truck conversions for drifting?!

[s13fastback]

what up with drifters in japan converting 180s and skylines into truck/cars ... is it to lose weight .... i dled two videos one of a skyline and one of a sil-eighty .... they should call them el skylines or el 80s ... i tried to get the pic to work but i could capture a frame from the video .... ill try again tom .... but now its time for sleep

[hooter]

They do it for the WTF factor. I don't think there's necessarily any performance benefit from it.

http://sr20.hybrids.jp/hooter/vid/elcam1.ASF
http://sr20.hybrids.jp/hooter/vid/elcam2.ASF

Kinda groovy to me.

-Charlie

[Drifted off road]

the 180sx looks a lot better than the skyline

[Saul240]

Originally posted by Drifted off road
the 180sx looks a lot better than the skyline '

lol yeah i agree...but hey what can you say?

[chinesefood2go]

im leaning towards the R32 :p

[RBS14]

its for both the WTF factor and to drift better. But those guys are so good at drifting they can do it in pretty much anything.

[Fastback180]

Originally posted by s13fastback
el 80s ...

Hahahahahahahaha.

[Dousan_PG]

Originally posted by chinesefood2go
im leaning towards the R32 :p

who's the girl in your avantar? ;) i like :)

[s13fastback]

now they should just jack them up and make them mudd racers ....

[-E-]

:)

[sykikchimp]

lol.. sillyness. that just goes to show how ODD some japanese tuners are.. they do some really strange and pointless things.

[Bbandit]

i have those vids
kinda crazy but i dig it :D :p

[AceInHole]

baah... i wanna buy another S14 and turn it into a truck/ parts hauler now :p too bad i'd need serious bracing to actually get it to safely haul a trailer... damn unibodies.

[transient]

I wouldn't say it's pointless. It may not give performance or the ability to haul a trailer, but they're still pretty sweet and that's the whole intent.

[chinesefood2go]

Originally posted by dousan36
who's the girl in your avantar? ;) i like :)

She's in a chinese pop group called Twins. Pretty hot stuff. Here's pictures of them:
http://www.starfigures.com/chineseidols/twins/index1.shtml

[HaLo]

I find the conversions quite original.... I can't say I'd do that to my car, but I think I like it! :)

[nrcooled]

Originally posted by HaLo
I find the conversions quite original.... I can't say I'd do that to my car, but I think I like it! :)
Damm straight
If i had the talent, time and (most importantly) money I think I would do it. Very original;)

[HaLo]

Maybe they do these conversions because they don't get gaz-guzzling american pickups... ;)

Anyways, it's still much better than a huge bodykit with neon accents. ;)

[s13fastback]

Originally posted by HaLo
Anyways, it's still much better than a huge bodykit with neon accents. ;)

hell ya ... i cant stand those ... at least they are clean ....

[HaLo]

Originally posted by s13fastback
hell ya ... i cant stand those ... at least they are clean ....

That's what I like about Zilvia... not a lot of people can stand those spaceship-like bodykits!

[EvilCerealBoX]

el camino wannabes :P

[mistert]

i like to call em Sil-Caminos (all the ones i've ever seen had d-style s13 fronts on them)

i think it does serve a purpose, because
1. it reduces a ton of weight and
2. it makes it very easy for them to do some crazy rollcage and suspension work that would be difficult or impossible otherwise

[EvilCerealBoX]

well yeah of course....

[andrave]

I like the 180sx one, it is pretty cool, and it would be nice to able to have a car that could haul parts or engines or extra wheels, and if you drive a 240 you wouldn't have to change the way you drive like you have to do with real pickup trucks.

[andrave]

hey am I the only one to notice that the 180 truck is smoking its front tires off the fenders where it rubs during suspension compression during drifting? that can't be good....