It's always interesting to see how passion can push people to create very unique cars, and this Miata from Italy is the perfect example. The owner and avid reader of Speedhunters, Filippo Pirini, has been working on his little Mazda for 3 years and plans to have the car ready in the next year or so. Filippo will compete in one of the Italian drift championships so has carefully chosen every modification to help him create a nice set-up for drifting.
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The NB was stripped down and stiffened up thanks to a custom-fabricated roll cage while a lot of work went into shaving weight off. If you look carefully you can notice that the front fenders are made in dry-carbon…
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…as are the skirts, trunk lid and hard top which all helped to get the weight down to 900 kg. All the glass has been replaced with lexan. There is a very authentic JDM feel and attention to detail to the whole build, check out the Bride/Takata combo for seats and harnesses and the chunky Key's Racing steering wheel.
The BP has been highly tuned thanks to the addition of a Garrett GT2560R turbocharger. The bottom end is beefed up with Wiseco forged pistons and Carrillo rods. Notice how the intercooler has been mounted horizontally in the engine bay in a V-mount position with the Koyo radiator. This has allowed for the piping to be kept very short, something that guarantees good throttle response. Filippo says it's a pity the custom intake plenum hides the four intake funnels, parts that were made in dry-carbon at ToroRosso! The engine develops 330 HP which will be more than enough for a nice balanced set-up.
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Filippo runs D2 drift-specific suspension and went for a catchy set of green 17-inch TE37s. Braking has also been upgraded thanks to Project µ 4-pot calipers at the front and Wilwood 4-pots at the rear.
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I'm planning on shooting this car in Italy when it will be completed, as well as checking out Filippo in action. One to look forward to for 2010!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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awesome! Wish i could afford a set of te37's :/
Looks like it'll be super fun to drift around. Can't wait for action pictures.
Now the REAL question is about traction.
900kg with 330bhp?
You do the math.
^^^ why would you need traction if it's a drift car LOL!????
Rad. I'm feelin that.
Jordan- traction..? Really? I think 330 is pretty manageable, even at 900kg. If he was making 500+ traction might be an issue....
Nice build!
http://www.roadsterdrift.com Get on it asap.
Looks like he forgot to paint a bunch of the body panels.
Pretty neat car otherwise.
Mmmmm. Tasty V-mount.
Looks killer!! And I love the cage work, looks much safer than a lot of the JDM cages.
I'm a sucker for Project Mu calipers... I love that pop of color. Turbo Miatas are actually quite manageable, even with 300+ HP. Think of it as an AP1 S2k that gets much scarier much faster, but when you're not really making boost they're fairly normal. (Though more twitchy with the lost weight, otherwise they really aren't.) Can't wait to see her sideways!!
i like it!
Great car, but I'm sorry...WHAT
you pull out so many stops and run D2 knockoff shitty coilovers on something like this?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!
Ring Ring Ring Ring. Hello, this is Mr. Bilstein/KW/Moton calling, he wants his crazy built drift miata back.
The fitment of those TE37's isn't on par. Too high offset and way too skinny.
I agree with JDMDave.....the car looks cool with all the carbon panels, TE's, Bride....and the shotty D2....like there isn't enough aftermarket companies out there that make coilovers for the Miata.
@ JDMDave.... achually I thought the same thing when I read that.
Jordan.. even at 400whp my 900kg miata is very manageble. 330hp is by no means to much.
wait a minute, I have to agree with others in here, D2 coilovers for this little beast are such a sub-par choice for serious use, its a shame and the wheel fitment is awful, seriously it looks like he built a scca car for 1995 not a drift car for 2010. I'd also like to see how good that V-mount works with no hood vent over the intercooler, that looks hysterical.
