Here are some photos that I took while the car was prepped for the License Day. The car was incredible dirty as it’s been in the garage all winter and this was the first time it was complete and ready for the road. It has later been washed and cleaned and should be polished soon.

Today was the first time in 8 months that the car was started. The engine started on the first try and everything sounds and looks good. Tomorrow is the License Day of PowerDrift Series, which is what I’ve been working towards during the winter and a lot of effort in the last 3 weeks. I hope I can capture some video from tomorrows event and publish it here on my site.

Purchased various parts from Gundersen Motorsport, everything in Sparco of course.

Purchased 6 new wheels from Oljeskiftexpressen, quick and good service. They are 17” rims with dimensions of 225/45 on the front wheels and 235/45 for the rear.

A lot of progress recently, working to complete the car for License Day 26th of April. Built a fully custom instrument panel, electrical wiring harness is still being worked at, it’s getting better and removing unused wires.

Tested the electrical system and everything seem to be in order. Installed the wire for the main power switch, which is used for emergencies. Tested the seat belts in the Sparco seats, the belts fit well in the roll cage.

Here is the custom instrument panel that I built, all the gauges and switches has now been glued to the panel:

The main power switch wire cable:

Here are the Sparco seat and belt:

I’m going with an “Pitch Black” theme for my car this season. I’ll probably not going to get any sponsors this year so I’m painting everything in metallic black. I’m even getting black wheel nuts! My starting number #42, my name and the PowerDrift logo will be the only decals for this season, at least until I get someone to sponsor me with an Garret GT35R Turbo Kit.

Ordered some new parts from RHDJapan.com to improve the steering and handling of the car. Additionally I had to replace the original Air Separation Tank (AST) in plastic with one from RE-Amemiya. Here are some photos:

I’ve created a special Facebook page for my drifting project, this is a place where I will keep an updated dialog on what’s going on with the car and you can contribute with your own photos, videos and comments.

Please join us at http://www.facebook.com/pages/FDBoycom-Drifting-Project-by-Sondre-Bjellas/63033227495

Completed the first layer of black color on my roll cage. Used both cans of paint, so I need to pickup some more tomorrow. Enjoy the photos!

The new roll cage is nearly complete and I will pickup my RX-7 on Tuesday. Enjoy some photos taken with a mobile phone, I will publish some high quality photos when the car is back in the garage.

Today I shipped my car to a friend which will build a complete roll cage for it. That’s important for safety, as well as a requirement for competing in drifting series of the Norwegian Motorsport Association.