Stephan Papadakis

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Stephan Papadakis is the founder of Papadakis Racing which has more Formula D podiums under its belt than any other team. After developing his skill set building record-holding FWD dragsters, Stephan turned his attention to the growing sport of drifting and has since made quite a name for himself and for good reason. Papadakis racing has built several championship-winning cars for Frederic Aasbo, built Ryan Tuerck's FD Corolla, and Jhonnattan Castro's GR86. In this episode we talk about: How many cars they build per year; why they don't do viral projects; why there's more 4-cylinders in FD these days; the pros and cons of big displacement; a weird head issue; how the cars evolve between seasons; what's up with his weird RAV4 project; and more! Recorded March 14, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVDKsGMP27sI-7P-r6cTWVQ https://papadakisracing.com/ Tune in to the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, March 19th at 3:00 PM Eastern on FOX. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://www.vuori.com/tst. Not only will you receive 20% off your first purchase, but enjoy free shipping on any U.S. orders over $75 and free returns. Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	Because the corolla has that limitation with engine bay, that's why in the current car we use a four-cylinder engine, and it's all aluminum and really lightweight to try to get the least amount of weight up front and the most power-dense package.
0:16.3	To push the piston down and make power, it's actually pushing up on the cylinder head.
0:20.0	And what we found is it was deflecting the chamber.
0:23.8	And like the cylinder head would flex up.
0:26.2	And it didn't matter how well you had it bolted down.
0:28.6	In between the bolts, it would flex up.
0:30.7	Yep.
0:31.3	So on that engine.
0:32.6	How do you discover that?
0:37.1	What's up, folks?
0:38.3	Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast.
0:40.2	Today's episode is brought to you by Viori.
0:42.7	I love my Viori shirts.
0:44.7	I'm wearing one right now.
0:46.1	I got the Viori shorts for when I work out.
0:48.6	I got the Viori hoodies.
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0:56.5	These shirts are great.
0:58.8	When I found these things and I bought my first one, I knew that it was the last
1:02.6	shirt I ever wanted to wear and I threw away 90% of my other shirts and replaced them
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1:10.1	All these shirts and shorts and pants are designed to work out in, but they don't look
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