My 98 GT 4v track/drift car build thread...

SVTORANGE · Dec 2, 2015

Awesome job on your build

ProchargedSN-95 · Jan 31, 2016

Been awhile since ive updated. Been working on the roll cage for this upcoming season of top drift. Here is the progress so far.

Mocking up the new sparco pro circuit 2 seat position

Need to finish clean up and prep for paint next. The color setup is gonna stand out very nice. Stay tuned.

ProchargedSN-95 · Feb 17, 2016

Finished up the roll cage and interior last week finally. Painted the cage a metallic dark steel and the rest of the interior gloss black. Also positioned and installed my new sparco seat and sparco 5 pt harnesses along with some other details to the interior.

Also did some fun stuff as well making some videos and getting some pictures. No worries this was a closed off lot a friend of mine owns and allowed us to do some activities.

And fireballs lol!

ProchargedSN-95 · Mar 24, 2016

So ive been busy for awhile, i got a new angle kit for the car i installed 2 weeks ago just in time for Top Drift Pro am rd1 this past weekend at Willow Springs balcony course.

Lets just say we got the front end angle down now and it worked flawless and there is still more room for improvment on caster for the lead wheel at lock.

So i had a rough weekend though at the same time. Electrical issues after my first run. Lost my fuel pumps and fans. We were able to fix it thanks to my crew and friends. Unfortunately we lost some seat time. I was also fight the suspension as well, being the spring rates. The new angle kit does not allow use of a front sway bar so i basically was on 350lb front spring and the 500lb TA rear spring with my revalved bilstiens. This setup proved to be hard to drive. I didnt havent sufficient seat time to pull it together by qualifying. My 1st qualifying run i spun after the transition, throwing it to hard basically and on the 2nd run i had a nice backwards entry and on the transition going toward the hairpin this run was looking good until i missed 2nd gear on the down shift, thought i clicked it in basically and straightened which resulted in a zero. Wasnt the best idea going into this weekend to shake the car down but i didnt have a choice with the time crunch i was given. Either way i made the best of it, learned some things and have some new custom coilovers we are building via Feal Suspension.

Enjoy the pix

ProchargedSN-95 · Mar 29, 2016

So I did a little something last night. Installed some long awaited Feal Suspension 441 Coilovers custom built for my car. Testing this week.

ProchargedSN-95 · Apr 3, 2016

Well this past thursday i went to irwindale for some seat time and testing on the new coilovers which started off great and ended on a bad note. They were great. But i got to comfortable and started getting to aggressive especially going at the banks. I was doing good and i took a bad line and went up into the concrete wall about 50-60 mph and pretty much totaled the car. Thankfully for the safety equipment and the precautions we took building the car from a chassis strengthening point the car took the hard hit really well for the most part and kept me safe. I started tearing down the car to start looking over the chassis and it is totaled. The axle is bent on both sides, bowed really bad as is the PHB, the rear frame is moved alot as you will see in the pix, the subframe is twisted and the shock tower moved as well. The wheel intrusion bar on the passenger side kept the wheel from destroying the firewall. It sucks but that is part of the game, crashes can happen especially when you push those limits, I have no regrets. Already moving on to the next chassis ive located which i will be starting a build thread for soon after i tear this one down. I will be right back out there again real soon. Thanks for following this build and if liked this one you should already know my next one will be even better.

Link to the video of the crash
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrtXhcGFlE/