Building A FAKE Lamborghini Drift Car | Part 1

[@itsmikelake]

Part 2 is HERE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5jJimR9hdWSmsUsi=BzIOGtZtrbWp_f4N

[@cyberreks]

hey mike, just a suggestion for scamberghini , make a endoskeleton and rollcage for bolting it up and since diablo share same z32 headlights, u need to just basically rob a front end frame from a 300zx

[@syygnis]

hugely good idea

[@RexH]

was so stoked when you pushed it for the first time with the shell on! This is CRAZY haha

[@itsmikelake]

You and me both! Haha, can't wait to do an ep on this together bro

[@grimairbrush]

Mike, one tip, when cutting any roof of any car you should weld in an X brace from the front to the back section of the car to prevent any flex in the body remaining, in this case the floorpan (this brace can be cut out later when you bolt in the roll cage to do the same thing), but good work so far, sorry we were unable to come to the open day, but will catch up soon!

[@itsmikelake]

Thanks for becoming a member! Yes we need to weld in some bracing ASAP. Luckily now that the shell is bolted on it's somewhat bracing it but not enough. Bracing to follow!

[@hughdick1924]

Neighbours be thinking mike running a chop shop 😂

[@itsmikelake]

They honestly had so many questions 🤣

[@itsmikelake]

I am in so far over my head 🤣. Dont forget to subscribe to @nathanmakovec channel!

[@vasili1207]

should have braced that body before cutting roof... will now have to go on a jig as it will be twisted

[@joedatuknow]

Do it to it an getter done CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! as for what you should do maybe look into some bags for the body an sit the frame on the bags so you can raise an lower the shell to change out the shocks eazy-er cause as it sits now you wont be able to tern the top locker bolt with the frame all the way down an windows in

[@chidley]

Don't forget, with the extra width at the front to get good fitment, it's likely your front and rear tubs will need cutting out to allow for steering lock especially with an 18" front wheel. Obviously check this while your still at the cutting/fabbing stage.

[@camandjaiden]

Dude, you're a freaking mad man! You've quickly become one of my top 5 content creaters, absolutely LOVE people who think outside the box and your energy is infectious! My 15 year old wanted to do something different so he is building a roots blown 4L Intech into an R31 as his first drift car, hopefully I will get to see him on the Scamborghini's door one day!

[@itsmikelake]

Cheers Cam! My intrusive thoughts find their way into all of my builds haha. A supercharged Intech?! Say no more haha what an awesome idea.

[@MicahBell_1860]

Not problems. Not issues. Challenges. I really think you should mid-engine this one. Weight distribution? Congratulations, Mike & Tara. Hope the party was an enjoyable time for you both

[@GF-mf7ml]

You need front engine for drift. If it's mid engine, it going to drift like mr2.

[@Mahmoud.Jehad.Nassan]

CANT WAIT FOR PART 2

[@itsmikelake]

Dropping today!

[@Stickynuttela]

New favourite project on KZbin. Keep it up mate

[@itsmikelake]

Thank you bro! New episode will hopefully drop Sunday 😁

[@JScottDrifts]

Thanks for cheeky feature bro!❤ so keen for this wild build, brap brap

[@davidyalda6486]

Seen the rx7 and heard you say this is probably what we are taking inspiration from, I stood up screaming at the monitor “I CALLED THE ROTARY”

[@itsmikelake]

Haha you fricken nailed it! I mean, it’d be rude to do anything else 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JoeKyser]

The new body definitely looks like it is very structural and a great replacement

[@RobRichards584]

Taking a go kart on steriods to a new level i see. You definitely have the right amount of "crazy". This is going to be fun to watch, & congratulations on the engagement.

[@itsmikelake]

I had to find something to make my brain tick after the kart haha. I'm so happy you guys are onboard & enjoying the build! 🥂

[@simedracing]

All the remaining MR2's are holding their breath that the BMW makes it through this replica build

[@GF-mf7ml]

Because mr2 is not a good drift car. Most drift car are front engine.

[@merijn1086]

Awesome project! Regarding the steering column, either make it adjustable so that you can do fitment when your seats are in. Or wait until you know your seating position exactly. Your steering wheel position is important to have a nice driving car. Cheers, looking forward to the next one!

[@jarrodt5786]

Looks amazing 🤩. Congratulations on your engagement 🎉

[@battlegeek8118]

so keen for this build and hopefully see it sliding around calder

[@LukeAshworth-nx9ho]

Cant wait to see this driving down the road keep up the great work 🤘

[@itsmikelake]

Cheers Luke!

