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Event: Final Bout III

This past weekend marked an important point in the drifting culture in America  as the third Final Bout event took place in Shawano, Wisconsin. The Final Bout events have always been about the more stylish side of drifting which is shown in both style of the cars as well as driving style. During the driver’s meeting on Saturday morning, it was announced that this would be the last Final Bout event. We have had the pleasure to support the Final Bout series since its conception in 2014, and are thankful to have met many of you guys (and gals) through this great event! As bummed as we are about the end of the Final Bout legacy, it didn’t hold us back from enjoying the 2 day event and snapping a TON of photos (literally, what are we going to do with all of these?)! Saturday morning was greeted with a nice cloud coverage which soon turned into a torrential downpour before the competition was scheduled to start. Once it started drying up, competition started and after the winners were announced there was a short dinner break and then the night drifting ensued until 11PM! Sunday was a more relaxed vibe, with the stress of competition over with and the weather more favorable, everyone was on track getting up close and personal with follow drivers from all across the continent. I’ll get right to the photos, a handful of them are pulled out for just a teaser but the link to the full album on Flickr is at the end of the post!

  The full album with over 500 photos can be found on our TF Flickr:

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Nissan Skyline (R32) at Final Bout 3 (2017) in Shawano, WI.

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Christine's 280Z Project Part 2

Stepping forward a couple of months from the last dedicated blog update on Christine’s blackest of the black 280Z, and the car is now approaching it’s finishing point faster than ever. If this is your first time reading about the Z, be sure to check out the build thread HERE, as well as Part 1 to our blog regarding the Z HERE.

When we last left off with the Z, it was missing the front end and we had just switched engines to the built L28 that was waiting for the car and the turbo manifold was installed on the new engine. Since then, we have been cleaning up the engine bay of unnecessary holes, working on the body harness and dash harness for the car with a new fusebox, as well as fabricating a custom intake manifold for the car, among other things.

The intake manifold is officially wrapped up and is sitting on the built engine now and is awaiting the buttoning up process to start once the rest of the fabrication work is finished. Here is the intake manifold progression from a few pieces of aluminum to the finished product that sits on the car now:

Our fabricator Steve has been making leaps of progress on the car, and is showing his true hand at his fabricating skill daily. Here, he is creating channels for the intake runners to sit in to ensure the best fit.

In fact, it fit so well that it didn’t have to be held on the runners. It’s the little things that matter in a ground up build like this.

The manifold block plate has been given its curved edges, and the body of the intake manifold is starting to take shape.

Measure twice, cut once, weld once.

Painters tape was being used to ensure the manifold didn’t shift while it was being tacked together. It’s like tetris, fitting all of the pieces perfectly together.

Perfect fit or not, the runners and the manifold had to be mated together to ensure the proper seal.

Back at it again with the blue tape, just for that little bit of security. The beveled edges let the bead of the weld sit in it, and ensures the best fit (not to mention it also looks awesome).

A clamp was also used just to be safe, painters tape isn’t the most solid thing in the world after all.

We see the now irrelevant stock manifold behind the freshly pieced together custom manifold, that is awaiting a piece of slightly angled aluminum piping to angle the throttle body downward to allow maximum hood clearance.

Christine and her husband Gene like to stop by TF on Fridays and check out the progress on the car. They are both major car enthusiasts and enjoy every step of the process. She gets more and more excited with each visit as everything falls into place and her vision takes form.

With the throttle body flange welded on and the massive throttle body attached, the manifold has come to completion. Once the cold side intercooler piping is complete, the intake manifold will go off to coating for a new finish.

We’ll leave off there, another update featuring the finished intercooler piping, dash wiring, and intake will be on its way soon.

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TF-Works 2013 Scion FR-S Coupé

TF-Works package starts with a "Version Select" carbon-fiber body kit that comprises an extended front apron that partially covers the bumper and side skirts ($1,330), plus a trunk spoiler ($385), and continues with a fresh set of matte silver, concave 19-inch alloy wheels from Vossen ($549) that are placed on bolt-on wheel spacers ($166.95).

(story from Carscoops)