When I first met Jackie we where in high school. We were both young kinds and both excited about drifting. Back then I had my Civic and Jackie had his 86 Corolla. Jackie attended many many drift events including Drift Day and built his 86 quite nicely. But he soon realized that if he wanted to further himself in drifting he woudl need more power. So he did the logical thing. Started drifting his sisters 350z. From what I understand when his sister found out that he was drifting her car she had an artist come up with this livery and became Jackie's main sponsor.
So what exactly is Phunk? Phunk is Jackie's sisters kitchenware company in HongKong. Before this sponsorship this car was already a pretty serious car. It was fully gutted, for weight savings, and lowered on JIC coilovers. Also a Tomei LSD was added to keep the rear locking up hard, and a custom roll cage was installed to add safety and rigidity. There are other parts on the car like a Nardi steering wheel and adjustable suspension arms but I don't have the specifics on those items.
After drifting with the naturally aspirated VQ motor Jackie Still felt like he needed more. So he had his engine shipped out and totally rebuilt from the ground up with a new twit turbo set up.
Since then Jackie has been trying to drift the Z as much as possible. He is totally committed to drifting and wants to be able to compete in Formula D one day.
-Oliver
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