About Me
Hey there! Welcome to the website of a guy who is seriously addicted to all things involving horsepower. Phantom Cat Motorsports is the facade under which I build, maintain, and sometimes drive race cars. The name Phantom Cat was inspired by the manga and anime "Geobreeders" by Akihiro Ito. Phantom Cats are the anit-heros of the story. "Phantom Cat" just sounded cool to me, so I decided to use it as the base for my racing operations name. I've been involved in motorsports for some time now, in a variety of classes, like Ruff Trucks, Mudd Bogging, Circle Track, Scramble racing, and the occasional Demolition Derby.
Currently I 'm car chief on my brothers pure stock car that he races at Owosso Speedway. As for myself, I'm into Drifting. Big time.... Most of the sports I've tried previously, I was always out spent. I just didn't have the funds to have enough motor to be competitive. The great thing about drifting is that driver skill is of much greater importance than horsepower. I'm planning on hitting as many events in 09 as I can afford.
What follows this is a little info on the other pages of my site. Again, welcome and thanks for checking out my site. See-Ya' at the races!
Toys and projects: Vehicles that I use for my own fun and amusement as well as cars that I'm currently involved with. As soon as my friends Monte is squared away(still having teething issues), I'd like to give it it's own page here.*****10/07/07 Updated with photos of 87 Monte Carlo Aerocoupe*****
81 Malibu Drift car: Photos and info of the Malibu I built for drift and Autocross use. Of course there will be the occasional drag race and burn out contest. As currently it's kinda thrown together. When this will start is anyones guess and when it will be completed is a mystery of biblical proportions*****Updated 10-05-08 photos and video links*****
Photos: Past and present stuff
Past racing efforts: Photos and information on the more noteworthy cars that I've been involved with.
Anime and Manga: This page is about my appreciation of Japanese animation and manga, some stuff about my figure collection, some other related stuff as well as a link to a list of what's in my DVD collection and some links to various anime websites. This page also is in need to re-doing.****Updated 5-5-08****New figure photos****
Email: thundereng@hotmail.com
Well, here it is! My Drift Car! ......What?...No Really! This is the conversation I have when I tell people that I'm going to build a 81' Chevy Malibu 4-door for a drift car. I paid $400 for it, less engine and trans. It's already set up for a small block V-8 and it's REALLY soild. There is alot of aftermarket parts for this body style. Technicaly, GM called them A-bodys. G and A bodys are the same chassis', component wise. We circle track racers also call 'em Metric Cars. It's powered by a 425hp/525ft.lbs 11.25 to 1 compression 406, backed by a super T-10 close ratio 4 speed, sending the power to a 7.5 10-bolt w/ a 3.73 gear and Moser axles. Full urethane suspension bushings, racing springs, boxed upper and lower control arms (front and back), and Monte SS front and rear swaybars round out the suspension mods. Interior has been gutted and a six point cage with Kirkey alum seats and RCI harness' installed. I'm running it on E85. Full dress it weighs 3176 lbs. After stripping it out, I think I can get it down to 2900lbs. or less. Upgrades for this winter are a hudraulic brake for the rear, bigger swaybars at both ends, and a taxi cab like paint job. The thing I like so much about, is that it doesn't look like a drift car.Most people would never expect a car like this to be a fast car. It has a pedestrian, rental car look to it. That's why it's SO COOL in my book. It's the consumate sleeper!