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Yeah, I hope it's more than just a PR stunt to help launch the brand! It'd be awesome to see this thing in competition even for a round or two just for the sheer ridiculousness of it! 😂
Would love to see Daigo source a Mitsubishi Galant also Dodge Galant in the USA for a similar setup than the original Astron 1.6. Those Galants are still available much cheaper than a Hakosuka and lighter. Daigo Saito is rally awesome for his choices, a real artist.
It's TMAR that's deciding what to build. Daigo is just the contracted builder (and driver for some). That's why Daigo is building the S30 Z and Kenmeri as well. TMAR is just going wild buying really rare cars and spending even more money to make them even wilder. And Daigo knows how to make wild cars! Haha The TMAR youtube channel has been posting updates on it. I'm curious to see where it all goes.
Oh snap. I'm really curious what the future holds for this car. We'll see if it was a PR stunt or they're really going to go through with it for a round or two.
Thanks for watching! Just speculation but he has a big stash of old Nascar engines. He posted a pic on IG recently of the collection. And there's definitely the wow factor associated with it. VR38 would have been really cool but maybe physically taller and harder to package? But also, in terms of a limited time frame swap, a simple NA V8 makes a lot of sense in terms of plumbing and fabrication. The Skid Factory's VK56 Hakosuka shows how extensive of a swap it is...and impractical if this really does end up competing.
I have my doubts as well but, if money was a concern, I think that would have stopped them before chopping it up and adding a V8. I have a feeling "it won't perform in testing" and be set aside for maybe the R35. It sounds like Daigo might be driving Formula Drift Japan and D1GP. I think he's a Toyota driver for one series and TMAR for the other. Again just speculation.
@@BRICKHOUSESPL crash that car and see how much replacing a panel will cost, if you can even find the parts. I'm kind of flabbergasted that they did this to a hako altho it may not be a gtr to begin with, which, even if it isn't is quite expensive nowadays. It's awesome they did that but, at the same time, given how rare these cars are its kind of a waste of a legendary classic car. Kind of like all these V8 swapped 240Z in USA.
I hear you. This team didn't really exist a month or so ago (publicly in name anyway), so without a doubt this was a "do something crazy and get a lot of attention" sort of build. I think it's likely mission accomplished in their eyes.
@@BRICKHOUSESPL he did a lot of these before. He once did a ferrari maranello drift build. Never seen once hitting the track, he also was supposed to drift a mustang, the same model year that Vaughn Gittin started with, he even showed it at TAS but there is 0 footage of it running. His corvette saw minimal use too. He mainly do these build to show his skills. I mean, a Nascar v8 swapped ultra wide body drift Hakosuka is sure to draw attention. I hope he'll do a shakedown with it tho.
