A31 Ceffy Build In 10 Days And Destroyed On 11Th)) China Drifting Kill

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Hey, guys !

A small intro. Im russian and work and live in China, Beijing. Each f**king year there is this epic drift event in a city nearby.

World Drift Series its name. WDSÊÀ½çÆû³µÆ®ÒÆϵÁÐÈü¹ÙÍø-WDS ,WDS , WDSCHINA£¬WDS Drift, WDS Drifting You can see some videos on youtube and coverage on speedhunters.

American drifters(Matt Powers, JR, Ross Petty etc) are invited to event for even more madness and destruction.

In 2010 I was driving an ass-spec C33 build in one week with 1jz and small T3-T4 turbo. All was good, only the f**king W58 factory clutch was sleeping. Untill on the last day at night I got my friend to borrow his r154 with ACT HD clutch. Which helped a bit.

Funny thing is I got very deep into the grid. Going through top 32s and to top16s. Was kicked out in top4 battle by Ueo. Top 8 battle was with Imamura and I got lucky his half-shaft snapped)) Otherwise my weak ass skills and car wouldn't let me finish in top 8. Which is really funny with chinese guys buying expensive here s-chassis built by japanese/taiwanese for crazy money.

Anyway, its always a huge problem to find a good garage or tuner here. But I was lucky and got help from a local guy.

He basically sponsored me for event. Half of the parts on the car was mine. Engine wise it was his.

Event starts on 29th of september. I bought the car on 15th of september from a friend. With a dead 4cyl carb CA20 engine.

Cars had to be in the padocks on 27th. But I could negotiate for late entry on early morning of 29th.

So here I start.

Day 1 September 15th

Got the piece of shit car. Looked god on the outside. But the roof line by the windscreen rusted to shit. Seller f**ked me over on that;)

Could probably negotiate a better deal if I knew about that.

Really gay red interior. I wanted to leave it. But f**k it. Scraped it all of in the end.

Day 2 September 16th

Brought over some of the parts for the car.

Powered by max hydro handbrake, fake bride seats, 3 diffs with different final gears, half shafts for spares. simple and brute.

9.5J ET15 chinese wheels. Got only 2 haha. Rest is 9j with 20 offset.

Here is a good edition for the engine. Guys here are really sketchy about turbos. So its either garrett BB or hks or greddy. I don't have that moneys. So I went to a diesel truck turbo shop. And picked this baby up. Its genuine garrett GT3782R. Journal bearing. T4 devided AR1.0 on the hot side. Manufactured in shanghai garrett plant for some truck.

Compressor: 58/82mm Turbine:74/64mm A bit similar to HKS GT3240 with T04S rear or GT37. Or even TD07S-25G.

I bought it for USD550 which is f**king cheap. And it works good.

Day 3

I didn't do shit to the car. Waiting for parts and playing around with friends rb25. Installing a truck turbo on his engine. No pics.

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Carby CA - dont see that too often

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Day 4 September 19th

Got all the interior out. Got some dry ice and got all the sound deadening out. Started doing the boxes for the roll cage.

Day 5 September 20th

Was working on the rollcage with the guys. Trying to replicate some nascar bars haha. Test fitted 2jz block to see the fitment.

f**king engine mounts from zero lab are total worthless shit. They way they space the mounts is impossible. They don't even line up.

Had to get one mount copied here and used the same mount on both sides. The only way it looked like it could work out and it did )))

Day 6 September 21th

Run out of tube for rollcage. Started on the rear subframe. Made some solid mount raise rear subframe mounts.

Also got some parts in. 4 rear 2 pot calipers for my car. 2jz AT bellhosuing for some experiments. Which are really f**king going to happen.

And some premade brackets to run individual 2 pot calipers for hydro handbrake.

Got the suspension arms from my old car. China spec. But worked on daily every day for 2 years no problem.

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Day 7 September 23rd

Pretty much done on the roll cage. I wish we could use more time on that. But its a race against time:(

Finished assymbling the rear suframe and fitted on car. 2 calipers on each side + driftworks knuckles a present from my friend.

Should be pretty good for drifting haha

Test fitted the turbo and tried the 2jz-ge+t down pipe. Should work out pretty good,

Day 8 September 24

More pics of the turbo. Look at the double flappers. Haha. This thing has some mighty actuator opening at 2bar.

