This "Zero F*cks Given" RX7 Is A Ghetto Rigged Monster

The car modding scene has always polarised opinion. There are those that swear by the after market and those that'll never abandon OEM. Even in the mod scene there are sub scenes such as the dirty drifters and the super clean slammed societies. But by and large there are rules to upgrading your motor, an example of which does not include chucking a 5-litre V8 in your little Jap sports car. Thing is, Corbin Goodwin just don't care.

Corbin - just 21 years old - picked up this first gen Mazda RX7 for just $350, stuck it on a trailer and drove it back to his parents' driveway. He decided he needed something insane, "something that would try to kill me at any opportunity." In his quest to create something that would piss off the neighbours, his inherent urge to create mischief was awoken, and it took just a few posts into his original build thread to reveal the 'unthinkable' V8 swap.

I could sit here and list all the technical crap he's thrown at the Rex (paid for with a pizza delivery wage), but that's not really what this car's about. What I will list are some of the features that make this car the ultimate rebellion car: peeling paint, plank of wood that acts as an 'air dam', offensive stickers such as 'Free Candy' ("The cops don't like that one very much") and an external speedometer. The latter has numbers scribbled over the original, as this is a naturally ghetto answer to increased speeds.

As if that wasn't rebellious enough, Corbin drives this obnoxious car in the hills of Malibu. It's the perfect place to drive a car that looks like something the local residents' butler's butler wouldn't drive, and that angrily announces its presence whenever you touch the throttle. And when you do touch the throttle you'd better be ready for that kick. Corners are a little unpredictable too, as "you turn and it may understeer and you might die, it may over steer and you might die, or you may be a total badass and get around the corner."

As you read this article and watch the full video below you'll probably agree that this is perhaps the perfect vehicular representation of a modder's personality. And that's to be commended. It's a shame, then, that he's selling it. But fret not, as the money will be put towards a noble project: a crazy drift car.

Corbin, you're a CT Hero!