My Toyota GZ20 Drift Car

OK boys & girls time for an update...... 2007 is round the corner ;D

This was one year ago the week I first built her into what she is today


After lots of this



And this



And this



The old bus did rather well for herself throughout 2006, no reliability issues WHATSOEVER much to the annoyance of my fellow competitor trailer queens ;D

She's been driven to every D1 event competed & driven safely back home again. She's been from Dorset to Scotland 4 times, luckily my windsurf boards fit in, so she's been for a few beach trips & the holiday to Cornwall too!!

Anyway 280 odd bhp was simply not enough to keep up with the D1 big boys, so a transplant is currently underway the 1G engine & box are now sold & shall be suitably equipping an old skool restored Celica for a few years to come. (pinted in the direction of RR)

In comes Mr Toyota again with his later monster 6 pot 2.5L 1JZ engine, originally twin turbo but converted to single turbo, a GT30R variant turbo with external wastegate, full management, should be good for 300bhp at sub 4k rpm & onwards up to the 500bhp mark.

She'll be losing even more lard due to the planned dieting, lost 10 odd kilos today when I ditched the height adjustable steering wheel system, various bits of underdash stuff to be lost & next week is the start of the carbon bonnet, bootlid & doorskins to save at least 50kg (the bonnet alone weighs 50kg!!!). Plexiglass side & rear windows should save another 10-5kg. So overall she should be down to the 1150kg mark when all done.


Underneath she'll be fitted with alloy piggyback gas adjustable coilovers courtesy of my new sponsor, new 2 way diff & hopefully some new badass wheels

Plans are to have her done for Jan 2007 in time for the first demo & show events booked.

Here's a wee vid of her in action at Knockhill earlier in the year at the Fast & Modified Show (when I didn't put her in the gravel unlike the Superbike Demo day :hangsheadinshame: