Nissan's Project 370Z Video Part #1

A few weeks back the Nissan Performance FB page ran a campaign to build the first "crowdsourced" Project 370Z.  In Stage One, Power-train, voters decided on the GReddy  Twin Turbo Tuner Kit for the 370Z and GReddy Turbo Ti-C exhaust.  Here is part one of the build…
 

• GReddy Twin Turbo Tuner Kit for 370Z

Watch Drift FR-S in Competition

In our last blog post we explained how Ken Gushi and the GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S finished in the Top 10 (out of about 60 drivers) in it's debut Formula Drift event.  Watch for yourself the videos below to see Ken and FR-S in action at Long Beach...

32 Bracket - Gushi vs. Lowe



16 Bracket - Gushi vs. Bakchis



8 Bracket -  Gushi vs. Yoshihara


For the full event see: this youtube link.

And if your looking for even more footage, check out the on-board clips of each run above...

In car practice lap with Ken Gushi...

* Don't forget to cheer for us at Formula D, Round 2. at Road Atlanta on May 11-12

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Drift FR-S makes it to the Great 8 in it's FD Debut

Well our Formula Drift debut event (Rd.1 Streets of Long Beach) is now behind us and we are proud to report the GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S and Ken Gushi both performed beautifully in front of a Sold-out Formula D Long Beach Crowd!

We ended making all the way to the "Great 8" eliminations and a 9th place in the series (out of about 60 cars)

The weekend started off on Friday, when Ken scored a 84.5, placing the car in the #14 Qualifying position.  Not bad for our 1st day running on the tight Streets of Long Beach course.








As Saturday began, Ken was really getting comfortable with the car in morning practice.  Maybe too comfortable for the cars rear wing.  Ken knocked off the wing in the infamous Turn 2 rear clipping point towards the end of the practice session.

Ken and the Team decided on running without the wing for the start of the 32 bracket where the #21 Drift FR-S up against the FC3S of J. Lowe.  Ken got the win and moved on to the "Big Show" and the Top 16 Bracket.

In the Top 16, we then went up against the  "FD 2011 Rookie of the Year" Oki Bakchis in his V8-powered S14.  Ken and the Drift FR-S was able to pull away in the lead run and have a close following run for the win.

 In the "Great 8" round of eliminations, we face the returning "FD 2011 Champion" Dai Yoshihara and his proven V8 S13, (who went on to finish 2nd.)  Pushing hard in the 1st run, Ken end up taking off the 2nd wing of the weekend and spun the FR-S.  But after a quick "5 minute" repair, the Drift FR-S was ready for it's 2nd run. Unfortunately it was not enough to overcome the 1st run.  All in all, it was a great debut race, the GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S.  And as we type this, plans for improvements are already in effect for Rd.2 in Atlanta.... (video footage...)

While in the Vendor area, we also had a busy day.  On display was the 8.79sec 1/4mile GT-R with new GReddy RX GT-R products, news of GReddy FR-S products and New Evo3 exhausts (coming soon)...

Come see us in future rounds for one of our new GReddy Racing Team Decals and/or GReddy Drift FR-S T-Shirts...

Team Shirt

Congratulations to FD Rd.1 Winners
    1st - Justin Pawlak     2nd - Daijiro Yoshihara     3rd - Daigo Saito

GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S

 technical partners

Hankook Tire  |  Ray's Engineering  |  KW Suspension  |  Cosworth  |  TRUST  |  DTA  |  Alpinestars

SR photos by G-Forcephoto.com

Scion Racing Driven to Drift Vol.4 Interview with Ken

Formula Drift Debut Race - This Weekend!

http://www.formulad.com/schedule/pro-championship/long-beach.php

Come out and support Driver Ken Gushi and the entire GReddy Racing Team this Friday and Saturday, April 6-7th at Round 1. of the Formula Drift Championships on the Streets of Long Beach.

The GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S is the first competition-spec Scion FR-S built for drifting.  The Drift FR-S was built in-house in the GReddy, Irvine, CA facility and features Hankook Ventus R-S3 tires, Ray's Engineering Gram Light 57DR wheels, KW Club Sport Suspension, Cosworth CS600 4cylinder Boxer Engine. and is turbocharged with a host of GReddy components.

For at the track updates follow us on our new GReddyRacing FB page or GReddy_Power Twitter account.

The FR-S at Laguna Seca Raceway

Check out Ken Gushi and GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S burning up some Hankook tires at the famous Laguna Seca Raceway.  This was the Drift FR-S 1st visit to a track... Don't forget to "Like" our new GReddyRacing FB page for more...

Stay Connected with GReddy

   GReddy Social Media Outlets

This past weekend we updated our Official GReddy FB fan pages, GReddyRacing and GReddy-Gpp to the new Timeline format.  Please "Like" these pages if you haven't already...

[The new GReddyRacing FB will have updates of our 2012 GReddy Racing season with our GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S, Time Attack tC2, GReddy 35RX GT-R and more...]

 

And of course for more details we have our two Official GReddy Blogs: GReddy-GR9 blog (exclusively for R35 GT-Rs) and the GReddy USA blog for information straight for the GPP offices.

For daily updates our social media of choice is our Official GReddy_Power Twitter.  Here we have both official info as well as just fun stuff we find interesting.

And for more visual updates and behind the scene photos we now have our Official GReddy USA Tumblr and for you iPhone fans please look for our new GReddyRacing account on the Instagram App.

For GReddy Videos please look for the Official GReddy YouTube Channel 

 Also don't forget about our Official GReddy Online Store: www.ShopGReddy.com to shop direct.  We have Online Exclusives and Special Offers Monthly...

Nissan Performance Project 370Z- Twin Turbo

Starting a few weeks back the Official Nissan Performance USA FB Page - posted a promotion to have FB fans select tuning parts to build the Ultimate Z track car.  And with no surprise to us, Round 1 -Power-train and Round 2 -Exhaust, were won by the GReddy 370Z Tuner Turbo Kit and GReddy Exhaust

You can follow the build up on the Nissan Performance Facebook Album: Project 370Z

Now the Nissan Performance FB page is offering a Sweepstakes:  "You and a friend could win an all-expense-paid 5 day trip to ZDayZ 2012 for the Project 370Z car reveal. Enter today for a chance to represent the Nissan Performance community at one of the largest Z car meet-ups in the country." (Enter)

 

2nd Cover Feature - 35RX on Modified Mag.

Looks like the Japan built GReddy 35RX R35 GT-R just got it's 2nd Cover feature this month.  This time on the front of the April 2012 issue of Modified Magazine.

And in case you missed our GReddy 35RX TAS youtube video, see it here, it has over 300,000 views...

And for high performance GReddy RX products, see our GReddy R35 blog or our GReddy online catalog...

GReddy 35RX Dsport Cover Feature

Looks like the April 2012 issue of Dsport Magazine, Issue 114 is set to be released.  The cover feature is our 1200ps, 200+mph, BenSopra-widebody, GReddy 35RX GT-R!  (includes Dsport DVD#24)

This issue also includes 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS) coverage, where the GReddy 35RX won the TAS "Best Concept Car Award"

And on inside-back-cover, we have our new GReddy Ad with our GReddy Performance X Scion Racing Drift FR-S for the 2012 Formula Drift Championships as well as our GReddy RS Racing Sport and SP Elite Exhausts...

Look for the April Dsport to hit news stands March 6th.

And in case you missed our TAS Video of the GReddy 35RX, see it on YouTube (HERE)