1966 Big Block Chevy Nova Dragster Races 950 HP Corvette Drift Car

This vs. That is all about weird drag racing matchups. Sometimes, they don't make sense or have foregone conclusions. But the Hoonigan folks are masters of revealing differences between classes of race cars while making your video game fantasy rivalries come to life.

There are a lot of inches under the hood, so many that some of them didn't fit. That impressive filter sprouting out of the 1966 Chevy Nova belongs to a 632 Big Block. That's almost 10.4 liters of muscle, making 920 horsepower. It's hooked up to a Turbo 400 gearbox, sending power to some impressive rear wheels with 450-wide tires.

While it's obviously an old school dragster, like your dad used to race, the Nova is also road-legal, has insurance, and even a carpeted interior. The other car is pretty familiar if you're into sideways motorsports.

In 2018, Formula Drift driver, Matt Field of Drift Cave, replaced his Nissan 240SX with a 2013 C6 Corvette. It was a flood-damaged sports car, but almost nothing is left from the original.

#777 is powered by a 7-liter LSX V8 running a nitrous oxide injection, and a Vortech supercharger. We know it can make over 1,000 horsepower, but they claim it's rated at "950 hp wheel" just to make it sound like a fair battle. The camber, tires, wheels - everything is dialed to go sideways, which could be the major downside here.

As expected, the car that's designed to go fast in a straight line wins. Sorry drift fans, but only Ken Block's AWD Mustang can play this game well. Still, at least we don't have any imports beating American cars here, even though Nissans and Toyotas are so popular in the drift scene.