Tylers drift car build thread(56K)

[HoosierSX]

how's the hatch feel compared to the coupe?

[Tyler]

how's the hatch feel compared to the coupe?

the hatch feels better to me, i know the coupes are susposed to be stiffer and stuff but i just like the feel of drifting the hatch better for some reason. i also think it looks meaner, but that has nothing to do with driving haha

[LoverBoy PigNoze]

[Tyler]

^^ i see your trying to get your ten posts, but keep that s*** out of here. kthxbye

[calebxmartyr]

thats some touching s*** dude. your dad seems like a really awesome dad. props.

[S14pilot]

Awesome project, definitely awesome dad for sure. I love that orange paint on your first car. What brand and color is it?

[Tyler]

Awesome project, definitely awesome dad for sure. I love that orange paint on your first car. What brand and color is it?

thanks alot man. the paint is actually a mixture of things. its 2009 dodge orange, i believe its called "go mango" and then over the top of that is sprayed PPG Starfire orange.

[Future_gohan]

Love it, sucks for the coupe but eh. hatches are better. :p

[Tyler]

[JDM Sil4ty]

nice build and stories man .. u went through alot for a guy thats 18 ... my age .. i wish i experienced as much as u did .. im waiting to see the car b4 the next event , update us !!

[Tyler]

there are no events here for like 3 months, its going to snow soon

[mRodiek]

Your in the wrong Angeles, no snow here Planning on aero for the hatch?

[Tyler]

haha yeah i know!

and about the aero thats one of the things i have planned for this off season. im not sure what i wanna go with but i know it will get a full kit and some 30mm widebody for the rear cause the quarters on this car are not in the best shape

[silviaslider37]

ive had three hatches and now i have a coupe. i love the body of the coupe but there is deff. somthing about driveing the hatch but i do love my coupe. even tho im rolling 4x4 right now lol anyway any parts anyones trying to move hit me up. and im haveing a stall out problem with my ka anyone have any post or threats i could go to to fix it. its only on decel peace brolove the hatch looks like a real drift car this time not like the show pony coupe

[Tyler]

i dig both cars, when they are done right the both look good. but if i had to pick hatch FTW

[mRodiek]

Hatch for looks.Coupe for performance [kinda].

Get some 10" wheels & 50mm overs

[Tyler]

id love to! but big tires get expensive! id need a tire sponsor first

[Tyler]

small update.

i dont have any pictures yet, but hopefully i can get some when i go home for thanksgiving.

anyways my 30mm DMAX overfenders came in about a week ago.

also, i ordered a PBM hydro handbrake and that shipped out yesterday.

and my car is at Position1 Racecraft right now getting a new cage built for next season!

im also looking for a possible new turbo setup for next season, but nothings set in stone yet. im wanting a bit quicker spool, so im thinking a gt3076r might be needed

[Tyler]

Finally an update with pics!

So because im away at college, I don’t get to see/work/drive the car near as much as I need or want to, but college is important too so I have to deal with it.

I did get to go home for three weeks for Christmas break tho, and me and dad got a lot done to the car in a very short time. We only had about a week to work on it, because as always, things took longer than expected and we didn’t get the car back from to cage builder when we were supposed to. That’s alright tho, when I spoke to the cage builder on the phone I told him id rather have it be correct and take longer than half a** and have it right now. My thoughts were, if I ever get in another accident, id like to have the best s*** surrounding me as possible.

So the day after Christmas, my dad, me, and one other dude loaded up the trailer and headed down to Position One racecraft in Port Orchard, WA to pick up my car. I was so stoked because I hadn’t seen the car since October 4th. When we got there, this is what we found:





These pics are actually from the next day when we were painting, because it was too dark the night before to get any respectable pictures.

The cage turned out amazing, Justin is a top notch fabricator. He said this is the first s13 cage he has done where the rear x-bar is kept down low instead of up high, he told me most people want it up so you can see it from the outside of the car, but in reality its more structural down low. With the cage all painted, we got to work on some of the other parts I had been collecting since thanksgiving. We installed my pbm hydro handbrake, which is sick btw. I don’t have any pics of it installed unfortunately.

My dad surprised me with a new helmet for Christmas because if you recall, I had a little incident where I cracked my old one. Let’s hope I can keep this one pretty.



I also picked up a Origin aggressive kit, so we finally got to fit that and start painting everything to match. While we were in the painting mood I decided white wheels would look good against the black, so we went for it!











That’s about all I have for now, im back at school so my dads putting the finishing touches on it and then we just play the waiting game till next season rolls around. I have dmax 30mm widebody fenders that are being installed as I type this, and the rear bumper is going to be installed as well. Ill try to get some pics of the finished product as soon as I can. –Tyler

[pejsa s-13]

car looks good gives me hope for my build even though im building a hardbody lol....none the less good stuff

[s13_pinoy]

Nice thread and even nicer couple of cars. Sorry to see what happened to the coupe but at least you wrecked it at the track doing what you love instead of hitting a random puddle on your way to school. Props to your dad for his support and help in building a badass/safe car. Can't wait to see what's next.

[Tyler]

my dad is the man, i couldn't do any of this without him. hes my crew chief for life!

[fess13]

it's probably going to be another half a year before you update this again, but you've inspired me to look at coupes with an open mind. I've been a hatch fan-boy since I sold my s14 but I think it'd be really fun to build one.

[Tyler]

haha ill try to update it more frequently, im glad i changed your mind about coupes tho. both versions are great when they are done right.

[Tyler]

okay so as i mentioned, my dad was finishing up the car yesterday and i made him promise to send me some pics of it, now my dad can do alot of things very well, but use a cell phone is not one of those things. so im sorry for the quality of the pictures, i should be getting some better quality ones here pretty soon (i.e. taken with a real camera)

i figured id post them up anyways, cause i like to see what people have to say about the build! so critique, ask questions, whatever. -Ty

[JustDriftMore]

great turn around

[Tyler]

some better pics!









spacers on the way..

[yoyr32]

very great i'm happy to see it she's very awesome i've don't see on the topic , how many hp have it?

[pejsa s-13]

do you have a vids from your last event

wanna see this car in action

[Tyler]

i dont have any videos and im bummed. i think there were some people shooting film tho so ill try to ask around and see if i can find some footy.