Afternoon all,
My name is Jake, Yep you guessed it, I'm new here and I am based in Manchester UK.
First and foremost, i'll get the brown nosing out of the way!
I am a member of many online car forums and have been a long time lurker of this forum always browsing the build threads and for sale section (mainly during work hours!) and without a doubt this is definitely the best i have ever visited. And this is due to a number of things; Firstly how well the website is constructed and maintained is a big bonus, how helpful members are to each other is really good to see and generally the sense of comradery is inimitable and something i have never come across at any other forum. So with all this in mind i decided to become a member.
I am a design engineer by trade based in manufacturing so i spend most of my day playing with 3D models on computers. The majority of my manufacturing knowledge surrounds sheet metal fabrication, moulding/casting and some basic CNC programming. I am hoping these skills will enable me to complete my first proper project in the next year or so, I just need to get my old man's work space cleared and sorted with some new equipment, first on the list is a new welder!
As my car history goes i have been messing about with VW's and Audi's since i started driving! I nearly had a brief encounter with an EP3 civic type R when i was looking into buying my last car but decided against it due to them being a little to brash for me! Don't get me wrong the K20 heart had me waving my money high in the air but i just wasn't a fan of the whole package! So i went and bought a low milage TDi A4 instead! I know how interesting...
Anyway this is now my daily and is running rather well @ 220bhp and 450nm which is pretty damn good from a 1.9tdi 8v coal machine.
As mentioned previously i am looking into starting my first project in 2016, I have no previous experience with drifting on track, i have never owned a Jap car or even a RWD car myself previously, I haven't decided yet whether i want to pursue the stereotypical drift machine or go down the route of something a little stranger yet as i have been doing allot of reading and research into the Scandinavian drift scene recently and i love that they create some crazy frankenstein vehicles with whatever they have available to them. My main influence has been ALM Racing everything those guys produce is mental!
With all that in mind any help/info/ideas on what would be a good first drift project would be much appreciated.
So i guess that's my intro done definitely wasnt short and sweet! I will be posting a little more in the near future when i get things a little more sorted and have something interesting to share with you all as i know the last thing you guys will find interesting is a TDi A4!