the progress though, I hooked up the Nitrogen bottle and lifted the chassis in the air, I […]
The EXO car, and why chopping up perfectly good Integras and Miatas is a good thing
Day 7 was set to be a pretty amazing day, with the Hilux running and everything working well we were ready to take it to the dyno. After I pushed it out of the trailer Andre kept going over the tune to clean it up so there was less work top do once we got […]
A imagem de um muscle car impecável, praticamente idêntico ao que era quando saiu da fábrica, certamente tem seu apelo a qualquer entusiasta — especialmente em países como o nosso, onde eles não são exatamente comuns. Nos EUA, o berço dos muscle cars, esta não é uma visão tão extraordinária,...
The EXO car, and why chopping up perfectly good Integras and Miatas is a good thing
The idea for this unique project started when the clutch went out in a BMW E36 318is used for drifting. The owner planned to scrap the car but changed his mind after seeing another project. The new plan was cut the body off and install a modified 1972 Volkswagen Beetle body over the E36 chassis...
