Wilwood front calipers 350Z rotors ASD e-brake with electronic clutch disengagementġ8x9.5" front, 18x10. KW Suspension Club-Sport coilovers Voodoo 13 rear arms MA Motorsports front knuckles, extended factory control arms T56 Magnum six-speed transmission Chairslayers electro-hydraulic clutch system Mastershift electronic shifter ACT twin-disc clutch and lightened flywheel PATS Driveline custom driveshaft KAAZ GT-R two-way differential Schwanke Engines 5.7L built short-block Wiseco pistons Monlar Technologies rods GM crankshaft Victor metal head gaskets LS1 heads Manley valves CompCams 224/228 camshaft, dual spring valvesprings, pushrods, rocker arm trunions GMP LS7 lifters Vortech V1-Ti supercharger, dual blow-off valves A&A Corvette supercharger bracket Works Engineering oil catch can, power steering reservoir, surge tank Aeromotive A1000 fuel system with -10 fuel feed BBK Performance throttle body Mishimoto dual pass radiator, oil cooler, intercooler Accusump oil accumulator Canton Racing oil pan SIKKY motor mounts modified Hooker 1.875? headers Vibrant stainless oval exhaust, Van-Jen coupler system, miscellaneous fabrication components, AN fittings custom chassis harness Turnkey Innovations engine harness Sometimes we just need a little help to get there." "Differently abled or not, we're all working toward goals in life, and are all faced with challenges. "That's what it's all about," Rob surmises. paraplegic drifting enthusiast Ben Conolly, teaching him the finer points of hand-controlled drifting and-we think-instilling in him the motivation to work past his own challenges. The first of these clinics was recently held at Willow Springs Test Circuit in California and was featured in an episode of Discovery Channel's Daily Planet, where Rob spent the day with U.K.
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Dennis is planning on a huge month of testing in September to get ready for the final round at Irwindale Speedway coming up in October.In the months preceding press time, Rob rebuilt the car with assistance from partner Vortech with two goals in mind: Prepare the car for a full '15 season of Top Drift competition in Southern California, and build it to be used as a tool for instructional driving clinics through his newly formed Chairslayers Foundation-a non-profit organization dedicated to getting paraplegics like Rob behind the wheel of high-performance cars. These bash bars are strong enough to hold up to light bumps, but designed to bend from medium to high level impacts. These professionally MIG welded bars are durable, light weight, and aesthetically appealing. The team came together and really made huge developments with the S13. True Focus Fabrication bash bars are constructed of. Dennis held a somewhat conservative, but all around solid follow run behind Tuerck.Īfter the smoke settled, the judges gave the win over to Ryan Tuerck eliminating Dennis Mertzanis from this weekend’s competition. Ryan Tuerck led the first battle in his S13.5 against our Chevrolet Performance Parts powered LS3 S13.4. Luckily, we had a rain setup for the car on standby, but it all dried up before Dennis got on the track for his Top 32 battle.
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On Saturday, just before competition brought on rain and crazy wind as the drivers hit the track.
This was a rematch from Round 1 at Streets of Long Beach. After his two runs, Dennis finished 19th for Kenda Tires, which lined him up against Ryan Tuerck in the Retaks S13. Only one KÖNIG Milligram wheel was damaged beyond repair, since it made high-speed contact with the rear bash bar on Kyle Mohan’s Mazda Rx-8. The team worked quickly to get the car back in race trim. We made contact and I hit the wall knocking the suspension out of alignment.” I was coming in hot and couldn’t slow down fast enough. What is normally a full throttle affair, Mohan went too close to the wall, and hard-braked, slowing down a lot. These screen grabs were pulled from our GoPro camera that has a video you can see here.ĭennis explains, “Well, we went flying into the first outer clip together. Dennis wanted to see how quick the car setup for the weekend was overall. A full day before qualifying, the car felt fantastic to Dennis Mertzanis and the whole Mertzanis Racing crew.įriday practice, before qualifying Dennis went out chasing Kyle Mohan, who is one of the fastest drivers on the circuit. With some sway bar tweaks, and a Kenda Tire pressure adjustment, the car felt unstoppable. Right after pulling off the trailer on Thursday night, we went into the private paid practice and started bumper banging on the k-rails, and scraping paint and decals off the rear bumper. **This is the official recap written by and courtesy of the Mertzanis Racing team from Formula Drift Round 6: “After Dark” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – August 24th – 25th**
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