Concept drawings, braggadocio, and the promise of something "you've never seen before, we think!" are all too common when it comes to a budding company and its overzealous ambition to build what they think will become the ultimate Super Street cover car. What usually happens next is the proposed project becomes nothing more than an unfinished chassis, touched merely by curious hands of visitors to said shop or it simply vanishes, an idea with promise now merely a figment of one's passing imagination, never reaching fruition.
This is what usually happens.
But when rumors began to surface that there would soon be a FD RX-7 getting ready to take the stage as the next superstar hopeful, we braced ourselves behind an emotional barrier; we'd been down that hurtful road before. Quick to reassure us was Erwin Jureidini, part of the marketing staff for BRS Autodesign, the team which would not only put its body shaping skills to the test, but would also bring in one of the US' top drifters and road racers, Alex Pfeiffer, to lend a hand in building and racing the car upon its completion. Taking styling cues from the Super GT series in Japan, BRS' first order of business was to alter the body lines of the FD from stock to shock with a look that would mimic the racecars of Japan. Throughout the years, BRS has crafted its own widebody kits for the Toyota MR2 and Mazda Miata, but its Acura NSX body kit was the only other time BRS created a design after the Super GT look. So it only seemed right to carry on the tradition by adding a 14-piece GTRE full widebody kit, which as you can tell, is not for your average enthusiast, nor is it priced for one. But the BRS kit is not for your everyday car builder. Civics and, unfortunately, most front-wheel-drives can put the credit cards away (for now); BRS caters specifically toward the RWD market, especially if you're going racing. As Erwin explains, "Our kits aren't just streetable; they're made for the track. It's a lot more functional than any of the other kits we've produced." Once the GTRE kit was fitted on, a Wise Sports Besiege wing and C-Wings headlights were added, then the car was repainted in-house with a BASF Carisma Fuschia Pearl likeness. This ain't your average pink.