Drift driver Axel Pedro Hildrebrand pilots the rotary rocketship and said 900 horsepower is possible from the three-rotor setup. Then again, he admits that the car is suffering from high intake temperatures, so Hildrebrand and his team opted to limit its output. It’s not entirely the engine to blame, though, as Chen highlights the Corvette’s front design not being conducive to optimal airflow.
Speaking of the C6’s looks, the body is far from original, retaining only the original car’s ducts. Everything else has been replaced with carbo-kevlar panels that are far lighter than the stock pieces.
All those sound dandy, but the sound coming out of this thing is otherworldly. A portion of the video shows the car idling, and thanks to its side-mounted exhausts, one can hear the rotary’s rawness full-on. It even spits flames, just like that tiny rotary Toyota Corolla from Hawaii.
