zenki s14

[seanyboy s14]

Yeah i think navans dont look right without the spoiler.my navan had been despoilered and it looked wrong so i put one on it.you gonna try and get a navan kit for this?

[decobyrne106]

Yeah i think navans dont look right without the spoiler.my navan had been despoilered and it looked wrong so i put one on it.you gonna try and get a navan kit for this?

i could have got the chance not so long ago for a bumper but i think i'd rather break fibreglass than rare stuff

[dil]

looking good man! need to get some tension rods myself!

[Peden]

wel it's a while since i updated but nothing much has happend to the car as such. before i baught the car i went and got a prodrift academy voucher for my b-day. well what a present! i said it would be worth it since i'd learn more alot quicker and of course i get to drive someone elses car quite flat out!
i had two classes for the day.
level 1 was a beginner class.
level 2 was an advanced class.
briefing went on and such and such
pic of me in the grey jumper half awake hahah

. was a cool day signed on at 9am and drifting a 9.30am.
level 1 had a controlled donut.
then a handbrake turn around a cone and back.
then a right hander on the handbrake.
after that it was weight transfer from right to left corner. first 2 goes i half spun but got it back at the end. then it was plain sailing.
james deane teached me up to around 3pm and then he had to judge the final class runs. mike fitz sat in with me then and.... well he didn't expect me to go flat into 1st corner and suceed the entire run hopping off the bump stops haha.
i was really pushing hard knowing that i could win the dc shoes driver of the day. after my judged runs i was confident but non the less it was the hardest i pushed all day and had no hic-ups! .
then came 4.30 and it was time for the results.

I WON! :smash: first time i went a drove a car competitively or over 50mph! pahaha
got a 73/100 on my best run!.
didn't know what to think! all i knew was i'll be back in september for dc shoes driver of the year to compete against all drivers of all the academy's.
up to 5.30 i had cooled down a bit but the shock was still hanging i was called for briefing for class 2.
i didn't really care if it didn't go well i just wanted to try new things.

level 2 had you back in the swing of things.
controlled donut in second gear
then right hander
then the fun part......MANJI! never spun once somehow.
and not long after that was the new course. it require a third corner but a bit further than normal to make it more technical.
my new judge was peden nielsen. was so much fun to just push that extra bit. in this level though you get more pride for not using the handbrake after first corner.
judged runs didn't happen till just after 9pm. DRIFTING IN THE DARK IS BRILLIANT! judged runs finished at 9.30pm. so almost 12hrs of a drift day!
when i was doing the judged runs i was told by my passenger that after those runs you could have it!. every one else was doing around 50-60 into the first corner. i was well over that!
results were up. and they called 3rd and 2nd.
heart pounding like mad. ''the winner is'' tapping his pen on the clip board i knew what was next!

shocked to say the least! over the moon to say the slightest!
i would reccomend to ANYONE in ireland that is thinking of taking up drifting to do this and you won't be dissapointed!

Good day out that was..

/Peden

[decobyrne106]

surely was peden

[decobyrne106]

so update after goldstone as follows
bonnet painted matte black to make it a bit more respectable
yesterday in goldstone was epic had a blast
-1st run in the car i seen the track was wet so i kept the 18's on the rear only when i went out on track it was bone dry so alot of pressure was on the car

-2nd run car was going well with 16's on it for a majority of the run, totally different then it started to shudder (me thinking it was fuel)

-3rd run same problem after i put fuel in it (intercooler pipe came off)

-4th run was the best in day light anyway got 3rd gear early in corners to link the course. the new layout of the track makes entries alot faster heres a vid of that run
Declan Byrne Incar Brian Butler Memorial Goldstone - YouTube
in the vid the cars clutch wasn't great has been for a long time now so it some parts it just wouldn't get gears but i had fun flicking the hell out of it in corners.

-5th run i didn't get an incar of because it was so dark but there might be 1 or 2 outside vids of it. went out behind paul murphy and jamie russel following
it was a practice before the battles so i went oput and pushed the car really hard, maybe to hard. was having a blast kept giving it 3rd and in some cases i kept it in 3rd after a good 10 laps i'd say i went to change down to 2nd coming up to top corner the clutch went to the floor that was my day over

but what a day the car went for the majority of it, and it was my 2nd time in total out in the car! so i had fun and was shurely my first time taking 3rd gear (pictures and maybe more video's to follow)

[PJ Prendergast]

good stuff man! i assumed i was the youngest on here haha i love the thread and the s14

[decobyrne106]

good stuff man! i assumed i was the youngest on here haha i love the thread and the s14

im 16 now so you might just be haha thanks

[PJ Prendergast]

im 16 now so you might just be haha thanks

nope i'm 19 haha i wish i started out with a 240 when i was 15, i stood around the sidelines of all my local drift events till i finally could afford a 2nd car this past summer. that's pretty boss though that you have the opportunity to drift so young, you'll have to take me for a ride at one of the events this spring

[decobyrne106]

heres a few shots i got from the day off facebook





wow those little 16's are lost hahaha