[@Nathanmakovec]

Ah! This was so much fun! The best part is I know you ain’t stopping until this thing is sideways dragging rail 😍

[@itsmikelake]

Wouldn't be able to do it without good mates like you bro 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼. She's going to be RAILED haha

[@joshmerrick4716]

I stumbled across this video by accident but I’m so glad I did 😅 this build looks wild haha. Looking forward to more videos 😎

[@itsmikelake]

Haha happy accidents are good sometimes! Pumped for this build 👊🏻

[@CAM3RON27_]

Looking forward to seeing this boi finished up! 🤙🏻

[@itsmikelake]

It’s going to be one hell of a rig! 😁🤝🏻

[@WilliamMurtagh]

That looked like so much fun!!!! You're livin' the dream son.

[@itsmikelake]

A blast! I’m very thankful for where I’m at and your guys support ❤️

[@N51NR8.]

Great work Mike 👊 congratulations on the engagement 🎉 looking forward to following this build

[@itsmikelake]

Thanks 😁

[@quacksau]

This thing is sick!!! so keen to see it when you finish it.

[@nerdg2]

Alrighty boys! Lets goo! Really excited for the build

[@Car_Nerds.]

i cant wait for when this build is done also i think you should make the headlights pop up lights i think that would look sick

[@stretchnz9281]

Happy engagement party, epic looks like fun mission!!!🎉

[@stretchymc5126]

what up stretch?!

[@stretchnz9281]

@@stretchymc5126 lol lovin the name

[@stag5716]

The car meet was sick ended up winning the bride bag and accessories

[@franklingaits5866]

now this is just crazyy...love it!

[@One_Spot]

So dope what a amazing project mate definitely going to watch this all

[@caljucotcas]

when i klicked on that video. i thought i klicked on a new Mat Armstrong video.

[@itsmikelake]

They say that imitation is the best form of flattery 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tobylawson7116]

So keen for this 🎉🎉 What a beast it's gunna be!

[@itsmikelake]

Teamwork makes the dream work 😁🤝🏻

[@leoncarlier]

13B Turbo is the RIGHT choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!🎉

[@QuiquePR]

I think a 20B turbo is much better, and the 20B sound is unique.

[@fredphillips3676]

Nah man mad Mike has done the rotor supercar he needs to be original, chuck a bara in it

[@leoncarlier]

Surely this build will push you over 100k subs!

[@Johnnwho]

so smooth how the hammer landed on the center console haha!

[@itsmikelake]

🤣👌🏻🎯

[@daniele3]

All right, you need to lower seats and steeringwheel 😂 but that's cool!! I don't know if it's possible but shift a bit forward (even 10/20 cm) the driver side of firewall, with pedals and seat would give you a better drive position...

[@Kane-O-Mansfield]

Haha Mike your a weapon!! 13bt is a brilliant idea 💡 freakin genius

[@GlitteratiLive]

Do correct me if I’m wrong, as I did not research this. But isn’t the e36 a monocoque design? Can’t imagine that the replica body will be structurally rigid, with the BMW roof gone.

[@itsmikelake]

We have a pretty insane roll cage in it now that will provide all of the structure back into the car 😁

[@TheTopG420]

When ur thumbnail is identical ov Matt Armstrong 😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@itsmikelake]

Same same but different 🤪

[@carbonfiber8071]

I'd cut the Lambo body into sections and build molds and lightweight versions of the panels, so if damaged, you can easily fix it instead of having a crushed body to repair. Build some simple aluminum subframes and glass some points on the underside of the panels to mount to a subframe that's attached to the chassis.

[@ChimeraDevelopment]

Let's gooo 🔥🔥 This is going to be unreal!

[@liljayzedd]

Love this whole idea Mike!

[@itsmikelake]

Thank you bro!

[@byrontownsend5742]

Cut the chassis longways down the middle and widen it 300mm then just get 150mm wider axles and tie rods then you'll have the wider wheel track without using spacers. And retain suspension geometry. Haha. Keep up your great work. Can't wait to see it at WTAC 2025

[@itsmikelake]

Haha I’m not even kidding, I actually considered this! But we have a plan that will work brilliantly 😛. Oooft wtac would be 🔥🔥

[@SmokeyQuartzSpirit]

this is nuts ! looking forward to the rotary being dumped in.

[@itsmikelake]

I cannot WAIT to mount the dorito motor. The noises 👀

[@SmokeyQuartzSpirit]

@@itsmikelake out of general curiosity, cost wise, would it have been cheaper to consider the RX8 engine?? I know silly apex seals are annoying, and the exhaust ports are not Turbo friendly but what if you purchased an entire rx8 with a 'supposed' rebuild needed rotary then there's a potential to re-use the body for something else or mod?? (just an idea) haha

[@alman-world]

Great progress. So so so jealous to cut up for a project like this

[@itsmikelake]

Thank you bro!

