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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Run at the former A1GP and V8 Supercars racetrack, the World Time Attack Challenge featured the appearance of the Tomei/Cusco Subaru WRX STI (JPN), Sierra Sierra Enterprises Evo 8 (USA), Panspeed Mazda RX-7 (JPN), Hi-Octane Racing R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R (AUS), R-Magic Mazda RX-7 (JPN), Cyber Evo (JPN), Mel Rose Racing V8 Supercar (AUS) and many others.
Full HD online streaming goodness of the Cyber Evo, Panspeed Mazda RX-7, Tomei/Cusco Subaru WRX STI, R-Magic Mazda RX-7 and Hi-Octane Racing R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R. Among others.
We recently heard that Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goossens and Paul Gentilozzi are the confirmed driver line-up for JaguarRSR at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Apparently, nobody has brought a Jag out to Le Mans in about 15 years. That’s a damn long time.
They’ve teamed up with Intersport, the Truth in 24 guys, to produce some vids on the series. One of the smaller cuts on their site is about the Corkscrew turn at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
At the front of the pack, the LMP field was having many problems. At the 3-hour mark, only two cars remained. And by the checkered flag, the Patron Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01c was the only to have a trouble-free race.
The final standings in GT showed Porsche, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Corvette, Porsche, BMW and then Ferrari. Porsche now leads the manufacturers’ championship points with 65, while Ferrari has 55 and BMW 50.
Tommy Kaira’s Ebbrezza-R R35 Nissan GT-R at its debut during the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon show. Modified with a carbon fiber body kit, rear flares, diffuser, under tray, exhaust and 20-inch Advan AVS wheels.
Headed up by Koyama-san, formerly of JUN Auto, Koyama Racing has built this Lancer Evo X as their first demo car. Features a custom turbocharger setup, custom intake manifold, aero work and full chassis prep. Has been used in time attack and other track events.
A 100% full and life size model replica of the Super GT GT500-class Epson Honda NSX racecar. Hand assembled and constructed entirely out of paper.
Swede Mattias Ekström is the king of Valencia. In a dominant way, the Audi driver won the second DTM round of the 2010 season and, after more than one year, scored his 14th career win in the DTM touring car series.
Formula 3 Euro Series has included such drivers as Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil and Romain Grosjean. Oh yeah, maybe you’ve heard of the 2005 champion, Lewis Hamilton?
The brand’s first model to feature four doors and a wide-opening tailgate, the Countryman offers more space – which can be used in a wide variety of ways – to go with its raised seating position and optimized ride comfort.
On a hot, windy day at the Proving Grounds of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, XDC debutante Odie Bakchis outdrove a stellar field of thirty drivers to win the first ever drift event held on the LVMS road course.
Eibach’s Sportline is designed to be the extreme performance spring set created for the extreme enthusiast. The one who wants the combination of the lowest possible drop and the ride quality expected from Eibach.
After sitting out the first day completely, the 700hp Cyber Evo hit the track hard. Setting a time of 1:30.899, the longtime time attack competitor re-asserted its place at the top of the sport.
What made up for the limited diversity was the caliber of machinery present. For the first time ever, some of the fastest time attack cars converged to go head-to-head. Tomei/Cusco brought out their Subaru Impreza WRX STI
The fan favorite Cyber Evo has unfortunately been battling engine problems so far, reportedly blowing its head gasket yesterday during practice and spending most of today with its turbo system removed and valve cover off.
Whiteline is one of the most noted names today in suspension tuning with its control arms, bushings and swaybars becoming standard must-haves for such cars as the STI and Evo.
We’re talking two of the craziest time attack machines in the world – the wider-than-wide Panspeed Mazda RX-7 and the Tomei/Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI – sitting smack dab in the middle of the urban sprawl of Australia’s finest.
The World Time Attack Challenge kicked off today with a display at Martin Place, a shopping and business district in the heart of Sydney, Australia. On hand were the Panspeed Mazda RX-7 and the Tomei/Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
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