Eurodrift "British Open Drift Championship 2007"

Spectating the British Open Drift Championship 2007 has been a highlight of my year. having got bored of Ten Of The Best, I didn't attend this year - and that's a first!

I decided to take the plunge and drive up to Teeside and sample some of the Pro-Am action. what can I say? It was a great, fun day, some great cars and a great vibe!

Here's some footage I took, if you like it, why not come along to the next event?

Details on www.eurodrift.com

Mitsubishi Galant FTO Coupe

The Galant FTO Coupe is another retro Japanese ride which is screaming out for some drifting action.

I think this is one classy looking beast, and after dropping a more modern engine in, this thing would go like it looks!

The factory engine was a 120PS 1.6 Litre lump, if memory serves, it was called a "Neptune" engine. Spares for these things will be pretty scarce, reinforcing the justification for an engine transplant. I think a light block V8 would suit a car like this, I can just hear it roaring now! I don't think Mitsubishi have every made a V8, so one would probably have to be sourced from another Jap marque, or mayebe even the light and versatile RoverV8 (stop laughing, that's what's in most TVR and Lotus Esprit you know!)

Sadly, these things are really rare. But they do come up for aution every now and again, so I'll be keeping my eyes open!

Girls can drift too !

Drifting in the UK is a male dominated sport. There are pretty much zero female drifters, and certainly no pros. Which is a shame because while it's still male dominated in Japan, it does have a female following.

And these girls can really drift! check out this clip from a girl only drift session over in Japan.

Drifting a Starlet KP60

My first car was a 1981 Starlet GT (KP60). It recently occured to me that this was a rear wheel drive car and probably ideal for drifting on the cheap.

Except it turns out that they're as rare as rockin horse shit and as drifters have picked up on their RWD goodeness, prices have crept back up.

I also managed to find this Vid of a Celica powered Starlet in action.

This hasn't helped me, I properly want one of these bad boys now!