Trent

check it out. - Drift Safari Trent's AE86

Classic Japanese Cool, Driving Spirit, Nimble, all these are terms that come mind when people talk about the AE86 Corolla. When you add a bunch of power and handling to an already fun car, you get a crazy ride. This is a lesson that Trent is not new to him. The 340hp that his Nissan S14 SR20DET engine produces to the wheels makes his Corolla fast. But fast is just the start of what makes this car cool.

It is the stickers that make it... oops, not the stickers, but the whole package. With the wide Origin rear over fenders, and the 16" Work Meisters fitted under them, to the unique 2 tone paint job. This car is made with style and "becuase racecar" in mind. This car is not a show car, even though other Drift Safari team members call it that when he washes it before heading to drift events. This car is build to be drifted, and really take a bit of abuse. The stock USDM rear bumper is one of the things that was left on to do just that, take abuse. A fibreglass one would be destroyed the amount this thing has been hit. A fresh coat of paint and its like new.

Inside the driver is faced with an array of guages to keep on the overall status of the engine, which is not always good in the life of a drift car. Catching that temperature spike, oil pressure drop or lean engine can make the difference in a engine that will last the rest of the day, or the rest of the season.

The SR20 in this Corolla is not stock at all, a Microtech ECU controls the SARD 550cc injectors, spraying into cylinders filled with CP forged pistons, topped by the Brian Crower 264 cams, a larger S13 throttle body controls the air from the 2860RS turbo bolted to a JSP Fab manifold. All the exhaust is spent through a 3" exhaust from the turbo out the back of the car.

The front bumper setup for Trent's AE86 is meant to take abuse as well. He runs a Japanese Trueno bumper, which is hard plastic, with a custom modified Volvo lip. Behind that all is a Fortress Fabrication Rondell Bar, which is build as a rebar for that accidental bump while on the track.

This low stance is not the lowest the car can go on the Techno Toy Tuning coilovers, front and rear, but is a good mix of ride height and handling. Finding that good suspension setup, and not messing with it when it is dialed has been Trent's goal.

Simple and agressive, this car fits that description perfectly.

All photos by Zack Geng. Thanks.

2013 Missile Crisis

After a slow winter, it was a good time to get drifting, with any means possible. A lot of the team drivers are still working on the car they call home, so this meant to drift, you had to bring out your missles. Trent was the only one driving his track beast, while Ian, Pete, Pat and Shelby were rocking the cars they bought to beat on without any worries.

Trent was loving the new VVTI 1uzfe that Bill at The Independent Speed Shop just tuned. The car looked as well as sounded great.

Shelby was looking good in his black beater, which now after the event is getting the KA-T upgade. :)

Ian and his Father in Law were having fun in his beater 240sx, which after a wall tap, is now officially a missile car. Tim, Ian's Father in Law had never drifted before, and by the end of the day was getting the hang of it. Awesome.

Pat was liking the E30 beast he and Reagan had built, until his radiator broke...

That ended his fun for a few hours while trying to find a fix. Pete busted out his new S14 slut, and was driving top dollar, even on a KA.

It's alive, Pat was back on the track, with a GM rad, all ziptied in place. lol

Pete looking style in the face with his amber glasses and Neptune D hat. Look, I see gray hair...

All photos are owned by their respective photographers. Thanks for the pics guys.

2012 Running Projects Edit of 2009

Earl from Running Projects put together this edit of some 2009 footage. Thanks Bro.

Berry Festival

Shelby, Ian and Trent were showing off their cars at the Berry Festival in Abbotsford over the past weekend. This was just to help promote the team. Originally there was room for just 1 car, but as the booth space was given, we actually had room for 3. So last second we brought Trent's under construction 1uzfe corolla and Shelby's clean S13. The booth got a lot of looks and questions, some were shocked at the amount of power that these japanese cars had, or what drifting was. All said, it was great to get some community interest.

Circa 2009 - Trent's AE86 Corolla Desktop

tylerdosmil from Northwest Nissans shared this desktop of Trent's AE86. Thought we would share it.

Click the image for full size or use the flikr link. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3462/4046018070_b5a0d33c62_o.jpg

Chop Shop!...... jk.

(Readers note. this is my second time typing this the first time i was about to click send when my safari decided to "stop working" and exit on me..... NOT COOL!)

For the last few week or so as you may have herd or seen here on our blog we recently have move into a shop! this allows us to wrench late, street test late... and as we found out last Saturday party late! This past few days we have been wrenching on Pat Lee's 2JZ S13 In preparation for Trent to drive it at The Evergreen Drift Pro-Am series event #1. Here is our past few days in a post.

Let me start where Mat left off in his last post... ( The shop all nice and neat and empty with trent being bit by Edward Cullin... yes i made a twilight reference. )

Heres Ian mounting up pats fresh Work VS-KF's ( since non of us felt comfortable mounting them and Ian was familiar with the machines from his days at The Skyline Shop. Also Wheels specs are as follows FR: 18x9.5 +2 RE: 18x10.5 -2 )

Fronts sitting all fresh like!

As any shop owner knows it does not take long for a nice clean shop to get really really messy. It did not take us long to figure this lesson out.

Here we are doing what we do best! sitting around!!

So this brings us to Saturday night Trent, Pat, Brayden and myself were thinking we were miles ahead of the game to have the car completed that night and ready for sunday morning. Much to our displeasure While mounting our last tire we kicked the electrical breaker and soon found out our fuse panel is in the shop on the other side of the wall which no one was inside. After some creative thinking Pat started chopping up electrical cords in effort to wire up some crazy contraption which drew power from the front office into the shop! Although we were unable to have the lights on and run the compressor or the tire machine which left us mounting the last tire in cell phone lighting.( sorry for the lack of photos It was 1 am and with lots still to do i was not thinking photos.)

Now was do or die time, We loaded up tools and tires into the truck hooked up the trailer, All that was left was to get the car off jackstands and finally see if it ran and if so how well. * kill switch on * *turn key* "...... nothing...... oh wait i forgot to turn on the fuel pump" * turns on fuel* fired up like a champ. After a few run up and down the side of the shop our goal was shattered. brake booster was leaking and the e brake wouldnt work. It was a long tiring emotional night. We all headed home and slept in.

I was awoken early id say 9 am by Trent asking me for my set of shop keys he informed me Ian was waiting for him there to fix the booster and e-brake. Trent called a friend and organizer of the event, Russle. They had worked out a plan for trent to show up late and still qualify, after getting the booster and e-brake working Trent decided to take a look at the boarder wait...... again our goals crushed 45 minute wait on top of a 2 hour drive. we could not make it.

All said and done, This past week has been the most fun i have had in a very long time, We are a huge family and its times like this we all come together and spend countless nights and hours of blood sweat and tears to get one or many cars running just in time for an event. we ravage and pillage parts for all the cars in sight just to make one work. This is what we do for our family. we put aside our daily grind to get together and share times we wouldn't change the world. I want to thank Ian, Mat, Pat and Trent for just being totally awesome and teaching me so much in the last 3-4 years i have known you. Thank you guys.