Chris Rado, SPORT COMPACT CAR "Getting the Whole Drift"

[TwistedByDesign]

hey christian, if by any chance, would you post the whole unedited version here?

[Rado]

Yeah sure no problem, as soon as I get home this friday before I'll get the unedited version and post it now that the magazine is out it's no big deal. I have it on my hard drive because I actually got to do this one sitting in my office at my own computer so no problem look for it on friday afternoon.
Thanks-

Oh and as for why I don't use a sc400 or is300 I'd love to but because niether one are current Toyota production cars they are Lexus yeah I now really stupid but there is a lot of politics involved it has to be a current "Brand Toyota" for me to race it or Toyota doesn't like.

[CrazyHawaiian]

USA brand Toyota or Japan brand Toyota?

[Rado]

Currently sold domestic market Toyota badged cars or trucks. Isn't that crazy?

[Al]

I always see your name talk about here and there. I don't really mind much about other people lives.

I hardly even read Mags for anything...

I came across to this thread and they are talking about you....

http://forums.club4ag.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=81255

-Al

[CrazyHawaiian]

So no USA Lexus either then? That only leaves you with trucks or the MR2 Spyder (as far as RWD goes). Yeah that is crazy.

[Rado]

Yeah so if that's the case what would you choose?
Spyder rear engine all the weight in the back...no thanks.

[CrazyHawaiian]

Yeah I'd probably go with a truck too then ... unless Toyota was down with letting you run some kind of crazy hybrid swap conversion car (like FWD converted to RWD or something). Are they gonna let you mod the trucks suspension? I would recommend 4 link rear with panhard bar and coilovers on all 4 corners, maybe a sandbag in the bed

[TwistedByDesign]

Originally posted by Rado
Yeah sure no problem, as soon as I get home this friday before I'll get the unedited version and post it now that the magazine is out it's no big deal. I have it on my hard drive because I actually got to do this one sitting in my office at my own computer so no problem look for it on friday afternoon.
Thanks-

Oh and as for why I don't use a sc400 or is300 I'd love to but because niether one are current Toyota production cars they are Lexus yeah I now really stupid but there is a lot of politics involved it has to be a current "Brand Toyota" for me to race it or Toyota doesn't like.

awesome man, thanks...good luck with your racing projects.

[Rado]

Yeah they will let us do what ever we want to the suspension but they are making us use the TRD blower which is cool I guess but I really a turbo kind of guy ya know what I mean? It will definately have coilovers all the way around fer shees. But you see why I had to pick the truck plus Toyota is pushing their trucks more than any products they sell Look at NASCAR Truck for god sake TRD has never spent any money on the drag guys if anything made all of us slower at the time but Toyota and TRD throw $$$millions at truck racing crazy!!

[Nemesis]

its funny because half the people rpelying to you hated u a few months ago...lol...i still don't like how u approached that article and thought it was immature.

meh i didn't really care anyways, i would of (and i think alot of people here) would have rathered u prove everything on the track rather than saying stuff like in an article without even competing in events...

jus my 2cents

[D1 DRIFTER]

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i agree!

[Craftsman]

I dunno man... The truck is kinda... Uh....

Man... get an eight-six? THat'd be cool no?

Matt.

[Rado]

Sorry you felt that way about the column Nemesis I did my best to keep it real and not BS anyone out there. Still I believe those things and I'm not trying to insult anyone at all but it's the truth about certain things. Anyway like I said their just my opinions don't take it to heart . Also believe me as soon as I can get out there I will I'm not tying to prove anything on the web thats kinda of ridulous one always must prove what they say On The Track. It's the only way I know but I can at least explain where I'm coming from right?

[CrazyHawaiian]

Yeah the truck thing is odd but its definately do-able. I think the biggest problem you'd run into is the weight distribution, but since I dont have any facts on the truck I cant say for sure. If you can take care of that then you should be good to go. I've seen pics of that guy with the white Tacoma drifting and it looked pretty good. I've also seen some Hardbodys drifting over here in Hawaii and that looked good. Leaf spring suspension can handle more than I thought (though I'd still go with coilovers). That TRD blower isn't that bad man, one of my coworkers has one on his Tacoma, pretty happy with it. And considering you can drift with the stock engine, that should be more than enough power.