NZ Performance Car – October 2019

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dedicated track machine.

From start to finish, the project was bascially all Ryan — the

fabrication, the wiring, and even the engine build (with a helping hand

from his workmates at Dynopower. The transformation began with the

removal of the front and rear panel steel to the limits of the D1NZ rules

and its replacement with chromoly tube structures and fibreglass

skins on which the Pandem widebody would be attached. With a

Lexan rear screen and weight removed from most other panels,

the results are a feather-light shell, some 1100kg wet with driver, so

we’re talking a sub-1000kg machine with a very rigid chassis helped

by the chromoly roll cage tying into the rear subframe. It’s the fourth

subframe that’s been in the car — something with which any FD owner

will sympathize. Ryan’s torn three others out so far and is hoping that

Ignition power comes from AEM Smart Coils

bolstered by an Ice voltage booster and is

controlled by a Link G4+ Thunder ECU

EXTERIOR

PAINT: Respray in Mazda Vintage Red

ENHANCEMENTS: Rocket Bunny widebody, fibreglass quarters, fibreglass guards,

Lexan rear hatch, fibreglass bumpers