Ryoji Takada (RIP) – D1GP Charmant Drifter

Been looking for this for a while in Youtube. This is a short video of Ryoji Takada,
a D1GP drifter famously known for using Daihatsu Charmant.
 His ride cost much less than most D1GP drifters. Actually, he’s my inpiration of picking
Daihatsu Charmant over KE70 or any other FR old japs. Unfortunately he passed away in a
truck loading incident in 2005.

In the video, he got 160ps from his Charmant which is around 158hp.
Not sure which 4A-GE he used but one pic i found showed what could be his engine.

If it was, then he was using a 16v 4A-GE since the distributor’s positioned on the side,
probably big port from the way the plug wiring goes and he put independent throttle bodies on it.
Hmmm.. 158hp is not that difficult to reach.

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