{"id":99180,"date":"2024-12-17T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=99180"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:40:47","slug":"turning-a-c8-corvette-into-a-drift-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/turning-a-c8-corvette-into-a-drift-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning a C8 Corvette into a Drift Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turning a flood damaged C8 Corvette into a manual transmission drift car is just one of stories that came out of PRI 2024.<\/em><\/h2>\n

Matt Field knows drifting. The Formula Drift driver and builder has been leading the sport since 2009, driving BMWs, Nissans and most recently a Borla Performance GT Radial Heat Wave Visual Leen Customs C6 Corvette for Team Drift Cave. But he was at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) 2024 show to share a different drift build with fans of racing, performance and motorsports — a C8 Corvette\u00a0 that was about to take a trip to dyno to see what’s going to happening next.<\/p>\n

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This wild build started out as a flood victim from Florida that Field got at auction and is currently in the process of being turned into a drifting machine. Selling off parts and panels initially helped pay for some of the modifications which also include an LS-based engine that is really more a hat tip to the LS than anything else at this point making 1012 HP naturally aspirated at the crank, a Borla exhaust built for the vehicle, a brand new front end, a customized Weddle S5 sequential five-speed and 65 degrees of steering angle.<\/p>\n

And it’s not done yet. RacingJunk spoke to Field in the Borla Exhaust booth at the PRI Show about the car, next steps and more. Check the video out below.<\/p>\n