illmotion x Drift Practice July 21, 2010

So yesterday evening was my first time attending the Drift Practices that is held every other Wednesday down at Race City. You guys might remember Chad Gibson’s coverage of some of the drifting from a few weeks back. I thought it’d be a good idea to head down there and see what it was all about.

Enough of the babble.. I got quite a few pics. I apologize in advance to anybody who was out last night that didn’t get a shot. I did have shots of everybody, but some just didn’t turn out. I’ll get you guys next time.

It was my first time to shoot drifting so I’m not gonna lie – I did have some struggles finding the right spots and such. It’s different because it’s an entirely new set of faces. While I am personally into the show and grip scene, it’s a nice change to see these guys pushing their cars and not really caring.

Congratulations to Steve Poyntz for taking 1st in the little pylon tapping competition!

Thanks to Eric and Aaron that let me sit shotgun for some ride alongs – Now I want to drift and great job to everybody that was out there! Looking forward to shooting some more practices this summer.

iM: Random Snaps

Last weekend we were down at STRD getting ready for a cruise and Randy’s car was acting up a little bit. He took it for a few rips, shot some fire (which I unfortunately could not get very well since it was still pretty bright out), and looked pretty.

And in this last shot, you can see the tiny bit of flame that I captured. Prashant has an HD video of it all, so once he posts it you’ll get to hear and see this beast in action. Too crazy.

iM: Upcoming Feature: Andrew Phan’s Beasts

A good buddy of mine just recently purchased a WRX Hybrid and got it dyno’d. I’ve been trying to schedule a time with both of our busy schedules to do a photoshoot with him. Hopefully we’ll get ‘er done within the next few weeks. Until then, here’s a video of it on the dyno.

(2.0 port and polish head/Built STI Block)
Eagle Rods
850cc injectors
Hydra EMS
GT28R @ 19psi
Tial BOV
FMIC
STI 3 Row Radiator
Apexi AVC-R
Oversized forge pistons
JDM 6 speed transmission
GT Spec Header
Walbro fuel pump
Lighten flywheel
one piece aluminum driveshaft.

Andrew also owns a 240 RB25 GT35R that also got onto the dyno. Topping out at 374.7HP. Here’s a video of that as well, and hopefully we’ll get a photoshoot going with this as well!

iM: Dorifto Fun

I was sitting here all day trying to partition my mac hard drive to get windows to run on it but it just hasn’t been my day.
Eric messages me and says he wants to go cruise or do something. I’m down – I need to get out of the house anyway and the damn mac boot camp was frustrating the hell out of me LOL

This is the first time I’ve seen Eric’s car since it’s been done for this season. I think the biggest additions to his arsenal this year are the Rays Victrix Kreutzer’s.
18×9 +26 with a 15mm spacer (Effectively, +11) in the front
18×10 +26 in the rear
And his custom purple sparkle 6pt Cusco cage. Check it.