Manabu Orido campaigned a Toyota GT-86 powered by the V8 out of a Lexus IS-F for the 2012 season of the D1 Drifting Grand Prix. He had some reliability issues and was underpowered compared to some of the turbo inline-6 monsters that the other drivers were using. He made the choice to use an LS7 with NOS to make more power in a smaller and lighter package. The car now makes 700 horsepower with a lot more low end torque.
Manabu Orido picks highlights from the on-board cameras fitted to the cars that participated in the D1 Drifting Grand Prix’s demonstration at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. The focus of the footage is to show off how close the guys are able to get to each other while tandem drifting. These guys are some of the best in the world.
Extreme Driving TV is a new YouTube channel which seems to be endorsed by the Best Motoring and D1 Grand Prix drivers. They released this video with some highlights from this past year’s D1 Grand Prix Championship as a demonstration of the high standard of professional drifting in Japan.