Stumbled across this article,
http://cars.ign.com/articles/746/746047p1.html
Might old news for some people but it's new for me and it just may be new for other people, enjoy!

youtube videos:
YouTube - Drifting Honda Element?

YouTube - HONDA ELEMENT OUTDRIFTS COMP.

YouTube - Element-D at Beaverun drift event

This video is not so great, probably from a camera phone:
YouTube - Nopi Element Drifting

-Charlie

 

more pictures here:
IGN: Honda Element D

-Charlie

 

nice lookin Element!

 

Honda Tuning did a nice article on this awhile ago. Interesting interview with the team that created it.

 

The engine looks like a lunch box.

 

no doubt, you know my bro has a element SC and gotta say, the engine is the same K24 from my old accord but the thing feels so bumpy and shaky in the back going 50... eek, anyways, that is a sweet alt. to the scion xB IMO

 

wow this is actually pretty sweet... sorry, didnt watch the video till a minute ago, but damn this is seriously an awesome ride, no XB comes close to that hehe

 

that thing is soo sweet


man i would trade my fit in for a rwd element. without any hesitation tooo.

sorry to say..but im starting to like the element sc heh

 

Amen! My dad wants to buy a new car and he's looking at the new xB (bleh), I'm trying to convince him into going with the Element SC.

-Charlie

 

yeah F the xb.. the element sc is so much greater.


i love everything about it. i hated the older elements because of the flat black panels everywhere. but now since everything is color matched. it looks soooo nice.

 

you said it... so who built the car then?

 

That engine is ugly as heck, but its a sweet looking Element.

Tyler

 

i have no idea who built it. i watched an episode on who built it at the time. but i forgot and too lazy to research heh

 

Honda R&D Americas built the car. Not to be confused, it was an employee effort done completely on their own time.

J32 V6 from a TL
twin GT28RS Garrett turbos
Crower I-beam rods
CP 8.0:1 pistons
Stock heads
Liquid-to-air intercooler
Siemens injectors
Keihin tuned stock ECU
ATL fuel cell
Tremec T56 6-speed tranny
DSS prop shaft and half shafts
8.8" IRS diff housingand Torsen 2R LSD
500rwhp, peak boost @ 2500RPM

What looks like a lunchbox I believe is the heat exchanger/intake manifold. That's not the engine. The engine is underneath it.

In case anyone wanted to recreate it ;)

 

why thank you kinda sir for the info.


i would rock that lunch box anyday.