Is Hert’s 600hp GS 300 Faster than a C8 Corvette?

Easily the best drift car by accident. Yo, Hurt, whether you win or lose, you're looking for people's fans. Welcome back to the new season of This Versus That. You know, the show where we race this versus that. The uncommon foes show, where you are not expecting to see this versus that. Anyway, it's a new season, a bunch of great stuff. Here's what we got for you today. So how excited are you for this race? Oh, I'm stoked. Vinny wasn't even supposed to be here today. He came out early just because of this. Yeah, I want to see my boy Hurt race. Also, maybe shit talk him a bit. I think this is one of my favorite builds of his fleet, so. Also one of my favorite cars he's built. I love the car. I love the motor. But we all kind of secretly want to watch Hurt fail, too. So it's a difficult thing. But then he's also one of ours. So it's like, it's a hard who you root against. But this is, yo, honestly, interesting lineup. This is like the race of the ages, right? Domestic, basically stock, versus tuner car. Yeah, let's get into it. Okay, so what is it? You got a luxury vehicle here. Yeah, Lexus GS300, nothing special. They come stock with a 2JZ. And you added a turbo to it. Uh, yeah. It's got big rims. It's low. It's got a body kit. That's it. Let's move on. Yeah, done. Hurt's trying to pull out his street racer. Pop the goddamn hood. It's dirty. Let's take a look at this thing. It's dirty. All right, look, I just got back from Drift Week. A couple months ago. Yeah. Just got back from Drift Week a couple months ago. Literally last year. He's rocking the holiday sweater to try to trick people on a timeline. I just got back from Drift Week, all right? I drove this thing 3,000 miles. I killed 30 Falcon tires. We hit five or six different tracks in different states. And I haven't had time to clean it or make it nice. And then these guys called me up and said, I got to raise a brand new Corvette. They're trying to set me up. They don't, they want to see. These guys called me up. Why don't we call Hurtridge? Pop the goddamn hood. Pop the hood. It's so dirty. I don't care. Oh, it requires a vice grip. I like this. It's still a Toyota, okay? It's dirty, but it looks good. Is this the same 2J that came in this car? So it's the same head. Okay. So initially, this was going to be a really chill budget NAT setup. Yeah, that went, that went pretty smooth. So NAT, by the way, is normal aspirated turbo. Yes. Which is hilarious to me. It basically means just throwing a turbo on a NA car and not doing anything else to it. So that was the original plan. Because, you know, I have a history of spiraling out of control with my builds. Then I started to look at the numbers and people were saying, yeah, you can make 500 no problem. And other people were like, you'll blow up after 400 horsepower. And I was like, I don't want 400 horsepower. So I hit up my boys at JDM California. They have every motor you can need. So I picked up a GTE from them. Initiate spiraling out of control. Initiate, yes. But at that point, I had already bought my MIGI built turbo manifold and my Plasma Man intake manifold for the NA head. The flanges are different for turbo heads and non-turbo heads. So I took the GTE bottom, took my head, put it on there. Threw some Kelford cams, valve springs and retainers in there. A Garrett G35 900. Detrox fuel system. Coil radiator. The intercooler and intake manifold billet. It's simple. What power did it make? 14 pounds. It made 450. How much on 26 pounds, which is how I saw you run the other day. I did dyno it on 26. Not on 26 right now. It's not on 26. What's it on? It's on 18. 18 on E85 or pump? Yeah, on Ignite Racing. Barely legal. Oh, it's on Ignite? Yeah. Okay. What trans are you running? So it's a CD009 transmission, Clutch Masters clutch and flywheel, a serial mine shifter. And then I use the Collins adapter kit to mount the transmission and stuff. Stock engine mounts because it's a 2J. And the rear end is a Maristo rear? So I actually swapped to an LS430 differential because they have a longer gear, a longer final drive. Right, right. So it's like CD09 short. It's short. So I wanted to balance it, but I ended up building a highway car because it's a 3.2. Nice. And so it just goes all the way, but it's got to cause one and a halfway super queue. So it locks up great. BC Racing suspension, Heatmaker knuckles, serial nine RCA's. It's a real basic car. I got one question though, Hurt. Falcon just came out with the 660s, the sticky boys. What are you doing? I'm on the 510s. This is a street car. Those are street cars. Did you drag race today? Did you bring the grippies though? I got some 615s, but you know, I like. Wait, did you get rear arms or the stock rear arms? So you're essentially running a 105. Yeah, I got about. Your contact patch is like the size of a pinky. There's about four degrees of camber in this thing. It looks pretty straight. Is all this shit in the back? Well, let's talk about the weight. Let's talk about the