ALL JAPAN DAY (DRIFTSQUIDS 2010 SONVIA)

Hey all,

Had our annual "ALL JAPAN DAY" car show on the weekend. Was a great day and heaps of crazy street and track cars came out.

Here is a few pics of my car from the event. If you would like to see more check out www.Jay019.com for more pics.











Cant thank the organisers enough for all the hard work put in to making the day happen. Thanks heaps guys ;)

Also the gearbox is gettign rebuilt this week and i plan on putting the Rb25 box back in as i just cant afford the Helical gearset at this stage.

Next event is Drift Super Cup @ Mallala Raceway 17th and 18th of April.

Cheers
-Squid

P.S. I maybe making a visit overseas soon also so stay tuned :P

G1 ROUND 1 2010 *SAD START TO THE YEAR*

Hey all,

The car was going and ready 7pm the night before the first round of the 2010 G1 Extreme Drift series. AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS along with Electricscan Automotive put in so much work in the 2 weeks they had the car. I really cant believe how good it turned out. We were lucky enough to have the famous Jayson Hay come do a quick photo shoot on the car the friday night we had it finished.







I then took the car home for some final touches and a quick clean up. I also managed to get myself 6 FULL hours sleep before the comp haha...

The morning had come and it was time to make the short trip to Mallala Raceway. I was so excited to not only show everyone what we had been doing for the last 3 weeks but also show how much better it was going to drive. Before i knew it i was on track and doing a few practice laps.





The car was starting to feel awesome and then as i came through the esses the car cut out. I knew it was fuel straight away and stopped driving. I came back into the pits and sure enough the fuel pump had died. Andy my Mechanic headed straight back to the workshop in Cavan *AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS* to grab another fuel pump. Lucky for us we had 2 hours to have the car ready. Andy was back just in time and we put the car back together and it was perfect.





We then went straight out to put down a solid qualifying lap. So on went a new pair of Neuton NT 5000 235/40/18's. I thought i better do 1 practice lap and then do my 2 qualifying laps. As i was coming through the esses the car felt great and then i got onto the Mallala Straight and almost had it full throttle and BANG. The gearbox blew to bits, the heart dropped as i knew i didnt have enough time to source and change a gearbox in 20 mins.

It was a very bad way to start the 2010 year as we didnt even get a qualifying lap down which means not 1 single point. But thats motorsport and it just wasnt possible to have fixed it in time and be back on track.

I will now be saving up for a dog box so this problem will never become an issue. Other then that the car was feeling great and i cant thank my sponsors enough.

AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS for the crazy hours and time put into the new motor setup.

ELECTRICSCAN AUTOMOTIVE for the complete rewire of the engine bay

ORIGIN AND SAVANNA MOTORSPORT for supplying the car with fibreglass all round.

HELPS METALWORKS for the masterpiece of an engine bay and all the fabrication work.

STICKERDUDE *Mr Bing* for the major hours spent on the design and new graphics.

And to all my family and awesome mates for helping out whenever its needed. Love you guys

Regards
-Squid

Squid in the paper and the NEW PAINT!!!!!

Hey all,

Its getting very close to the big comp and we still have alot to do... the car is running as of yesterday and we are now going through all the little issues that are poping up.

This week i made it in two of my local papers. Its a quick run down of how everything is going and what my goals are for the year ;)

See the Bunyip if your from gawler area

Or the Leader if your from the barossa, here is the write up of the Leader as Jay scanned it for us to see



Ok now everyone wants to see the new paint!!!!!





























well..... here it is



It is a custom Silver my mate made up. It was painted by my mate KC in the Barossa and for such short notice i cant thank him enough.

The paint was done this colour so it wouldnt be the part to stand out... just wait till you see it tomorrow night.... so excited hahaha

I will make a short video and will post it up tomorrow night after iv ebeen running around all day getting stuff organised

Really cant thank all my sponsors enough for what they have done to the car...

AUTOSOLUTIONS and RESTORATIONS have gone all out on this car and put in so many hours work. They say its how they treat everything and its awesome work..

