When he isn’t decimating rear tires in his Scion FRS competition drift car, he’s practicing in his equally-badass 500hp 2JZ “street-legal” drift car.

It may spit flames, be completely gutted and lack windows, but Ryan insists that this monster is actually streetable. Jalopnik decided to test its ‘street-legal’ness by driving it through one of most congested areas on earth; New York’s Times square. As you’ll see, they managed to make two passes through the area before heading home, and shockingly avoided getting pulled over. Watch it all unfold below: