Chris Rado and the World Racing AWD Scion tC @ Road Atlanta

[hatamakoto]

That car should be in pike peak.

[tyndago]

Thanks for posting this up. Glad to see Chris out there with this beast. I saw it in a very early form, in his shop over a year ago. Chris always pushes the limits, and haters are going to hate him for it.

[ReaperXTC]

@tyndago Very true. I am looking forward to seeing how far he will push it at Sebring this weekend. They say he should be reaching 200mph

[tyndago]

@ReaperXTC In the FWD Scion, Chris was saying he was hitting 180 mph in some spots. He has done 6 seconds, and 200 mph in his FWD drag car. The last time I saw him he said " I just want to go fast." I think that's cool, and that explains Chris right there.

[ReaperXTC]

@tyndago Couldn't agree more, I just hope they psot some video up of Sebring.

[NeedForSpeed]

Great video, thanks for posting!

[elpibe200]

sounds like a vaccum cleaner. 

[jabbalenium]

kinda boring to watch ... nothing spectacular video wise, could be any car except for the design

[ReaperXTC]

@jabbalenium It only ran two laps when they were doing their shakedown run. It had some issues and was pulle up to the trailer immediately afterwards.

[SSCcivic]

Guess it can't bump draft with that front wing.....

[esurfer26]

It looks an uphill race car!

[ReaperXTC]

@esurfer26 I agree with you on that. Maybe it'll run the peak at some point

[187JCA]

@ReaperXTC I think Rado always thinks that watt matters is Power, so he built's all the car around the engine, but the problem is that he never finds the dynamic balance between, power, traction and weight. Have you seen the pro time attackers, like the ciber evo from japan? that car fly's and you don't see them with a wing mounted on the hood like rado did. because rado can't put all the power to the wheels and can't handle very well on corners so his solution is a wing.

[ReaperXTC]

@187JCA I think they're just taking what they have learned from the fwd and applied it in a similar fashion to the awd. I agree the cyber evo is very fast, but they started from a very capable awd platform and have developed it over many years. This is the first AWD Scion tC built. I believe it has only been in development for a year or little more. There will be bugs, growing pains, but those guys to what works for them. You have to respect that at least?

[rhythmnsmoke]

@187JCA You have to keep in mind that they are trying to go faster than anyone else has gone, including the Cyber Evo. If they were to run the same power as most of the other cars in TA then they would be "AS Fast" as those cars, not "Faster" than those cars. Just to go 1sec faster is a Lot. In order to do this, thinking outside the box is required. Take their FWD tC for example. Last RTA event it went 1:22sec. The 800-1000hp COBB GTR went 1:23. So, imagine how fast the AWD tC will be.

[kevinmosleyI]

Woooww. I was going to go to RA for my birthday last weekend; plans changed, so it sucks that I missed this!

[rhythmnsmoke]

Gives me goose bumps...Spy video FTW!

[unresolved777]

thanks for sharing man... thats a thing of beauty.

[KrAzYsTc]

the car looks awsome!!!

[JElterman]

Thanks for sharing the footage!

[ReaperXTC]

@JElterman Not a problem. Figured everyone would be itching to see this bad boy in action