The fab work my HELPS METALWORKS is just crazy work

The Kit and guards from ORIGIN looks great

Make sure you check out the blog tomorrow for the big reveal and the new power figure :)

Cheers
-Squid

NEW RB25/26 MOTOR IS NOW BUILT!!!

Hey all,

Ive had alot of people asking what im putting in the car this year motor wise so i am now letting it all out...

AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS have built this new motor with the help of Lewis Engines.



It is a RB25 block and head
R33 GTR RB26 Brand new Crank
R34 GTR linished rods
RB26 Forged Pistons
ACL bearings
ARP head, main, studs etc..
Cometic Head Gasket 1.3mm
RB NITTO Oil pump
Some custom Lewis Engines Headwork
Head rebuilt throughout
Custom Rb20 cams
Greddy Inlet manifold
HELPS METALWORKS Steam pip manifold
TD-06 20G
Rebuilt Trust 50mm gate
Braided lines throughout
Nismo 550cc Injectors
Nismo fuel pressure reg
New harmonic balancer
Bosch external Coil packs
Microtech LT12 with X6 ignitor box
Custom ElectricScan rewire throughout engine bay and dash

The boys at Autosolutions & restorations have been working hard after hours to get the car running for this weekend and we are running out of time fast. But they will have it running and going strong while still getting all customers cars completed first ;)

Here is the motor in the engine bay making sure it all fits up.



Stay tuned as i will unveal the new paint and car look in the next couple days witha short video. Finally my Camera is ready to pick up from a 4 month repair wait :S

Stay tuned
-Squid

2010 REBUILD IS ALMOST COMPLETED!!!!

Hey all,

Its been way over due to make this post and im sorry. But its been a very busy couple of weeks and i am now going to show you some pics of whats been going on with the car.

Before i go any further i would like to thank the following for supporting Jake "DriftSquid" Jones in the 2010 Drift Series.

AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS

SAVANNA MOTORSPORT and ORIGIN AUSTRALIA

HELPS METALWORKS

LEWIS ENGINES

I will now show you the car.... This is how the car finished in 2009. It needed a major make over so thats what i am in the process of.



This was the new block that was being used. New motor will have ALOT of goodies, will show that later in the week



First of the car was sent down to Helps Metalworks to get some fabrication work done. the front end in my Onevia was very weak and needed some attention. The only person i would get to do it is Craig Helps.



First job was to make some room for the wider rubber up front



not much left, its shocking how weak these front ends really are



Tubs in place



Stacks of room



Next was the new radiator support bar for greater strength





Craig also put together a new *HELPS METALWORKS* Steam pipe manifold







just for the hell of it we wanted to see if a To4Z would fit snug and it did nicely. Ill keep that in mind for the future hahaa



The HELPS HIGH MOUNT MANIFOLD turned out great. Cant wait to hear it now



Motor then came out again for the firewall bracing





And ill finish of with a a few sneak peaks of what the car will look like this year ; )





Craig from HELPSMETALWORKS has done so much hard work to this car. All while his Wife just had a baby also, massive thanks to you Craig for all the hard work put in.

I have just got the car back from my mates paint shop where we did the engine bay and outside of the car... It is now a fresh new colour with Origin goodies all over it. No pics yet but i will show you the engine bay :P



The car is now down with Andy @ AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS getting some major performance work done. Here is a few sneak peaks of the new motor that i will be running this year





Stay tuned in the next week as i have my first comp next weekend at Mallala Raceway (G1 Extreme Drift Comp Round 1 2010) Bring it on!!


AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS
Address
Unit 3, No 10
Goldsborough Road
Cavan SA 5094

Phone Andy
(08) 8162 5541

Email
auto.solutions@bigpond.com

SAVANNA MOTORSPORT & ORIGIN Australia
Address
3 Lindfield Ave
Edwardstown SA 5039
South Australia
Australia

Business Telephone
p. 08 8371 4435

HELPS METALWORKS
Address:
4/48 Morrow Rd
Lonsdale SA 5160

Phone Craig: 0415 153 163

Email: craighelps@gmail.com

LEWIS ENGINES
Address
unit 2/22 Oborn rd.
Mount Barker S.A. 5251

PH Darren: 08 83916125

Email : lewisengines@bigpond.com