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The Four Million Dollar Car Club – RM Auctions At Monterey [w/ VIDEO]
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.
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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...
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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. ...
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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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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...
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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....
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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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Inside The 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Historic Races
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 into categories like 1966-1972 Trans-Am, 1981-1989 FIA Manufacturer Championship & IMSA GTP cars, Bugatti Grand Prix, and 1966-1983 F1.
Top 10 Project Cars For $10,000
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 than twice as much. The classic David and Goliath story.
Rotary Obsession – FD3S Mazda RX-7 Turbo Track Car
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.
Toyota History Garage – The Dream Museum
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 sights at any museum.
Megaweb – Toyota’s Not So Secret Tokyo Museum
It’s not what you’d expect from a car company who seems dead set on selling only Camrys and Corollas in the US but Megaweb is a little different than anything you’ll find in the US. Sometimes, that can pretty refreshing.
The Best Ten Project Car Ideas For Under 10K
A rewarding and fun to drive machine can be built for less than $10k, if you know what you’re doing and where to look. Our list below, in no particular order, is merely to get your gears turning and your own dreams going.
Released – Recaro ProSeries Child Safety Seats
Recaro recently announced their ProSeries line of child safety seats, supposedly “based on Recaro’s racetrack proven mobile seating technology”. We’re not sure what that means (HANS compatible? – Ed.)
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid Invades Hollywood Park
With millions upon millions of views online, the gymkhana stunt videos from rally racer Ken Block have put the sport’s name on everybody’s mind. While it may have been the case that gymkhana was a mystery to American gearheads just a few years ago, it’s out of the shadows now.
Feature – 1999 JGTC GT300 MOMO SW20 Toyota MR2
This MR2 was one of only two MR2s to have ever taken the series crown. We ran into this Toyota as it sat on display in Tokyo, inside Toyota’s History Garage museum
Foust Wins First Ever X Games Super Rally With Ford Fiesta
Competition whittled down to the final four: Foust, Deegan, X-Games rookie Samuel Hubinette, and Subaru drifter/rally racer Stephan Verdier. As the four cars lined up at the top of the Coliseum, anticipation was high for a thrilling race.
Feature – Inside The 2006 Super GT GT500 Nissan 350Z
The 2,425lb 350Z uses a double-wishbone setup front and rear with inboard bellcrank actuated dampers, similar to a formula racing car. Note also how highly mounted the steering rack is in proportion to the engine…
X-Games 16 Rally Practice With Hubinette And ACP
With larger air intake restrictors allowed, ACP’s Evo IX generated almost 600hp with a built engine and 114-octane equivalent ethanol racing fuel. ACP doesn’t make use of the special ethanol fuel during regular rally events
Mini To Enter 2011 World Rally Championship With Countryman WRC
Mini will be using the longer Countryman model to build the Mini Countryman WRC. Famed racing engineering house Prodrive will handle the program, now left twiddling their thumbs with no factory Subaru WRC program to manage.
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A Lap Of Buttonwillow With The N1 Concepts Honda S2000 [VIDEO]
With a 12.0:1 compression ratio, naturally aspirated 2.3-liter engine making about 305hp, this Honda has to regularly take on competition with hundreds more horses.
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Trackside With Grassroots Subaru Driver Thomas Smith [VIDEO]
At a bare minimum, you need talent and money to get noticed and climb the ranks. Thomas Smith, a Las Vegas, Nevada go-kart and autocross racer, has been paying his dues towards a road racing career by cutting his teeth at local time attack events.
World Time Attack Challenge 2010 – Behind The Scenes
Held at Eastern Creek Raceway, less than a half hour drive out of Sydney, the WTAC was one of the first international time attack events, drawing in competitors from the US, Australia, and Japan.
Track Test – AQ Motorsports 650hp Time Attack Subaru WRX STI
After seeing the numbers, we have no doubts about the capability of the 650whp 2.6L AQ engine. A whopping 20mph difference separates the two cars on each straight.
MOD Revisited – Mitsubishi Owners Day 2010
The fans and show attendees also came back this year stronger and deeper. With MOD scheduled to being at 9AM, we spied long lines of Mitsubishi owners sitting in their cars at 6:30AM, ready to enter the parking areas.
Released – Tomei ARMS SR20DET Bolt-On Turbochargers
With 400hp and 450hp+ versions, factory and factory replacement intercoolers, intakes, and downpipes can be used to keep costs low and stealthy engine bays intact.
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