On this podcast, Rich thinks Hyundai is the car brand for enthusiasts while some other brands like Honda have forgotten about the enthusiast. Scott isn’t sold on this.
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On today’s podcast, we are joined Nick Brosseau AKA Tuning By Nick. Why would anyone put a Honda engine in a Porsche 911? Nick has done the unthinkable but may be ingenious. Check out the full podcast below.
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On today’s podcast, Luis and Rich are joined by special guest Johnathon Noll aka Boosted John. John makes amazing content on YouTube, you can check out his channel below. The guys talk about his most recent project of a EK Civic that he picked up in the back roads of Arkansas. This car has a Euro R H22A with a B series transmission. This car is sitting nicely on Konig Heliograms 15×8 +36 4×100 in Titanium Metallic.
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On today’s podcast, Scott and newcomer Rich speak about the upcoming reveal of the 2023 Honda Civic Type R!
Tune in to hear Scott and Rich talk about predictions of what to expect with the new model, comparisons to the previous Type R, and more that you may not know about this highly awaited vehicle! Do you agree with what they said? What do you think they missed? Comment and let us know!
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On today’s podcast, Scott and newcomer Rich speak about the upcoming reveal of the 2023 Honda Civic Type R!
Tune in to hear Scott and Rich talk about predictions of what to expect with the new model, comparisons to the previous Type R, and more that you may not know about this highly awaited vehicle! Do you agree with what they said? What do you think they missed? Comment and let us know!
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If you’re an avid Formula Drift fan and followed along for years you may have your share of favorite memories. However, can you remember some of the most unique FD builds to take the grid? Here are our top 8 picks for most unique Formula Drift Cars! Let us know if you think we missed any or what your favorite ones are!
8. James Bondurant’s Factory Five Shelby Replica
James Bondurant (son of Bob Bondurant) brought a few unique cars out to Formula Drift over his career span. The most unique was a Factory Five Roadster, which is a mock chassis of the famous 427 Shelby Cobra. He never qualified in it
7. Mike Peter’s Automatic Chevrolet El Camino
Mike Peters drove a 3 speed automatic Chevrolet El Camino
around Formula Drift for quite some time! The automatic transmission is now
illegal in Formula Drift so this is another unique feature to this odd drift
car that stands out. You could also classify it as the only “truck” to run in
Formula Drift if you wanted too. The really cool thing about this build is that
is was super budget and Mike Peters was decently competitive with it.
6. Travis Reeder’s Electric EL1 Chevrolet Camaro
Travis Reeder with Napoleon Motorsports unveiled a full electric Chevrolet Camaro for the 2019 Formula Drift season. The car qualified at Road Atlanta putting this Chevy in the history books of Formula Drift. This Camaro runs Konig Ampliform wheels that are 20″ x 9.5″in the rear and 19″ x 8.5″ in the front wrapped in Nitto NT555G2 tires.
5. Team Falken’s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
Team Falken really had their glory days of Formula Drift in the early years of the sport. The 1969 Chevy Camaro was a perfect example of the boys in teal and blue throwing anything on the track they thought could drift. Ryan Hampton was tasked with trying to wheel this old muscle car around Formula Drift. While the car never performed exceptionally well he did look up to the standard of the times in Formula Drift and man it looked good sideways.
4. James Robinson’s V6 Honda Element
James Robinson took his day job as an engineer at Honda and applied his skills to building a V6 swapped Honda Element for Formula Drift. This marks the only SUV or non-car chassis to compete in the sport to date. The new rulebook does not allow trucks or SUVs to compete in the series so this will stand as the lone qualifying SUV for a long time into the future.
3. Tanner Foust’s RWD Volkswagen Passat
Tanner Foust and his crew chief/builder Stephan Papadakis
have brought some wild builds into Formula Drift over the years. I choose to
dig into the Volkswagen Passat that was converted to RWD with a Chevrolet LS7
squeezed into the engine baby. The car was a very unique chassis and the first
Volkswagen to compete in Formula Drift. While Tanner Foust is retired from
Formula Drift he still brings the Passat out to events such as Gridlife where
the car has been dubbed the “Drift Taxi.”
2. Blake Fuller’s RWD Acura Integra
In the early days of Formula Drift we had Blake Fuller of Braille Battery bring the first RWD converted FWD car to Formula Drift. He showed up with a DC2 Acura Integra that he converted to RWD and competed in FD. This car wouldn’t even be competitive in Pro Am these days but it was pretty cool and unique for its time. It was also the first Honda chassis to compete in Formula Drift with several to follow.
1.Federico Sceriffo’s Nitrous Powered Ferrari 599
This is the car you are likely the most familiar with on
this list. The Ferrari 599 made a debut in the 2018 season piloted by Italian
drifter Fedrico Sceriffo. The first version of the car was a twin-supercharge
the 6.0-liter V12 for its debut season. It was later simplified to a simpler
motor setup with nitrous to top it off for power. It’s not likely we will see
another exotic car compete in Formula Drift in the next decade so this is truly
a crazy and unique chassis to treasure.
Be sure to check out the May issue of D Sport Magazine featuring an inclusive look at the all new 2015 Turbocharged EcoBoost Mustang, Updates on Honda’s 2015 Civic Type R and last (but not least) must read tech know-how for advanced nitrous oxide. If you happen to flip to our ad, be sure to check out race legend Vinny Ten on building fast cars and his history in the import tuning performance scene.
For those of you who remember our 2010 Project Honda CR-Z build for SEMA it was recently featured on the SPEED Channel’s Honda CR-Z Concepts.
The article features a collection of CR-Z’s, which were awarded to a select few companies for a special build. Companies included but not limited to; KÖNIG Wheels, HPD, Bisimoto Engineering, Eibach Springs and DSO Eyewear.
KÖNIG’s concept featured a set of KÖNIG Milligrams in matte black, a Synergy Green paint scheme with matte black accents along the sides of the car, Thule rack, custom Kicker Audio system, Eibach Springs, Weapon-R Performance components and so much more! KÖNIG’s objective of the concept was to combine Tuner style with various lifestyle and sports attributes including Skateboarding, Surfing and BMX.
All CR-Z concepts were shown off in a special area within the Honda booth at the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After the SEMA show, the KÖNIG Wheels Honda CR-Z spent that entire year attending various auto shows and many large international auto shows as well as some spotlight appearances on the show floor of Honda dealerships.
KÖNIG would like to thank Honda Motors for another great opportunity. Special thanks to Whitfield Racing for their efforts in making this a successful build and all the great companies who helped make this happen.
