Someone's Built A 1000bhp Drift Toyota Corolla And Put It In An Initial D Tribute Video

Papadakis Racing has put together an incredible car for the Rockstar D Formula Drift team, and its creation has been celebrated with an awesome Initial D homage
Someone's Built A 1000bhp Drift Toyota Corolla And Put It In An Initial D Tribute Video

The Toyota Corolla is not a particularly exciting car. The days of the quick T Sport versions are long gone, and along with the Avensis, it’s a side of Toyota us enthusiasts just aren’t interested in. But as you’ve probably gathered, this is no or ordinary Corolla.

Built by Papadakis Racing, it’s - unlike the standard Corolla - rear-wheel drive, and powered by a massively modified Toyota 2AR inline-four putting out an outrageous 1000bhp. It’s now displacing 2.7 litres, and is force fed by a huge twin-scroll Borg Warner turbocharger.

This Formula D entrant isn’t the first unconventional car Papadakis has put together: a few years ago it created an incredible 900bhp, V8-powered VW Passat for Tanner Foust. This latest creation will be piloted by Fredric Aasbø, making its debut at the Formula Drift Long Beach event this weekend.

As a rear-wheel drive Corolla, it seems the the Rockstar D team that’ll be fielding this monster couldn’t resist pointing out the AE86 connection. So, to coincide with the car’s arrival, an amazing Initial D homage video was put together, which you can see above.

The Eurobeat intensifies…

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Comments

I’d say the grmn is better.

03/30/2017 - 09:20 |
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Anonymous

When your car is so anti-social your surname becomes ASBO

03/29/2017 - 22:34 |
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Anonymous

From a Corolla iM?
I need some turbo input!

03/29/2017 - 22:53 |
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DJ N

Wow, 1000bhp from a four. Takumi be delivering tofu faster than anything now

03/30/2017 - 02:31 |
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Caro

In reply to by DJ N

Or not considering he’s never attempted more than 300 hp and this has more than 4x the hp his AE86 did.

03/31/2017 - 01:09 |
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Anonymous

running in the 2k17 `

03/30/2017 - 05:12 |
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Anonymous

what engine they are using ???

03/30/2017 - 05:57 |
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Anonymous

Toyota still comes up with a lot of surprises for us enthusiasts. Toyota made the Avensis a touring car and now they built a Yaris rallye car, which will take part in the WRC.

#TRD.

03/30/2017 - 07:44 |
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TigerMousePro

This Is So Cool!!!!!

03/30/2017 - 08:21 |
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TigerMousePro

This just made my day!

03/30/2017 - 08:22 |
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Caro

and this is why i dont follow modern drifting

03/30/2017 - 08:27 |
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