AIMING FOR THE RECORD IN ANYTHING requires a plan of great ambition, extensive research and preparation. Like the world record-setting Red Bull Stratos Project, where Felix Baumgartner skydived to Earth from the stratosphere, a number of aspects needed to be addressed and issues anticipated in order to successfully complete the […]
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920 WHP EVO VIII Goes From Meltdown to Monster Power
SUFFERING A TOUGH DEFEAT WILL EITHER BREAK A COMPETITOR OR MAKE them come back stronger than ever. For Tristan Smith’s EVO, the defeat came at the Shift S3ctor Airstrip Attack half-mile drag race. In September 2011, Smith purchased a turn-key 700-horsepower EVO VIII streetcar. With “get-me-intotrouble” horsepower available at the […]
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SR-powered 510 Bred for the Track, But Shines at the Show
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AMBITIONS SURPASS expectations and completely derail the original plan? That’s what we call overachievement. It’s hard to fault ambition though. Afterall, it’s a driving force, motivating the human spirit to aspire and achieve. However, overshooting an objective can sometime force a change of direction that was not […]
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1,284 WHP Home Built Blood Boiler Supra
DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE TITLE, THIS ISN’T A CRIME DRAMA starring Burt Reynolds and Rachel Ward. This is a garage project starring a rare 1998 Royal Sapphire Pearl JZA80 Supra Turbo. This pristine example is said to be one of only 31 6-speed models that were sold stateside in […]
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617 WHP 350Z Gets Big-Blocked and Boosted
TRUE NISSAN FANATICS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY revere any platform that wears the “Z” badge. From the first 240Z to hit American shores to the latest 370Z, every successive Zcar combines some elements of its past combined with the latest “next big thing.” This tradition of passing on and adding to the […]
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STI From The Ashes to 559 WHP on The Asphalt
SOMETIMES IT’S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE. When one puts his passion into a build and genuinely loves the platform, parting ways is tough, as nothing else ever seems to measure up. For Michael Stephen, his 2006 Subaru Impreza STI build was a nearly perfect driving machine. It’s not an exotic […]
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547 WHP EVO X Resurrected With Less To Deliver More
ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY OFFERS us the cautionary tale of Icarus, son of Daedalus. Presented with waxen wings that offered him the gift of flight, Icarus ignored the warnings about the capabilities of his new toy and suffered a fatal fall into the ocean because of it. Had he not been […]
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405WHP Blown S2000 Stalks San Diego Streets
THOSE OFTEN-QUOTED WORDS WEIGH HEAVILY ON ANYONE WHO HAS EVER ATTEMPTED to build a project car. We’ve all fallen victim to the impulse purchase that turns your vehicle-building fun into an underfunded, over-budget nightmare that ends up sitting in a garage, collecting dust, dents and death stares from our angry significant […]
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Dual 240SX’s Rocking RB26DETT Engines
INFORMATION OVERLOAD IS ALL TOO COMMON IN OUR HYPERCONNECTED ONLINE WORLD. Constantly bombarded with data, advertising claims and anecdotes from every angle, it’s difficult to decipher what to believe and what to disregard. This influx of information is especially true in the performance automotive community. You have to be careful […]
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EVO vs GT-R: The 9-second Question
There isn’t a supercar at any price that run the quarter mile in 9.5 seconds. That’s right. If you wanted a turn-key streetcar that could run the quarter-mile in under 10 seconds on radials tires with a fuel you can get at the pump, a million dollars wouldn’t deliver. However, […]
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402WHP STI-swapped WRX Levels Mountains with Ease
EVERY MOTORSPORTS ENTHUSIAST SHOULD BE FAMILIAR with the names Subaru and Cosworth. Both brands are synonymous with a strong racing heritage and tradition in both rally racing and Formula 1. A combination of the two companies’ best wares might make for an ideal platform that could terrorize the countryside with […]
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1,272 WHP R35 GT-R Streetcar Slices Into the 8-second Barrier
Everyone has a bucket list and no two lists are ever the same. The owner of this 2012 Nissan GT-R has had owning a Skyline GT-R (R32, R33, R34) on his bucket list for about 10 years. According to the owner, “I always wanted to own a Skyline GT-R, but […]
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970 WHP EVO IX Runs 9s, Shows and Shines
Car enthusiasts express their creativity and passion for cars by the way they build their machines. From parts upgrades to aesthetics, the build can be very telling about the person who drives it. It’s obviously subjective, as not everyone will appreciate what another has done. But when the likeminded meet, […]
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983WHP Civic EK Runs 8s, Wants More | Bad-Ass B-Series
There’s a love-hate relationship between racers and rulebooks that dates back to the beginning of racing. Often viewed as a necessary evil, the rulebook levels the playing field while virtually placing a ceiling on performance potential. The popular Sport Front-Wheel Drive class (SFWD) lists specific restrictions, especially when it comes […]
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Buschur Racing’s 1G DSM Hooks All Four Automatically
The idea of an automatic drag car seems so “domestic” to most import enthusiasts. After all, when was the last time you saw an automatic Civic, RX7 or Supra scorching the 1320? Of course, there have been automatic conversions adopted by the Supra community, LS swapped imports, and the 1G/2G […]
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