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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.)
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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....
August 20 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »Featured News
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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Latest in “New Parts”
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.
Released – GReddy iPhone And iPod App
The app uses the built-in accelerometers in the iPhone to judge when a car is accelerating, coasting, braking, and by how much. Using a simulated image, the iPhone can then “pretend” to be a GReddy boost gauge, boost controller, turbo, or blow-off valve.
Gran Turismo 5 – November 2010 Release Announced At E3 Show
Sony went on to promise that the game will have more than 950 cars (including Super GT, WRC, NASCAR, and time attack), new modes, and improved online functionality.
Released – Octane Report T-Shirts
Represent your favorite car news brand (which, if you’re reading this, is hopefully The Octane Report) by wearing a piece of it on your body. The Octane Report t-shirts are printed and ready for sale.
Released – K&N Dual Air Intake For Nissan 370Z
The K&N High-Flow Intake System for the 2009-10 Nissan 370Z 3.7L, (part no. 69-7078TS) reportedly increases horsepower by 14.2 hp at 5600 rpm over the stock intake configuration.
Released – Continental ProContact All-Season Tire
Continental Tire introduces its most innovative new tire line to date, the ProContact with EcoPlus Technology. This premium all-season tire was developed to deliver improved fuel economy, treadwear and reduce harmful CO2 emissions.
Released – Eibach Sportline Springs for Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart
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.
Released – 5Zigen ProRacer ECON
The ECON is designed to increase torque, improve gas mileage and clean exhaust emissions (less CO and HC) by supplying up to 130% higher voltage (when compared to OEM).
Released – GReddy R35 Nissan GT-R Intercooler
With their own in-house project GT-R pushing more than 720whp, GReddy knows a thing or two about injecting the twin-turbo V6 VR38DETT engine with more speed.
Digital Dash Displays – Top 10 Racing Parts For Your Street Car
Digital dash displays are replacement instrument clusters often used in racecars since they can integrate so many information displays into one place, eliminating the need for numerous gauges.
Brembo Endless Monoblock Brakes – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
When you’re intent on building the ultimate street car, you’re going to need the best brakes to haul down 1,500whp. The best off-the-shelf bolt-on big brake kits use what is known as a monoblock caliper.
Quick Steering Column – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
Faster steering gives a car quicker response and is more in tune with a driver’s reactions behind the wheel. Some cars have aftermarket offerings of new, faster steering gears that replace the guts in the rack but those cars are rare.
Titanium Brake Backing – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
Titanium doesn’t transfer heat as well as steel. Most cars use steel for the brake pad backing plates due to the cheaper nature of steel. By switching to a titanium brake pad backing plate, less heat will be transferred from the rotor and pad to the piston and caliper.
Allen Magnetic Oil Plug – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
The inner bolt has a magnetic tip to attract metal particles and can be unscrewed from the outer bolt. The outer bolt is spring loaded with a trap, so the inner bolt can be removed and inspected for shavings without dripping a single drop of oil.
Dzus Quick Release – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
Dzus fasteners are quick release hardware originally used in airplanes as well as racecars. One of the most popular, Dzus-type fasteners are not the only type of quick release hardware out on the market.
Aerocatch Hood Pins – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
When using some lightweight hoods or gutting your factory one for weight, the heavy latch mechanism sometimes just has to go. When this happens, you need hood pins.
Lightweight Racing Battery – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
One of the easiest ways to drop weight out of your car is to get a lightweight battery. With no noise or ride quality effects, lightweight racing batteries are some of the few racing parts that can be used regularly in street cars.
Wiggins Clamps – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
Used in Le Mans prototypes and many other pro racing series, Wiggins connectors are lightweight, can be quickly opened with one hand and will never blowout or burst.
DEI Reflect A Gold Foil Tape – Top 10 Racing Parts For Street
You might have seen this gold-foiled tape under the hood of some racecar and wondered what it was. Reflex-A-Gold tape is designed to reflect radiant heat and block high temperatures from getting past.
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