[@gateaccess818]

youre gonna need a set of 2nd hand nissan 300zx headlights!

[@itsmikelake]

Yes I will! Luckily they're quite cheap 😁

[@Cryptic_4145]

Bro what this is going to be crazy hope the party was fun good luck with the build and lastly congratulations

[@itsmikelake]

Cheers brother! Guaranteed this build is going to be wild haha

[@jcr6548]

soo cool, gunna be a long but rewarding road no doubt

[@marquisethomas5611]

Since you're making new firewalls & pedal a box anyway, would it be easier to turn the 3 series the opposite way & build from there ?

[@leightonB69]

Scamborghini starting to come along nicely

[@NaisenJH]

i love each of ur vids, keep it up bro

[@FaMeVeRoX]

I just love the passion and enthusiam you put in to all your projects. And all the best for your engagement guys🫶🏼

[@itsmikelake]

Thank you bro, I truly enjoy this stuff haha. 🥂

[@davidgiurfo8274]

Couldn’t you have just taken off the body mounts? And you should do an m57 diesel soot out a Lamborghini would be sick

[@davidgiurfo8274]

Also are you doing a rear mount engine or front mounted?

[@TheChoiceFiles]

Hi Mike. Big fan. When you finish it. We will bring it to NZ to rotary reunion. K cool.

[@itsmikelake]

Hey Guy, big fan also

[@Mr.Beam13]

What is it with Mikes and having drift supercars?

[@itsmikelake]

It’s just in our DNA 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JohnJackKelleher]

Mate the spring cutting made me laugh… you cutting everyone’s springs at school for $20 bucks a car 😂 #Millhill Customs

[@Flexgaming2004]

Bros giving me I'm baked as shit rn and having the best fucking life ever

[@iRidetas]

hmmm i can see a cease and desist from Lambo coming!!!! Sick Project

[@itsmikelake]

Fingers crossed aye! haha...Thank you bro

[@deepvoicebanton1]

I'm watching impressed from in the Caribbean were Car Culture and Curry is Life

[@driftx1840]

Hear me out put a Ute tray in the back so you can see all the work and maybe chuck a couple tires and tools in the back 😂😂

[@TheStreet111]

Great channel!!! Any auto fan get on it!!!!

[@itsmikelake]

Appreciate you bro!

[@ChrisFaustmann]

gonna be so sick

[@mikaelbjarnason8783]

Haha i like boys❤

[@itsmikelake]

You and me both brother 🤝🏻❤️

[@autologi]

I Do this shit everyday mate... good job

[@Bmxboss8167]

Great job mike

[@kieranmalloch5730]

Those rear wheel bearings are going to be crying with that 18x10 -350et Can’t wait for those bull snorting braps tho. Lambrapghini

[@itsmikelake]

I've always heard wheel bearings get stressed with low offsets but i've never actually had an issue with it, touch wood! Regardless, it'll be wild haha. BRAP!

[@HaritsDGTR_II]

Awesome! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@obadel5092]

Those American kits where and still designed to fit like a glove to any Toyota Mr 2

[@SERP92_]

Wouldn't it be easier to make a tube chassis and to just weld in E36 suspension mounts?

[@itsmikelake]

Tube chassis are illegal on track here in Australia 🥲

[@jamiehuia9426]

Chur brother Mike awesome project my bro question, would the MR2 chassis been abit less but still a lil bit of a challenge to use?? slip the 13bturbs in sideways with adapter for gearbox, just curious on ur thoughts👍 stay blessed brother Mike, keep the vids coming🙏

[@RealYudish]

Deserve to subscribe. Awesome content. You'll be on the level of matt armstrong too. Just bring sone laughter to the channel 😊

[@itsmikelake]

Thank you bro! I absolutely love Matt’s content. Noted on the laughter, I’ll do my best to add more in 😛

[@E36andE46vlog]

Hi Mike, I am deff. #teame36 but a MR2 (old model) base with engine in the back? Or BMW E36 coupe or Compaq maybe fits better? E36 base is very cool :) with my wide body they used think iron and put fyberglass on it. A longer dash doesnt look bad at all. Make it good custom at the doors, and steong enough if somebody would leanon it it wont crack. I wouldnt recommend the cabrio style, but a bit more time and effort with custom fit it good, because this is going to be a special project. Front fenders (and bumper) must be made when the wheals or on. Back wont be a problem to 11J plus. In my vlog I have the original RIEGER offset and tires. Maybe you should work from that. That drives good, if you go work custom from that, you have performance look, but not good drive ability.

