Agreed. Youichi Imamura kicks ass.

Oh, that's nice.

yeah that is a awesome car....to bad he got beat by the AE86 though

Nice picture!
I had that RX-7 in it's pit as my desktop for a while.

the rx-7 lost b/c it lost it'ss power steering belt.

but just the fact that ueo kept up with the pack in the ae86 tells you that he's one hell of a driver.

Or else he has alot of sponsor money......

judging by the amount of decals on his car, i'd say he has his fair share of sponsors

Holy Shnizit! That picture rocks! Where was the event?

California, it was the first major American drift event. Am I correct?

august US D1 grand prix, yeah... irwindale? its in cali, but not sure where.

u know Youichi Imamura owns a ae86 also. i have an old options video that was about ae86 special. and he was drifting his ae86. one of the best out there.

where in cali is irwindale? isn't there another event there this year? if so when?

yeah, theres another event on february 28th, also at Irwindale.
As for where Irwindale is, its the red star http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=Irwindale%2C+CA&state=CA&uzip=91706&ds=n&name=&desc=&ed=CEEAyup_0TrnXuk9WTaZDYj8CvSa9AdKhf_1NtnJjnzCr6C Ti6.jyi6pN2btrIpwnVAT9enWQQz_kMZe79sFZ2x5bsgF&BFClick=&BFKey=&zoomin=yes&resize=s&mag=6

drifting has gotten real popular real fast... pretty soon we'll have domestics leaving beauty marks on the walls. :D

I want to go so bad... only 1500miles from me :)

for more info on Di Grand Prix...

www.d1gp.com :D

oh also i went to d1 back in Aug. if any of you guys wanna see the pics go to www.rotaryxplosion7.8k.com click on homepgae image and look for d1gp :iceslolan

install DivX & download AVI files D1 USA (http://www.utdallas.edu/~masanori/Videos/D1%20In%20USA%20(2003).avi)

thanks to Ragnarok043 :iceslolan

oh shit ...they remove the file shit!!! :eek7:

meh, a 7 isnt meant to be a drifter though. Oh well, props to that.

actually, they are really popular in drifting. considering the rx-7 was designed around touge racing, it's more nimble and most other drift cars around... you just gotta countersteer like a bitch though around sharp corners.

meh, a 7 isnt meant to be a drifter though. Oh well, props to that.

being new to the forum i am not sure what the extent of your automotive knowledge is but with 2100 posts and various rotary statements in your sig, im going to assume you know something about rx-7's. what would be the basis of your statment? most people consider 7's to be amazing for drifting, if not the best.

judging by the amount of decals on his car, i'd say he has his fair share of sponsors

The car isnt sponsored by anyone. Is actually Apexi's Vehicle. (notice all the apexi's stickers) If you pick up the magazine where that car is featured you guys will read that this car was actually built just for that event. It is a US Replica of his actual Japannese Car. He wanted to drive something as close as possible as the vehicle he drives in Japan.
His Japannese vehicle has around 400 or 500+HP(i dont remember anymore) where as the US model had a little over 320HP built just for drifting
It is an amazing machine! Crafted with amazing details and performance parts.

didnt the 86 only have 180hp? i read one of those racing magazines, but i dont remember if they were talking about what's his name's 86...someone know?

Ueo's ae86 was underpowered like crazy, but running in the d1gp with 180 hp is suicide. I'd say under 300.

now, if you're talking about inital D, go shoot yourself ;)

yeah that is a awesome car....to bad he got beat by the AE86 though
His loss has nothing to do with driver skill though. He only lost because a belt slipped off and he lost all power.

California, it was the first major American drift event. Am I correct?
Wasn't the RS-R Drift event befo5rre (Sorry, a little too much to drink tonight. It's tough to type when you can't see straight.) before the U.S. D1 GP? I think it was.

being new to the forum i am not sure what the extent of your automotive knowledge is but with 2100 posts and various rotary statements in your sig, im going to assume you know something about rx-7's. what would be the basis of your statment? most people consider 7's to be amazing for drifting, if not the best.
I agree! I'm new to the post also but that's only because I just found it. I've been into 3rd. Gen. RX-7's for the last 7 years. My father was a major player in the Mazda Motors Corporation Office in California. It's because of him that I know more about the Rotary than I do about conventional piston engins. The RX-7 has everything a DRFT car needs...Light weight, almost 50/50 weight distribution, front/mid engine, rear wheel drive...it's the ultimate drift car. The only reason most people use the Sylvia/240SX is because it's less expencive and few people know anything about the rotary engine.

P.S. By the way...I'm 24 If anyone was wondering.

didnt the 86 only have 180hp? i read one of those racing magazines, but i dont remember if they were talking about what's his name's 86...someone know?
Ueo's AE86 had a lot more than 180hp and because the track was tighter than some of the tracks in japan Imamuras' US-Spec. RX-7 had less HP than his J-Spec. RX-7. The purpose of having a lesser powered car on a tighter track is because high HP cars tend to gain too much speed and take corners wide ware as the lesser power cars will stay in the power band and still be able the slide around corners on the inside. The way Ueo won was by sliding around his opponets' S15 on the inside. His opponent attempted to overtake the lead on the last race by DRFTing around Ueo on the OUTSIDE and Ueo put him into the wall...NICE!!!

OK...Now about me. I just found this site so yes...I am a newbie. I have a 98' Eclipse GSX with a six bolt, 1st Gen. (built) EVO III motor transplanted and about $10K in mods. I've never been to the track so I have no idea what my 1/4 mile time is but I have beaten a C4 Corvette (from a roll) amongst other cars on the street...maybe it's just that the other drivers suck...I don't know. I built the car for drag racing and now that I'm getting more into road coarses and drifting I am going to sell my GSX and buy a 94' RX-7...If I can find one. My question is this...How may of you would go with a non-sequintial Efini twin turbo setup as opposed to a single turbo setup such as the HKS T51R-Kai?

Ueo's ae86 was underpowered like crazy, but running in the d1gp with 180 hp is suicide. I'd say under 300.

now, if you're talking about inital D, go shoot yourself ;)


no, i wasnt talking about Initial D. I've seen Initial D...I just didn't want to take the time to spell that guys name that was driving the rx7 and the guy in the 86 from that competition. But now i have to find that article about the 86's hp and find out for myself what the actual numbers are.

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The car isnt sponsored by anyone. Is actually Apexi's Vehicle. (notice all the apexi's stickers)

Um, then it is sponsored by Apex'i.... :screwy:

His loss has nothing to do with driver skill though. He only lost because a belt slipped off and he lost all power.
Oh well, we all know that real cars don't need power steering anyways. :uhoh: