Ky's FBDC '12 Supra

So here is Ky's mark IV Toyota Supra. He purchased this in the land of the great cheeseburger after completing the American trip for the FBDC '11 @ Road Atlanta on the Formula D course.

It was just a standard twin turbocharged Renaissance Red model and it got shipped over to the british isles on the perception of being a grip car.

  8 weeks later and the car was given a gloss black spraycan respray as he had his sights set on the 9m skinny track of the Nurburgring and he also understood that body panels will be smashed in the first handful of trips as mistakes are made. so keeping repair costs down was a big bonus.

  so after a good few months and plenty of lightweight parts to cut down his lap times the FBDC '13 was looming and as the drivers seat was still quite warm he decided to flip the script and use the money from last years round winning S13 sale on the Supra and up his game with some serious grunt and one hell of a wide rear end.

 

  whilst on the run up to the new season Chris Dingle (one of the TKS boys) asked Ky to help him out as his altezza was missing an engine so he gave him his original 800bhp single turbo converted 2jz engine and rebuilt a spare 2jz upto a reasonable 780bhp but opting to keep the twin turbo set-up.

  As the new season starts it seems that a few big name sponsors are happy with Ky's performance over the last 2 years hence both Konig and Falken helping him out with his handling levels.
  Even though the Supra is a wide car to start with Ky has done a massive amount of fettling whilst using some fibreglass panels and also some rather exclusive carbon fibre pieces too reducing almost 100kg's from the original mass weight.

As we leave the TKS garage ive just read my e-mails and ive just been told that someone is happy with my 'driving emotion'. Hmmm only time will tell.

FBDC 2012 teaser

DRIVERS, ARE YOU READY?????????

  Hey guys my upmost sincere apologees for the lack of content on here, but i am currently on a few different things which i can not discuss rite now. I can however show you this shot that i took a good while ago at round 7 of the 2011 FBDC season at Catalunya School Circuit. Here we have a starting group of 11 guys ready to battle for a place in the top 8's.

  So as we do the run upto the new season which kicks off in the fall of 2013 i will post up on the previous competitors history with the FBDC and their rides of past, present and possible future.

  So stayed tuned for some insight as we head to the new season.

GOOD NEWS:

There seems to be some major news that i have to announce from the OWphotos camp.

• I have purchased a very decent HP Pavilion G6 laptop, to help me with the mass amount of pictures when attending the Driftone weekender dates.
• Speaking of Driftone, The organiser John Jones gave me quite a special role as the official photographer for Driftone.
• Last but not least i also have good news regarding a future shoot at a great location which i am still in discussion with at this moment in time.

So keep your likes coming guys and here's to a mind blowing 2012.
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SNAPSHOT: Onevia, Cone Catcher.

Track adjustments @ The British Drift Championship licensing day.



Joeseph Ankers' Onevia making sure that he is on top of the clipping point. literally!

2012 upgrade v1.01

Hey guys and girls, i have just been informed from my sticker suppliers over at www.mdcustomz.co.uk that i could have the OW logo on different colour vinyl. So here is a question for you guys, which colour would you like to see from this colourchart? Follow the link and comment with your prefered number and on the leap day, (feb 28th) I will order in a limited amount of the winning colour.
Thank you.

facebook.com OWphotos colour comments
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EPIC EP82

  So 7 days after the first outing with Riky Darbys 'no soap' S14. My friend JC gets a message on facebook from Mr Darby saying "lets take some more photos next Sunday." JC still quite tired, mummbles, sighs and then just as he's about to let out a squeaky yawn. Riky says his mate chris is coming down in his 300bhp Toyota Starlet. "Hmmm ok then, i'll let Random know" replies JC. So with the usual morning prep, there is one major difference between these two shoots, and that is the day before this shoot mother nature laid down a 'quite respectable' inch or two of snow for the british people to embrace as the 2011 white Xmas was cancelled unfortunately.

  We head on out to grab some McD's brekkie which we miss out on again by 5 minutes (DAMN). as we roll upto the Krispy Kreme's meeting point. We get a text from Riky saying that his selfless deed of plowing the neighbourhoods road and clearing the snow was complete and he was on his way whilst Chris was gonna meet Riky en-route. Moments later Riky rolls onto the car park and tells us that theres some more peeps turning up but they are gonna meet up inside the Trafford Centre's food court.

  We all rev'd up our motors and headed to the same locations that we took Riky except, we added a tunnel run and quite literally a fairly long roadtrip around the outskirts of Manchester to get a warehouse background.