[@Dale9735]

Hope this hits the algorithm big time ❤

[@itsmikelake]

Same! haha, either way i'm having a goooood time!

[@DK.100]

Look 😱👀👀 it's a Lamborginapanowagon!!! Lol nah jokes bro🤣😎 it's definitely gonna be interesting to see how it turns out, and to see it rolling under its own power and possibly even sideways at some point🤔🤷🤣 good stuff bro💯🔥 have you thought of any cool names to for it yet? It's not a unique build without a unique name🫡😎💯

[@92legesi]

Surely this gets a 1GZ-FE 👀

[@NFSgremlin]

Hell yeah

[@Bmxboss8167]

Keep up the good work

[@waynesummers7384]

Wouldn’t a 2 door E36 work better for fitment?

[@Smoked_5L]

20B will sound way more appropriate when all is said and done surely!

[@itsmikelake]

Unfortunately that’s slightly out of budget 😅🥲

[@MaCHeaMaRoBi]

hey, will you start the kart project again or did you abandoned it?

[@itsmikelake]

New kart vid out next week!

[@thatplantdude7492]

Going to be an absolute beast, looking forward to this build also! But God forbid you tap a wall with all that fibreglass body.....then what?

[@itsmikelake]

We’ll be making fibreglass copies of the quarters, should the worst ever happen!

[@joshuagrimshaw5711]

So cool!!!

[@rc70ys]

Couldn’t you have sold off parts from the BMW instead of destroying it

[@itsmikelake]

If you watched the video, you’d have seen the car was trashed. I got a crap one on purpose. I kept what I could for the race car and scrapped the rest.

[@lun4rkid]

Mike doesn't lame this time 😅

[@notsosoupy]

surely tandys with the fevo on completion

[@SPEEDFREAK6988]

My question is why would you use an e36 as the chassis?

[@itsmikelake]

Same wheel base, awesome drift chassis, we produce parts for them and know them very well 😁

[@lloydshondabordello]

If those wasps come fighting use Cooking oil then bug spray

[@Master-Hyland]

Cool beans 🫘

[@mavr1ck_garage]

You really need to bedliner the underside of the Lambo body to seal and help protect you from the fiberglass

[@itsmikelake]

This will happen in time! We have to add some structural metal etc in first before we paint the underside of the shell

[@FrancoisProjects]

Great job 🎉. Who remember the garage that had the working pit in. That was the days 💪 Bro, if beams blacktop engines wasn't so expensive. It would have gone great with this build 😉

[@TomBudin]

damn bro i was expecting this to sit in your shed for months before you had the time you aint ferking around mike

[@autoaus]

he did say he wasn't here to f*ck spiders

[@QuiquePR]

I think the most logical thing would be to use the BMW chassis in reverse, let me explain, the engine and the firewall towards the rear, and what was the rear of the BMW towards the front, why? because you already have the points where the engine and the engine and transmission tunnel would go, you just have to make the subframe that will support the engine and transmission and make all the front suspension and steering.

[@itsmikelake]

I like your thought process! But the reason we’re using the e36 chassis is because they’re amazing for drifting. And I don’t want to lose any of the characteristics 😛

[@SmilingArd]

That's not the best way to remove the teak window, it's the most fun way to do it 😂

[@itsmikelake]

🤣 couldn’t agree more gaha

[@SmilingArd]

@@itsmikelake loving the build from here in Scotland

[@fredphillips3676]

Don't do a rotor bro mad Mike's already done it, RB, 2JZ, even a mad turboed LS

[@thatsimracer666]

I notice ridleys car in the background looking torn apart what's happening with it if you can tell us

[@itsmikelake]

We’re doing a bunch of fab work on it to give it a birthday! Front and rear bash bars, reinforced front end, rear mount radiator etc 😁

[@thatsimracer666]

@@itsmikelake Oh shit his going full big boy on it and finally gettting bash bars I know they have been a annoyance in the past not being on the car to jack it

[@autoaus]

This is even more crazy than mad mikes build! Take this to Goodwood!!

[@M-F-CORGI]

really should have started with a mid engine chassis. good luck.

[@itsmikelake]

Our knowledge of the e36 chassis meant this was the best option. I’d rather a little more effort in the build whilst knowing exactly how it’ll drive when done 😁

[@OPA53N]

Good luck!

[@Dave-kl2pq]

A mr2 probably won't of been a better fit?

[@catmeow2557]

you need chop the chassis in the middle😂