NUTS!! KROWRX X-Tegra - (Track) One Take

Filmed at the #GRIDLIFE Motorsports and Music Festival South!
For more info on #GRIDLIFE visit: www.grid.life
The KROWRX X-Tegra is an example of a new type of sports car inspired by the Ariel Atom's and Exocets of the world: the "body-off" sports car. Rather than design a chassis, like an Exocet, that can accomodate a commonly available powertrain, the people at KROWRX simply take the body off a 1997 Acura Integra entirely, and, that's about it. They put a cage there. It's still just a front-drive econobox, only without a body. So even at just 140 horsepower, the X-Tegra only has around 1,100 pounds of car to pull around.
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Photo by Bradley Brownell

[@garf117]

Glad they kept the Crown Royal shift boot to let people know its still an Integra.

[@kevinsgk4197]

2 best comments 😂

[@Morgan-go6ns]

garf117 pretty sure it has a grip royal wheel too never forget that

[@SirRiconious]

Tasteless stickerbombing? Crown Royal shift boot? Sounds like my Integra. I also plastidipped the car white with, at best, C+ sharpie art. It makes decent horsepower but the dickbag needle is pegged, which is what I enjoy after a long day of being ignored in my speed 6. I guess what I'm trying to say is, give me attention daddy!

[@Adrian-rr4ii]

lets play a game every time Matt says "sketchy" we have to drink a shot lets see how far weeasgjknfb Geterasganr

[@mitchfleming274]

Shot of Crown Royal...

[@jekyll7115]

I count 8 8 shots in 11 minutes, you're fucked

[@grenmastermike]

You're on... (one minute later) I give up...

[@volvo245]

Adrian Mc Carey He probably said one sketchy for every four shitty welds on that cage. Are they actually asking money for this butchered mess?

[@NellyEIEI]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@elmasloco822]

Sounds like he was only giving it half throttle the whole time

[@dayyou]

Seriously. I believe him that this is a piece of shit but it sure sounds like there are a lot more revs to be had.

[@mikeygarcia8663]

And he said " vtec just kicked in "

[@mikeygarcia8663]

I dont think that b18b1 has vtec

[@JohnBell]

@@mikeygarcia8663 100% does not. There is no vtec solenoid when they show the engine in the beginning, plus it's a LS valve cover

[@mickstodd7118]

@@JohnBell Matt Farah is not a real car guy. This surprises you?

[@jekyll7115]

WHY IS IT SO SLOW AND ALSO SO SCARY -Matt Farah, 2017

[@brianwilliam8971]

Jekyll famous last words lol.

[@mcmadafranker]

Because Honda...

[@SidewaysShadow]

I fkn lost it when he said that. Srsly turned off the video and just started dying laughing

[@loco_mopowa_los]

You never hear those two sentences together

[@72442conv]

Because this guy is a pussy and will not floor it!

[@subarublu451]

This is Matt very kindly saying, "fuck this car".

[@daytonrd17]

Subarublu I honestly can't think of a car Matt seemed to dislike more. I mean he drove the go fuck rx7 like a bat out a hell. Something about this must really have got him uneasy.

[@CJBMAGGOT94]

The old Camaro he did a one take on that had no working rear brakes in the canyon was probably one he disliked more...

[@daytonrd17]

I don't think I had ever seen that one.

[@tojiroh]

Corbin Goodwin's "Zero Fucks Given" RX-7 was fun to drive, while being sketchy as fuck. This was only sketchy as fuck.

[@FSX239]

Why didn't he put on a full face helmet for this drive? It's like riding a motorcycle.

[@quadrapodacone]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@blackett412]

Little hard to talk to the camera with a helmet over your mouth

[@wobblysauce]

Easy to talk, when you have a basic helmet mic setup.

[@jeffk464]

Yup, the Harley guys put up with a hell of a lot of discomfort to look that cool.