weight reduction. It's not clean yet. Laptops. It's bee boops. I'm gonna ask you a real hard question. I saw you driving this thing on camera on Drift Week and you were having a lot of fun. Compare this to your RX7 because I think you might like this more. You might not want to admit it. That's a loaded question, okay? This one doesn't have a John Vargas. It's a loaded question because I've had my RX7 for so long. I had a lot of memories with that car and it's done a lot of things for me. So like I'll always love that car. It's like your kids. I get it. It's like it's hard to pick which one you like more. The way we'll tell the story is I went on Drift Week. I drove it 3,000 miles across country. I caught on fire a couple of times. The part you're not including was that you finished it on Drift Week. Yeah, my shakedown was driving it to Arizona. Right. That was honestly, for me, that was the most impressive part. Not to jazz you up too much, but it worked as the car was finished on the road. That was pretty cool. Yeah, you know, it all just came together. I had a vision. I've always wanted to build something like this. There's a car in Japan from a long time ago called the Friends Racing Aristo, which was long gear, big horsepower, big burnout drift car. And I've just always loved that. So this was my attempt at that. And for it to come together, do that trip, make it home. I've been daily driving it. You've been driving it. We went to another drift event. Yeah, we went to another drift event. Easily the best drift car by accident. Well, this thing's dope, man. Good job. Let's go look at this C8. Your turn. Yeah. Who are you and what did you bring here today? So my name is Ryan with Icon Performance, and I brought my backup vehicle. Hurt, this is his backup. No, he already told me that you guys tried to get him to bring a Lambo for this race. That's f***ed up. Tell us about the Lambo. So the original plan was I was bringing my twin turbo sheepy Lambo. That car currently holds three world records. Fastest half mile, quarter mile, 60 to 130. What did it do in a quarter mile? On the street, it did 850 at 166. Goddamn. That was the original plan. We ended up bringing this one. This is all stock? It's bone stock, except we just added our... Bone stock, except. Except. You bought this six days ago and there's already an except? So it is a pretty cool story. But basically every dealer wants to charge you a 20k markup for these cars. My business partner's like, we're not playing a markup. So we got one out of North Carolina. They gave it to us as a sticker. We got it here. And then last night we just finished our titanium exhaust, which is the first one in the world where it's full pie cut titanium. It's the most gorgeous exhaust you'll ever see. Can we see it or is it all... That's why when you rolled in, Hurt was like, that's not stock. And you kind of have to look literally underneath it. But it's like, it is crazy looking. Yeah, it's 100% titanium. It weighs about seven pounds. The factory exhaust is like 50 pounds. And it sounds amazing. It has no mufflers and it's a titanium exhaust and weight reduction. Yeah. So other than that, you can't tune these things yet? There's nothing. They haven't unlocked the ECUs yet. So, you know, basically you can do the cat deletes, which we're doing next headers and, you know, some nitrous. I think this one makes $495. Yes. So we just put this... It's a little lighter than the standard CA. Is that $495 wheel? $495 for the crank, I think. Hurt, what are you making at the crank? That's gotta be $700 crank. Yeah, it's like $800. I'm on 91 octane. Yeah, but this car is like a, you just step on the gas and just go. Can I just say that my car is just a down payment for this car? I like that it's got the built-in rear facing street fire cam already. That's the gap cam. Yeah, the gap cam. When you turn it on, it automatically turns the hazards on. You said that you beat the world record zero to 60 times? I tied it. I tied the world record. It's 2.6, zero to 60. So what you're saying is, is you know how to launch this thing? I'm a drag racer. So does driver mod actually affect the new car like this? It took me like 15 tries to get it. No shit. The first time was like 3.8. What do you have to do? I mean, there's a ton of settings, tire pressure. It really affected how hot the tires were and also what road we're on. So there are certain roads where there's a lot of rubber and the car freaked out. It wouldn't launch. But on a virgin road, it was just... So this is actually good for you. This is actually what I want. Yeah. Hey, you need help with that tire swap? Yeah. Let me help you swap those tires out real quick. I just want the hit. I want the hit. You're already negotiating the first round. I don't have a computer making my car do stuff. This thing is beautiful. Yeah, it's a cool color. Yeah. I like that Hertz most impressive. The door has a wing. We fire this thing up and hear this titanium exhaust. Yeah, it's good. Top pin, it reminds me of the Supra. So my recommendation would be go heads up on the first one. And you guys decide whether or not you want to do 1000 or 1500. No, yeah, we just run it straight up. He's the guest. 