Recently DSPORT Issue 166 cover car, the “FuguZ”, made a trip to Jay Leno’s garage. While there Jay Leno got a chance to drive and experience the award winning 1973 Datsun 240z that has taken the social media world by storm. Owner/Fast and Furious star Sung Kang walked Jay through […]
Read MoreEndless RH9 R32 GT-R
This story is one of grit, determination and the lost art of old-school tuning, all of which lie at the crux of the JDM tuner ethos. Japan’s Endless Racing built this BNR32 GT-R for a customer more than a decade ago, prefacing many of the post- modern, technological advances in […]
Read MoreIDRC Drag Racing Series to Start the 2016 Season at Auto Club Dragway
It’s nearly that time of year, the smell of burnt fuel and smoking rubber are just around the corner. The BorgWarner IDRC Drag Racing Series Presented by ARP will be back in full force to kick off the 2016 season with its West Coast Nationals event, taking place at Auto […]
Read MoreValvetrain 201: Flow, Seal, Expel and Repeat
Click Here to Read Our 101 Guide to Understanding the Valvetrain Control the flow in, seal the Cylinder during compression and combustion then expel the exhaust and repeat. An engine’s valvetrain is responsible for establishing the exact timing and magnitude of each of the four cycles. The camshaft(s) and the […]
Read MoreVolkswagen Introduces the Golf GTI TCR Racecar
40 years after the launch of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the German manufacturer introduces the GTI TCR, a production-based touring car for customer racing teams and drivers. All 20 cars have already been accounted for, as teams are prepping for the 2016 season that will take them to 16 national […]
Read MoreBuilding A World Record Holding EVO X
Diving head first into a new vehicle platform poses a host of new challenges. When that platform has a mixed platter of good and bad stories to its credit in the first few model years, it tends to be even more intimidating and a somewhat risky venture to consider. But […]
Read MoreSubaru Global Platform Drives the Company’s Next Generation
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. unveiled the Subaru Global Platform, a work-in-progress that will result in a shared architecture for Subaru vehicles. As part of Subaru’s long-term plan to rebuild its branding, we’ll likely see the debut of this new architecture in the upcoming Impreza later this year. The redesigns of […]
Read MoreMazda Fills the Grid at Pirelli World Challenge Season Opener
Pirelli World Challenge is kicking off its 2016 season at Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas. This series, which comprises of 500-plus horsepower exotic supercars, 100 horsepower econoboxes, and everything in between, pits the world’s largest auto manufacturers against each other among seven different racecar classes. This weekend, the Touring […]
Read MoreFord Fiesta ST Build: Part One | Party Time
Many forget that although the Apollo missions that set foot on the moon nearly 239,000 miles away were a tremendous achievement, these daunting voyages took place with less computing power than a modern smartphone. Adding to this undertaking, NASA implemented extremely low power consumption and massive weight savings for maximum […]
Read MoreThe Focus RS will Compete in FIA World Rallycross
There’s a good chance you’ve already seen Ken Block’s latest Gymkhana EIGHT video that dropped a few days ago, but did you catch the teaser at the end and the announcements that followed? While Block has been showcasing the 1965 “Hoonicorn” AWD Mustang and Fiesta rally car in recent videos […]
Read More2017 Acura NSX Appears in Jay Leno’s Garage [VIDEO]
2017 Acura NSX Appears in Jay Leno’s Garage For many of us, the Acura NSX was love at first sight. This beauty, produced from 1990 to 2005, excited enthusiasts everywhere with its timeless looks, an aluminum 3.0-liter V6, and developed with the help of famous Formula One World Champion Ayrton […]
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