That started looking familiar when I looked into it. That video did not seem to tell us anything. I found this thread, but nothing else:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...yep-20112.html
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But a Prius wouldn’t be a Prius without a hybrid powerplant, and this GT300 car is no exception to that rule. Amazingly, it still makes use of the original Hybrid Synergy Drive system, though relocated to the passenger footwell for better weight distribution and connected to a slightly larger lithium-ion battery from the Prius+ MPV.
Unlike the standard car, however, the electric motor is not attached to a 1.8-litre Atkinson cycle engine and there is no point looking under the bonnet, because you’ll find nothing there either.
Instead this car now runs a 3.4-litre V8 race engine mounted between the B-pillars and rear axle, delivering torque to the rear wheels via a sequential manual gearbox. It is the same RV8K engine used in Toyota’s Formula Nippon, GT500, and LMP1 competitors, albeit de-tuned from its original 600PS output to meet GT300 regulations. Capping the combined output to 300PS is what allows for such a fascinating variety of car, engine and chassis combinations within this class.
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Yes, that sounds familiar. So, the only way in which it is a Prius is because they took the HSD with an upgraded battery, which they mated to a race engine?
The entire car is made from scratch, steel frame, carbon fiber body, and those huge wheels, but they put in a Prius hybrid system and call it a Prius.
If I put Prius guts in the trunk of my car, does that make it a Prius trunk?
Why does it have yellowed headlights? We know how to fix that on cars that actually have headlights, are they just going for the Green Goblin look?