[@jeffk464]

+Brendan - Not really they make helmets with built in mic's

[@NjoyMoney]

I also dislike when drives honda's and say they are not fast but he is driving them like a torquey v8??? You have to rev those fuckin things bro, to the fuckin limit, honda's cut ignition so there is 0 damage done to the engine, please this is almost unbearable, everytime you drive a honda :D

[@mikewallace2340]

Easily one of the most annoying one takes I've watched

[@Wesley196148]

When brzs are passing you, you're slow

[@miurasvlamborghini]

Damn son, 100% correct. That's hilarious.

[@jeffk464]

Yeah, but he let fear of death effect his lap times.

[@jak3est]

Thats how i gauge a vehicles speed in every track video. "and theres a brz " wahhhhhhh *bounce bounce wahhhh

[@WorkHorse.Fabrication]

B18b1 is hella slow

[@tjprovo24]

Freak Nasty The Nissan Juke is faster than a BRZ for sure

[@e3srn]

And they still managed to sticker-bomb the ECU...Classic Honda

[@j5rulesguitar6sic6]

Ethyn 😂

[@ras4782]

Ethyn lmbo

[@chrishicks1859]

Not bagging on the car but if that radiator hose lets go it's super awesome burn time for the driver or passenger.

[@volvo245]

Chris Hicks Nothing like 50% of your body covered in 2nd degree burns to brighten up a weekend at the track!

[@gavinfaync]

That's what happened my father 3rd degree burns from an overheating radiator blew up his arm and face

[@ShadySportsNetwork]

That's not bashing that's just a solid point. If I were them I would definitely add some sort of lexan or plexiglass for a windshield maybe even make some splash shields

[@joshuacraven6206]

Seriously... thought there had to be a firewall to separate the radiator from the driver to drive in most HPDE days?

[@lucasrivera1879]

I said the same, looks cool just done wrong

[@fifty3motorsports]

“I don’t get it” Sums up this video pretty well.

[@darthkillstealer3181]

At least it looks like a tube of aqua fresh

[@Bittertokken]

Without actually being fresh

[@silentpowerYT]

yea wrong track for a go-kart. maybe fun on a small track or autocross.

[@subarublu451]

yea def autox

[@Seandoestech]

"I've never been so scared going so slow in my life!" - classic.

[@thedude7726]

why's it so slow? stock b18b with massive tires. No Matt, vtec did not kick in.

[@ItzMIKEboogey]

Exactly.stock b18s are slow.they weren’t made to go fast.lol he was saying its sketchy the entire time but was only doing like 80/90.

[@czarworm8322]

I’m not sure if this is lack of knowledge or just him being smarmy

[@aaronp9835]

Because vtec doesnt exist

[@shadowhamster6054]

I was waiting for some grandma in a camry driving 3 inches from the steering wheel to overtake him.

[@mk3gtidriver]

Shadow Hamster 😂

[@_baller]

Wicked witch on her bicycle

[@rd91sib18zex]

There is no vtec yo...

[@mangoracing2617]

^correction- B18B1 non-vtec DOHC

[@rd91sib18zex]

I have had b18a and b18c5 so I know the difference...

[@SPF9000]

could be a LS Vtec you never know.

[@rd91sib18zex]

Ls valve cover no check change over. Nice red valve cover tho lol...

[@TheMonst3rDMD]

AviaRo it has a ls head... so no it’s not lsv

[@randalllee5412]

Hey Matt, thanks for trudging thru this video! Very entertaining! What a car! lmao.

[@taimok556548]

single best review you've done yet. thank you for being so honest.

[@markw993]

ha! I love how he checks his belts during the run (scared shitless)

[@Xepharyx]

We have reached maximum sketch.

[@theultimate9796]

Xepharyx 😂😂😂

[@dimensionjester9052]

Xepharyx remove the steering wheel and use a crescent wrench to steer more sketch

[@michaeldecclesiis9607]

I’ve seen a lot of these videos and while comedy is not why I subscribe, more of these videos will be why I stay. Well done.

[@alexk3421]

This has to be the funniest one take yet 😂

[@miniAE86drifter]

uhhh. Matt. That is a non-vtec motor. Vtec did not just kick in yo.

