LS-powered Aussie Burnout Corolla Smokes Out the Hoonigans
Methanol-fueled, 630-horsepower LS V8 helps this Australian Toyota Corolla destroy every pair of skinny rear tires it finds.
Australia is more than just the land where koalas eat vegemite sandwiches, drink Tooheys, and hoon it up in their Holden Commodore Utes with AC/DC and Rose Tattoo pumping out of the stereo system. It’s also the place where supercars battle their way around Mount Panorama in Bathurst, where Ford Falcon FG Xs are truly “the last of the V8 interceptors,” and where mad men tuck their rear wheels deep inside their cars just to destroy them a smokey blaze of burnout glory.
One such car made its way to the Long Beach, California HQ of Hoonigan Racing, and it is a doozy: a 1974 Toyota Corolla powered by a blown LS, and fueled by methanol and insanity.
Built by Mad “Mick” Brasher of New South Wales, the Corolla “just takes off,” and he tries to keep it in line before he hits something. The body is stock, including the glass and hood. The bodywork is reinforced with concrete and heavy-gauge steel to protect the car and driver from the tires flying off the rims at over 200 mph. The big exhaust “cannons” are for keeping the Corolla quiet between burnouts, the “only party” interior has a crocodile-wrapped steering wheel, and the 377 cubic-inch LS makes 630 horses with the big-ass blower on top.
Underneath, the whole setup is anchored by slip joints for easy removal and reinstallation between runs. The LS is connected to the narrowed 9-inch Ford rear with 2.75 highway gears (for greater wheel speed) through a two-speed ProTrans Powerglide with “three or four gearboxes” at the ready. As for why the rear wheels are tucked so deep into the tubs, it’s so the future rubber fragments are kept inside, then flicked out the back away from the crowd.
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And speaking of flying rubber, Brasher closes out the video with an epic burnout demo inside the Hoonigan Donut Garage. If you’re wearing headphones, you’ll want to take them off, as the sound of the LS is so deafening, even the Hoonigan crew are wearing ear protection (along with eye and nose/mouth protection). The Corolla totally smokes out the garage, burning out one tire entirely.
Of course, Brasher wasn’t done, as the other tire was still intact. Thus, he mixed some sparks with the burnout to finish the job, pieces of rubber flying out of the garage door. We can’t wait for the first American burnout cars to deliver some tire destruction of their own.
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