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If we remember correctly (and we usually do), VeilSide is the Japanese tuning company that made that awesome orange Mazda RX-7 from Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. As cool as that thing was, they're working on something that will blow it out of the water.
We are talking about a full body kit made from carbon fiber for the same RX-7, a legend in the drifting world.
The Japanese tuners are simultaneously working on their FD kit for the Mazda and a full-carbon 4509GTR, which is their re-bodied Toyota Supra. Needless to say, we are in love with both.
Usually, the FD3S kit consists of a front under wing, side skirt extensions, rear duct fins, and a big rear wing mounted on the trunk. However, since they wanted an all-carbon theme, the tuners have changed all the fenders, doors, hood and bumpers. The only things that are not made from carbon are the roof and its supporting pillars.
In 1957, mister Wankel made the first working prototype of the engine that borrows his name. Citroen made a Wankel-powered helicopter, and there were a few other applications, but Mazda is the only automaker that's associated with this unique piston design. What's more, the RX-7 is viewed by many as the pinnacle of rotary propulsion.
In 1991, Mazda's 787B won the 24h of Le Mans race, thus proving the reliability of the Wankel engine. Unlike the RX-8 that replaced it, the RX-7 came out with a sequential twin-turbo setup. This complicated boosting solution also made it about as expensive as a Porsche. It was not very reliable and always overheated, yet that didn't stop it from reaching cult car status.
Besides Fast and Furious, the RX-7 has one other notable movie role... comic book role to be more precise. Keisuke Takahashi, the #2 driver of the RedSuns in Initial D drives a yellow mica RX-7 Type R. If you haven't seen that going sideways, you're not a real drifting fan.
The Japanese tuners are simultaneously working on their FD kit for the Mazda and a full-carbon 4509GTR, which is their re-bodied Toyota Supra. Needless to say, we are in love with both.
Usually, the FD3S kit consists of a front under wing, side skirt extensions, rear duct fins, and a big rear wing mounted on the trunk. However, since they wanted an all-carbon theme, the tuners have changed all the fenders, doors, hood and bumpers. The only things that are not made from carbon are the roof and its supporting pillars.
In 1957, mister Wankel made the first working prototype of the engine that borrows his name. Citroen made a Wankel-powered helicopter, and there were a few other applications, but Mazda is the only automaker that's associated with this unique piston design. What's more, the RX-7 is viewed by many as the pinnacle of rotary propulsion.
In 1991, Mazda's 787B won the 24h of Le Mans race, thus proving the reliability of the Wankel engine. Unlike the RX-8 that replaced it, the RX-7 came out with a sequential twin-turbo setup. This complicated boosting solution also made it about as expensive as a Porsche. It was not very reliable and always overheated, yet that didn't stop it from reaching cult car status.
Besides Fast and Furious, the RX-7 has one other notable movie role... comic book role to be more precise. Keisuke Takahashi, the #2 driver of the RedSuns in Initial D drives a yellow mica RX-7 Type R. If you haven't seen that going sideways, you're not a real drifting fan.
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