2015 Lone Star Drift Round 4

Well, due to the low location of the radiator, a cone in Round 3 decided to crush it in.  That was fantastic...  The radiator. however, was a SIGNIFICANT change and cooled the engine beautifully.  As always, we left a bit late, but for good reasons.  Axle added an additional lower bash bar to prevent any further possible damage to the radiator.  The motor began to surge as if the head was blown.  That was scary.  Turns...

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Round 3 Prep - Radiator

You'll have to bear with me, I realize I'm starting in the middle of the year. For the moment I'm just going to focus on laying down some material, we can revisit rounds 1 and 2 later. Where to start?! I was a little more determined to fix my car issues quickly this time, as leaving on time promotes a happy drift environment for the team. Otherwise known as "Happy wife, happy life."  At rounds one and two the car ran HOT, far too hot to...

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Lone Star Drift: Round 1

Well, the battle has been fought.  After finishing the LS swap (to be discussed later) around 8pm, the drift car was loaded and on its way to Houston for the 10 hour haul.  And that was just the beginning.  In order to pass tech, the doors, hood, trunk, and many other panels had to be reassembled on the vehicle. LS motor...pushing the smoke. With some help from friends, "Kim" was assembled and passed Tech inspection.  With...

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