The streets of Long Beach has been the first location for the season opener for Formula D since its inception, and the location couldn't be better to showcase the new cars and talent for 2012. The ocean air mixed with unmistakable smell of burnt rubber will never grow old and always gets the blood pumping. But enough chitchat, all we really care about is the awesomess that took place there. Enjoy!
A lil badass thats for sure!
Ross Petty's immaculately painted and very political S15. The details on this car were amazing, all of the rasta camo is actually painted on the car!
The 1200hp 2JZ swapped SC430 beast driven by Daigo Saito
Nothing too fancy, just everything needed to get the job done!
A pile of parts from D-Mac who unfortunately took himself out. The walls of Long Beach can be very destructive when a car gets sucked into one!
One clean original RHD bluebird 510
All car events wouldn't be complete without an overload of beautiful women
Another unfortunate victim of the walls:(
Just a well put together SR20 setup. Gotta give props to the guys sticking to the roots of where drifting came from. Small displacement motors with the help of a little boost!
A very clean Y34 Cima
EVO 3
Pure classic
The sticker says it all
This S13 was decked out with a ton of different sharpie drawings. The little drawing of the two lovers on the valve cover is similar to how we feel about that nice little snail sitting right next to it:)
I appreciate the attention to detail that goes into building these VIP cars. Nothing but clean lines and immaculate paint, of course dropped on the ground on bags!
George Marstanovic is going to be a force to be reckoned with this season. He qualified 15th in his first FD appearance. Unfortunately Formula D would not let him run with his wing, supposedly it was 1" to tall... He got taken out in the top 32 by Daigo Saito but put up one hell of a fight. Keep in mind that this guy is basically a privateer and built this car in his garage.
The guy in the white is inches away from these cars as they slide by the clipping point and the wall. He doesn't flinch
All of the drivers put on one hell of a show and drove as hard as they could. There were some well fought battles but in the end Justin Pawlek and his Falken Tires Ford Mustang took the win. That's two years in a row he has won at the Streets of Long Beach. Here is what the podium looked like.
With ever expanding horizons we are constantly finding ourselves in different corners of the world, yet some how no matter where we end up there is always something familiar... People all over the world love cars!
Late this March we found ourselves knee deep in the first annual Flush Style show in Bangkok Thailand. With over 500 cars all dropped on Coilovers or air suspension, huge center stage sporting live DJ's, bikes (both BMX and moto), models and 5000+ people the 1st Thai Flush Style show went off with a bang. JDM cars for sale
Getting to know the Flush Style crew has been a great pleasure. A down to earth group of guys and gals that all share the same passion for making their automotive art uniquely their own. Whether you race, drift, cruise or simply park hard as long as you share this common passion you're sure to make some close friends in this scene.
The modern turbocharger has come a long way in the last 10 years, with new lighter and stronger materials becoming available the performance and efficiency of turbochargers has vastly increased. Materials such as Titanium used in turbine wheels and forged Billet CC’d Aluminum used in the compressor wheels are now becoming the standard.
At Brewed Motorsports we decided to use our S13 track car to do some testing on one of the hot new Borg Warner EFR turbos, the EFR 6258 to be exact. The new Borg Warner EFR series turbos have taken a large step above and beyond all the competitors.
The EFR turbo charger series utilizes titanium-aluminide turbine wheels. These state of the art turbine wheels are half the weight of the typical inconel turbine wheel found in 99% of all other turbo chargers. The reduction in weight or rotating mass vastly improves low-end response and spool time creating higher boost levels at lower engine speeds greatly reducing lag. The renovation does not stop there, the compressor wheel is forged milled aluminum creating an extremely light and strong CC’d compressor wheel. Of course Borg Warner’s Extended Tip Technology has also been implemented on the EFR series turbo chargers increasing compressor efficiency even more. Borg Warner does not stop at the wheels either, the internals have also been redesigned for un matched performance and durability. Dual Row Ceramic Ball bearing w/ M50 races and metal bearing cage can be found at the heart of every EFR turbo. This ensures thousands upon thousands of boosted miles for your project. For those serious racers using anti lag systems these bearings will not fail under the extreme heat and pressure seen in both drag and rally style anti lag systems.
We decided to use our KA24 powered S13 to do some testing on the Borg Warner EFR 6258. Thanks to the custom Full Race turbo manifold we were easily able to switch out the old worn out Garrett GT turbo for the new EFR 6258. A simple mod to the downpipe to accept the 3” V band found on the EFR and we were ready for some tuning and then headed to the track for real world testing!
Check out short video for the EFR transformation and quick preparation for the track. Of course stay tuned for our full review as well as a new videos from Fire Bird Race way drifting with the new EFR turbo.