Had do ditch all that crap and run it wastegate. Which was the original idea.

Guy is doing his magic. Doing the wiring. He is pro and this job is for him. He tunes HKS Vpros.

Got some ideas from SerialNine X8 a long time ago. Just couldn't realise it earlier.

Also twin wastegates. Chinese 38mm. Which seezed a couple times at the drift event. Making a f**king hussle.

Unbolt, disassamble, sand the valve neck assamble put back in. Don't wanna do that every time right ? )))

I'm cheap ass.

Ended modifying the front crossmember. Moved the steering rack mounts forward by 2.5cm to help cure the stuck steering at lock.

Hate that. Shit worked and I'm happy.

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Day 9 September 25

Front suspension fit - ok! Crossmember in - ok! Engine in - ok)))

Now was the weak part: doing the driveshaft. No one really knows how to do one. And no balancers around.

There was a 3cm gap between toyota input shaft and nissan rear. I first wanted to make a flange to mate the two together.

But that would take time which we didn't have. Decided to get the nissan flange out and pressed in toyota one and welded shut.

Worked out just right. Redid the driveshaft mount. Worked no problems even past 100mph or 180kph.

Liked how it went.

Nice ghetto style

Day 10 September 26th

Had a lazy afternoon. Decided to cut out the front innerfenders out, Tires would rub them on full lock.

I didn't have wheel spacers. So inner fenders had to go. Cut !!!

Maestro continued on his wiring magic, changing inj and coilpacks connectors and rewiring the engine.

Had to modify the downpipe a bit. Not the cleanest job. But it works, right ?

Started mocking up the radiator fitment, intercooler. Will run this cool vicsous fan shroud. From Toyota Crown JZS133.

Which are abundunt here. And manual too;) W58. If you guys need factory clutch parts I can hook you up:)

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Day 11 September 27th

Had to ask guys from a fellow workshop for help. Running out of time.

Did the intercooler piping. Factory radiator support had to go also Instead a nice CUSCO tower bar in its place;)

Intercooler piping came out pretty short. Will be good for response.

Day 12 September 28 to 29th

Here are the guys wiring up a dashboard. It had to be simple and easy to work on later.

All shit fitted. Bumper on. Now waiting for ecu to be wired in. It was like 3am and didn't start the engine yet.

Had to be in the event place by 8:30AM for practice session. Had to leave 2 hours for the road.

Pretty much all finished. Engine will start soon. No head lights this time:( No tail lights either.

Gonna drive 100kms to event on highway. Haha. Dangerous stuff

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And by 6:30AM the engine started. Packed some stuff and left.

Car was tuned on the road to the event. )))

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Here are a few vids. They are hosted on chinese youtube-like website.

Youtube is actually banned in china, so its harder for me to get there fast.

Those will work for now

First is Top16 battle with Taiwanese drifter ZhangShenJun. In pink S13. SDT means Shanghai Drift Team.

I hope they will have STDs. I thought I lost that battle. But the gudges decided to let me through.

Since they could see how that guy straitened out couple times during my lead run.

Ohhh. When chasing him, I hit the wall pretty hard. You can see the rear quarter damage haha. Didn't straiten out though.

Btw. I'm using 4th gear on this run. All 4th gear. No shifting. Only abusing the clutch. I didn't think it would work, but it did.

I ran 4.3 final gear.

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Same vid, different angle.

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Top 8 battles next. And I had to run with Daigo Saito. The X-chassis king of drift lol.

He was driving chinese S15 with sequential gearbox and NOS. Chinese guys have money:)

Anyway, one more time to say that I suck at chasing. Or drifting close. Saito was using inner line, which was not the gudged drift line.

They wanted for us to do one more time. But.... Anyway you will see what happened later.

It will be pretty entertaining.

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Some car camera action from the run with Saito. \

Guy at the starting line assigned me for lead run on 1st run. But Saito went forward.

I didn't get it but f**k that and I went chasing. And R154 gearbox maybe good when new.

But when all the plastic parts wear out. It shifts like shit. I had to use one gear only to drift.

