Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo

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The tubular lower control arm allows adjustment of camber, caster and scrub.

The KW 3-way front strut uses an inverted design for strength and stiffness.

The front suspension is also pretty straightforward. Custom fabricated lower control arms allow adjustment of camber, caster and front track width.  The steering knuckle arm is also  interchangeable so Ackerman and steering angle can be quickly and easily changed.  A high mounted Speedway Engineering swaybar is used, with the high mounting allowing easy access for quick adjustment.  A Nissan S13 steering rack is used with a rear mounting.  Like the rear, the front suspension uses KW 3-way Motorsports dampers.  KW is quickly becoming the shock of choice for Top Formula D teams for a reason, they flat out work.

The front knuckle uses this removable piece to make the Ackerman, steering angle and bump steer adjustable.

Long links to the lower control arm connect the control arm to the front high mounted Speedway Engineering anti sway bar.

The car uses a steering rack borrowed from a Nissan S chassis.

The brakes use a Tilton pedal box with a balance bar and dual brake master cylinders.  Super light Wilwood calipers are used squeezing lightweight solid rotors on alloy hats.  The rear braking system also incorporate a rear turning brake with an independent caliper that is activated by a master cylinder via a driver controlled lever.  The Wilwood lightweight solid rotor system is becoming standard issue on drift cars.

The Tilton pedal box has dual master cylinders with a balance bar to make brake bias easily adjustable.

The Wilwood front brake is a non vented design and thin for light weight.  Drift cars don’t need a lot of brake heat dispersing capacity due to the short nature of a drift battle.

The rear brakes have two calipers controlled independently by the foot pedal and a driver operated hand lever.

The Scion’s carbon wide body is built by Seibon with various carbon scoops and vents done by Brian Kono of Afterhours Automotive.  Motegi lightweight forged TrackLite wheels in 18×10 rear and 18×9 front are shod with Hankook RS3 rubber, 285/35-18 in the rear with 245/35-18 for the front.

Side skirts are more of a cosmetic add on for a drift car.

Afterhours Automotive hood vents keep air moving through the engine compartment.

Afterhours Automotive modified the carbon Seibon hood for this duct where the intercooler vents.

The rear wing is run on faster courses but left off on others as a tuning aid.

The Seibon wide body matches the styling of the car pretty well.

Watching Fredric’s overnight climb from privateer to factory guy has been inspiring and seeing him with one of the strongest teams in Formula D means success will come.  With the car shaking off development blues quickly and the car performing better with every round, expect to see Fredric on the podium soon!  You can bet we will be cheering for him both personally and because we want to see a turbo 4 give the V8’s hell!

Look for Fredric on the right and his faithful spotter Steffen on the Formula D circuit in 2011!