Stumbled upon this short but sweet video on YouTube of what looks to be the HK Version Evo X RS driven by none other than the drift king himself Keiichi Tsuchiya, done up with some nice and clean mods aero wise -- actually looks very close to what a lot of people have done stateside to their Xs!

Interesting to note, they chose to go with a staggered tire setup, 245s up front and 265s in the rear. I do have to say, it seems like the aggressive fitment movement is definitely in full effect worldwide! You can never go wrong with 19" CE28Ns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc_ICJj147Y
Also note the rear diffuser on the car...what do you guys think? I personally love the look!!! Something I may have to do for my own X...Hmmmm!

- Jason

 

The radio looks so cheap

 

I don't get it, 19 inch and staggered?! looks good tho! aggressive offset ftw!!

 

I though you can't stagger a AWD car or it'll mess up the traction control system because one set of wheels will have more grip than the other.

 

From what I understand, you can run a staggered wheel fitment on an AWD car if you pay very close attention to the rolling diameter of the tire. Typically if the difference in rolling diameter is less than 5% you should be fine. Anything beyond that, and you put your differentials at risk of premature wear.

Of course, finding a reason for doing this is the hard part -- I can't really attest to any performance advantage (or possibly disadvantage) this may result in!

- Jason

 

Compared to his other video's it doesn't look like he is pushing it at all.

 

that's not actually an RS........

 

Pretty sweet lookin whip

 

The overlay at 18 seconds says it is.

 

I thought you could order an RS with whatever features that you wanted. Even A/C, radio, power locks and stuff. It just comes with smaller wheels, brakes, etc..

 

I'm not used to seeing the steering wheel on the right side, just doesn't look right to me. Greatvideo.

 

Hmm RS with:

- AWC
- Xenon lights
- Dash trim piece (regular RS comes with dull matte black plastic)
- Recaro seats

Wing, brakes and wheels come in a package so thats an easy change, but the rest of the above needs some serious money wasting to fit into an RS (order from parts catalog rather than accesories or option package)

Tsuchiya says in the video about 'since its an RS it will lack AYC' but doesn't say it as a comment on car behavior.

Most likely it is a '08 5-speed non-premium GSR

The radio seems to be the standard one on GSR, but you can choose from like 10 different ones from accessories (RS would not have this radio unless it is ordered from oem catalog as well, they come radio-less with prewired 4 speakers)

 

cool video. very nice car!

 

I don't think that is Tsuchiya in the video.

It's someone who made the video to look like a Japanese car review with Tsuchiya. He cut and paste a bunch of stuff Tsuchiya has said from other videos. LOL you guys fell for it!!

Here is the original video.
http://www.youtube.com/user/suzukiyu.../1/rc3i3xRKfjc

 

hahahaha the guy driving in the first video don't look anything like tsuchiya , he looks so young !