[@danigoncalves3043]

haha,he doesnt know thats why its so fucking slow. also a piece of shit whis the moron that puts a spoiler on a car with no bodywork? hahaha the ppl that build this smoke some good shit

[@danigoncalves3043]

its slower than my daily diesel, itls like removing weight on your bycicle, its not gonna go any faster if you are not in shape

[@tank2g2]

Its 140hp at the crank isn't it ?

[@acaaew]

tank2g2 yeppers. B18B from LS & GS integra.

[@danigoncalves3043]

i still like the video because its something diferent but man that is slow

[@jeffk464]

I have to admit this was the most entertaining smoking tire video since the log incident. PS: as a motorcyclist I can tell you if you're head is out in the open you want a full face helmet.

[@leefhead1]

Its slow because its a stock LS with paint. It needs a GSR or Type R motor for sure, or boost. Also, im sure they recommended a full face helmet. it certainly needs some wheel guards and some body panels

[@NoahG1000]

1300lbs, 140hp, if you're being passed by the mx5 rf and brzs, the car isnt slow you are

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

Slow or not but that thing is still dog shit.... Sorry...........

[@tank2g2]

You know your car is slow when you get passed by a stock brz

[@hondafrk]

tank2g2 And a Juke.

[@fbfk997.2]

it's basically a parachute with 140hp lol good luck

[@hyperwolfco8021]

Brandon Knogler maybe a parachute that’s been torn into multiple sections so air can free flow through it

[@fc3sttwo]

It has the same power to weight ratio as a new focus rs. He's driving like a chump.

[@traxnada]

2 things come to mind... Why don't you wear a full face? Getting hit by rocks and shit seems kind of obvious on a track when following cars... 2nd thing being why the hell did they not install a windshield? Was a plank of plexiglass deemed too heavy and complicated to install?

[@TheSmokingTire]

traxnada I didn’t have a full face helmet; I didn’t plan to drive this awful thing the owners followed me around for a day begging me to drive it.

[@traxnada]

hahahha, ok fairly acceptable excuse :) I thought this was planned...

[@HFV_Junkyardin]

TheSmokingTire seams like they built a cool show car for Instagram, but had no idea how to build a race car.

[@Steve-zo4uc]

TheSmokingTire i felt alot of hate generated throught the video, but reasonable hate. The lack of front tubs, windshield, Type R Trans, Vtec Head and Tuning the car felt like a turd. I wish your first experience was a better one, but no vtec and no short gear tranny makes for no fun!

[@CollectWithRyan]

Because Race Car

[@victortran247]

Thanks Matt. You made me laugh out loud.

[@j5rulesguitar6sic6]

Matt’s reaction when the juke passed him sums this build up 😂

[@maxxjettfilms6322]

3:50 the real party trick is converting a nismo into a bmw!

[@powermos]

Two BMW's, mind you.

[@desiesquivel5434]

Alexander Lee it's just a bad joke. Don't worry. You're not missing out on much

[@maxxjettfilms6322]

Alexander Lee did you stop watching the video? Like three more seconds after the Nissan 370 nismo passes matt. It's an editing issue.

[@Vonstroke]

We get that it was 'sketchy' but a bit more info on how or why would've been nice.

[@czook812]

It's understandable, hard to talk with 60-80 mph wind in your face.

[@TheSmokingTire]

No power, horrible aero makes it very light on its wheels and feel uncontrollable. So light that it’s very easy to lock the brakes. Aero wall at 70 mph and it won’t go faster. No point

[@Vonstroke]

Thanks for clarifying Matt.

[@roochiecooch]

We would have gotten more info if it was good. How Fast is an Integra GS with it's body panels? Probably just as fast as the one without because the drag seems to counter act the amount of drag they added while taking away all that weight. It's slow and you can tell other than that it's no race car, looks really dangerous because his left side of his body is totally vulnerable and you eat rocks from when a car passes you till it gets 150 feet passed you. Yeah I think sketchy is enough. There wasn't enough thought put into the car. You know how much a one or two piece fiber glass aero and some weldec rod supports would go on this car? It either needs some real aero, or at least aerial amounts of aero and a decent amount more power. Aren't the slow aerials at least 180 hp? With some actualy body panels covering air catches, not 140 with every area available to have air flow completely directed into the front engine area of the car? It might as well have been a called a full area air brake with an engine fighting it 100% of the time. Then people would expect it to drive exactly how it did.

