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George Trout

George Trout

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Safely Insured / Driftworks Nissan Skyline R32 updated and overhauled!

November 21, 2012 |

For the 2013 season, the Safely Insured / Driftworks Skyline R32 has undergone some major changes. The R32 has always been the ‘second car’ in the Driftworks stable and was always over shadowed by the ground breaking Nissan S15. With the S15 now sold, and a new project being built, the R32 has been given some love, and doesn’t it look the part!

Beauty isn’t just skin deep and the’32 now runs a replacement Toyota 1JZ and Syvecs ECU as well as a few tricky new suspension tweaks to make sure it’ll qualify for competitions next season.

The engine was mapped and produced good and safe power figures of 560BHP and 555ft/lbs torque at 1.6 bar of boost. The roll cage is a work of art and also boasts Nascar door bars between the roll cage and the seats for added safely and rigidity.
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The Classic Car Show – Sky and the Lamborghini Owners Club

November 19, 2012 |

We headed to the annual Classic Car Show held at the Birmingham NEC on Friday 16th November with our tickets kindly being provided by our new friends at the Lamborghini Club.

We were glad to avoid the main weekend rush as this is a very popular show with nearly 1500 cars on display and many more visitors, the show extends over a dozen or so of the NEC’s main display halls and it really is a full day out, or a weekend if you want to take everything in! The NEC is in a great central location which makes this annual show one of the, if not the best, classic car shows in the U.K. Read More

The End of an Era – Driftworks Nissan S15 sponsored by Safely Insured

October 24, 2012 |

Driftworks has sold their Nissan S15. This car was a game changer, it set the Drift Car precedent across the UK & Europe when it was build and debuted at Silverstone way back in 2008.

Built by Garage D and Driftworks the DW S15 combined a Nissan chassis with a legendary Toyota 2JZ engine.
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JAE 2012 Photos

September 22, 2012 |

JAE 2012 – Photo update!

As promised, here is our photo update from JAE 2012, if you haven’t seen our review of the event, have a look through our JAE Review blog post.
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SupraPod 2012 – Fastest Supra of the day

September 22, 2012 |

SupraPod 2012 – Fastest Supra of the dayRead More