Couldn't leave a chance for upshift or downshift. So 3rd gear here.

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Some action pics I've found over on chinese internet:

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and of course the fail pics Will start with some other guys and get to my ones haha))

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My first attempt lol As you can see the left rear quater is still in good shape. I brushed it on the wall a couple of times.

Not because I'm so evil drifter, but because my tires sucked!!! 235/45/17. It felt like ice skating there.

Anyway. My steering pump died on one of the practice sessions and I continued without the powersteering.

Needless to say I didn't have fun for a long time. Coutersteering with no power sucks. Need to go to gym or smth.

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And the most epic fail of the night

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On the OMT run with Saito. About 30mis after the first run.

Judges said they had some communication problem and couldn't get us on the track last time.

I changed one tire at the rear. Different tread and direction, also thinner wheel.

Went to chase Saito. Start in 2nd gear, shift to 3rd and nailed it in. Was nervous to get too much of a distance between us. So stayed on the throttle through first corner. I did realize my rear grip sucked. It was my mistake and it pretty much sums up my driving skills((

The most I thought is about Saito in the front and that maybe I would clip the outer wall just a bit

But I f**king lost it)) Rear hit the wall to deep and I stayed on the throttle thinking I would be able to steer it out of the wall. And all it did is smash my front and trail it down the wall more. Anyway it was my mistake and it pretty much sums up my driving skills((

Oil cooler was on the left side. It was the first thing to get busted by the mighty concrete.

Oil drops on to something hot and I get fire. Seeing fire near your right foot is not a pleasant site.

Don't do that at home haha. Jumped out of the f**king car as soon as I could. Knocking down the track marshal or smth.

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20:58-27:19 First TOP8 run with Saito.

74:35-81:10 OMT and Napalm Death)))

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Some of my practice runs. HKS Fcon VPro had some error resulting in having a very early RPM cut. You can hear it from the video. I was so stocked and tired that I didn't care nor I watched a tacho. I thought I was so mega cool that I could reach the 7500 rpm fuel cut lol)))

When red s13 240sx convertible left, I had barely no powersteering left. Which resulted in my first understeer crush haha.

All others were oversteer haha.

I mushed my oil cooler on that run. So while my friend was looking for a spare oil cooler for me. I borrowed a car from a friend. 240SX S13 Convertible with RB25 that we put new turbo someway during the build of my A31. Here me having some sideways fun in S13.

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Small offtopic bitches

My malaysian friend drifter Ah Fai (Ser Meng Hui) also joined the WDS with me.

Ser Ming Hui | Formula Drift Indonesia

Everyone probably have seen his youtube vids:

He has alright skills 　And he is very popular in malaysia for his big ass black cop glasses and tight jeans.

Ah Fai is f**king tandemer to say the least. haha. He is also some malaysian drift porn movie star. Some say he is the most recogniseable drifter in malaysia. Its for you to decide.

In 2010 he also joined the WDS with me, but his car was far from being complete. So we shared my shagged C33.

Btw, he did became popular in malaysia for his drifting with A31 Cefiro. He still uses A31 in his Thailand drift competitions. Though he always insists that I change my car to something coupe-ish or less-doorish. I tell him to go jump of the roof instead:)

In 2011 he came to TianJin for WDS with his last years car. Built in China. But with a lot of gremlins:)

А31 Cefiro with RB25DET, GT3582R , 444сс inj, Adaptronic ecu, OS Giken twinplate, and suspension wise it was identical to my 2JZ A31. I think some malaysian witch put a spell on a car. Everytime has something go a bit wrong haha.

Like:

And then we push it.

Ah Fai lazy f**k. Rides his broken bitch. Not even pushing it. Engine dead btw. Oil from cam covers got on to exhaust))

With his car dead he spent most of his time getting sun tan or f**king sun burn beside the track telling me some stories and discussing the strange paranormal tarmac movement in open stadium drift tracks. Wtf?

Of course I listen very carefully.

But in the mean time I was just so tired and bored with all those tarmac pussy stories.

Went to sleep for a while

Lets get to the judges

Tarzan and Tao Mega legit guys. Yamada-san meets me on every event with the same question: Andrey, when u...change....car. hahaha. These guys really have something against my car, right ? Pisses me off haha))

Afro. South African guy. It was first time I met him. Heard he is drifting for 17 years already.