[@wonderbubble3980]

TheSmokingTire So, what you're saying, is that we need more power to push through the aero wall, right? Sounds like a good turbo and some e85 is the solution. As it always is.

[@PEBELtbk]

Thanks for your honesty with all of your reviews @thesmokingtire cheers mate

[@buccavich]

This had got to be the funniest review Matt has ever done. He should have only done 1 lap. 1 lap is enough to get the gist of it! Bravo Matt! 👏🏾

[@Sleepy_spartan717]

If it was a b18c it would be fairly quick. The b18b is non -vtec and the ls trans has long gearing.

[@Sleepy_spartan717]

Sergio Aguirre he was abated because it was a shitbox build, not fast

[@m1klo13]

Put a GSR or a B16 trans and that motor will come alive

[@jesusmarquez9886]

He never got in it shit had like 3 more rpms to go and had no vtec k series or good tuned h series would be the shit

[@jareknowak8712]

I hope this will be our new tradition: FRIDAYS ODDBALLS!

[@04dram04]

SUCH AN AWESOME IDEA!

[@tylerself5660]

I laughed out loud three times for this video! I'm sorry you had such a scary experience Matt!

[@Jeff9691]

"even the Juke is more fun around the track" ouch..

[@HulkSmash86]

The only good things about that car is someone drank some Crown Royal in the process of the build.

[@mattwasilewicz9677]

lol, I was wondering is that is what was on the shifter....I think they may have drank a little too much when they decided to build this thing

[@morganjohnson8327]

I know the guy who made this here in Alabama. Great set of guys with awesome ideas, glad you got to drive it!

[@DAllman1]

I gotta lot of laughs out of this one for whatever reason. Thanks homeboy

[@rid3bikes]

"Its not very fast" as this guy is 1/2 throttle around the track, keep saying its sketchy yet you're scared to put your foot down and the motor in that car is the least powerful bseries honda motor their is so your not saying much by bashing it for lacking power, its actually lacking a real driver 🤔

[@basic672]

hahahahaha so true

[@UCTHE1]

AnthonyAllMotor couldn't have said it better my self, He should be called "Sir sketch a lot" because he's one shady scary ass driver..

[@davideroxy99]

Yeah, you're right... man it's a vtec, you got to floor it and shift near the rev limiter!

[@blairo15]

Yep! I don't think he could drive a greasy stick up a dogs bum!

[@mylifeisJDM]

What an asinine comment. He clearly has no confidence in the chassis and it's not worth harm or personal injury to explore the limits of this POS.

[@007hajduk]

sketch levels C R I T I C A L

[@pantro1014]

You are a madman.

[@kevinallen4075]

I remember seeing that! Grid life was awesome last year

[@robertsixto6320]

The "oh shit" "there's stuff in my face" had me in tears laughing, thanks for suffering for our entertainment Farah! 😂

[@pilgrum0]

*shitbox just kicked in yo*

[@MathewZleczewski]

vtec just kicked in yo! this man is a legend.

[@LightHawk328]

Crown Royal, Shift boot FTW! Upvoted!

[@vallevaan]

you need to drive leroy the savage

[@TheRayneBlade]

ValleVaan thank you

[@TheRayneBlade]

ValleVaan this little girl doesn't know what sketchy is lmao

[@eyeballengineering7007]

I've built my own. I stopped at 500hp though. Leroy is absurd now

[@Andres-wy5du]

Cleatus needs to build this car see what I can really do

[@milhollandandrew]

A man recently died in my town driving one of these on the street. A very unfortunate event but the picture of the car shows that the “cage” clearly had no real structural rigidity.

[@Cerberus984]

Heck, I'm less than 5 miles from where he wrecked. Looking at his instagram account 2lo_2go he modified it himself or a friend who wanted him dead. Didn't even fab x-braces or any triangulation and basically did a perimeter frame. The only places it attached to the original frame were vertical piping which is why . It almost looks like he purchased a Rhodes 13-4512-CM roll cage kit ($750) but used the cross bracing and triangulation piping to build a front bumper of sorts. WAVY has an article titled, Man driving modified car dies in Chesapeake crash, with video showing how mangled it got. instagram.com/p/BgCkTUMg9SF/?taken-by=2lo_2go

[@liveandletlive2894]

Just happened again today

[@pauleskridge7209]

Looks like a well built cage on that car

[@TRC_Tezyshay24]

Lol thanks for the feature Matt. See you in a few months

[@TearothDK]

What was the rev limit on that thing? Didn't sound very high. Still. Looks like a thrill in the corners.

[@eezeegeezaa]

How did the ball powder perform?

[@SIRICKO]

B18a1 B18b does not have vtec.

[@mostlyirishcarguy8955]

Matt you're the best

[@haydenWardDrums]

The Crown Royal bag shifter boot is the sickest thing I've seen in a while. Going out to do it to mine now

[@harryguy76]

You keep saying it's slow but I hear no tire squeal through the corners meaning you are not pushing it anywhere near its limit not taking advantage of it's positive strengths...light weight and wide tires with massive grip making it fast through the corners which is where a car like this shines.. I guess it would take some set time to be comfortable pushing it to it's limits....and a full face helmet might have been a good idea with no windshield lol.

[@AceOfSpaces17]

Man I thought this thing would be ridiculously fast. I'm so disappointed.

[@jdmr1c3ing]

Rodrigo Dusmetov real rice.

[@bandnerdo2000]

It’s absolutely quick, he’s bitchy and only giving it half throttle

[@amondchest103]

Rodrigo Dusmetov in this case it was the driver not the car

[@suttonsplash14]

awesome!

[@bingoberra18]

Why is the battery on top of the trans tunnel when there is lots of space on the right of it which is lower and keeps it out of the way?

[@GNXperimental]

I want to buy one of those - says no one

[@Teggymania]

Martin Quin I dunno. I'd give it a shot because what the hell.

[@ThePepe969]

Sketchy (Track) - One Take

[@conspicuoustraverser7375]

I'm here, for this

[@future_phonk]

Love the Crown Royal shifter cover.

[@NjoyMoney]

Dude man up, there is people riding things called motorcycles, with 0 cages or what so ever and you dont see them dying all the time :D

[@dpskjajwnen]

LOL as a motorcycle rider I have confidence that even my modified bike is structurally sound to push to _my_ limits (obv not even close to the limits of the vehicle). If dude who has been in countless track situations is not confident enough in what these dudes hacked up then it's a testament to the build.

[@NjoyMoney]

He is just scared, like some people are scared of riding a motorcycle, this is not much different than an Ariel Atom

[@wemailarmen]

Yes, he needs to man up, but also yes, people on motorcycles ARE dying all the time. Every damn day...

[@NjoyMoney]

@@wemailarmen Just like people die in cars? Or just walking?

[@Nebulagamer17]

@@NjoyMoney that is a gross underestimation on how much aero plays a role in handling, and even then the Ariel atom is known to be sketchy and not very fun, with some directly comparing the less powerful BAC Mono as the more fun vehicle due to how confidence inspiring it is. Cars have to be engineered from the ground up to work, and this isn't engineered from the ground up to work, it's hacked together by people who don't truly understand engineering

[@MindfulMusic]

They could've at least made the swap semi-decent by adding a Type-R head to it for a little more power.

[@Itr-tv7kt]

yes that will make it alot less scary

[@flrekreeper7635]

Imagine it turbo tho

[@shampoojoe]

one of my favorites .....

[@NeverLetOff]

I love the sketch on our behalf. If you ever die doing something like this for us, I will send flowers.

[@nohookshot9977]

Helluva promo video for Crow Works. Matt with more sketchy references than a caucasian male navigating a back alley in Harlem at 3am.

