This has always been a dream of ours, to take one bad ass nostalgic and go drifting, one of the few motorsports where style matters just as much as speed. The problem is, we’d never have the nerve to actually do it because 1.) we can’t drift our way out of a used kleenex and 2.) we couldn’t bear to see the toll this would take on hard-to-find body panels and trim. Luckily, Hideo Itakura and HDO Racing Service have no such reservations and have been campaigning this SR20-powered Celica Liftback in Japan’s D1GP drift series. Note the intercooler masquerading as a grille. That’s total awesome right there.
UPDATE: Check out this pic from Zulu!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Sweet ass car, would love to see that car in action.
Finally, I was waiting for this to happen. Awesome!
oh yessssssssssssss!!
bring it to america!!!
please please!!
very cool indeed
I wonder if purists squirm at the site of a SR20 in a Celica? lol
Personally, I’d go with a 4AGZE, but hey, different strokes…
another for the ‘only in japan’ file
very nice =D
i’m loving the fender mirrors =D
that thing looks awesome =D but why would you drop an SR into it when Toyota has perfectly good, strong motors?? =(
i have another pic of this car in action. do u guys want it? besides that i love it! celica D1 style! i have a friend in virginia who also drifts a celica. went to his first real track event a lil ago. except his is a white coupe.
Zulu – of course, man! Email it to feedback or post it in the forums. Thanks!