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 ...
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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 the RallyCar calendar and sees ambient temperatures as low as 0-degrees during night stages.

November 3rd, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

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 biggest change is the new 1.6-liter turbo engine, which produces 300hp and 332 lb/ft of torque.

November 1st, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

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 rally car. Prodrive is also responsible for the custom valving, specs, and setup of each Ohlins 3-way damper setup.

October 26th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Top 10 Cars From The 2011 RallyCar SnoDrift Rally

Top 10 Cars From The 2011 RallyCar SnoDrift Rally

From Prelude to STI, we gather up 10 of the most interesting cars to have shown their faces at the 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift rally in Atlanta, Michigan.

October 25th, 2011 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

2011 Sno Drift Rally Action Highlights

2011 Sno Drift Rally Action Highlights

Video action highlights from the 2011 running of the RallyCar (formerly known as Rally America) Sno*Drift rally race in Atlanta, Michigan.

February 2nd, 2011 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

5 Best R35 Nissan GT-Rs from the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon

5 Best R35 Nissan GT-Rs from the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon

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.

January 24th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Sumo Power Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 Racecar

Sumo Power Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 Racecar

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.

January 15th, 2011 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Inside Pan Speed’s Time Attack Mazda RX-7

Inside Pan Speed’s Time Attack Mazda RX-7

Pushing more than 500hp from just 1.3-liters requires either a big turbo or some wishful thinking. Pan Speed makes use of a custom built side-port rotary with a massive T04Z turbocharger.

January 14th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Debuts

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Debuts

Ford reports that the full spec on the Fiesta RS will be released at the beginning of February. Testing will continue in Sweden next week ahead of the Fiesta RS WRC’s championship debut in Rally Sweden

January 13th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

MAZDASPEED Motorsports – 2010 Year In Review

MAZDASPEED Motorsports – 2010 Year In Review

In the US, MX-5 Miatas, RX-7s, RX-8s, and other Mazda-powered vehicles are a common site at the track. Not even mentioning the massive growth of the Spec Miata class, Mazdas are involved in formula, prototype, touring car, and GT racing the world over.

January 4th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

Falken Drift Mustang Burnout

Falken Drift Mustang Burnout

Formula Drift driver Vaughn Gittin Jr takes out his Falken Tire Ford Mustang Formula Drift racecar during the Gymkhana Grid 2010 burnout contest.

December 31st, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

5Zigen Honda Civic Type-R Turbo Now Fastest FWD In Japan

5Zigen Honda Civic Type-R Turbo Now Fastest FWD In Japan

Zigen has taken the Japanese front-wheel drive record at Tsukuba Circuit. Using their newly revamped FD2-chassis Honda Civic Type-R,

December 15th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Top 10 Cars Of Gymkhana Grid

Top 10 Cars Of Gymkhana Grid

Filled with 500-600hp cars, Gymkhana Grid had more than a few nicely built competitors. Here are just 10 of our picks from the crowd.

December 10th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

BMW M5 Powered Burnout

BMW M5 Powered Burnout

Michael Essa wins the Gymkhana Grid burnout contest with an incredible run in his E60 V10 BMW M5 powered “350R” pro drift car.

December 8th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

SCCA and time attack racers were parked next to show vehicles that could barely fit credit cards between their tires and wheel wells.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

The all-wheel drive class was led by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta and Tanner Foust’s X-Games/Rallycross Ford Fiesta.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

Quick Look – Toyota Team Australia Goup A Corolla

Quick Look – Toyota Team Australia Goup A Corolla

The Toyota Team Australia Corolla, which in the mid-1980s was one of the most successful touring car racers in their continent.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

Inside Australia’s National Motor Racing Museum

Inside Australia’s National Motor Racing Museum

There are the usual suspects, a Champ Car, motorcycles, and a couple V8 Supercars. And nestled along the back wall is Toyota Team Australia’s Group A Corolla.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Tuned Cars | Read More »

BMW Announces ALMS, DTM, WTCC, and Formula In 2011

BMW Announces ALMS, DTM, WTCC, and Formula In 2011

Jens Marquardt will be taking over BMW Motorsport on January 1, 2011 and will oversee its BMW M3 GT2, WTCC, DTM, and formula car programs.

December 6th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Revisting the V8 BMW Z4 GT3

Revisting the V8 BMW Z4 GT3

BMW built it by putting the E92 M3’s 4-liter V8 engine under the hood, good for 480hp, and then stretching the coupe body in all the right places.

December 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »