Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally

Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally »

More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on ...
Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs]

Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs] »

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team recently debuted the Fiesta RS World Rally Car. The ...
Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS]

Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS] »

Based on the production Mini Countryman, the MINI WRC is a 1.6-liter turbocharged, all-wheel drive ...
Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger

Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger »

Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that ...
Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive »

As RSR tells it, nano technology is basically a dispersion of certain elements to a ...
Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept

Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept »

Powering the 918 RSR Concept is an “updated” 563hp, 10,300RPM V8 engine, based on the ...
Entries posted on “October, 2010”
SEMA Show 2010 Coming Soon

SEMA Show 2010 Coming Soon

The annual SEMA Show is coming soon (as in next Monday) to the Las Vegas Convention Center and OR will be there to bring you live daily updates from the show floor.

October 31st, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

R-Magic Mazda RX-7 time attack car

R-Magic Mazda RX-7 time attack car

A quick look at the turbocharged widebody R-Magic Mazda FD3S RX-7 time attack car from Japan. One of the fastest track-built RX-7s in Japan, together with the Panspeed Mazda RX-7.

October 29th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Panspeed FD3S Mazda RX-7 time attack car

Panspeed FD3S Mazda RX-7 time attack car

A quick look inside the Panspeed widebody FD3S Mazda RX-7 turbo time attack racecar.

October 28th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Ferrari McLaren F1 Burnout and Donut

Ferrari McLaren F1 Burnout and Donut

Hooliganism at its finest. At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, we witness some donuts and burnouts with the Ferrari and McLaren Formula One racecars.

October 27th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Knott’s Halloween Haunt SoCal Scion Nite 2010

Knott’s Halloween Haunt SoCal Scion Nite 2010

It’s Frightfully Scarry How Many Scions Can Fit Into Knotts’ Parking Lots

October 26th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Supercharged Mazdatrix RX-8 Street Time Attack Car

Supercharged Mazdatrix RX-8 Street Time Attack Car

We speak with Dave Lemon, owner of Mazdatrix and driver of this supercharged Street class time attack Mazda RX-8. Stock engine, fit with a supercharger and intercooler.

October 25th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Global Tuner Grand Prix Hits Laguna Seca

Global Tuner Grand Prix Hits Laguna Seca

Consisting of time trials, an open GTGP Challenge race, Pirelli Drivers Cup USA Porsche race, and historic stock cars, the GTGP weekend was a mix of both time attack and wheel-to-wheel road racing.

October 25th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

Racing For Cheap – AEM Honda Challenge Acura Integra

Racing For Cheap – AEM Honda Challenge Acura Integra

By picking the right series and car for your style, you can still have a great deal of fun for your dollar. Greg Neuwirth found a way to do just that with his 1996 Acura Integra.

October 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Suzuki SX4 Is Top Gear USA’s Reasonably Priced Car

Suzuki SX4 Is Top Gear USA’s Reasonably Priced Car

We recently had the opportunity to attend a taping of Top Gear, which will debut on the History Channel in November. The production value in the shooting is Top Gear high, more clear and beautifully shot than anything else on American TV.

October 20th, 2010 | Filed under New Cars | Read More »

The 1,000 Pound Cars Of The Future

The 1,000 Pound Cars Of The Future

We’ve all heard the rumors about the golf cart-sized, dirt cheap car being developed in a secret Indian laboratory but these tiny cars all have some things going for them – they’re cheap and fuel efficient.

October 20th, 2010 | Filed under Auto Shows, Featured, New Cars | Read More »

Inside the Tomei Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI

Inside the Tomei Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI

One of the fastest production based Subaru Imprezas is the Tomei/Cusco/Voltex time attack racecar. Its speed is also impressive, consistently running at the front of time attack events against cars with 600-700hp.

October 19th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Lexus Displays Lawsuit Fighting Safety Tech

Lexus Displays Lawsuit Fighting Safety Tech

We got the chance to test first-hand the latest Toyota safety additions, unveiled initially in their luxury Lexus models. The new approach seems simple – have driver assist aids and combine them with five different ways to stop the car.

October 18th, 2010 | Filed under New Cars | Read More »

Updated 2012 Nissan GT-R To Debut

Updated 2012 Nissan GT-R To Debut

There’s minor differences in the body trim – minor enough that you’d have to be a GT-R geek to notice at first glance – and the GT-R still hasn’t lost any of its butch, turbo edge.

October 18th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, New Cars | Read More »

RWD Scion tCs Crash During Drift Practice

RWD Scion tCs Crash During Drift Practice

During a private testing session, Ken Gushi (stock 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine with turbo) and Tanner Foust (NASCAR V8) collide with their rear wheel drive tCs.

October 17th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

DTM Coming To USA In 2013

DTM Coming To USA In 2013

Starting in 2013 and beyond, racecars conforming to DTM rules will be able to run in Grand-Am sprint races and the occasional NASCAR road course weekend.

October 17th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

BMW M3 DTM Back For 2012

BMW M3 DTM Back For 2012

The latest is their announcement that the newest M3 will be contested in the DTM series from 2012 and on. Already successful in the GT category of worldwide racing

October 15th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

470hp FC Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

470hp FC Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

Formula Drift and time attack driver Kyle Mohan talks about his FC3S Mazda RX-7 turbo racecar. 470whp @ 20psi of boost using a Turbonetics GT-K turbo and Mazdatrix rotary engine.

October 15th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

On The Attack – Mazdatrix’s Supercharged RX-8 Street Track Car

On The Attack – Mazdatrix’s Supercharged RX-8 Street Track Car

The Mazdatrix crew left the RX-8’s Renesis 13B-MSP internally stock but bolted on the aforementioned ProCharger supercharger kit with a front-mount intercooler and all the requisite plumbing.

October 14th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Slip Angle Assassin – Drift Class FC3S Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

Slip Angle Assassin – Drift Class FC3S Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

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.

October 14th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Inside Ken Block’s Gymkhana Three Ford Fiesta during some pre-video release testing at Hollywood Park. Watch as Block gives a ride to Formula Drift star Daijiro Yoshihara.

October 13th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »