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For those of you unfamiliar with the sport, drifting calls for a high-powered car with enough rear-wheel power to slide sideways through corners at high speeds. Some compare it to rally racing, but in drifting the winner isn't the first to cross the finish line; rather, judges determine who wins based on execution and style. All drifting competitions take place on closed courses where racers maneuver their cars into spectacular power slides around corners. To successfully execute this type of racing, a driver must figure out the balance of the car's engine power, gears, brakes and steering to go beyond the normal limits of the suspension and tire traction.
That said, in this episode, Jesse and his team take a classic 1975 Datsun 210 Honey Bee and transform it into a drift car with the help of a 280-horsepower engine from a brand-new Nissan 350Z. But will the big engine fit into the little car? And will the guys be able to configure the new engine's computer to work with the old Honey Bee?
Find out when Honey Bee Drift Car premieres on Monday, Nov. 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to come back here for pictures and specs of the drift car and an interview with Mario Lozano after the show.
THE BUILDERS
* Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif.
* Jeremy Allyn, BMW technician, engine expert and hot-rodder, Van Nuys, Calif.
* Chrissie Beavis, mechanic, fabricator and drift-car competitor, San Diego, Calif.
* Frank Brown, mechanic and EFI engine expert, Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
* Mario Lozano, Nissan specialist, fabricator and owner,TSR Fabrication, Carson, Calif.
* Naoto Negishi, engine expert and fuel-management specialist, Irvine, Calif.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mo...pisode_50.html
For those of you unfamiliar with the sport, drifting calls for a high-powered car with enough rear-wheel power to slide sideways through corners at high speeds. Some compare it to rally racing, but in drifting the winner isn't the first to cross the finish line; rather, judges determine who wins based on execution and style. All drifting competitions take place on closed courses where racers maneuver their cars into spectacular power slides around corners. To successfully execute this type of racing, a driver must figure out the balance of the car's engine power, gears, brakes and steering to go beyond the normal limits of the suspension and tire traction.
That said, in this episode, Jesse and his team take a classic 1975 Datsun 210 Honey Bee and transform it into a drift car with the help of a 280-horsepower engine from a brand-new Nissan 350Z. But will the big engine fit into the little car? And will the guys be able to configure the new engine's computer to work with the old Honey Bee?
Find out when Honey Bee Drift Car premieres on Monday, Nov. 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to come back here for pictures and specs of the drift car and an interview with Mario Lozano after the show.
THE BUILDERS
* Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif.
* Jeremy Allyn, BMW technician, engine expert and hot-rodder, Van Nuys, Calif.
* Chrissie Beavis, mechanic, fabricator and drift-car competitor, San Diego, Calif.
* Frank Brown, mechanic and EFI engine expert, Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
* Mario Lozano, Nissan specialist, fabricator and owner,TSR Fabrication, Carson, Calif.
* Naoto Negishi, engine expert and fuel-management specialist, Irvine, Calif.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mo...pisode_50.html
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