1000 or 1500. I'll go all the way. All right. Man, I don't want to bet against her, but I think this thing has got him on the dig. The top end is going to be interesting, but straight up, I got C8. I don't know, man. So much technology and automatic, but Hertz car makes good power. So I'm going to go old school and stick with Hertz. I can't deny my JDM roots, but also I'm not really part of that Camber gang. So I don't know about that contact patch. I'd have to say C8. Tough one. I mean, this car kind of drives itself. That car probably won't grip at all. But me and him cruised on the highway the other day, and I was like really impressed with that car could do. I'm going to go with Hurt on this one because I think it's a ripper. We got Hurt all the way. Of course. It's a 2J. Have you ever rooted against a 2J? No. It's like party line for you. It's a hard line. I'm going to mop him up. It's the only way. There's no option. I feel like Hurt needs the whole gang to get behind his warmup burnout. Like back in the day, you know, we all hold the pillars. You want us to all hold you back burnout street race style 1995? We do. We want to. Want to walk you out? He's still smoking it all the way down. First down, they're doing like Aussie style burnouts. No one can even see them. Yo Hurt, whether you win or lose, you're the people's fan. Yeah, the GS didn't pull that hard up top. I heard it got a good launch. It sounded like Hurt wasn't at full power. Ooh, five cars. Also knowing Hurt, he could have like blown an intercooler piping on the burnout. 100%. He had a good launch. Oh my God. He had a good launch on that thing though. Technology is no joke. Like they was just gone. There was no... He pulling up top? He just, he got me like four cars and stayed there. This thing's quick. Yeah, it moves pretty good. Honestly, it has a lot more top end than I thought. It's got some good long legs. It gets moving. You good to give him the hit on the next one? Do a roll. I mean, you took him by four to five cars. The hit ain't going to do anything though. You want to do more? I'd say a roll. I don't feel like they were side by side from the beginning. He walked them. Like I don't think the roll is going to be better. I think the roll would be better. You good with the roll? Yeah, let's give it a try. All right. Hurt jumped the **** out of that one. It worked. Does Chase's a race count on a roll? I mean, I guess it does. I hurt my three cars. What? Hurt my three cars. Wow. Yeah, boy. There we go. That's where the horsepower works. Yeah, I mean, you crisscrossed them a little bit, but it's cool. What do you mean? Whatever. He wanted to roll again. Let's do it. So it's 1-1. So first race from a dig. The vet took Hurt. Second race from a roll. Hurt took the vet. So now this is the tiebreaker. That immediate shift got him. He was first, second real quick. And as soon as he shifted, the Corvette jumped. I'll say that it was a pretty fair race though. Pretty fair start. Jesus. You want to do from the hit? Honestly, I think hit from a dig. Hurt might have a good chance. That thing is really fast. Yeah. He said on the last roll, he put in a manual and he was hitting limiter. And then he said this one he left at an automatic. Well, we all kind of still want to see from a dig with you getting the hit. At this point, he won. Vets at three. Yeah. You down for that? Yeah. All right, let's do it. All right. So we're giving him a car and a hit. And instead of moving them back, we're actually moving them forward a car. Because the vet's got long legs. So we don't want to give the vet more legs. Guess what vets can't do? Burnouts. You know what the GS can do wonderfully? Burnouts. I just can't wait till this is over because I know Hurt's going to go wild. Bonus Round. God damn. It would have been the first ever clutch kick and a drag race. He like bogged the launchers. He can't help it. It's just instinctual. Yeah. Honestly, it's really hard for like an old car with no technology besides like a standalone and shit to race a new car. Because like. Oh yeah. Great traction control. Who cares? Full just minding the line the whole time. That's what it's good at. Oh, we should probably move. Seventh gear right now. I feel like we should move. When he loses a tire right now. That noise don't sound good. That didn't sound too good. No. It sounded great. It sounded great until it didn't. Oh, it just got to cool down. Keep it running though. Well, it's the motor is still there. Well, Hurt, you lost, but you won my heart. Is your heart going to pay for this? Uh, no. Yeah, those modgies. Hold up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Appropriate. And your power windows still work. Doing a drag race on the drag racing show. It looks like it's doing a wheelie. Are you kidding me? You think that this bumper is going to hold up?