*This COTM marks a full year of the operation in my hands, thank you to everyone that came through to make these happen. One of the reasons I signed up to r3vlimited! I am proud to carry the torch! many more to come friends.
Whats up R3V!
So i picked up Lea in Sept of 2011. To be honest i had no real intrest in it for anything more then a good daily and nothing more. I found it on eBay by a fluke, it was listed as 325ls (LS) instead of is, seems like the seller though the I was an L. Went to look at it, rust free AZ car that just has been sitting for year, neded LOTS of love but was solid which is all that mattered to me, handed the guy 800 in cash and the car was mine. Went there 2 days later to pick it up (first time truly driving stick any amount of distance) and she promply decided to die on the side of the highway due to the fan belt eating the CPS....great way to start off eh? Luckily the owner before this guy half assed the stereo install, so after ripping out some speaker wire and rewiring the CPS i was back on the road again.
Here she is when i got her back to Brooklyn
It was supposed to just be a fun car while my 73 Charger was down and in pieces. Over the next few months i did the suspension, brakes, timing belt...ect basically getting her back in good shape after she had been sitting around in Virginia for the past 6-7 years or so
Soon i decided that i wanted a track car, and i wanted one that i could also daily. Just something to Auto-X and track drive but also drive home. Yea, that though didnt last long. But here she is in a more "track" form. Borbet type a's wrapped in toyo R1r's
Then this popped up, complete m20 turbo swap. Motor was rebuilt top to bottom had 20k on it, new clutch, tuned basically completely ready to go less the gauges. 3k Later i had it in my car and things went downhill from there
I was trying to keep things fairly civilized and still wanted a somewhat drivable track car
Then early 2013 some GREAT! (yeah right) friends convinced me track driving isnt where its at, and i should be drifting. Which led to bad things happening
Then those bad things turned to worse things
I made some custom wires, think they came out pretty decent,
At this point the car was basically a full drift rat and everything that can be replaced, has been. At this point the parts in the build were,
-BC Coils (8k Front 10k Rear)
-Turbo 2.7i (Holset HX35, MS1, Wasted spark, 330whp @ 14psi)
-Wangan Global (aka Wangan Style) 4 clutch 60% lockup Diff
-Treehouse CABS
-Z3M Diff cover
-Full line of Condor Speed Shop mounts and bushings
-TR Mororspot C1 Wheels
-TexasToast tie rod spacers
-Rouge engineering 4 point roll cage
-Recaro fixed back seats
-Spec stage 3+ clutch
-G-Force harnesses
-ASD Hydro handbrake
-Momo wheel with snap-off quick disconnect
-Custom build bash bar based off Jezza on here building that sick pro-am e30 LS monster
-DTM FiberWerks rear wing
-Motorsport Hardware lugs/studs/spacers
-Still have my GE keyless entry! LOL
-Startec tail lights (swich between ebay and them sometimes, Brandon SHADDUP ya aint getting em!)
-Reinforced rear control arms
-Walbro 255
Heres a video of the last event in car, had to cut the run short due to fuel issues and Sal in the e36 behind me being on my ass and not wanting him in my trunk.
Hey sometimes shit happens,
My first crash, i meme'd
My second accident in a parking lot testing a new setup, 2 days before an event (made it to the event!, along with my punishment for doing so)
Wouldnt call this an "accident" since nothing really broke and i technically didnt hit anything, but did look cool!
Some more action shots
Some videos
Back to bore you with writing,
The car isnt for everyone, thats for sure. But the car is literally a piece of me. Its built for having fun, and thats all ive been doing with it. I still drive it and plan on doing so, to and from every single event. I didnt start doing this for fame or for "making it big" i did this because i enjoy it, and thats how its always going to be.
I couldnt have done this without the help of you guys on here, and without the help of the great businesses that support us. Guys like
Ryan from Motorsport Hardware
Carlos from Condor Speed Shop
Levent from Guten Parts
Steve aka mandingo from Blunttech
Haoming Chang (wangan style)
GE
Jaywood
BimmerWorld
Pro-Mount
Spyke ethirtysix
John Caraher from WOT-Tech
Castro from Castro Motorsports
Just to name a few! A Very big THANK YOU!
Latest addition is
-some custom door panels made by Spyke EThirtysix (you can find him on facebook)
-BWeiss Leather door pulls by F34R (find him on facebook or IG BweissLeather)
-Condor shift knob (amazing!)
-Dibbed Vertus shifter
The car is currenlty back in pieces while John from WOT-Tech is working on building me a cage, John reached out to me and is building me a cage at his shop in Florida to be shipped here and installed.
Upgrades for 2014 season
-Full cage (WOT-Tech)
-SLR Angle kit
-Retune to 400whp (last tune was cut short due to fuel issues)
Here are some fairly recent pics from a photoshoot with a buddy of mine, Sunkiss Sundhara aka Digi Von Douglas. He did this whole thing for just gas money (drove over an hour from CT to NYC)
As she sits now, waiting on getting the cage done from John @wot-tech, and just taking care of some other items that need to be addressed before this season starts.
And finally, i wouldnt be where i am withouth my family and friends and this is what makes this ENTIRE thing worth while. No BS, no harcore competition pulling the fun out of things, this is why i do what i do. So heres some pics of a few of those wonderful people, and some funny ones of myself. If you dont like what your doing, then start doing what you love, lifes to short.
