 Hello and welcome back here to the channel, I'm EvilRabbit. We are taking a look at some shakedown runs of a different tune to my HTC Z, but we're not going to be using HTC Z anymore. We're going to be going into a new project, but before we get into a new project, because it'll make more sense, I'm going to give you guys a little bit of a backstory on where the name EvilRabbit came from. A lot of people have asked where the name EvilRabbit came from and how did I create this name and this persona. Well, it actually originated back when I first started driving. I actually got a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit and I started racing autocross with it as well as driving it on the daily. And one of the events that I went to, I had my engine cover painted with blood splatter red paint on it and the tech was like, oh man this thing looks evil and then when I got called up to do my run, the announcer said, everybody come and watch out the EvilRabbit's on track and the name kind of just stuck. So I had that car for many, many years. It went through various transitional changes into, you know, different style wheels and back. And as you note here in the window, the EvilRabbit European plate, which you guys have probably seen in some videos. So the name kind of stuck with that since I owned a 2007 Rabbit. The name EvilRabbit stuck after racing with it. And you know, like I said, I had that for many, many years and I ended up selling it a few years ago and definitely was a very fun car. And I had a lot of fun with it, took it all over the place, went to Deals Gap, drove Deals Gap with it, raced it in Florida as well as, you know, in Ohio and stuff like that. And you know, it was on CC Enchilago wheels when I sold it, full roof rack and everything like that. And so that is just a little backstory on where the name EvilRabbit came from because, you know, it's, you know, when you're creating a persona or a nickname, you know, happens sometime and it sticks. You kind of just go with it. So that's where the name EvilRabbit came from. I've had a lot of people ask me, where did the name come from? How did you get the name EvilRabbit? Well, that's a little backstory for you guys on where the name came. So that brings me to the new project that I'm going to work. So EvilRabbit for me is been a nickname of mine since the beginning. So Volkswagen was where I started my career. I started my career out of Volkswagen dealership in Florida and now I work for BMW. But Volkswagen was where it all started because it was my first streetcar and things like that. So let's get into the new project. So when I say new project, that is this right here, taking a WRC Polo rally car and making it into a drift car. So with a little bit of backstory of knowing where the EvilRabbit name came from, it would be only fitting that I do a Volkswagen build for a comp car. So we are here to shake down this. Of course, I'm going to be doing the modeling and everything more on this, you know, removing most of the interior, changing out the wheels, doing all kinds of cool things to this car to make it more of a drift car. So we do have the suspension set up and everything set up for drifting. Nothing is perfect, but the physics and everything are there. So we're going to go shake this down today. And then we will get into more of the modeling and things of that nature. And the videos will probably be going up, you know, on the channel as well as on the Patreon page. So building a WRC rally car into a drift car is my new project because it suits me very well when it comes to the name EvilRabbit and this, you know, YouTube persona with the name knowing my backstory. So let's go shake this car down some. So this car is massively loud and I love the turbo flutter that this car has. And the cracks. It is about 800 horsepower and it is fully set up with about 70, 70 ish degrees with the steering angle. And I've just done the physics and the power and everything of that. We haven't gotten fully into obviously the modeling of the car. So we have to rid of this from all the guys or all this car is loud. And we're going to go full shake down on this. So let me know what you guys think of this project down in the comment section down below. So a little bit shaky on the entry, but the car seems to be handling the physics and everything pretty well actually. You definitely got to get some wise fad in the front because it looked very weird with nothing in the wheel wells. But for a first run out here at OSW with this car, definitely a lot of fun. Having a hatchback, you know, is kind of like, you know, cheating when it comes to drifting in a sense. Osmo Ryan turn around those hatchbacks and it's just you can get so much closer to a wall. And the chase car behind you has a little bit of a disadvantage when it comes to getting close to a wall. But I feel like this car would suit me very well and be very different. And I feel like I'd be the only one out there with a polo competition drift car. Just got to make sure the cons allow hatchbacks. I believe they do as long as it meets all the other requirements. And for the first shake of this car with the wheelbase being so short compared to some of the other cars that I've tested, this is handling quite well. It's not super twitchy, which I expected it kind of to be really twitchy. That cone I expected to be really twitchy, but actually doing quite well. And I'm slightly impressed with how the car is handling with just a first try. And I definitely love how this car sounds. That little turbo flutter and the crackle when you're shifting in the gears from like the anti lag system, it's definitely fun. There it is. I'll tap for good longer than I needed to do in my own basically little spotlight on this new build project. Let me know what you guys think about this idea of taking this WRC polo and making a drift car out of it, because I mean, I'm having a lot of fun and I've just started it. So let's take the car to Irwindale because we always take cars to Irwindale to finish episodes off. So we are here at Irwindale in the polo drift car start. And we're going to see what we can do with it. Definitely got to change the wheels. Like I said, I love the way the car sounded, you know, the shifting, the anti lag system and the cracks when you're changing gears. Reminds me of Ryan Turc's old car before he switched into the Corolla. So we're going to go Irwindale and see what we can do with it. First time on Irwindale with this car, actually, so the car wants to definitely drift up a little bit more. Didn't want to wreck the car in the first one. So that's something I'm going to be mindful of going into the second take. You know, this is, like I said, brand new style of me. It's very short. It's a lot twitchier than a lot of my other cars. So it's definitely a different style of car, which is definitely good for future UTC cars being such a small car. Definitely may have to change the tires and things of that nature. I think I have a new favorite car that we're going to make a full blown out competition spec car with the high mount brake lights, front brake light, you know, window banners and cool, you know, got it out of the interior and things of that nature. Of course, you guys know you're moving the side windows and doing more modeling, changing out the seats, steering wheels and things of that nature. I mean, inside of the car. So if you guys want to see that, just subscribe to the channel and follow me because I will be continuously updating you guys on the progression of this car. One final run here for today's episode. And the Polo rally car drift car project off here. Maybe a little bit off. Y'all, we got this. Oh, but as we say that, we go hard in the wall. So I'll do it for you for this episode. Let me show you how to find me on social media, all of which found in the description box below. As always, I thank you guys for coming back and watching. I'll be more of it. I'll see you guys on the track.