RWD Scion tC, Powered by BEAMS Options

[JoKeRkId613]

Just wanted to share:
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=218567

[Tigawoods]

whuuuuuuuaaaat?!?!

[politicsareevil]

sweet... good way to bring the 3s into the spotlight a bit..

[azian_advanced]

that's one hawt scion

[goferris]

that's one hawt scion

x2

it's a turboed altezza beams powerplant.
RWD+3sgte=the $h!#
i like the widebody kit too

[j0e_p3t]

that's pretty freakin awesome. if the tc came in some sort of rwd/awd performance trim like that, i'd definitely pick it up.

[DEATH]

Beautiful freakin car and the dream powerplant I intially wanted for my car [2nd gen just seems a little more realistic for us poor Americans] - 3S-GE+T BEAMS Dual VVTi. I love the styling too altho the nose reminded me strongly of the EVO X [Not a bad thing IMO].
I saw a few of our old members names over there as I was reading their thread. I must say you get a feel for the knowledge our members have when you read things like that - most of them didn't even know what that motor was [one even asked where they would source that motor from Lord knows we know exactly where to get them] and only one person made mention of the 6gc having had that motor [altho technically that's incorrect as we only got the redtop]. One even questioned why they didn't use the standard 2AZ-FE. Altho there is a definete lineage to the motor evolution the HP/Tq numbers on the stock motors gives me the opinion that the BEAMS motors were the most successful variable valve timing design Toyota has produced - if it had the 2.4l displacement of the 2A but everything else being the same the numbers would be even more impressive.
As for Scion, it should tell them something is lacking in their lineup if they have to make that drastic of a change to compete in a very popular motor sport. Here's hoping someone at Toyota decides to revive the 3S for a 5th gen version and Scion [or better yet Toyota] builds another good AWD or RWD platform around it. Hell I'd buy it if it was a FWD [obviously - look at my car]
Sweet find - thanks for sharing.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Apr 9, 2008 - 8:17 AM

[joehernandez]

[fastgt]

very nice

[Valo666]

sick...black top beams..nice touch too. And Ken Gushi driving it too eh? Well its good to see Toyota gettin back into the sport compact game as a factory backed sponsor.

[punkuup5150]

omfg / drool thats the sexiest tc i have ever seen!!! and ken gushi is a bad ass when i used to work for my schools newspaper i got to interview him awsome kid its still cool that he drives without a street liscense but has his drift liscense hahah poor guy i think he shoudl have gotten it back now

[easternpiro1]

I knew they had a drift car, and the first thing i thought was WHAT MOTOR? HOW RWD and how unfair it is!

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Apr 11, 2008 - 2:54 AM

[dabazied]

That is smokin hot!

cool that he drives without a street liscense but has his drift liscense hahah poor guy i think he shoudl have gotten it back now

How do you get a track liscense and not have a road liscense?

[playr158]

I'd be sooo happy to find an Altezza front cut
scion got lucky

[punkuup5150]

he had his drivers liscense i beleave when he first got his drift liscense but from what ive been reading its really not that hard to get the liscense

[airfron]

i actually saw this car in person yesterday at the formula drift thingy on the streets of long beach... it is the sechs.

[dabazied]

i actually saw this car in person yesterday at the formula drift thingy on the streets of long beach... it is the sechs.

Ah, ok. Most places won't let me on the track at the moment cuz i don't have a regular street license and figure if i get some sort of track license they might let me on some more of the tracks lol.

i actually saw this car in person yesterday at the formula drift thingy on the streets of long beach... it is the sechs.

I hope it comes somewhere close to my area, I'd love to see this thing in person