From the miniature garage at our friends @ HPI Racing, this is a sneak preview of one of their new builds. In a little less than a month HPI Racing will be offering a Drift RC version of our Formula Drift Competition car. HPI Racing is the leading manufacturer in RC products, and their Drift RC's are a lot of fun to mess with. The model has every detail down to the T, so check out the HPI Racing website and scoop up a Gruppe S 350Z today!

After strong performaces at 6 Formula Drift Events, the Hankook Tire / Gruppe S Drift 350Z gets an engine refresh. In preparation for the Formula Drift Finale @ Irwindale Speedway, Gruppe S Master Tech Adam Depner, pulled the Turbo Charged VQ to be completely rebuilt, refreshed and cleaned from top to bottom. Irwindale is a track favorite for Robbie "Bushido" Nishida, so with a fresh car, the finale should be a great event for the Hankook Drift Team.




-S.Tran

It was a great success and there were a bunch of people there checking out this bad boy.      


















Too bad the weather didn't cooperate, it was unbearable hot. Paul from
Hankook and I had to take off and have a "meeting" in a air conditioned joint.   

Eddie

Congrats Ken Gushi!

I am so proud of Ken Gushi, he is a personal friend and competitor at
Formula D. The RSR team really needed this podium and I am happy for
John and Koji over there. I wish those guys the best and plan to beat
them next time our teams match up. Ken was running really well this
weekend at Sonoma and beat out Robbie in the first elimination round, I
guess bad luck to have to be matched up with Ken Gushi.





























Ken good job keeping your eye on the prize! Congrats and next time you won't be
taking our team out!

-Eddie

Alright, now that the STi has a finished Tube Front end, the motor is now ready to be reconnected and tested. The engine really wasn't started after the big crash at Washington. Gruppe S Master Tech, Adam Depner, aka "the One Man Army", threw the Fuel Cell back into the trunk, loaded it up with some race gas and she fired right up! Now all she needs is some paint slapped on the rear quarter panel, and a good tune and the Drift STi's back in business. Sonoma is this weekend and the cars and stuff are being loaded up tonight and tomorrow morning and taking off, so lets see if we can make it in time. Its going to be a late night in Lake Forest..... For Adam that is.... I'm going home.

-S.Tran

CUSTOMER'S RIDES
Turbo Supra Tune
Taking over our garage for a day is our resident engine tuner, Jeff Lee. Today's subject is a MKIV Toyota Supra. This considerably built JZA80 features its OEM 2JZ powerplant, but with an upgraded turbo and a fairly built head (HQ/TQ Numbers coming soon). The fumes are pretty strong so you know its built with good stuff. Check back for an update, photos and numbers will be posted when he finishes tuning it.

-S.Tran