I got to give props and huge thanks to him. He really helped us out anytime, and was super eager for me and AhFai to join the race. Really awesome support. Never forget, Afro! Respects to you man! Hope to see you again.

No questions about their judging that is haha.

America...america haha)) Fellas from so friendly to Soviet Union people United States. So who are they?

Matt Powers Not the first timer. I think his first time was in 2009 in TianJin WDS. I was driving my daily A31 RB25 back then. Guys have been struggling with piss of shit broken cars before, but now they brought their small nuclear weapons along. Matt got a mini-speced version of his FD S14. So simple, like LS1, Gforce 4 speed dogbox, huge ass tires in the back. And some Powers vinyl wrap or paint job. haha

Kyle Mohan

Kyle is f**king insane dude. One man army, universal soldier, Jean Clot Van Dame or smth.

Kyle could replicate himself and be in several places at the same time. Like being a mechanic, wrenching somewhere, than driver smashing it out on the track, promoter and girls magnet))) I couldn't figure out which Kyle I talked to though haha. Love your driving, man! There is something magical in the way FC flicks around when you are behind the wheel. Kyle was driving his well proven FC3S. I really protest, man! This car had infinite revolutions. No fuel cut. f**k. Rev rev rev rev rev rev rev. He did smash it a bit. But nothing major. Everything was ok.

Ross Petty

Reggae-pump iron guy))) Really cool dude. We did chat for quite sometime about Formula D in US, some politics in drifting. Wether drifting had any more steam in US and etc. Ross represents us fellow grass roots ! So props to you man! keep it up, fair game ! Let the war begin, said peacefull reggae guy Ross ))) In WDS he drives an RHD S14, ex Formula D RSR car. Ross is like, a drifting wall janitor)) Sweeping the dust of any wall out there. You should see him.

His handbrake loves Ross left hand or smth I remember the first time you guys came over to China, back in 2006.

To Beijing. I went over and saw you guys having fun in the parking lot, near that stadium. Shit so impressed me, that I bought my first drifting car that year. You were a little kid back then haha.

And of course JR JR is a pomoter. I know why Ford and Monster like him. After you see him or talk to him.

You wanna go drink a box of monster drink, become Hulk and steal a Mustang, drive it like you stole it and never come back haha. Cool guy. Was cool meeting you and talking to you!

JR btought his 2004spec Mustang. Or well he said so. Or I forgot. Nevermind. haha.

Even if its that old technology he did f**king kill at the track. He really knows how to drive that big ass car.

When his monster mustang enters the stadium, you can forget about any other exhaust note. Your eardrums are under V8 attack. f**k yeah. Rear tire width: 295.

Soon the opening ceremony will begin. Sure stadium is not the best suited for drifting tracks, but for a drifting show its really the BEST.

Judge for yourself

I got super sexy and got into speedhunters coverage. Thanks fellas!

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Larry Chen Got inside my ceffy, seating on some paper box. Since its ONESEATer.

Marshalls wont let anyone inside the stadium area. So I drove him in and he catapulted from my car as soon as we got inside. Actually Larry is a f**king WDS Veteran! Props to you man! Keep it up! Love all your work!

Me and my ceffy chiling. Not smashed yet............)))

And of course my best cheaters mod out there;) Does it suit for a promotion ?

And JR parked his Mustang near my beatifully smashed cefiro for some photoshoot. What a guy, a ? )))

Thanks for your time ! And hope to see you all soon! Bam!

Edited November 1, 2011 by robots

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Haha. Missed my 666s post I fail))

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How did the W58 hold up behind the 2J?

and what caught fire?

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It was a R154 gearbox. Not W58.

W58 is alrightish at around 300-350hp. Never tried more.

W58 clutch selection is scarce. Can't find good clutch for them. And their shiftig feel sucks.

R154 shifting feel is sluggish also.

In that way, even an old proved RB20 gearbox is way better in shifting feel than Toyota.

Shit.

Smashed oil cooler and oil spilled on something hot. Caught on fire.

Scary shit haha.

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Ahhh right...I must've missed the R154 bit

And Ye fires aren't cool