Ken Block GYMKHANA 7 Hoonigan

[NOT A TA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qanlirrRWs&feature=youtu.be

[rchaskin]

Beyond AWESOME!!!!

I have been waiting to see this since the pics were posted at SEMA.....

[jlcustomz]

I was just about to post it if nobody else did.

If you think you can handle an 800 plus horse 4 wheel drive any better, have at it.

[NOT A TA]

I'm jelous, I'd love to have the opportunity to play like that.

[GeoffP]

Yep watching it on the 50" right now...cool

[67rally]

That's funny, I just posted this on TeamCamaro. I heard the interview with him on Sirius XM today, but I had to wait and watch it on the big screen. I knew the iPhone wouldn't do it justice.

Pure awesome.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

loooove it!

some real Streetfighter shet..

[minendrews68]

The bad thing is, not only does he get to play like that, he gets paid for it! Yeah, I saw it earlier today when my son showed it to me. Man, I'd ride with him..

[srh3trinity]

If I could be a "car celebrity" for a day, he would be pretty high on my list of people to be.

[instro84]

nice, i know they had to pay the city a shipload of cash to close those roads.

[shortrack]

Cool that hes running a V8 (the 4 bangers were cool too though) but to me its starting to turn into same s hit different car.

[67rally]

AWD 800+ hp. He said the driving was meant to be a lot less precise in this video. More of a "How would you drive if the cops shut the city down for you." He said the city and the film crew did an amazing job of picking off hours (ie Sat. am in the financial district, Sun am in the HOV lane).

He also said it was the only film ever shot on that Hollywood sign access road. Apparently there's a lot of homeland Security stuff up there, and the film crew was warned not to film in certain directions or they may be shot by the police!

[SSLance]

The best part was the White Ford Bronco part... :D

[mikewoods]

Very cool! Most impressive was that in some scenes there were no tire marks from previous takes.

[nokones]

Permits for that type of a film shoot are not cheap. They usually run into thousands and thousands of dollars for the cops and other City/State personnel on overtime pay.

[67rally]

Very cool! Most impressive was that in some scenes there were no tire marks from previous takes.

Not sure if that's sarcasm or not...but in the interview he said he broke his trans (lost 3rd gear), so they only got one take on some parts of the vid.

[spacepirate]

For the one they shot in San Fran the production company paid an extra 1 million dollars above the permit costs to film. I'm sure it was the same case for LA. Great video, but also great producing!

[srh3trinity]

It was over 5.5 million views at 24 hours. I wonder how much Monster, DC, and Pirelli reap off of this? Kudos to him for combining his business and passion. He has really come into his own as a rallycross driver too.

[TheJDMan]

Does anyone know what transmission and shifter he used in the Mustang. I can see in the vid it is a sequencel shift.

[andrewb70]

Does anyone know what transmission and shifter he used in the Mustang. I can see in the vid it is a paddle shift just wondering about the rest of the system.

http://www.sadev-tm.com/en/gearboxes-and-differentials/4wdl/?pid=108

Over the torque capacity. No wonder he broke it.

Andrew

[TheJDMan]

It's kinda cool that Randy's Donuts now has a couple of donuts around the building

[nokones]

It's kinda cool that Randy's Donuts now has a couple of donuts around the building

I guess you can say there is a donut within a donut.

[rchaskin]

It's kinda cool that Randy's Donuts now has a couple of donuts around the building

That was my favorite part.........LOL!!!

[FlyDoc]

is there a build thread some where for this car??

[Y-TRY]

I've watched it several times today too. Very, very cool.

[califconstruct]

That was bad Ass!!.. way cool.. I like it! That is like the ultimate ride, to be able to play on city streets like that!.. and filmed on those landmarks.. epic!

[mikewoods]

Not sure if that's sarcasm or not...but in the interview he said he broke his trans (lost 3rd gear), so they only got one take on some parts of the vid.

No sarcasm. His driving skills are impressive!

[hotrodalex]

Very cool! Most impressive was that in some scenes there were no tire marks from previous takes.


Agreed! The tire marks are one of the few things I dislike in the videos.

And the OJ Bronco was indeed brilliant.

[TheJDMan]

Hey Larry,
Any chance of getting Ken Block as a future guest on a pod cast? It would be interesting to hear the back story on this car and video.

[JEFFTATE]

Awesome vid and awesome car !

[Tig]

is there a build thread some where for this car??

I was wondering the same thing. It being a one off, there's got to be something out there about it.

I found this, its no build thread. It is cool though. http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11/gymkhana-superstar-the-hoonicorn-rtr-exposed/

[NOT A TA]

Here's some info on it. http://www.hotrod.com/news/ken-blocks-gymkhana-seven-mustang/?adbid=10153041500099523&adbpl=fb&adbpr=16240699522&sm_id=social_aumoautomobilemaghub_AutomobileMag_20 141104_34977707

[khaos1]

I would like to see Ken Block's mustang slug it out with the Big Red Camaro. Probably will never happen, but if dreams come true that would be mine.

[Motorcitydak]

Nice idea he had with the all wheel drive there.......

[LIL' JT hauler]

http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11/gymkhana-superstar-the-hoonicorn-rtr-exposed/ shows specs and how it was built

[jimmyman]

It's a Sadev sequential trans and transfer case

[Damn True]

http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11/gymkhana-superstar-the-hoonicorn-rtr-exposed/ shows specs and how it was built


...and a couple of easter eggs in there as well. Looks as if two of our own were among the cars that influenced the aesthetics of the RTR build