{"id":15282,"date":"2017-03-28T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2017-04-27T00:57:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T05:57:13","slug":"rwd-toyota-corolla-im-with-a-1000-hp-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15282","title":{"rendered":"RWD Toyota Corolla iM with a 1000 hp Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fredric Aasb\u00f8 has competed in Formula Drift for several seasons in a very powerful RWD Scion tC built by Papadakis Racing. He was very successful with the tC even winning the 2015 FD Pro Championship but with Toyota discontinuing the Scion marque last year Papadakis Racing needed to build something new.<\/p>\n

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For the 2017 Formula Drift season the team used the same winning formula and applied it to a 2017 Toyota Corolla iM. The little four-door had most of the floor and engine bay gutted to make room for a RWD conversion and longitudinal engine.<\/p>\n

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Under the hood sits a Toyota 2AR-FE inline-four that had its displacement increased from 2.5 L to 2.7 L. The engine was built by Stephan Papadakis and features a BorgWarner EFR 9174 twin-scroll turbocharger, nitrous system, Supertech Performance valvetrain, and Portflow Design headwork. Running Ignite 114<\/a> race fuel through eight 2200 cc injectors, the engine makes 1,000 horsepower and 850 lb-ft. Fredric says the engine gets about 4 MPG.<\/p>\n

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Backing up the powerful engine is a G-Force GSR four-speed dog box transmission with a Tilton 7.25″ four-disc clutch. Then power goes to through a custom carbon fiber driveshaft made by Driveshaft Shop to a Supra rear end and Lexus axles.<\/p>\n

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The team introduced the Corolla iM project with a recreation of the Initial D intro.<\/p>\n