Sorry for the lack of postings in the past weeks… For those that did not know, I got to go on a 4300 mile cross country motorcycle trip! It was absolutely incredible. There is more to our country than most will ever know, especially if you never stray from the interstates! [...]
So for the northeast stop of our 2009 season Formula Drift went back to Wall Stadium. Wall was closing down last year so Formula Drift was forced to find a new venue last minute, which is why we went to Englishtown, NJ for the first time. Wall re-opened its doors and asked Formula Drift to come back and put on “the best show of the year!”. Our team dug through our notes and pulled up our 2007 setup for the rocky road ride that is Wall Stadium.
Along with the new Mishimoto cooling setup, I designed a simple catch can setup that will mount vertically, and bolt up to the frame rail. The left cylinder will be the water overflow, and the right cylinder will be the oil catch can. Each cylinder is one quart in volume and will have fittings welded into each of the holes.
Phase two of the SR car cleanup was redoing the V-mount to a inboard “stacked” style cooling setup. It is much safer to run the coolers this way as everything is now behind the bumper. It also gives a lil more room in the engine bay for working on the motor. First I went to the Mishimoto west coast warehouse to pick up my new radiator and intercooler!
Check out this new video from DA featuring Chris during a practice run at FD Atlanta. The foot shot give you a great idea of how often the NOS Energy Drink 350Z is floored!
Between events I have been working on the SR car to try to clean it up and update it a bit since the last rebuild. The rear quarter had been tagged a few times, and most recently at the Long Beach Team Drift so I cut it out just like we did to the V8 car.
Where do I begin!? Atlanta is such an up and down track for us! At the inaugural Formula Drift in 2004 we earned 2nd place, in ’05 we had insane drivetrain issues where we broke everything behind the tranny… twice! That left us with a Top 16 finish. 2006 was the debut of the Titan 350Z, and it did not go well, we made it through the course without spinning maybe three times, resulting in a Top 16 finish as well. 2007 was back to the top with a 1st place finish, followed by a Top 16 knockout in 2008. Which leaves us in 2009 with a 1st place finish!
Wow! What a weekend!
On Saturday in Road Atlanta for Formula Drift Round 2, we came out on top of the podium! It was such an insane weekend with very difficult tandem matchups. I will post up more details soon, but here are the pictures from Mike Groh for you to [...]
Vimby.com followed around Chris Forsberg and the team during the Formula Drift Long Beach weekend. Everyone had a great time and the video turned out awesome. Check it out!
Round 2 videos featuring Chris and the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team in Atlanta.
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