Update #2

The most recent development in the whole build of the drift car is the engine plans. Now I had intended to stick with the Nissan SR20DET engine and rebuild it with a Tomei 2.2litre stroker crank, rods and pistons. However with that sort of spec it was going to cost a lot with the addition of all the other supported mods to be able to achieve my goal of ~500bhp. So I started looking at other options which included several Nissan engines such as the RB26DETT, the RB30DET, the VQ30DETT, a VH45DE but they were all seemingly heavy engines and or produce lower levels of power. Then when looking into various V8 engines I started reading up on the Chevrolet LS series engines that have been used in various forms in several different cars in the last 10 years, ranging from Corvettes to Pontiac GTO's even the Monaro. Then I found that the latest Chevrolet Corvette z06 used the very latest LS7 engine which is a 7 litre pushrod, cam-in-block and dry-sumped 505bhp, 470lbft unit. It was also surprising to read that it only weighs ~15-20kg more than the SR20DET. The scope for future developments with an LS7 engine is unreal due to its specification as standard, with minimal modifications and forced induction the unit has been seen to run over 1000bhp with ease. This for me was the only option. So for the last couple of months the drift car has been put on hold whilst I put plans in place to fund and ship and LS7 Crate motor from the US. Stay tuned for something very special.

The car is all ready for the new power plant and its current state of completion is shown in the pictures below:

Following those pictures the roof was prepped and painted in Nissan QM1 bright white paint.

Have a read through the post below to catch up on the other work that's been done on the car.