Electric vs V8! Tesla Model S drag races LS-swapped BMW E46

Cars Arena
18 followers
11 Video Views·Mar 1, 2025
These make 500?
This is 500.
6.9 14 to 1 compression.
That was amazing!
I feel like my mask needs to have a pocket so we can call ourselves Pizza Pocket.
I thought you were going to say something nastier than that.
It's okay, we'll just move on.
Welcome back to This vs. That.
Today we have something very special for you.
Modern vs.
I don't even know what is versus, man.
Out of the car we have.
We have gas guzzling, big motor, big tire, drift car vs.
The future!
The future.
Apologies in advance for the appearance of maybe one of these cars.
Yes.
I'm calling you and your boys out.
Listen here.
The Tesla's filthy.
Look, the worst a drift car looks typically means it's been through its paces.
Then this thing's been run through its paces.
Look at this.
This is for the OnlyFans.
This is for the OnlyFans, right?
Wait a minute.
I know this guy.
You owe us a G35.
You owe me a running car.
For those who don't know this guy, we took him to Saudi Arabia and he got rowdy and Saudi.
We got a car.
And arguably created the best photo of the year.
To be fair, you guys were like, hey, we don't want to take this car home.
We did.
We did say that.
All right.
Neither of them have the administrative right to decide that.
But when it came home, I was like, why the didn't you leave it there?
It was again.
Who are you?
My name is Mike Adias.
I rock with the Hoonigan Boys.
Man-line champion.
Is that still arguable?
Apparently, he knows.
It's still arguable.
Is that still arguable?
Ryan Litterell or Mike Adias, man-line champion.
That's like a podcast conversation.
All right.
I'm just going to go ahead and give you guys an inside look.
We got a new location.
Big enough for tandem battles.
Just going to leave it there.
Anyway, so you brought a show car here with us.
Weight reduction is dope.
Yeah.
You know, like I heard something about doing some drag racing.
Have you ever drag raced?
I've launched my mom's Subaru.
What kind of Subaru?
STI 06.
Really?
It's pretty dope.
06?
That's a Hawkeye, right?
Yeah, it's a Hawkeye.
It's got a blower.
That's such a great car.
So it was like, what the?
It was actually before vapes.
It was before vapes, actually.
What is in your life?
Rocks.
Careful, careful.
It'll fall.
It's in place right now, dude.
Don't, hey, easy.
All right?
Just pop the hood.
How fast have you gone in this car?
I clapped it.
I'm just strictly speaking for your arrows.
Yeah, like, have you, has this gone faster than 70 miles an hour?
Have you shipped it out of second gear?
Like this? No.
Look, I got ringed into this last second, all right?
This thing just came off a horse thief.
Don't touch my little shepherd cloth, bro.
Okay, okay.
That's how you keep the bald eagles in there?
Yeah.
It's a thing.
It's a thing that you know.
Your names are on your head.
So explain to us this Bavarian V8.
So this is German steel.
It's a CBM motor built by my boys.
It's a 6.9 14 to 1 compression.
A what?
6.9.
14 to 1 compression?
So it's essentially a 427.
It's still under an LS.
It's like 6.96 or whatever.
That's like big block numbers.
Yeah, it is.
So it makes a-
You said 14 to 1 compression?
14 to 1 on E85, pump E85.
Damn.
Yeah, it puts down-
Boy, it sounds so cool.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, 620 at the tire, 730 estimated at the crank.
We built this for Formula Drift.
We just did our debut season last year for Pro 2.
Can't even see Josh Robinson in that smoke.
A straight line approach.
Oh, and Robinson spins.
Thank you.
Yes, honestly.
That was a-
We were super proud of you.
Let's talk about these seats.
Oh, yeah.
This is like the fanciest colorway.
Thank you, sir.
You're bringing class to the whole FD series with that seat.
Yeah, but nobody saw it because it was in Pro 2.
What'd you say?
Huh?
You said no one else has class in all of FD?
No, I said no one else saw it because it was in Pro 2.
Oh!
So the idea behind the seats is my truck has-
leather interior.
I love this color combo.
My old Audi was this color combo.
Yeah, this is it.
I got the truck-
Caramel on black.
I was like, I have to do this.
So we did that.
Yes, you did a really good job with this car.
Clean black, clean interior, the pedal box, the firewall and everything.
It all looks really well done.
Thank you.
Tell us about the logo on the seat and the steering wheel and all that.
Oh, so this is Holdfast.
This is actually my wife and I.
It's our company.
We make steering wheels and sell them, and it's pretty much what we do full time.
Nice.
It's pretty legit.
It's fun, you know, waking up when you want and things like that.
Is that the key to success?
On that note, let's check out what you're competing against.
Yes.
Well, first off, his bumper is still attached.
Introduce yourself, bud.
What's up, guys?
My name is Matthew Meza, and this is my Model S.
Matthew Meza, owner of Street Faction, a company that makes amazing products for drift cars and other cars and cool things.
He's a wizard.
Watch this guy come up from just being a shitty drift kid.
To owning a company with CNC machines, making all kinds of crazy things, innovating for drift culture.
That was the best intro.
It's always good to have someone else be your hype man.
So what brought you from shitty drift kid to Elon Musk disciple?
I mean, I used to daily an S13.
I bought that S13 in 2008.
That was my daily for almost 10 years.
Okay.
And then I got tired of driving a 240 that will constantly just break down.
So I just got something more reliable.
All the beeps.
But it's a fun car, man.
It's rear wheel drive, 500 horse.
This is rear wheel.
This is the 85D?
P85+.
So you actually have a chance.
