Tanner Foust to drift 2009 Scion tC
11-11-2008, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by plmars
Ok. Here comes my rumor train.
Lets add two and two together.
First there were speculations that toyota wants to revive ae86 and will make a rwd celica. In my opinion that could only be possible in Japan. Its not Toyota USA's market.
Scion on the other hand seems a perfectly suited for that.
Now there is a 2nd TC being converted to RWD.
Think about how much persuading has to go into convincing a drift team to do that. Scion has to have a huge interest in advertising in drift world.
Why would you do that if you dont offer a RWD car for the fans. Seems to be like a badly placed promotional investment.
Then there is the collaboration between toyota and subaru for a RWD car.
Somehow it all fits together now. Doesn't it.
My guess. LA auto show will reveal 2010 RWD TC.
I also guessing that Scion will introduce forth model as similar to Fuse as XB2 is to tB.
Lets add two and two together.
First there were speculations that toyota wants to revive ae86 and will make a rwd celica. In my opinion that could only be possible in Japan. Its not Toyota USA's market.
Scion on the other hand seems a perfectly suited for that.
Now there is a 2nd TC being converted to RWD.
Think about how much persuading has to go into convincing a drift team to do that. Scion has to have a huge interest in advertising in drift world.
Why would you do that if you dont offer a RWD car for the fans. Seems to be like a badly placed promotional investment.
Then there is the collaboration between toyota and subaru for a RWD car.
Somehow it all fits together now. Doesn't it.
My guess. LA auto show will reveal 2010 RWD TC.
I also guessing that Scion will introduce forth model as similar to Fuse as XB2 is to tB.
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11-15-2008, 01:09 PM
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It was a reliable source I cannot reveal but I don't think Foust would give up a Championship proven car for a comparably weak I4 It would be stupid for him But throw 800hp under the hood and now the tC looks good. But you will see
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11-15-2008, 08:25 PM
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by 5.7L I'm talking about the new Tundra V8 which is the block used in NASCAR. I don't know whats more unbelievable the fact that you saw Jim Press in Blockbuster or the thought of a V8 in a tC but According to a Scion Rep that is what he said. But either way you won't be seeing a I4 in the Foust tC
11-15-2008, 08:54 PM
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Even if they DID manage to crowbar a 3UR-FE in with enough naughty bits to pump out twice the horsepower that engine normally puts out... it wouldn't even be the same car anymore, because they would have to reinforce or swap out pretty much every single component of the car to handle something like that.
11-15-2008, 10:39 PM
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Toyota has been a part of NASCAR, car and truck series, for a while now.
Foust would give up a super powerful car for a relatively weak car for business gains. Hubinette I believe did something like that when he went from the well thought-out Viper to the still-too-heavy Charger.
Foust went from a 350Z to a tC correct? In each case 2 cylinders were lost. Well, either way, I don't much care. Drifting is more of an art than a power war (though the power ostensibly helps as in the case of the Viper vs like, a Hachiroku or something.)
Foust would give up a super powerful car for a relatively weak car for business gains. Hubinette I believe did something like that when he went from the well thought-out Viper to the still-too-heavy Charger.
Foust went from a 350Z to a tC correct? In each case 2 cylinders were lost. Well, either way, I don't much care. Drifting is more of an art than a power war (though the power ostensibly helps as in the case of the Viper vs like, a Hachiroku or something.)
11-18-2008, 12:46 AM
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Well we shall see the 2009 drift season is not that far but I doubt we shall see an I4 and if I remember correct at 2007 SEMA there was a xB w/ a twin turbo v8 so why cant they cram a V8 under the hood anything is possible with the right money and crew
11-22-2008, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by HKSpeed
omg. there goes Foust's drifting career. Gushi's tC has nothing but problems this season. Foust is going from a twin-turbo 3.5 V6 to a single turbo 2.0 (if its a 3gte like Gushi's) I4. even if there are no technical problems, he's gonna get eaten up by the guys running V8's and V10 (Hubinette's Viper). I dont think any professional drifter outside Japan is skilled enough to take a 4 cylinder to the top of a championship points series (maybe except for Rhys Millen).