Ferrari-Powered Toyota 86 Does Epic Donuts Around 458
VIDEODidn't get enough of Ryan Tuerck's automotive/"_blank">automotive.com/category/cars/"_blank">Ferrari 458-powered Toyota 86 yesterday ?Well the drifter is back at it and has released the first clip of his insane creation on the move.While seeing the car screaming on a dyno or even just trundling around a racetrack would have been cool, that clearly wouldn't have been epic enough for Tuerck and his crew.Instead, they recruited a Ferrari 458 Italia and set about doing some epic, smoky donuts around the Italian sports car, giving the world a long-awaited snippet of what the tail-happy creation is capable of.Tuerck has previously confirmed that the vehicle won't be used in competition in Formula D meaning we won't see it competing against other Japanese drift cars any time soon.Nevertheless, here's hoping that an epic Ken Block-style drifting video is in the works.
Watch Ryan Tuerck's Ferrari-Engined Toyota GT86 Drift Circles Around an Actual Ferrari
It's hard to think of something more batshit than dropping the engine from a automotive/"_blank">automotive.com/category/cars/"_blank">Ferrari 458 into a small sports car like the Toyota GT86—and turning the end result into a drift car.But in automotive terms, batshit is good, and that's precisely what makes drifter Ryan Tuerck's new GT4586 build so damn awesome.On Monday, a clip was uploaded to the Donut Media Facebook page showing the long-awaited GT4586 build, as Tuerck calls it, finally take to the streets and drift.
Watch this Lunatic Ferrari-Powered Toyota 86 Do Donuts Around an Actual Ferrari
Over the last few months, we've been following what has to be the finest engine swap we've seen in recent memory: The engine from a automotive/"_blank">automotive.com/category/cars/"_blank">Ferrari 458 crammed into the engine bay of the Toyota 86.Our first thought was that it was some sort of joke.Or second thought, and current thought, is that it's all sorts of awesome.