RC F Drift Car Uses 1,200 Horsepower To Annihilate Its Tires

Most Extreme

The standard, road-going Lexus RC F uses the tried and true formula of rear-wheel-drive and a big V8 to create one seriously fun, easy to slide machine. So it only makes sense that Lexus would also seek to maximize the RC F's sideways ability with a proper max effort drifter. So that's precisely what they've done with the brand new 2JZ-powered RC F Carbon Kevlar drifter.

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More Insane

This car is the follow up to last year's very first RC F drifter, which featured an 844 horsepower V8 and was piloted by Middle East Drift Champion Ahmad Daham. Now, Daham has teamed up with Al-Futtaim Lexus, the Lexus distributor in the United Arab Emirates, to develop an even more insane version of that car.

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More Power, Less Weight

Like most good hot rod projects, this build had two goals - to increase the power output and reduce weight. A twin-turbo 2JZ six-cylinder accomplishes the first by pumping out a healthy output of 1,200 horsepower, with a pair of Garrett GTX3584 huffers doing most of the legwork in that department.

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Keep It Together

A GSC Power Division valvetrain keeps things humming along, while a triple-pump fuel system from Radium Engineering feeds the beast. Meanwhile, a Titan Motorsport dry-sump oiling system helps keep the engine lubricated under extreme cornering. And in case all of that isn't enough, there's even a Nitrous Express 200 horsepower shot on tap, too.

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Little to Move

All of that power flows through a four-speed Samsonas sequential gearbox with a twin-plate Competition Clutch, which also has to deal with a full 1,079 pound-feet of torque. Even better, that insane amount of power only has to move around a mere 2,755 pounds, which isn't much.

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Weight Savings

Lexus achieved that 1,110 pounds of weight loss thanks mostly to the car's ultra-light carbon-kevlar body panels, but there are many other smaller savings that add up. They include things like Willwood brake calipers and Rays Engineering 57CR wheels, which save a few pounds here and there.

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Ready to Burn

The end result of all that work is one of the most extreme drift cars on the planet, and easily the most powerful RC F ever conceived. And it sure sounds like Daham is every bit as excited about it as we are. "I am honored to be partnering with a brand like Lexus. I am really thankful for the support the team has given me as I built the new RC F Carbon Kevlar for the upcoming season. This car is so much fun to drive and I cannot wait to push it to its limit," he said.

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