Take a moment to gander at the utter ridiculousness of this car. It is
stupid slammed, it is has a set of absurdly vulgar wheels, an equally
ludicrous body kit on it, and on top of all that, an absolutely silly
gold flake paint job. This Nissan 240sx, in all conventional wisdom,
makes absolutely no sense and should never have been crafted. It is not
a normal car, this is a ricer’s car. Tommy Roberts, the owner, and
creator of such rock star stupidity, is a true ricer.
But, you know what? This car is a perfect example of rice done right.
But how is this car rice done right? Well, much like his very good friend, Matt Powers,
Tommy understands that drifting is all about style, and not works drift
cars that have wheel gaps the size of the English channel.
Seeing the car, in all its epic slamness, rolling around the mean
downtown San Diego streets was a real delight. His car was more than
slammed; it scraped every little rock and pebble, while beheading
various species of insects with its stance. The car tripod-ed in and
out of the gas station, laid countless amounts of frame, and had to be
“hidden” from the police with our camera car.
We extended a brief apology to Tommy for asking him to drive his caged
and noisy drift car all around downtown, but he replied “it’s cool, I
used to daily it like this.”
That phrase alone shows how
dedicated he is to his style. He even shared a quick story about how
his dad borrowed the car from him and got pulled over, getting off with
a ref-ticket.
So what’s running under the hood? There’s not a lick of nitro methane,
direct port nitrous injection or even titanium valve springs. This rice
monster does not have a premium built SR-20 but instead, Tommy keeps it
real with the car’s original heart, a KA24DE motor that is turbocharged
with a ball bearing GT2860rs turbo! I don’t want to forget to mention
that Tommy is also running an eBay manifold which he has been running
for the past two years. Clearly, there has not been any danger to that
manifold. So, let’s not discredit eBay parts just yet! He won his D1GP
invitational with such parts.
Let that be a lesson to any aspiring drifter; it doesn’t matter what
parts you have on your ride HKS, ARC, Cusco or Taiwan special, as long
as it works and gets your ricer butt to the track!
So deep, so deep!
There’s something about this group of drift buddies from sunny San
Diego that is highly attractive. It could be the fact that these guys
live life hard, their cars look hard and they drive them just as hard
–if not harder. But guys like Tommy and Matt are a rare breed. They
know that a life worth living is a life where you grab every moment you
can, make the most out of it, and never take it too serious.
So,
come out to the D1GP event in Anaheim, California, to cheer on Tommy
Roberts and Matt Powers on Friday for the qualifying round! You just
can’t ignore epic rice.
-Linhbergh Nguyen
Speedhunters Matt Powers’ Nissan 240sx Feature
Special April Drift Features on Speedhunters
Complete Spec List:
Engine:
– KA24de, GT2860rs turbo
– forged pistons
– stock internals
– Sard 555 injectors, Z32 MAF
– Custom piping from Parts Shop Max
– tuned by Jim Wolf Technology.
Suspension:
– Parts Shop Max Coilovers
–
Parts Shop Max Super Angle Knuckles
– Parts Shop Max hydraulic E-brake
– Tomei 2 way lsd
– Ikeya formula tie rods
Exterior:
– D-Max Type 3 Body kit except for a random temporary rear bumper
– D-Max hood and front fenders
Wheels & tires:
-SSR Vienna Kreis
-Fronts are 18×9.5 -10 offset with 225/35r18
-Rears are 18×12 -14 offset
OFFICIAL SPEEDHUNTERS SUPPLIERS
STOP KILLING IT FOR GOD"S SAKES!!!!!
OMG WHY DO YOU GO SO HARD!!! Linhbergh Nguyen for president.
OMG Awesome.
Mad JDM y... No wait.... You can ask any real racer is doe,,,,,,, noo not that either.... So many remarks i dont know which to use!!!...........Yo
Linhbergh always takes great pics....1st or 3rd pics for wallpapers please!!!
AMAZING. This car rules. Lin these photos are some of your best yet. WE NEED ALL OF THESE PICS AS DESKTOPS PLS!!!
Good write up and pictures again Linhbergh. I've seen plenty of this car in the photos from ASB last year, fitment is king!
Your photos make it looks almost 'Sexy Knights Green' in some pictures, I guess the glitter makes it a tricky car to photograph in anything but sunlight. Still love the moody shots - great photos again!
However - the 1st shot is photoshopp'd right?
Great shots. Is that first pic live or PS? Love the background!
Your automotive literature is really out of the box... pure dope!! can't wait for the next masterpiece....
takes poops with shirts off
Thanks for the comments guys!! And to answer everyone's question about the first photo, techically, it is photoshopped, but its the same shot taken with 3-4 different exposures and then stitched together (HDR in a nutshell).
