Its got a OS Giken centre. Buit for the VE. Check out Award Diffs in Sydney for details & tell him we sent you :)Quote:
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Its got a OS Giken centre. Buit for the VE. Check out Award Diffs in Sydney for details & tell him we sent you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by showbags
Awesome work, seen this in the flesh a few times. He can def steer that big car well.
Was great seeing the ve's at Calder your ute sounded nuts I want my clubby like that
Hey Guys, thought i would throw some new photo's up of the VE SS Drift Ute. We just did a 8 point roll cage as well as stripping her bare. Just did our Round 4 on the weekend at Stanthorpe. Qualified 3rd & finished 5th. The Ute & the DriftKid are slowly starting to get it together. Since the first competition, we have not Qualified outside the top 5.
Our next big event is WTAC at Eastern Creek in Sydney on the 10th & 11th of August where we take on the Best of Australian Drifters & the best of New Zealand, with a couple of average Japaneese drivers ( Lol ). Please put your support behind us & lets get a Holden Commodore & a young 18 Year old on the Podium to be crowned one of the best in Australia.
http://www.worldtimeattack.com/index...for-the-title/
WWW.Drfitkid.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DriftKid/327206697298
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Bit of a hit on this run, but as they say....Rubbings Racing :)
http://youtu.be/RwRP2qZHcU4
Sorry web link was mispelt. Web site is www.driftkid.com :)
Who do they pin the blame on for the contact like that in drifting? It looks like your boy was far enough along side for the pass (in normal racing that is), what's the drifting rules?
Bit of a tough one. At the time when i saw it from the pits, i thought the other guy swung back wat too hard. Most people said Nick should have backed off just little. The problem is they had not crossed the finish line & if lets say Nick backed off & straightened, he would have been deducted a point for strait lineing. This instance no one was deducted any points because it was deemed a racing Incident. A lot of other guys said the other guy should have realized that he was wide & the other car was way up on him & just finished the drift a bit further or not swung back so hard. That swing back was from one side of the track to the other :( If they go completetly off line they are allowed to pass, other than that they must emulate the lead car.
Hey guys, just letting anyone in the Fraser Coast area know, we will be doing a demo & passenger Rides at the Fraser Coast Sprints in Maryborough at the Show Grounds. If your in the area come check it out.
http://www.frasercoastsprints.com.au/
Congrats on coming 5th overall in the ADGP Championship.
Thanks mate. Not bad for 3 out of 4 rounds & a new undeveloped car. Very stoked. 7 points away from a podium finish for the season :(Quote:
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Any plans to do the 2013/14 season? Shame he didn't win the D1NZ prize.
Great stuff, do you happen to know the specs of the Varstoenn wheels by any chance? 19x9.5? what offset?
Keep it up.
Yes mate, we hope to dominate the new season. A few engine & chassis tweeks :) We had to do all 4 rounds to go into the random draw :( But N.Z would have been cool.......You never know though, we might just look at a round there :)Quote:
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Thanks Mate, Varrstoen wheels are 18x9.5 + 30 for the fronts & 18x10.5 +22 for the rears. For a street car fronts will be perfect, rears are very aggressive & may need the gaurds massaged :) Contact John at Varrstoen wheels Australia & quote the DriftKid name & you will get a discount.Quote:
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Find him on our blog. www.driftkid.com www.driftkid.com
A few pictures from last weekend in Perth.
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This was a passenger win a ride going for a hot lap of Barbagello.
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We just finished the final round of SDA & could not have been a better weekend. Qualified #1 on Saturday & took the win on Sunday. This also secured 3rd place in the 7 round championship for the year.
Really happy that Nick has adapted to this new car so fast. We didnt expect to be any where near the podium this year as we developed the new car & are absolutely stoked.
Notice also the other VE in the shot???? VE commodore 1 & 2 on the day.....Yeah Boy :)
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Cool litle clip of the VE in full Flight.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Drift...51285076346280
Top work. Is the other a Sedan, Wagon or Ute? What plans do you have for the ute before the next season?
