Car Feature>>mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

In my opinion, this has got to be one of the greatest function and form drift cars. I was hooked ever since Chris Forsberg started to blog about his M45 build. After a long off season, Chris finally debuted and tested this grocery getter drift car during XDC Round 1 at Irwindale Speedway.

First time on course and Chris shoots cotton balls out the back of this beast. And yes, the Irwindale bank is THAT steep.

It’s Mr. Toad himself! And he’s taking his friends for a wild ride. It looks like Jarod DeAnda is about to lose his voice on this roller coaster.

Second time out and Chris forces his passengers to lose their lunch at the transition.

I am in love with this subtle body kit. You can’t even tell its a drift car. Even if you were stuck behind it at a traffic light.

Chris left as many luxuries as possible. You can see he is adjusting the steering wheel height right here. All you have to do is attach some jumper cables to the battery. Then touch the two leads and adjust away!

Just like in small passenger planes everyone in the cockpit has a voice activated headset in their helmet, just in case they have the urge to egg the driver on to do more stupid things.

The Clarion head unit with a backup camera sits perfectly in the suede dash.

The rear bucket seats have a four point harness. Also notice the roll cage design. However, I was disappointed that this car does not come with cup holders. Where are you going to put all those energy drinks?

I really like the simple gauge cluster. It has all the need to know information to go into over-drift.

The VK56 powerplant used for this build was in Chris’ Formula D competition car (convertible 350z) for a short while. The motor has bolt ons but it manages to put down 420 horsepower to the wheels. It also has a stock 350Z transmission. I bet you could drive this thing on the street in Florida!

It’s too bad this is just a demo car. It would be great to see a car like this compete in Formula D, just for the novelty of driving a four door with four seats.

There will be no hard parking from this M45!

Hopefully Linhbergh, Mike and I can take a ride in this thing. For the record, I called shotgun first!

– Larry

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1

f**king siiiiiiiicccck!!!!! i want a ride a long

2

Dude, that is so right.

4

Whats up with the engine? Some sort of intake manifold/throttle body replacement that gets rid of the air intake as well? Almost looks like a carb nestled on top of the heads...although of course they are completely different functions, I just meant the filter evokes that idea.

5

PULL EM FENDERS!!! :D No actually it looks drop-dead-awesome. I love the dash

6

thats awsome!

7

LARRY CHEN IS THE SEXIEST PHOTOGRAPHER ALIVE. I WANT TO HAVE HIS BABIES!!!!!11111111

8

thats insane... is he still gonna compete in the 350z or does he have another build for the 2011 season? hankooks cars are usually pretty crazy so im looking forward to what they have planned for him~

9

VERY cool. first american drift car i've ever liked.

10

the small wheels look dope!

11

Oh. My. God.



I always kind of didnt like that Caging up a 240 made it a 2 seater, but with this you can have a badass caged car and bring 3 friends

12

u mite be shitting your self if u set in the back

13

Let me in...

14

wow this car is freaking awesome, its definitely up there with the girl scout cookie tagalongs..so bomb

15

Keeping drifting fun. Thank you Chris Forsberg!

16

Thaaaat is so rad!

17

Hey, I want a ride too!



"the cargomuras are a family of DRIFTERS!"



"FAIRYTALES AND MAGIC, OLD MAN!"



18

Hey, I want a ride too!



"the cargomuras are a family of DRIFTERS!"



"FAIRYTALES AND MAGIC, OLD MAN!"



19

came out clean as hell. love it.

20

SUPER. And not just because I'm an Infiniti tech..... Who says LS swaps are mandatory in the US?!

21

looks good.. that's defo. based on the 'KDF' ethos!

22

YAY! FINALLY THERES SOMEONE BUIDIN FOUR-SEATED DRIFTERS!!! XD

23

i wonder how this compares to a roller coaster, is the experience different at each corner of the vehicle different? this car would be awesome with some taxi livery. i see a new short film... taxi driver starring chris forsberg as the late night taxi driver.

24

man this is total win

25

I'm glad to see an sedan in FD.

26

VK56 in an infiniti M45... I think I just found my dream combo. Seriously

27

"flama blanca" nice

29

yes! yes! yes!

30

I love four door drifting, makes me miss my old A31 ceffy.

GO the taxi!!!!!

31

Lets hope this will pave the way for more sedans in American drifting competitions. We could use the variety.

32

Chris what events are you bringing this to? How do we get a ride?

33

someone please find some video of this beast.

34

the motor..DID NOT just have bolt on....it has a DRY SUMP....must be pretty crazy inside !!

35

QUOTE (I bet you could drive this thing on the street in Florida!) Yup no questions asked. :P

36

fantastic!!!!

37

sick. i absolutely love it. this thing needs to be in competition! demos are cool but that thing deserves to battle with the boys!

38

I wish I could do a VK56 Swap and 6MT transition in my 45! Very well done!! That thing is beastly

39

4 seater drifting. ill

40

On Saturday the XDC kicked off its second year of competition with the season-opening event at Irwindale Speedway. This would be my first time shooting drift in 2011, and I had been itching to get out and shoot some sideways action for months. No better

41

Winning...duh...

42

Followed this build on his blog, I love this car!!

Oh yeah by the way Chris will be running a new 370Z for this year's FD.

Mental!!

43

This car is so gangster

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