Steelies

I'm the first to admit... this looks freaking too cool! Centre lock 17" Miester S1 with a 90mm dish on a AE86 would be awesome. But sometimes, it's a bit unrealistic.

So how about this. 14" steelies by Street Jam. Albeit with a massive 100mm dish. It's more realistic but it has much less impact.

These wheels are designed to have a fake tyre sidewall so when they join to Spice or Street Jam tyres, they look stretched. pretty cool huh.

Now my problem is, I love the Miesters so much, will I ever run the steelies? Or any of my old rims for that matter.

That is yet to be answered.

likewise, the new color for this body... outside paint. RWB style.

Battle Damage

So after the countless collisions with the scenery at Max One, "Kingyo's Affair"  the front of the FD / 993 was looking a bit battle scarred.

The splitter on the other side has all but torn off. So I'll be putting another behind it and then shoo goo to the rescue. I also have some Kyosho fibreglass "light sensitive" reinforcement tape to try out, that might do the trick.

Anyway. I also invested in a set of my own carpet tyres. These are spice Reversible style. They have a very small footprint and have a 45 degree side or 60 degree side. The only drawback being ride height. they are actually quite thin. Maybe I'll Reverse them to have a thicker sidewall for Idlers paint.

Max One - Tokyo

 My friend and I headed down to Max One Tokyo Bay tonight to check out the new location. Awesome Fun!

I took my RWB FDorsche Kingyo's Affair. I updated the front with led in the vents and hooked up the headlights to the 3rd channel It looked awesome sliding around.

In my excitement, I always forget to take pics first and smash later, so the front splitter took the brunt of the action. I was learning the track, it was my first time with the RE-R chassis, first time on carpet and first time with Keyence brushless setup.  But I was getting the hang of it. I am really happy with the setup. A lot better in a real setting with target lines to hit and guys to compare against.

Another few thousand laps and I'll be confident enough to drift in tandem with the other local guys who were very very  good!

I was using the rented tyres but I'll be buying my own carpet tyres for this place.



The top section of the MAX one layout is unused. Unfortunately too narrow for any sliding, but great for shots.

I'll definitely be back.

Ps. Stay tuned for a few posts from the Drift Master Dino on Speed hunters. His drift hack chaser is wearing th RWB drift spec wheels. Background is another teaser.

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RX-73 DRS-10

I found these new rims the other day an I knew they would match this car. The straight chrome lines are a perfect match for these 10 spoke wheels.

I chose +9 front and +12 rear but I could have done +12 all round.

But I like the tuck at the front and on full lock there's no drift issues.

I've still got the work wheels set up for this too, but If I'm feeling flashy, I can Bring the Bling.

These wheels are from Top Line. Drift Fighter [Jupiter] DRS-10 W Chrome Front Offset 9 Rear Offset 12

 Speaking of Bling , I installed the Yokomo active light kit back into this car, Bling Blip, Flash.

What a pain in the ass these are.

Wires everywhere. Lighting is never an elegant solution.

D-Like RE-R + FCD conversion conversion

 Oops Dirty....

Clean... This is an ARD CER rear Solid Axle. I probably didn't need this as I only really needed the pulley, but may as well keep things blue. There is a problem with this though. the belt guide on the rear gear is two piece. I don't know how to attach the guide. The belt hasn't fallen off... yet. next time I'll ask. If I have to glue it, that's just BAD design.

Anyway, the rear 36T is matched to a 20T centre.

This equates to around 1.48 bias to the rear and allows me to keep the normal belt, for the 20T, I got this Blade 20T gear. Silver sold out.

The full counter rear wheel drive bias is good.

Up front I am using the perfect Yokomo one way axle in blue too. Now this is a nice part.

So after that I did some testing with hard tyres and soft tyres. The countersteer is there but the grip isn't really at the moment. Maybe my surface. The slides are great and balanced. It's not as rough as my MR-4TC shaft setup and driving straight is easy now, but I'm still finding quick change of direction hard to catch. I know that's practice though.

On full charge the engine provides a bit too much traction loss, although at 1/2 charge I was really getting the feel for it. I'll be keeping it like this for the foreseeable future. I may invest in silver pulleys at some point, but its working very smoothly and I am happy.

I'll be doing some more practice soon. Maybe a video to come. I;m not sure what the 1.8 FCD would be like whether it may help with a bit more rear traction, but it seems pretty good for now.

RWB 993 - 99.9% Complete

Here is a sneak peak at the RWB "Speed Hunter" #34 993 Porsche GT-2 Tuned by RE-Xtreme and .RSG.

Today I finished up the lip spoiler and mesh inserts for the front and rear intakes, I installed my new wheels for the FET Rx-7 to test. I'll be running that as my main body for a while. Front is +9 and rear is effectively +18. Both bodies are similar size.

I also did a little finishing to the project. The last Idlers stickers I made for the tyres were easily damaged, so I decided to make this template for the new ones.

RWB - 34 Progress

 Almost there...

Today was a productive day. Last sand and prep for paint.

The undercoat looked pretty good. I considered leaving it black.

But I proceeded to add colour to the base. Wing and mirrors, not yet fitted

I had already made the photo realistic decals for the rear.

And for the front. but figuring out how to finish them is a bit hard. It really needs small buckets behind the second layer of lights. I'll figure it out. (remember I'm building two of these)

I might position them a bit closer behind the lens too. I still need the rubber / black front deflector and the mesh behind. Those details are the easy ones.

Fenders are fat! Front is now 197 and rear is 220mm!!!!!! Remember most stock bodies are 190mm.

I've made a lower setting for the wing too. It can be higher or this high with a more aggressive angle.

The cutout in the engine cover is real. The rear has an engine in there and the driver inside features some really nice touches, but I wont feature it all until it is all done now. Maybe next week I'll go to Oi and get some pics with the new owner.

There's some small things I'd fix if I had another year, but I've spent about many many hours on this one so it's time up.

To do list. (for me)

Rear wing sticker
Rear wing vent paint
Mirrors install and chrome inserts
Interior steering boss then secure.
Front light buckets
Front air dam
Front mesh