Mama and papa dukes first of course
(btw i love taking pics with 35mm film)
Thank you guys, and thank you Brandon aka F34R for the feature!
Whats up R3V!
So i picked up Lea in Sept of 2011. To be honest i had no real intrest in it for anything more then a good daily and nothing more. I found it on eBay by a fluke, it was listed as 325ls (LS) instead of is, seems like the seller though the I was an L. Went to look at it, rust free AZ car that just has been sitting for year, neded LOTS of love but was solid which is all that mattered to me, handed the guy 800 in cash and the car was mine. Went there 2 days later to pick it up (first time truly driving stick any amount of distance) and she promply decided to die on the side of the highway due to the fan belt eating the CPS....great way to start off eh? Luckily the owner before this guy half assed the stereo install, so after ripping out some speaker wire and rewiring the CPS i was back on the road again.
Here she is when i got her back to Brooklyn
It was supposed to just be a fun car while my 73 Charger was down and in pieces. Over the next few months i did the suspension, brakes, timing belt...ect basically getting her back in good shape after she had been sitting around in Virginia for the past 6-7 years or so
Soon i decided that i wanted a track car, and i wanted one that i could also daily. Just something to Auto-X and track drive but also drive home. Yea, that though didnt last long. But here she is in a more "track" form. Borbet type a's wrapped in toyo R1r's
Then this popped up, complete m20 turbo swap. Motor was rebuilt top to bottom had 20k on it, new clutch, tuned basically completely ready to go less the gauges. 3k Later i had it in my car and things went downhill from there
I was trying to keep things fairly civilized and still wanted a somewhat drivable track car
Then early 2013 some GREAT! (yeah right) friends convinced me track driving isnt where its at, and i should be drifting. Which led to bad things happening
Then those bad things turned to worse things
I made some custom wires, think they came out pretty decent,
At this point the car was basically a full drift rat and everything that can be replaced, has been. At this point the parts in the build were,
-BC Coils (8k Front 10k Rear)
-Turbo 2.7i (Holset HX35, MS1, Wasted spark, 330whp @ 14psi)
-Wangan Global (aka Wangan Style) 4 clutch 60% lockup Diff
-Treehouse CABS
-Z3M Diff cover
-Full line of Condor Speed Shop mounts and bushings
-TR Mororspot C1 Wheels
-TexasToast tie rod spacers
-Rouge engineering 4 point roll cage
-Recaro fixed back seats
-Spec stage 3+ clutch
-G-Force harnesses
-ASD Hydro handbrake
-Momo wheel with snap-off quick disconnect
-Custom build bash bar based off Jezza on here building that sick pro-am e30 LS monster
-DTM FiberWerks rear wing
-Motorsport Hardware lugs/studs/spacers
-Still have my GE keyless entry! LOL
-Startec tail lights (swich between ebay and them sometimes, Brandon SHADDUP ya aint getting em!)
-Reinforced rear control arms
-Walbro 255
Heres a video of the last event in car, had to cut the run short due to fuel issues and Sal in the e36 behind me being on my ass and not wanting him in my trunk.
Hey sometimes shit happens,
My first crash, i meme'd
My second accident in a parking lot testing a new setup, 2 days before an event (made it to the event!, along with my punishment for doing so)
Wouldnt call this an "accident" since nothing really broke and i technically didnt hit anything, but did look cool!
Some more action shots
Some videos
Back to bore you with writing,
The car isnt for everyone, thats for sure. But the car is literally a piece of me. Its built for having fun, and thats all ive been doing with it. I still drive it and plan on doing so, to and from every single event. I didnt start doing this for fame or for "making it big" i did this because i enjoy it, and thats how its always going to be.
I couldnt have done this without the help of you guys on here, and without the help of the great businesses that support us. Guys like
Ryan from Motorsport Hardware
Carlos from Condor Speed Shop
Levent from Guten Parts
Steve aka mandingo from Blunttech
Haoming Chang (wangan style)
GE
Jaywood
BimmerWorld
Pro-Mount
Spyke ethirtysix
John Caraher from WOT-Tech
Castro from Castro Motorsports
Just to name a few! A Very big THANK YOU!
Latest addition is
-some custom door panels made by Spyke EThirtysix (you can find him on facebook)
-BWeiss Leather door pulls by F34R (find him on facebook or IG BweissLeather)
-Condor shift knob (amazing!)
-Dibbed Vertus shifter
The car is currenlty back in pieces while John from WOT-Tech is working on building me a cage, John reached out to me and is building me a cage at his shop in Florida to be shipped here and installed.
Upgrades for 2014 season
-Full cage (WOT-Tech)
-SLR Angle kit
-Retune to 400whp (last tune was cut short due to fuel issues)
Here are some fairly recent pics from a photoshoot with a buddy of mine, Sunkiss Sundhara aka Digi Von Douglas. He did this whole thing for just gas money (drove over an hour from CT to NYC)
As she sits now, waiting on getting the cage done from John @wot-tech, and just taking care of some other items that need to be addressed before this season starts.
And finally, i wouldnt be where i am withouth my family and friends and this is what makes this ENTIRE thing worth while. No BS, no harcore competition pulling the fun out of things, this is why i do what i do. So heres some pics of a few of those wonderful people, and some funny ones of myself. If you dont like what your doing, then start doing what you love, lifes to short.
Mama and papa dukes first of course
(btw i love taking pics with 35mm film)
Thank you guys, and thank you Brandon aka F34R for the feature!
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