When discussing the spool-up and high-end flow characteristics of a given turbocharger, the term “wheel trim” may pop up. If you’re in the market for a turbocharger upgrade, comparing new units, or are...
September 3 2010 / No comment / Read More »RM sold five cars in Monterey for more than $2 million each with the top spot 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe going for a cool $4.6 million dollars. ...
August 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »With million dollar cars on track and in the concours shows, some going for up to four million dollars in the auctions, enthusiasts show up to Monterey in waves. The cars entered fall...
August 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »A project car is all about the cursing, over-your-head budget, and time spent under the hood. They’re bought used, worked on for countless hours, and then put up against competitors that cost more...
August 23 2010 / 4 comments / Read More »The stock twin-turbocharger system was re-installed, converted to boost non-sequentially, but didn’t produce as much power as White liked. The final answer was a huge single GReddy T78 turbocharger kit....
August 20 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »The History Garage museum is designed to honor production cars from the 1950s through the 1970s, as well as past racing machines. The Corolla WRC car and GT-One Le Mans car are rare...
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Stopped by to see Mack at M1FD. He was working on something special this time around – a radiator from a Tyrrell F1 car. He was also starting up a custom (as most F1 parts can’t be bought at Autozone) titanium pedal assembly for the same car. Which supposedly stopped by the shop for some [...]
The dust has settled and we’re honestly too happy with our results to hide them, we’ve won Street AWD at the Super Lap Battle Willow Springs qualifier event. With just a few days, albeit long days, worth of work, we’ve gone from bolt-on street car to time attack competitor.
Lancer Evolutions are not slouches, even in factory form, and commuting through stop-and-go traffic in an Evo does a disservice to the car itself. But competing in time attack, i.e. time trial, competition so early in its development was not on the books for Project Evo IX.
Called the “fastest track in the west”, Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, CA has just nine turns and plenty of straightaway space. Cars that have lots of horsepower, stability and minimal drag often do well, with only the fastest production-based cars dipping into the 1:20s.
The R35 Nissan GT-R is an absolute fan favorite. Numerous GT-R owners have proof, with countless Sentras and Accords following them for miles with cell phone cameras or begging for a stoplight race. Yes, the old beat-down Sentra yardstick.
For this year’s Nurburgring 24Hours race, Gazoo Racing is fielding two specially prepared Lexus LF-A racecars. With a release date not yet announced, but sure to be sometime with the car already racing, the LF-A is being “tested” with an entry into the endurance race.
A dual-muffler system that is designed and hand-made by race fabricators. Features a lightweight SUS304 stainless-steel construction for performance and a high-quality race sound.
During the lengthy lunch break, we decided to head into Rosamond and eat at Tom’s instead of staying at the track and eating out of a truck. This guy was in the parking lot. He was packing an interesting shirt and sign but an even better Dodge Neon.
Those crazy Germans. Wimmer Racing Technology (Wimmer Rennsporttechnik) recently made the decision that the twin-turbo rear-wheel drive Porsche 911 GT2 was a little too limp.
19,000 Chinese gathered at the Shanghai Formula One circuit for V-Day. A celebration of the release of the CTS-V in China, the event featured an amazing stunt demo and a demo lap by GM’s most famous engineer, John Heinricy.
Sandwiched between yachts and casinos is the annual Monaco GP. One of the world’s most famous and most coveted races, the Monaco GP takes place on a temporary street circuit that is the tightest on the entire F1 schedule.
The Japanese D1 drifting series was directly responsible for the massive attention and media explosion that surrounded drifting’s US birth. When even mainstream publications like Autoweek and Motor Trend start paying attention to enthusiast interests like drifting, you know it’s gotten big.
If you’ve ever swapped brake calipers, changed to stainless steel braided brake hoses or driven hard, then you’ve experienced the need to bleed your brakes.
The entire concept of track accessibility is changing every day. No longer do you have to have a full racecar and crew to drive on a track. With the explosion in recent years of weekend track days, anybody can take almost any car out on track.
The Sparco Evo is one of Sparco’s most popular racing bucket seats and it comes as little surprise why. It has many of the features and specs that performance drivers want and none of the excess junk that everybody doesn’t want.
Sold by Sparco as a competition seat, the Circuit is also available in carbon fiber (S Light Circuit) and in a slightly wider version (Circuit Pro).
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