The venerable 4G63 engine wasn’t named Global Engine of the Year for nothing. Through various trials and tribulations across multiple racing disciplines, the turbocharged, 4-cylinder powerplant motivated enough chassis firsts across the finish line to earn itself a permanent and revered place in history. On the Pacific side of the […]
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Elapsed Time Attacker | Nate Silveri’s Record-holding VB-chassis WRX
DSPORT Issue #270 Text by APEworks // Photos by Colton Hemphill and Andrew Meneses The performance automotive world is segmented into factions, each defined by their groups’ penchants for certain brands, aesthetics, definition of performance and even ultimate use of their chosen weaponry. Some choose to display; others choose […]
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A Street Car Named Desire | Chris Phan’s 2010 Nissan GT-R is Built From the Outside In
DSPORT Issue #266 Text by APEworks // Photos by Joe Singleton and @focusdmedia With a rich racing history that spans decades, Nissan’s Skyline GT-R is synonymous around the world with luxurious performance cars that generally kick ass in the name of grand tourers everywhere. Americans nearly lost their minds […]
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Little RX Corvette | Chris Anderson’s LS1-powered Mazda RX-7 FC
DSPORT Issue #265 Text by APEworks // Photos by Bryan Meranio For 90s import enthusiasts, there’s almost nothing that compares to the classic lines from the RX-7 FC3S which, admittedly, borrow heavily from a certain German-based marque. Still the magic of a muscular Japanese import with an exotic, twin-scroll-turbocharged […]
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The Golden Child | Nissan R32 GT-R with a NISMO N1 Block Gets into the 1,000whp Club
DSPORT Issue #209 Text by Bassem Girgis // Photos by Project Prime // Cover by Alec Paris We all love our children equally, yet differently. In the Nissan world, all enthusiasts hold dearly to the legendary Godzilla in the R32, R33, and R34 GT-R, but no one can deny […]
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Back to the Future | Amir Bentatou’s Time Attack Record-Setting Acura NSX
DSPORT Issue #247 Text by Arnold Eugenio // Photos by Joe Singleton Any fan of time Attack should recognize the car you see here – Amir Bentatou’s championship-winning, multiple record-setting Acura. What some may not know is that it took quite a bit of time, trial and error to […]
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The Family Business | Bill Brinkworth’s ‘73 Datsun 240Z Unites Three Generations of Builders
DSPORT Issue #255 Text by APEworks // Photos by Rheis C. Setter Cars are strange things; inanimate objects that seem to have the ability to transcend time and generate a zeal shared across generations. Having grown up with an artisanal craftsman for a father, British Columbia resident Bill Brinkworth […]
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Time-Travelling Time-Attacker | 100-year Old Technology Powers a 30- year Old Platform Through Today’s Time Attack Circuit
DSPORT Issue #249 Text by Arnold Eugenio // Photos by Wayne Hunter The Wankel engine, or The roTary engine as iT’s informally known received its first engineering patent in the late 1920s, with a working proof of concept appearing some thirty years later. Ten years a er that concept, the […]
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The BeastMaster | Jessie Ringley’s EcoBoost-powered 8-second Mustang – The EcoBeast
DSPORT Issue #255 Text by APEworks// Photos by Kelly Myers Your mind isn’t playing tricks on You; if it seems as though this particular Ford Mustang looks familiar, that’s because it is the same EcoBoost-powered Mustang featured in DSPORT just a few short years ago. What’s changed since then? Apparently, […]
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All in the Family | Oliver Ferrer’s Restomodded Toyota Carina
DSPORT Issue #254 Text by APEworks// Photos by Joe Singleton “What’s a Carina?” “Wait – do you mean a Toyota Corolla?” To the uninformed, having someone tell you that they drive a Toyota Carina might end in an exchange that sounds a lot like that. Even for the vehicularly-informed, the […]
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A Starion is Formed | Jek and The Mad Scientist Create Mayhem
DSPORT Issue #251 Text by APEworks// Photos by Joe Singleton For a while, a partnership between Mitsubishi and dodge-Chrysler-plyMouth produced a series of cars that inspired import and “domestic” fans alike; these were essentially rebadged Mitsubishi models with only slight differences from make to make. The most popular pairings that […]
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22B or Not 22B | This Impreza is Different, But Still Same
DSPORT Issue #253 Text by APEworks// Photos by Arthur Malczewski For the average enthusiast, the impreza marque conjures images oF pilot and co-pilot, sliding sideways around a banked corner or launching with full suspension extension over a jump, four wheels in the air. Subaru’s claim to fame was indeed its […]
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Tale of Two Talons | Project Talon Inspiration Plus Dedication Creates Modern Nostalgia Build
DSPORT Issue #238 Text by Michael Ferrara// Photos by DSPORT Staff and Marybeth Kiczenski It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of discovery, it was the age of failure, it was the epoch of learning, it was the epoch of forgetting, […]
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Oppa Wagon Style | Jeffrey Velazquez’ Super-sized EVO CT9W
DSPORT Issue #249 Text by APEworks // Photos by Leif Bergerson Racers and gearheads around the world are familiar with most incarnations of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, or EVO as it is colloquially known. From the “Galant VR4 in Lancer clothing” EVO I to the sunset release of the EVO […]
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The Chosen One | A Clean Quicksilver JZA80 Delivers the Power Expected from a Real Supra
DSPORT Issue #210 Text by Bassem Girgis // Photos by Chazz Hobson Toyota has done the fourth-generation Supra owners a huge favor by introducing the fifth-generation 2020 Supra. Despite working hard on trying to bring the legend back, a collaboration with BMW has forced fans to rebel, appreciating and cherishing […]
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