[@DH-gp3gp]

This is the funniest video yet from Matt. I wonder how many bugs he had to pick out of his mouth after? Best quote, “why is it so slow yet so scary?” I almost died when I heard this one. Thank you for making my Friday!

[@that1guy449]

I was geekin, 2:25 "Vtec just kicked in yo ! "

[@Trugoy1]

haha! love that you still had your wits about you to say "vtec just kicked in yo!"

[@rogerdalton1549]

I think the Crown Royal shift boot says it all.

[@darius2640]

good idea only on paper

[@boostaddict_]

I'm thinking of building one of these out of a MK2 VW. First diesel deathkart?

[@d3tach3d]

Such a clean job. I want to do one so bad. What gen of integra?

[@RealAnthonyJones]

Either he wasn't flooring it or the vtec solenoid fell off. I didn't hear any change over. I was kinda excited thinking it was gonna reel in the vette quickly because it weighs nothing but idk. I think Matt was afraid to push it. It didn't even understeer once....

[@lepetitnabot]

I wonder if this is even faster than, say, a "complete" Integra with a GSR or Type R motor... ??

[@StephenButlerOne]

It's not, well defo slower than the type R version. Just look at some of the crap that passes it by.

[@jareknowak8712]

Mathieu Tremblay 0-60 for sure.

[@TheKansasDude]

Im pretty sure a gsr sedan is faster. Lol

[@jareknowak8712]

The Kansas Dude This cart have 50% weight of Integra, have same power/gear ratios, much more weight % over front end. Aero plays role on higher speeds. As for me its almost impossible that stock Integra is faster to 60.

[@TheJorgern]

I get it, it's awesome!

[@nickolaskitterman2089]

Does anyone know how this was built, frame, roll cage. Kinda inspired by it wanted to create something similar

[@Sam-gj3xg]

And today on this episode of jackass...

[@maoristereo]

THOSE WELDS ARE SO FUCKING GNARLY. I would never ride that piece of garbage anywhere

[@rpmbxdj]

Matt you crazy for this one bro!! lol

[@gedasalekveravicius5466]

What is it's power to wieght ratio than giving examples about other sport cars? Does it reach Gtr P/m ratio?

[@Blkeftch]

“Why is it so slow?” Doesn’t help that you’re driving like a grandma and not even using VTEC lmao

[@mattmisanthropy.]

Dude, you've said it's 'really sketchy' about 50 times but it's completely solid! Don't dis someone's work just because you're scared of it for what ever reason. The thing looks fun as hell!

[@FirstLast-we8cb]

Fucking shit welds and cage that will fold over thanks to their fear of using triangles it seems. Was the cage welded directly to the unibody without boxing and other prep work?

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

The car is a POS............

[@eyeballengineering7007]

That cage is sketchy. Not as bad as it looks for the weight, but I design and build much better shit in my home garage. And this is a company..

[@RohanIyer]

Legend

[@joaofilipe3583]

What appened to Krowrx?

[@KevinACarter]

I have a hard time believing a Juke is faster than this. Let's see how it does with their own driver in it.

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

This thing looks like dog shit..... How is a ricer gonna drive better then Matt?

[@Fixables]

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Because Matt is NOT a driver

[@syamayama]

I don’t think most people here realize how bad the chassis design is. Compared to something like an atom or an exocet, this thing looks like it was built in somebody’s garage with no knowledge on chassis design

[@Jimbo-SliceGJL]

I'm digging the crown royal shift boot!

[@madchris555]

That little red fiat flame thrower was my favorite car there 😂 and that juke had driver mod and amazing tires haha

[@The52car]

This trend needs to stop. Just because you have sawzalls and a welder, doesn't mean you're an engineer. Not that you even need to be an engineer to see the serious design flaws here...

[@THEleatherface24]

But is it sketchy lmao

[@sabirsiddique2484]

lol, critics keep your comments to yourself. Do not underestimate these guys you gotta start somewhere, they are on to something. Great review and Great build!!!

[@adriangraham1823]

Hey Matt that dash cam would look sick in the canyons!