I wouldn't really say it's riiice per se. Rice is less pleasant.
can you say SEXY KNIGHTS ONEVIA!?!!!! it ain't rice when its done right.
can you say SEXY KNIGHTS ONEVIA!?!!!! it ain't rice when its done right.
wallpaper request for picture #4 plz?
good work linh, awesome shots.
nice photos linhbergh!
nice pose tommy... lol
san diego lives life at 11
Wheel fitment is insane. Totally legit. Rice is the new Dope.
i love that car .
whats up with SanDiego ? i didnt know they were so legit. lol
i would rather have sick wheel fitment ,like this , then a jdm engine conversion any day.
on the floor in downtown . amazing car .
second look ,
Fckn gangtser in SD .
omg
wallpapers pleaseeeee... tommy's car is one of my favorite's of all time
simple & simple
a true JDM =)
Nice pics, fresh style!
We need some interior shots!
Damn Linhbergh, you are gettin outta control with this stuff! Another Speedhunters instant classic!
Tommy, Matt, you guys are my f-in heroes!
Spectacular Linhbergh, absolutely spectacular !
lol baby brakes.
That's a car ! I would like to see more like this ! And, guess what ? Wallpaper please ! (can I hope about all pictures wallpaper ?)
what camera do you use bro?
you take some pretty pictures
ps nice pose tomm
does not need soy sAUce THE rice is so good!
Pay attention ladies, Tommy Roberts has arrived and his style is fierce. He will make you say Uuuuuh
Don't really like the car, but I really do like the pictures!
What do you do to make the contrast and colors this different? Set it with a custom whitebance or did you do the shift afterwards??
This car ain't rice.It epitomizes the whole drift culture and the way they style their cars. Just remove that headline or reference to "ricer style".
#2 WALLPAPER!
Got any interior and engine bay shots?
Great pics and car, article...ehhhh (no need for the ricer references)
@KEN
This car is so rice. Stop trying to be hard and get over it!
Linbergh, I dig your photos man but I'm not sure about that first shot. I understand what you're trying to do but I dunno. Otherwise, cool stuff.
awesome
awesome...more SD love
Love it! Great write up! And cant help but be impressed with the slamness and wheel fitment
This is great! +1 for desktop of #4
Love it!
Big up from Norway!
propsaurus
Man I Totaly Agree, That Fourth Picture Would Make An Awsome Desktop
Ok, so it's like this: Linhbergh and Tommy's car where meant to meet one day! :))) Awesome story, awesome car and killer pictures!!! MAAASTERPIECE WORK! Keep it up!
Win!
Any one of these pictures is desktop worthy.
I was so hard checking out Tommy's sex machine killing it in those photos until TMTMTL blew me away with that pose in the final pic.
Ahhhh... sweet release.
Feature really could have used some interior shots though... all features need them.
GOOD NIGHT!!
KEWL DUDE.
CHON TOWN LIKES.
Man,I love these pictures
and the car !!!
Tommy & Matt have two of the best cars outside of japan. Easily.
Tommy & Matt have two of the best cars outside of japan. Easily.
Great set of pics!! Car is awesome Tommy!!
well done, very clean....but it looks like every other well done 240 out there....it's getting kinda boring.
San Diego, FUCK YEA!
I once slept in the same car with tommy roberts, it was my dream come true...
sickest shoot eva
king of the americas
Wallpaper for the 3rd shot from the bottom please!
look at this thing.
moar wallpaper!
kthxbai
How is this riced out...i think that it looks really good,minus the wheels.
ive seen worse...alot worse
these shots are quite the shiznit.
god i love the good ol KA
its just that good ol heart breaker.
OH and all of these as desktops please?
Oh cool. thanks for doin the feature.
Linh....another epic speedhunters post. keep doin what you do.
these skills are the best addition to this site, by far.
we all watch grow up from little tommy to a drifter.all the hard work with your proud dad.we are all proud of what you have become. keep up the good work keep living it sliding side ways
great pics of the car you are on the way up to having too much fun for a living goooo rice
Note: All Formula D cars should be build like this.
this car doesn't suck.
Good job linhbergh. The photos came out really well. I also enjoyed SD air. Fish and Chips!!!! Anyways, I was with Linhbergh that day. Check out the blog and see the behind the scene stuff. http://www.kinod.net/grady">http://www.kinod.net/grady
you hit the nail on the head and defined what drifting is truly about. great read, shots, and build. props...
your such a good photographer mate, i strongly admire you're work.
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT
wow!! that is cleab, those wheels are sick
two of the hardest cars matt powers and tommys' s13
Hella Celeb Status...
Did you see on TMZ? Tommy was with Megan Fox having dinner!
Nice Car Tommy!
Nothing ricey about that.
oh my god that car is clean, and pic number 4 is AMAZING!! that needs to be a desktop!
I don't know about you guys, but I can't get enough of this epic riceness that is Tommy Roberts'
much praise for this feature--choice of words and pictures always primo.
it aint all that sheesh. notice how the ones jockin it are the newbs that switch the term rice as something cool. so lowriders are rice cause their slammed and have no useful purpose? swallow that
Car is so hard, it drives itself to drift events
"slammed and have no useful purpose? "
You are dumb
SD and WSC, helping the world remember what made drifting cool...
Rock on Mr. T.
Wow Tommy... Toooo cool ! You are the shiznit !! Didn't I buy you that shirt ? heehee
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