2016 is set to be a phenomenal year for Team Japspeed. With 12 months of build, preparation and testing of Shane Lynch’s supercharged 370z set to make an appearance at BDC Round 1 as well as Paul ‘Smokey’ Smith’s JZ-powered GT86 arriving on the grid later in the year it is with great excitement that […]
Easter is an awesome time of year – with longer daylight hours, (slightly) warmer weather and of course the rapidly approaching drift season to look forward to! Not to mention for many it also means a long weekend spent on track or in the garage with family… Thats why we wanted to let you know our […]
You may remember a short while ago we had a visit from the team at SuperCar Megabuild as part of a very unique project set down by Boyzone’s / Team Japspeed driver Shane Lynch. The challenge? To transform an elegant and prestigous 1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow into an all out drift monster! A seemingly […]
The 2015 drift season may be over but that doesn’t mean work stops here at Japspeed HQ. With the off-season upon us work is well underway preparing for the 2016 season. With big changes and some awesome builds in the pipeline 2016 is all set to be an incredible year in the Team Japspeed camp. […]
As well as running a 3 car drift team in house Japspeed are proud to partner with independent drifters and teams across the globe. One such driver is Dutch rising star Rick Van Goethem. Earning himself Rookie of the year and 11th position overall in the 2014 Nürburging DriftCup, Rick had big plans for 2015. […]
With teams and drivers in the drifting world constantly striving for the best engineering to allow them to push harder and get ever closer to those all-important clipping points it is no wonder that sooner or later there will be some teething pains. This is almost certainly going to be the case when you push […]
Following part 6 of our V8 370Z build which saw final preparations ahead of the 2015 Autosport International Show part 7 will bring this build right up to date including coilovers, interior, rear window ducting system and air jacks! With suspension performance becoming ever more important within drifting as the sport moves forward it is […]
In the sport of drifting, the engine is kept at very high revs creating very high internal surface temperatures on components which requires an oil that can maintain a reliable co-efficient of friction at all times to prevent engine wear or loss of usable power. At the forefront of the UK drift scene, Team Japspeed […]
Ahead of the 2015 drift season Team Japspeed are proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with an industry leading brand. Known worldwide for the design, manufacture and distribution of professional tools and equipment, it is with great excitement that Team Japspeed welcomes Snap-on to a growing roster of big brands and top names to […]
Part 6 of our 370Z build thread sees us making the final push to get the car ready for Autosport. While we were disappointed to learn that we wouldn’t have the time to have the car running under its own steam in time for the event, we were determined to have it looking its best […]