 Now Chris has owned 2 EP82 Starlets over the last 4 years and he gives me a run down of how he has achieved this particular monster. After a handling lesson with his first Starlet that put him on his roof, he has taken bits from the topsy turvy starlet and whilst also purchasing some more parts and pieces from the likes of Whiteline, Cusco, TRD, Willwood and Hel. Chris uses the full facilities of his workshop 'C.J. Autos' to also custom make some parts too. Like the 3 point rear strutbrace and the rocker cover, which has a girthy pipe joined to the shiny catch can which that prevents any oil leaks and keeps this practical engine bay clean.

 The journey continues and as the convoy causes some mayhem by not noticing one way streets around the city centre we grab some final shots in china town. (this time there is no chinese new year parade and we can get right underneath the chinese archway.



  As the sun goes in we call it a day as JC and myself have plenty of pictures from many angles including Riky's doughnut practice and also Chris' circle motion shot which surprisingly both came out well.



The boys leave the tunnels with a quick beep and the last words from the duo are "we'll see ya on track random." Kepp your eyes peeled on both these cars as the drivers take on another phase and practice their driving skills during the 2012 summer months.

No soap Silvia.

Good morning and hello to 'OWphotos' first *Car feature of 2012.

 Here is 'Slippy' Rik Darby's Silvia S14. After packing up the camera gear, picking up JC and heading off to the world reknown Krispy Kreams. We're parked up and waiting to meet up with Mr Darby, who turns up only a few minutes after ourselves, so we head on from here and into the industrial side of Greater Manchester.



  This car started out in Rik's hands as an import from Powervehicles over in Japan, with a fair amount of the spec list already fitted. The bodykit, wheels, the stripped interior and also a good polish were received in Japan. Rik has added his own touch with help of some very lairy paint in some chosen places. as he has sprayed up the rear of the bare metal interior and engine rocker cover in an illuminous pink, whilst his sump and upper strut brace are covered in an exuberrent and viscious yellow hue.

  After taking quite a few photos around 4 different locations luckily researched the night before we thought we'd head on into the city centre and get some driving/action shots. Well we made a clerical error as the chinese new year was being celebrated as a road festival. and we were diverted all around the centre of the city until we got within sniffing distance of the kung pow chicken noodles that i love.

  We managed to sneakily manouver the car a few feet from the massive crowd and security to get these pictures and with all the looks the childrens rides were getting, Rik kept grinning away as the revs crept up gently giving a small but humble growl. Some pedestrians turned to see this jap car sat there (kinda behaving) just inches away from multiple kids.

  So after some eventual weird looks from security we decided to end the day and headed on home. Big thanks go to Rik, JC the chinese new year street party, trafford park and Krispy Kreams.

Much love & peace.

Randum.

P.S. *No soap was used in this feature.

OWphotos @ Autosport international N.E.C.

 

  “Hmm, is the bus driver taking the ‘mick’, or should I just get another bus?” well that is what I was thinking at 08:15am last Sunday on my way to catch the 08:27am Leamington Spa train from Manchester Picadilly. Moments later as I sit down in the ‘Quiet zone’ the train leaves the platform. ”Phew that was close.”

  So i went off to Birmingham to see the Autosport international in its 22^nd year @ the N.E.C. I arrived on the last day to see the guys from THE MAXXIS BRITISH DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP. They had received mammoth amounts of acknowledgement and feedback from many visitors of the show. I also went to see what other motors I could get a glimpse of like the Porsche 918-RS-R, the 767bhp le-mans concept racer that uses the 911GT3 R hybrid race car innovative flywheel and electric motor technology generated during braking.

  The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 (above right) was also an interesting find as it has actually be DETUNED from the road spec 593bhp to 493bhp and with an addition of a 6 speed sequential gearbox it’s prepared to dominate tracks all over the globe as they are making 25 GT3’s.

(The great V8 FD of MPHcustoms is now for sale follow this link to find out more)

MPH CUSTOMS Pro spec 6.2ltr V8 RX7

  As this was my first time at this show I tried to view as much as I could like the go karts and the 2pm live action show. After such a massive event and 24 hours later, the bright Monday sun peeked through the curtains and it seemed that whilst browsing on facebook, I had missed out on the much loved RWB ‘number one’ Porsche (relevent picture not found) which is such a smooth and photogenic car.

  Oh well there is always next year.

Peace, Random