{"id":26391,"date":"2018-08-08T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26391"},"modified":"2018-08-08T01:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T06:14:53","slug":"papadakis-racing-1000-hp-rwd-corolla-build-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26391","title":{"rendered":"Papadakis Racing 1,000 hp RWD Corolla Build Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=26394\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?fit=1419%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1419,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Papadakis Racing RWD Corolla transformation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Papadakis Racing RWD Corolla transformation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?fit=1024%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?resize=600%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Papadakis Racing RWD Corolla transformation\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?resize=600%2C274&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?resize=768%2C351&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?resize=1024%2C468&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?w=1419&amp;ssl=1 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fredric Aasbo competes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24781\">RWD Corolla<\/a> built by Papadakis Racing. Under the hood sits a <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25471\">stroked and turbocharged 2.7 L 2AR-FE<\/a> inline-four that makes 1,000 horsepower to the hubs with nitrous. The team was able to complete the build in only two months. Watch as Stephen, Shawn Hillier, Aldo Villagran, Georgheinz Rios, designer Jon Sibal, and Chris Woodward from TRD transform a 2019 Corolla into a RWD monster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/a4xmry2sn8M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVDKsGMP27sI-7P-r6cTWVQ\">Papadakis Racing YT channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fredric Aasbo competes in a RWD Corolla built by Papadakis Racing. Under the hood sits a stroked and turbocharged 2.7 L 2AR-FE inline-four that makes 1,000 horsepower to the hubs with nitrous. The team was able to complete the build in only two months. Watch as Stephen, Shawn Hillier, Aldo Villagran, Georgheinz Rios, designer Jon&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26391\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Papadakis Racing 1,000 hp RWD Corolla Build Video<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corolla"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Papadakis-Racing-RWD-Corolla-transformation.jpg?fit=1419%2C648&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24781,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24781","url_meta":{"origin":26391,"position":0},"title":"RWD 2019 Corolla with a Turbo 2AR Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Papadakis Racing needed only a few months to turn a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback into Fredric Aasb\u00f8's new Formula Drift race car. 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