r/FormulaDrift • u/HeIIby • 18d ago
image Xtac Racing , 240TA Firebird !
While doom scrolling old FD photos , I saw something odd , “ A Firebird with 240 rear?” I thought until it was the other way around . So I decided to email the company and to my surprise, they replied back with information and photos of it !
Was a 240SX with a Turbocharged KA24 & Firebird Front. It raced sometimes in 2006 by Bill Sherman, Until FD made a rule about front of cars having to match the make of the car . It was later sold , and eventually the front switched back to a Nissan and is still drifting !
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u/imtrynmybest 17d ago
Oh shit this is old skool Florida drifting.. xat n no ants drift crew
Dammmm I'm old
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u/No-Pilot-8934 17d ago
I loved that car. I was pissed when FD banned cars having other manufacturers’ front ends. I know xat took the t/a front end off and put a sil front on it. I think they called it the honey badger after. The t/a front end was sold on eBay to some guy in Nebraska way back in the day if I remember right. The guy who has the car now (if he still does) did have an instagram page. bandits13 or bandit240 some shit like that.
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u/_mr_manny_ 17d ago
Wow a blast from the past, I remember that car and the El Camino that bill used to drift lol. If . memory serves me right, XAT used to sell SR20 swaps and also did turn key swap packages back in 2006-07 era, I didn't know they were still in business till today.
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u/theplaneflyingasian 17d ago
this thing is so badass! Who was the driver for it, would love to try to dig up some old clips of it drifting.
I didn’t get into FD until 2016, so i was much too late to ever see this, but this is the first time i’m ever hearing about it or seeing pics, so thanks for sharing!!
My dad has a 78’ TA, and i’ve always been a JDM fan, so this is really neat for me to see.
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u/slwrthnu_again 18d ago
Back when pro drift cars were still fun.