“Kei” or “lightweight” cars are ubiquitous in Japan. Everywhere you go there’s at least a hundred of them scattered around the place either in small truck form doing deliveries or little vans and hatchbacks getting from A to B. It’s not often you seem them modified past a new set of lowered springs, an exhaust and a set of wheels. Maybe even a body kit if the owner is feeling adventurous.
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Posted by Scott in Kei, tags: AWD, Clipper, Curoe, D1, Daihatsu, drift, Kei, L700, Lsd, Mira, Nissan
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With such a beaten up body and a D1 Street Legal sticker on its sides, this Daihatsu Mira could only by a drift car, but how? Simple, take an AWD Mira, get rid of the front dive shafts and you got yourself a Kei-car drift machine! 120 PS aren’t much but there are only 600 kg to haul around.
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My most recent exposure to kei drifting came last weekend at the MSC Honjo event. The Daihatsu Mira driven by
Mr. Suzuki from Team Always! defeated a bunch of S13’s to take the first place in the Middle Class competition. It sure was a sight to see and we will have more on this car coming up soon.
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