Chris Rado's Scion TC = Most Rediculous Spoiler Setup = Ugliest Race Car

[mIKE]

Originally Posted by vash_g35

or they could have just put some weights on the engine bay...

Increasing weight is a bad thing. Downforce =/= weight.

Originally Posted by Callaway

it may be ugly, but unlike the ricer TC's on the street, the set up is functional.

Yes it is. Everyone bashes big spoilers, but when they see it on an obviously tracked car, they all shut up. I don't see how this is any different, given that there was a lotus that had a spoiler on the roof not too long ago (and was rather successful).

[jkuo]

Actually, it's already been done. I wish I could find the pictures, but Civics have been rolling around with metal wings on their hoods for years. Just not that high.

Originally Posted by RADIOGUY21

QFT. It will be the next big thing since Buick stick on side vents.

[GreenGoblin]

Wow that is strange looking but hey with a lap time like that I am sure he is the one getting the last laugh.

[05DGx]

A lap time like that is incredible. Its ugly as f*ck, but apparently its getting the job done, and getting it done better than anyone out there.


Its kinda a wow and wtf at the same time...


Kudos to them on setting some seriously fast laps.

[Wannabe6MT]

Wow, thats pretty bad.

[ltrrtl218]

i rather have a slower lap time but not look ridiculous

[Paniller]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

i rather have a slower lap time but not look ridiculous

Yeah, but then you'll never have a sweet thread dedicated to your glory.

[Garnet Canuck]

LMAO!! That's one of the most ridiculous looking things I've seen.

[jutn35]

that sh*t can drift in reverse !

[khundkar]

Hmmm.. didn't that car just make the time attack record? it's all fun and games till the car you are making fun of owns everything else on the track.

[Beebo]

....i guess its ok only because it really does work

[155Mph]

am i supposed to laugh at that tC or cry??

[C]

i'll take two.

[rookie]

I know where the bodywork was done!!!!! hahah

It does look a bit funny yes. But dude, look at the time it pulled. 1.22.623

Here's how the unlimited class stacked up.

# FX Motorsports/Cricket NSX, 1:18.555, Driven by Billy Johnson, Yokohama slicks
# Sierra Sierra EVO 8, 1:20.454, Jonathan Bomarito, Hankook C91
# C-West S2000, 1:20.838, Tyler Mcquarrie, Hankook C91
# Crawford STI, 1:22.097, Tarzan Yamada, Hankook C91
# World Racing Scion Tc, 1:22.623, Chris Rado, Hankook slicks
# GST Impreza, 1:23.141 Gary Sheehan, Hankook C91
# Evasive Motorsports EVO 8, 1:23.300, Tim Kuo, ???
# Fontana Nissan 350Z, 1:23.846, Mike Cronin Jr., Pirelli slicks

Read more here. http://www.beyondthedyno.com/Blogs/Eric/?p=1885

Working in the SSE EVO 8 paddock, I thought I saw a sprint car pass by in my peripheral vision. I was thinking, “Holy ****, wtf was that?!?!” I didn’t clown the front wing though because it just might have worked. Chris said the car was neutral as ever and he couldn’t get it to under or over steer. What about the drag you say? Who the hell cares about drag when you have 700hp+ in a sub 2200lb. car?!?! They had a really long weekend of swapping engines, fixing injectors, and fighting off electrical gremlins, but it paid off on Sunday when Chris ran a 1:22.623. This is not only amazingly fast for a front wheel drive car, but fast in general as one can see in the results. Don’t knock it ’till you try it I guess.

[CandlestickPark]

When I first saw pics of this car I thought it was a photochop. With lap times like that who cares what it looks like!