Axel François is a professional drifter from France that competes in a Toyota GT86. The 1280 kg coupe is powered by a turbocharged 4.0 L Toyota 1UZ-FE V8 making 600 horsepower thanks to a Holset turbocharger and E85 fuel. The engine is mated to a ZF S6-53 six-speed manual transmission from a BMW 530D E60. … Read more
It’s been a couple of weeks since we shared HGK Racing Team‘s newest drift project. Back then we knew very little besides it was a Toyota GT86 with a carbon/kevlar widebody and a powerful LSx V8. The company released a new video on the project with more details. They call the car “Project Rhino” for … Read more
HGK Racing is company in Latvia known for building carbon/kevlar BMWs for drifting. Recently they have built a Toyota 86 with a carbon/kevlar body for one lucky customer. The 1,200 kg (2645 lb) car is powered by a built LSx V8 that makes a mean sound on the dyno. The company released very few specs … Read more
Pure Automotive Performance received a lot of interest and questions since they announced development on K20/K24 mounts for the Toyota 86/Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ. In the video below the team answers many questions about the kit and swap. The company also says they will be taking orders very soon. Source: Pure Automotive Performance YT … Read more
The last time we featured Nikki Hepburn’s Boosted 86 Racing race car was in 2016 when the turbocharged and destroked 4.0 L 1FZ-FE inline-six was making 1,800 horsepower. The team continues to extract power and recently made 2,003 hp (1,494 kW) at 7,955 rpm to the hubs. This will help Nikki keep the title of … Read more
Josh Coote competes in World Time Attack driving a special Toyota 86 built at his company MCA Suspension in Brisbane, Australia. The race car was powered by a VQ37 V6 when we featured it in 2016. However Josh wanted more power and instead of turbocharging the VQ37, he installed a 3.8 L VR38DETT V6 from … Read more