Russell White has spent over $100,000 to create a custom car that can easily leap over sand dunes in the desert. The car, called a Rally Fighter, can also reach speeds up to 135 miles per hour. A Rally Fighter is a car that is manufactured by Local Motors but customized and built by the customer. Russell, from Texas, USA, built his street-legal car himself in the factory where they are made in Chandler, Arizona.
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00:00The car was built to drive very fast.
00:06That's where it's happy and that's where it wants to be.
00:12You just have to be willing to be there with it.
00:15When it comes to the ultimate off-roading vehicle, Russell White's Rally Fighter steals
00:20the show.
00:21It can be very dangerous at times.
00:23For me that's the exciting part.
00:30Russell, from Texas, USA, spent over $100,000 to create the Rally Fighter.
00:35Russell White, Rally Fighter, Rally Fighter Most of the parts are collected together and
00:38prepared by local motors in Chandler, Arizona.
00:42Went to the factory, used their tools, got in there with my hands, started with the bare
00:48frame and built the car to completion and driving it home 30 days later.
00:54The engine's from the Chevy Corvette and the Camaro SS.
01:00It's direct from GM Performance Parts.
01:02It's known as the E-Rod, which is an LS3, 430 horsepower, I believe 420 foot-pounds of torque,
01:11and passes all 50 state emissions.
01:12It comes with everything you need to install, run, and get it on the road.
01:18The steering wheel is actually a Momo race spec, I believe.
01:22The column, I believe, is out of a F-150.
01:26The custom car can reach speeds of up to 135 miles per hour and can drive over virtually
01:32any terrain that comes in its path.
01:34A lot of times I like going down the roads where I do not know what's around the corner
01:39or on the other side of that hill.
01:40It just heightens the sensation and the not knowing, so it's very fun.
01:46It has the GM crate motor, I got about 20 inches of travel and suspension, allows for driving
01:54really fast out in the desert and taking some of the bigger jumps and loops and anything
02:00you've majorly come across.
02:02As well as tackling the toughest of driving conditions, the unusual looking car is completely
02:07street legal.
02:08I thought it was something from the future, something pretty wild.
02:12I want one, three words, right?
02:14No, unique car, great looking car.
02:17I'm surprised about the engine, it's kind of in the dashboard, but it's amazing.
02:21It's such a small engine for such a strange looking car.
02:26While he can drive his attention grabbing creation around the city, there's only one place Russell
02:31who really enjoys driving his car.
02:36Because it's a very capable car and you can only go as fast as the person in front of you,
02:42most of the time it's 35 miles an hour.
02:44That's why I like coming out here in the desert and if I see a dirt road alongside the road,
02:51you're going to see my car on that dirt road then you are on the street.
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