On the floor rests two Realtime Racing Acuras and the Spice-Acura IMSA car. Like seeing an old friend again, we were glued to the Realtime Racing Acura NSX, which we hadn’t seen since...
September 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »The Wankel is pressurized via a Turbonetics GTK 550 turbo that can support 475 to 625 horsepower. In its current trim, this FC Mazda RX-7 produces 490whp and 339 lb/ft of torque....
September 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »While their tuning power gains may seem small, Spoon parts are notorious for reliability and for proper optimization. You won’t make a zillion horsepower looking through the Spoon catalog but you’ll be able...
September 6 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »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...
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After the last two time attack events at Willow Springs International Raceway, two things have been bothering us – how can we make Project Evo IX faster and how can we do it without spending a lot of cash? By optimizing the car as much as we could
With a line-up of tuning parts and experience in both rally and road racing, Works has become one of the most well known Mitsubishi aftermarket companies.
It’s strange being inside one of the first tuned Lancer Ralliarts in the US. The noise is, to put it simply, unfamiliar. Mitsubishi’s WRX killer is available only with a dual-clutch semi-automatic transmission and right now it’s doing all the shifting.
Toyo sells other tires for those purposes that are both quieter and longer lasting. The R1R is an r-compound racing tire disguised as a DOT street tire. But if you’re interested in putting every last bit of power down to the ground or autocross in the SCCA’s Street Touring class, then please read on.
IMSA racecar gallery from our coverage of the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Day 4 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Day 3 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Project Civic was, oddly enough, born in reverse. It shot out of the womb full-grown, ready to vote and enlist in the army. Most of our project cars begin as bone stock factory fresh vehicles or sport just the minimal of modifications.
Day 2 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Day 1 Gallery image coverage from the 2009 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.
Project Civic was begun with the sole purpose of going to the track on weekends. Our intent was to have in the project garage a car that was street legal and yet could deliver cheap and reliable driving speed on weekends.
Tom Barrett – Chevrolet Corvette – The Octane Challenge. Willow Springs fastest lap – 1:36.819
Minh Bach – Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 – The Octane Challenge. Willow Springs fastest lap – 1:42.074
Ryan Novak (Driver: JC Meynet) – Honda S2000 – Octane Challenge. Willow Springs fastest lap – 1:30
Octane Challenge – Arthur Guo – Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9. Willow Springs fastest lap – 1:41.445
Campaigned by R&D Sport, who previously ran a Vemac 408R, the Legacy is built for the GT300 class. Super GT racing is made up of two classes, GT300 and GT500, with the former being the lower tier class.
When we last left off on our 1995 EG chassis Honda Civic project car, it was an unsorted jumble of parts that held big potential and lots of small issues. Outfit with a 211whp custom built 1.8-liter Acura Integra engine
To be unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Coupe Concept is supposed to “represent the ideal of a car destined in every respect to offer a thrilling experience and make every journey a truly unique thrill”.
An engine swapped 240SX can easily make 300whp+, fit decently sized rubber underneath itself, has more parts available than you could ever imagine, is cheap to buy and weighs less than a Ford Mustang. Sounds good to us.
The stiffer a chassis is, the less it will flex when forces are applied to it, i.e. through the suspension. This means that forces from the road surface will be contained and absorbed by the suspension rather than being allowed to beat up the body shell.
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