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Y U No Mantry?

Chris — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Atlanta has the best fans on the FD Circuit. Period!
Of course Im a little bias. Every year we step up our fan-game and this year was no exception. With 4 foot tall drawings and illustrated thumbs-up signs that lit up at night, there is not another stop on the Formula D circuit that hang with us. Period. This year was slightly different for me in the fact that I didn’t have to ‘work’ the event. Typically, Im doing media or running a booth throughout FD weekend. Although,my media responsibilities this year lay with MotorMavens, all I had to do was simply watermark, and upload Twitter pics through the weekend. Since I do that anyway, it was a breeze and I was able to actually enjoy the event itself and the company of good friends. Here’s a few pics from the weekend. The whole gallery is at the bottom. You can also check out some proper coverage on MotorMavens (Day 1 / Day 2) and of course S3 Mag.

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I’ll be uploading pics live from Formula D Atlanta. Here’s where to find them.

Chris — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:03:24 +0000

Its seems like a lot of people will be missing FD Atl this year. If you are one of those poor, unfortunate souls, you may be happy to know that I’ll be uploading pictures (perhaps some video) live from the track all weekend on behalf of MotorMavens. To see them, simply follow me on Twitter and/or watch my Twitter Pics page for updates.

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Cody Wellons’ S13 For Sale in Atlanta

Chris — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:45 +0000

Cody is looking to sell or trade his S13 hatch and move on to a new project. I’d really like to trade for a 1J/2J swapped SC300 with a manual transmission, although I may be interested in other RWD cars as well (350Z, GS300, etc).

Car starts up every time with no issues and runs extremely smooth. Exterior is in very good shape, although it does have a few dings which are to be expected for a car of this age (slight cracking around the fenders from rolling/wheel fitment too, but nothing too bad). No AC but heat does work (although it makes a clicking sound when the fan is turned on, still works fine though). Interior is in good shape for a 20+ year old car, dash is clean/has no cracks, only flaws are hole in the drivers side carpet (covered by floormat) and cracks in the rear seat plastics from cutting to fit around cage. Full interior (including rear seats) is in place. Power windows/locks still work fine. Car has no sunroof.

He’s asking $10k obo or as mentioned, a trade for a swapped SC (or maybe something else)

Here’s what’s currently done to the car:

1989 Nissan 240SX Hatchback

200k+ miles on chassis (although you’d never have the slightest clue of this, everything looks much newer).
Under 50k miles on motor (motor was bought with 63k km and hasn’t even seen 2k miles since installed)

ENGINE
• SR20DET Redtop Motor Swap
• 3” Resonated Test Pipe
• Apex’i Power Intake System
• Isis Performance Twin Tip Exhaust
• RS-R 3” Downpipe
• Custom Front Mount Intercooler
• Walbro 255LPH Fuel Pump
• Greddy Type S Blow Off Valve
• Greddy Oil Filter Relocation Kit
• 300ZX TT Fuel Filter
• Isis Performance Radiator
• Isis Performance Radiator Hoses

EXTERIOR
• Daytona Blue Pearl Paint Job
• New Windshield
• Kouki Taillights
• Kouki 180SX Bumper
• Kouki 180SX Lip
• Kouki 180SX Parking Lamps
• Chuki 180SX Side Skirts
• Border Racing Sports Rear Valences
• Supermade Instant Gentleman Spoiler
• Clear Headlight housings
• 8000K HIDs

INTERIOR
• Nismo GT Shift Knob
• Honda Type R Shift boot
• B&M Short Shifter
• Bride Vios Seats (black fabric/glitter silver backs)
• Border and Buddy Club low seat rails
• Nismo Floor Mats
• Unknown Steering Wheel/Hub
• Drift knob
• 6-point Safety21 Roll Cage with custom door bars and harness bar
• Full interior

SUSPENSION
• SPL Parts RUCAs
• SPL Parts Toe Arms
• Megan Racing Street Coilovers

DRIVETRAIN
• Unknown Clutch Type LSD (came in JDM rear end, works perfectly though)
• S14 5-lug Conversion

BRAKES
• Z32 30mm Brake Calipers
• Axxis Metal Master Brake Pads
• Brembo Cross-drilled Rotors
• Stainless Steel Conversion Lines

WHEELS/TIRES
• 18×9 +25 DC CE046 Wheels
• 25mm Spacers in rear

He might also be willing to pull a few parts off to cut down the price a touch (I’d kinda like to keep the seats) so just contact him if you have a serious offer or question.

Feel free to contact him via email (cwellons@s3mag.com) if you have any questions or would like to check it out.

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There’s fans. Then there’s FANS.

Chris — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:00:21 +0000

Them.

and then there’s us.

We win.

Check out the rest of the pics from S3′s coverage.

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This is how we do Formula D in the durty souf

Chris — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:02:04 +0000

More from the weekend at FD Atlanta coming soon in video form.

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Im not here. Please leave a message.

Chris — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:00:55 +0000

Because Im on my way to Atlanta for the second round on Formula D. See you bastards there!

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Quick recap of Triple Threat 2 RD1

Chris — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:00:27 +0000

Following FD Atlanta, Southeast Drift held their first of three Triple Threat events in Atlanta. And with a lot of the FD drivers still in town, you can imagine how insane it got. Ive seen so many people at a Turner Field event. All in all it was a blast although I really didn’t get the car dialed in until my very last run of the day. That and the damn exahust fell of twice during the event. I have a whole ‘nother post coming on that though.

Ok… pics. See you guys at Triple Threat RD 2 on June 13th.

Harrison’s 2JZ powered MX73

There’s so much irony and fail in this picture, I can’t even begin to explain it.

LIEZE!!!! <3

Gary Lang from New Mexico Drift.

This is the hood of Taka’s AE86. Since I posted about his fun raiser, he thanked me (and many others) by putting our sites in his rollcall. Such a rad gesture.

The list of people who donated money to Taka so he could make it to FD Atlanta. This is why I love the drift community.

A few more names including Team Rowdy and Huy!

Inspiration.

This Lotus 7 was pretty cool. The two long bars towards the back of the car turned out to be a boomcam. You can check out the video below:

Lotus 7 drift boom cam at SED Triple Threat II from A F on Vimeo.

Sniper shot of “Quit Chris”

Jeff‘s GS is looking quite ganster.

Doug taking the Corolla for a spin; figurative spin… not literal This guy is a true driver. I thought he was going to be like everyone else that drives the Corolla; they usually struggle. But I was completely wrong. He drove it like a champion. I was quite embarrassed that he drove the car better than I do to be honest. LOL. But, hell, thats his job; pro driver.

Yay for the exhaust falling off again.

The spectators.

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Formula D Atlanta 2009 wrap-up

Chris — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:00:21 +0000

The entire weekend can be summed up in one picture…. this one:

Team Rowdy/dM were by far the loudest and voicefull group throughout the entire track.

<3 Wes.

Jerry attempting to brake his neck.

Poor Andy He was plagued by car issues throughout his ProAm qualifying runs. [Read his wrap-up here].

There were a ton of people this year. At this rate, the grandstands will be completely full within two years.

RayRay knows how to roll.

This Navigator was massive!

Amanda enjoying some of the top32 runs

I admit, I had a few drinks. WTH is up with my hair?!?! ugh.

Preach on brothah!

Mr. DVANZ and Brian Eggert.

Dennis and Marty.

Don’t piss off the albino yeti!

Team Rowdy / driftMechaniks holding it down.

hooray! BM made it out

Awards ceremony.

Joon Maeng getting abosolutly swarmed by fans after his top 4 finish.

Hanging out in Andy’s pits.

Southeast Drift was definetly representing strong at FD. Advertising for their Triple Threat was every where. Post on that coming tomorrow.

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Time to catch up – Friday night of FD Atl weekend

Chris — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:45:19 +0000

Ive been insanely busy the last couple of weeks. Freelance work has nearly tripled which has left me very little time to keep this site updated. So inlight of that, Im going to streamline some stuff in order to catch up.

First up, the friday night before Formula D Atlanta. A few of us met up and went to a local restuaurant where we got absolutely hammered on Sake. All I remember is us throwing cuzzies at each other while walking back to Chad’s house.

[More pics from that night]

Corolla is running and ready to destroy

Chris — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:00:41 +0000

I haven’t updated this thing in a minute. Sorry about that. Been pretty busy pulling in freelance work and applying for jobs which is for another post. But real quick, I got the Corolla running and she’s pretty much ready for battle in Atlanta this weekend. Still got some loose ends to take care of but nothing major. One of the things I really wanted to do was add a Studio Rhoad sticker to the car. After all, the more work I get through SR, the better the car will become (see ‘extra money’). So I orded a big rollcall of companies either owned by me and/or friends from VoodooGarage. I decided to just use the Studio Rhoad sticker as a windshield banner for now. I’ll add the rest later. Oh and I had to take the Centerline’s off for now. The tires GTE hooked me up with are slightly too big and rub the fenders. Yes, I could roll/pull the fenders to prevent that, but I don’t want to run 185/65/15′s anyway, so I’ll wait till I get a decent size tire before rolling/pulling the fenders.

Right… short post. Thats all for now. If I don’t post tomorrow, be sure to follow me via Twitter from the Formula D event on Saturday and Triple Threat all day Sunday.

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