Rally America Sno Drift Kicks Off
The cars are prepped (Subaru Rally Team USA took up residence inside a nice, enclosed, classic garage on a main street in town), tech’d, and ready to race – literally sitting in parc expose as I write this
The cars are prepped (Subaru Rally Team USA took up residence inside a nice, enclosed, classic garage on a main street in town), tech’d, and ready to race – literally sitting in parc expose as I write this
The setup will run you between $30,000-$50,000. Adding on the upgraded turbocharger kit will run you an extra $5,000-$10,000.
The car itself is a tuned GT-R that uses a combination of free-flowing exhaust, ECU tune, and intake to generate 600hp.
The front and rear wide fenders allowed for a massive wheel and tire package, 13-inch wide wheels and 335mm tires in the rear.
The setup will run you between $30,000-$50,000. Adding on the upgraded turbocharger kit will run you an extra $5,000-$10,000.
Highlights of some of the best cars from the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon show floor. Lexus LFA, R35 Nissan GT-R, Mazda RX-7, and Honda CR-Z.
For the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon, Obayashi Factory unleashed this car. Sorry, we can’t identify what it is/was either.
Formula DRIFT has announced the official 2011 Pro Championship Schedule of Events. Palm Beach International Raceway has been added to the list of venues and will host Round 3 on June 3-4, 2011.
Lingenfelter has released its latest engine package, delivering 623whp (700hp+ at the crank) and 617 lb/ft of torque to the 2009-2011 Cadillac CTS-V, up from 556hp
Easily the most powerful car in the RH9 club booth, the Pit Road M GTO MR is a heavily tuned 900hp twin-turbocharged V6-powered, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering 90s classic.
Built solely for drag racing, the INABA Drag-R tuned by t-get is a 800hp turbocharged monster that has been stripped, lightened, slick-shod, and then boosted to all high hell. This is as purpose-built as it gets, folks. We like.
Retaining the Japan-spec EJ20 2.0-liter engine, instead of switching to the overseas 2.5-liter bottom-end, Marche tuned the power level to more than 500hp by raiding the HKS parts catalog.
What is interesting is the rather large shark-gill strakes on the left side of the GT-R. Those giant vents feed air to the cabin-mounted radiator system, which has been moved to shorten the piping to the thick-core intercooler.
RH9 stands for Record Holder 9 and is a loosely organized club made up of tuning shops that have built street Nissan GT-Rs that run a 9-second quarter-mile time or faster.
Using a Top Secret BB900 turbo kit, JUN cams, HKS pistons, and connecting rods, the Top Secret Super GT-R puts out just under 900hp at 7,000RPM.
Their new Type-33F intercooler is a bolt-on front-mount kit that has 60% more core volume. It’s a tube and fin design with divided endtanks
The Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored West Racing Team announced Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager will be its drivers for the 2011 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season.
Studie AG is one of Japan’s premiere BMW tuners, design houses, and motorsport preparations teams. Their network includes car setup, bolt-on parts, and FIA GT competition.
Campaigned in the FIA GT1 series, Sumo Power’s Nissan GT-R GT1 is a 600hp turbocharged racing machine that regularly takes on Aston Martin DB9s, Corvettes, and Maserati MC12s.
The Hurricane 7 is their latest widebody creation, covered in more white and baby blue stripes than a bad rap video. A transplanted 20B 3-rotor engine has been turbocharged