Yes.
It's going to be a good race.
You actually have a chance.
These make 500?
This is 500.
500 rear wheel drive.
Is that an 80% battery or?
It's actually at 65% right now.
Don't make no excuses.
I didn't get a chance to charge, dude.
Have you done anything to it?
Yeah.
I tricked the air suspension so I'm able to drop it lower, but still retain all of the OEM adjustments.
And then spaced out the stock 21s with some 15 mils.
Kind of give it a little better stance.
Does Elon know you did that?
I hope so.
They should come factory like this.
I don't know why cars come with super sunk wheels.
Another cool fact is this is a signature series.
This is a 281st car built.
Oh.
So it comes in this special signature red.
What's the weight on this?
4,500.
It's like 45, 46.
It's a heavy ass car.
Yeah, it is.
But it's balanced, right?
All the batteries.
Yeah.
It's pretty well balanced.
Yeah.
We'd ask you to pop the hood, but you have to sort of.
My pleasure.
Say less.
I got my gym bag.
Say less.
There it is.
Yo, Dan can fit in there.
I can totally get in there.
Hold on.
I'm not Dan.
There's no problem with that.
This is one Dan power.
Yo, peace out.
There you go.
One Dan power.
Are you really going to close them in, Matt?
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
That's our show.
Here we go.
Yo, it got pretty tight with that.
I felt my shoulders compress.
And I was like, oh, I'm in here.
Let's look at the inside of it too.
I know.
Look at that.
Like it's just such a clean, nice car.
I just want to see a race.
Yeah.
Me too.
It's going to be the loudest car versus the quietest car ever.
You're never going to hear this at all.
All right.
So how we normally do it is we always want the first race just to be straight heads up.
And then you guys can decide you want to go 500 feet, 1,000 feet, 1,500 feet.
I'm down for whatever.
It's your call.
I don't want him to run out of battery or anything.
Nah, I'll be good.
As much as I want Micah to win, no.
We've all seen what drift cars do in a straight line.
It's a tough one.
Micah, part of the family.
That motor is crazy.
Three Faction boys, fellow Long Beach homies.
I hate to say this, but the future is electric.
As the robot overlords take over us, I feel like I should say, please don't enslave me and take my job.
But I think the Tesla is going to take it.
All I know is Micah's car is going to be really loud and spin a lot.
And Matt's is going to be on cruise control.
But I think Micah's probably going to win.
I think Micah's going to get him on the top.
But I think it's going to be like...
I would bet a whole lot on Micah not having that bumper at all.
We take bumper bets?
Let's take bumper bets.
No one thinks the bumper's going to be on.
The bumper is staying on the whole time.
The whole bumper?
The whole bumper.
You and I need to talk about betting.
I'm just letting you know right now.
The bumper formerly known as bumper.
Active aero.
Yo, Kurt said that this will stay on for the whole time.
You guys are going to look silly when it does.
Oh, Micah.
You scared?
Yo, he might have just out-burned out you.
Show him who's the boss.
Scrub those 295s in.
Asshole!
No manners.
No manners with this kid.
One of us!
And that's why you're one of us.
Dude, that thing launches pretty good.
We were not expecting that.
Here's what I think.
If we give you the hit, I think you have enough to probably take him to 1,000.
Because it's all visual.
You should make him race you to the 500 foot with the hit.
Ron didn't have a funny note, though.
If he went off with his hit, he wouldn't actually hear him leave.
That's a great idea.
We were just talking about that.
Hive mindset here.
Same thought, though.
So, what are we going to do?
That, or are we going to do the 500?
That plus the 500, we think, is a good one.
I mean, we've got to make him work for it.
He's got a goddamn race car.
Hey, Micah.
Congratulations.
Your bumper made it through round one.
Of course it was going to make it.
I don't know why you guys doubted it.
I told them.
They listened to me.
I know.
I don't know what your problem is.
The internet knows.
How does this work?
Are you drinking coffee?
No, it's hot chocolate.
Oh, nice.
Oh.
Oh, yeah.
Harry and I both still have the palate of like an 11 and a half year old.
Round two.
Fifth to launch.
I honestly think a straight up race to the 500.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think so.
I think the reality is, is that Matt didn't have the best launch on the first run.
But I think if they both had a good launch, it'd be a real even race to the 500.
The Tesla by two cars.
You panic burnout.
You saw him jump and you panicked.
I didn't want to let off.
Round three.
Micah by half a car.
Wow.
Damn.
Micah by half a car.
Wow.
Clearly, you've never been on a drag track before.
Here you go.
Yeah.
What do I get for winning the bumper bet?
You would have gotten dinner.
Yeah, what did I get for the bumper bet?
You were going to get dinner, but you didn't want to make that bet.
I didn't want to stay here.
He's already been on six month vacation.
Let's be honest.
Not bad.
I think he got you by half a car.
That's pretty close.
But you still got a Tesla, so I think you win.
Lost the race.
Winning at life.
Yeah.
Amazingly, the bumper is still intact.
You see these oversized washers that we had to throw on?
Yeah.
That's what prevents the rip through.
It's not going anywhere.
Disconnected.
Hey, hey, hey.
Stop, stop, stop.
What are you doing?
Well.
Micah, congratulations.
You beat his daily driver.
Hell yeah, bro.
Your full blown race car.
Time to put that back on the trailer, behind your pickup truck, and drive 55 miles an hour
home on the 101 while he takes the HOV lane.
See you, bud.
Enjoy it.
Nance has brought a game face to this race I have not seen yet.
Can't see it under here, but we are all smiling.
I changed my boat.
That shit seems fast.