Thanks Nick, the other VE is a supercharged sedan. Out for its 1st real comp & did very well in a new car. Next year we are looking for more hp. We need prob around 5-600 at the wheels with about 1000nm of torque. Very costly to run a drift team so if you hear of anyone wanting to get there name out there to the masses, let us know :) We are currently working on a new design but will not be changing it until after a January event that will be very fitting for its current livery.Quote:
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Yeah I know it is a very expensive sport. I helped Anthony Cece out this year as pit crew and with building his cefiro earlier in the year and the amount of money that went into this season could of bought a very nice new car, lol. His car will be getting a make over for next season a bit of a freshen up and fix the cooling issues that we had at Barbagello. The most expensive trip for him was Tassie but that's not happening again so it's not so bad now. Can't wait for the new season to begin.
2012 was our testing season & really thought it would be some time before we saw some results. We were mistaken & probably underestimated the VE.
With a National 5th place after only doing 3 of the 4 rounds, a 3rd in our local series championship, a Series win at Queensland Raceways Short track competition for the 1st series & a 3rd for the 2nd series, i think the VE is going to be a very very formidable car in 2013.
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You cant have a commodore in front of a crowd without a Burnout :)
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These Arm's are now Availble for the VE. Anyone wanting to get rid of the camber wear or just want to get some more grip for "Track" Days, hit up your local Fulcrum store & mention the DriftKid for a Discount on the Arms.
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Well done, great results.
This is on this Saturday Guys. If your in Brisbane get on down to Archerfield Drift Track. $20 entry
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What a great way to finish the year, on the Podium. Nick Qualified 2nd & came 3rd for the day. This was the biggest event we have seen at our local track & it was great to see so many talented drivers from around Australia turn up & make it an event to remember. Fantastic to see this bohemoth of a Ute against the small Japanese cars of the traditional Drifter. A AE86 Corolla took the top spot, with a S15 taking 2nd & the VE in 3rd. Some great footage will be getting around soon & will i post them up.
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A Cool Video of the Day/Night.
http://vimeo.com/56175674
The young bloke certainly can drive, we watched him over here in Perth at ADGP nothing short of amazing!
Check out our round at Mallala In S.A This is cool :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAPxRLbaFc
Check out how nible the VE look's against the classic Drifter AE86 Corolla. 4 runs in total on this clip :)
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He does a top job of throwing that ute around.
Some great news for Nick & the Team. We have secured a Tyre Deal for the 2013/14 Season with Achilles Radial.
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Still chasing a naming right sponsor for our assault on the Australian Drifting Grad Prix aired on Fuel TV if anyone knows someone who wants to get their name out to motorsport enthusiasts.
aratic likes this post.
Have you managed to secure a deal with either one of the 5 hotties above (far right excluded)
I'll take far left....
All the best for the upcoming season. Will be following once again.
Cheers,
Hos
Drifting in Australia is about to get a lot more exposure :) Speedweek on sbs has just anounced they will be airing the 2012 season just gone. There will also be a update on Australian Drifting this Sunday, so tune in & see what they have for us this year.
Dont forget Australia Day Festival at Sydney Motor Sport Park (Eastern Creek)
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Congrats on the great news with the tyre deal. Is the car going to get rewrapped? I know they are putting a new design on Anthony's this year but not sure what yet. Hope you do well in Sydney this weekend.
Thanks Nick, yes the new wrap is under construction & About to build a killer engine with Hi-Torque Performance here on the Gold Coast. Had to leave the Aussie Flag on for this weekend though. Even better news for Drift Fans, SBS Speedweek have now got the rights to air the new season 2013/14. Free to air Aussie Drift........Yeah Boy :)
Nick & the VE SS Drift Ute take out 3rd for the Australia Day Drift Festival.
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A write up on our blog of the full days events,
http://www.justnicecars.blogspot.com...kid-after.html
Here is a Video of all the DriftKids battles.
http://youtu.be/ajWIj54MzBg
Fantastic news for the DriftKid & Team Just Nice Cars, We have been Invited to do the Top Gear Festival in Sydney. This is a huge honour to be invited to entertain the growds along with the guys from Top Gear UK as well as Mark Webber & Jamie Wincup. Get your tickets on line, this will be a massive 2 day Motor Sport Extravaganza.
March 9th & 10th at Sydney Motor Sport Park.
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Sounds great.
The YouTube video doesn't work, says the video has been removed.
Got to say would love to see the stig vs a Aussie in a Ve ute :D
Sorry guys, video had a issue uploading. Will sort ASAP.
Dont forget if your in Sydney this weekend. The VE SS Drift Ute will be entertaining the crowd all weekend at the TOP Gear event at Sydney Motor Sport Park. Just look for the new look VE & the Purple Haze following it :)
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