Man... If the owner were reading this he'd be in tears -.-"
Its his car! Let him run the shitty suspension and horrible wheel fitment however he wants to... Over here in asia we dont have so much choices as europe and the states.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH IAN ,,,, LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A HEALTHY SERVING OF HATERADE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING ... PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME , MONEY , TASTE , CONNECTIONS , OR MECHANICAL KNOW HOW TO PULL OFF A FLAWLESS RIDE. DAMM!!!! I MEAN FOR REAL PEOPLE JUST CAUSE A CAR DOESNT LOOK THE WAY YOU!! WANT IT TO LOOK , YOU ALL THRASH IT... I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD, AND PERSONALLY I DONT CARE MUCH FOR YOUR TRENDY FLUSHED WHEEL FITMENT I LIKE A BIG LIPPED RIMJOB BUT I'M FROM THE OL' SCHOOL IF YOU AINT TUCKIN THEN YOU AINT DOIN IT RIGHT!!! SORRY TO ALL THE HATERS, BUT SOMETIMES ITS BEST TO NOT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL CAUSE YOU JUST WIND UP LOOKING LIKE A BAG OF DOUCHE ,
THANK YOU
veryy good car, dont like the wheel coice since its getting old, buut i have an Nb8c in forza3 tunned with 334hp and its a good drift car , although i wish the game would let me have more weight shaved for quicker transitions...
great car for 2010 cANT waint to see it sideways
READERS OF THIS SITE ARE always taLking too much smack in the comments i agreee.
WTF is up with the TTRACTION ISSUE? there is no traction issue here, intead he lightened so much because its still in doubt if he can keep up with a d1 machine in the NB
AND EVEN WORSE, @SOMEGUY : "WHY WOULD U NEED TRACTION IF ITS A DRIFT CAR?""" seriously thats one of the stupidest comment comming from a speedhunters poster. drift its all about traction management, and thats basic. maybe ur one of those who just browses car pictures without ever knowing or reading the wonderful articles the boys put up for us
It's still not completed, maybe wait to see the finished results before you comment.
Differences of opinion aside, looks like everything is coming together. So far so good!
I must admit i agree with ian and AE71 why are you all hating this blokes efforts.I like the look of it and it looks have been built by a proffesional so he probably chose D2 coilovers for a reason after all the throttle bodies where built by tororosso.And by the looks of his workshop he is working on some super coll projects like those two isetta's and that red FC rx7(which may be carl jarretts for all we know.).
bla bla bla, crap babbling again... show us your bloody rides so we can be picky about the stickers you put on the dash... jesus -_-
the funny thing is that some horrendous cars featured here received nicer comments...
woah that baddazz, would be lots of fun slidin round in that
B'awwww he didn't use overpriced coilovers that will do the exact same job.
Seriously, if you're gonna complain about stuff like that you shouldn't be on here. And complaining about the fitment and width of the wheels? No one said it had to be flush because it's JDMTYTEYO'.
On to the positive, this is looking to be a pretty crazy little car, can't wait to see it in action.
@Ian Lo "Over here in asia we dont have so much choices as europe and the states."
Umm... That certanly dependes on WHERE in Asia you are refering too, because last I checked Japan, South Korea, UAE, Singapore, Malayasia, HK, Thailand...... ect..... thoes places are all in Asia.... and Ive seen awsome builds come from all thoes places.
BELLA!! finalmente una macchina con un approccio veramente jdm che parteciperà al campionato italiano. fantastici i passaruota e l'hard top in carbonio... e i te 37 verdi!! belli!! non vedo l'ora di vederla dal vivo! Dino quando vieni in Italia avverti!!
hai un bel po di ammiratori quà!!
My car is a swapped GC8...real piece of shit bro
don't get me wrong, if its just a weekend warrior or w/e d2's are fine, but on a car with such good build quality and effort, d2's seem like a smack in the face
holy carp!! there is an isetta next to it!!!
Io l'ho vista una volta sola, ma fa anche lo champagne!!!
Great little car..very different from a lot of the miatas that roll around the states. I hope it does well cus it looks like there was a lot of work that went into it.
Bellissima complimenti!!
Woo woo woo...holdin it down
@SOMEGUY : "WHY WOULD U NEED TRACTION IF ITS A DRIFT CAR?"""
I bet you discovered drift while watching FnF and playing NFS, isn't it?
Let's retire the front brakes too, you only need an e-brake if its a drift car?.............
@ TougeNoMikado: Okay dude, my bad about the lack of choices in overall asia :P. In Malaysia its pretty rare to find 100% JDM parts, even dished wheels are really rare here and overpriced haha.
Im in the middle of building my own ride and damn man... I have to import stuff back from overseas and it isnt cheap haha.
But then again, those awesome builds how much did they cost?